Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
5 
3 
3 
2 
2 
14 
$1,000 to $4,999 
37 
33 
33 
4 
4 
29 
$5,000 to $9,999 
40 
30 
29 
10 
10 
51 
$10,000 to $24,999 
101 
89 
88 
12 
12 
72 
$25,000 to $49,999 
114 
105 
105 
9 
9 
60 
$50,000 or more 
910 
866 
849 
44 
37 
172 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
437 
408 
402 
29 
28 
253 
Average net loss 
dollars 
115,430 
113,873 
114,141 
137,335 
(D) 
31,673 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
21 
19 
19 
2 
2 
25 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
40 
38 
37 
2 
1 
73 
$5,000 to $9,999 
47 
39 
39 
8 
8 
42 
$10,000 to $24,999 
85 
80 
79 
5 
5 
60 
$25,000 to $49,999 
60 
57 
55 
3 
3 
24 
$50,000 or more 
184 
175 
173 
9 
9 
29 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
41 
38 
34 
3 
3 
3 
$1,000 
7,444 
7,122 
6,195 
322 
322 
192 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,083 
1,017 
997 
66 
64 
403 
$1,000 
86,409 
82,606 
80,500 
3,803 
(D) 
47,134 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
186 
179 
176 
7 
7 
20 
$1,000 
6,375 
6,183 
(D) 
191 
191 
1,460 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
478 
435 
428 
43 
41 
300 
$1,000 
15,232 
13,853 
13,381 
1,379 
(D) 
33,565 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
61 
59 
59 
2 
2 
20 
$1,000 
1,291 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
778 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
688 
657 
641 
31 
29 
157 
$1,000 
4,769 
(D) 
4,249 
(D) 
(D) 
1,188 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
376 
364 
354 
12 
11 
56 
$1,000 
54,367 
52,743 
51,628 
1,624 
(D) 
9,884 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
14 
13 
12 
1 
1 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
78 
69 
68 
9 
8 
13 
$1,000 
4,254 
3,939 
(D) 
314 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,482 
1,390 
1,367 
92 
88 
512 
acres 
2,295,817 
2,184,180 
2,117,519 
111,637 
(D) 
349,204 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,249 
1,190 
1,170 
59 
56 
243 
acres 
2,014,946 
1,921,421 
1,866,208 
93,525 
(D) 
272,744 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
117 
106 
106 
11 
10 
60 
50 to 99 acres 
67 
61 
59 
6 
6 
28 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
76 
68 
66 
8 
8 
30 
200 to 499 acres 
144 
140 
138 
4 
4 
42 
500 to 999 acres 
152 
147 
145 
5 
4 
28 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
308 
300 
300 
8 
8 
20 
2,000 acres or more 
385 
368 
356 
17 
16 
35 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
98 
93 
90 
5 
5 
14 
acres 
63,138 
(D) 
54,812 
(D) 
(D) 
7,442 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
209 
201 
198 
8 
8 
92 
acres 
82,133 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
20,220 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
682 
627 
614 
55 
53 
285 
acres 
119,977 
108,567 
102,470 
11,410 
(D) 
47,417 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
64 
62 
61 
2 
2 
17 
acres 
15,623 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,381 
Total woodland 
farms 
201 
191 
189 
10 
10 
131 
acres 
15,655 
14,345 
(D) 
1,310 
1,310 
78,852 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
48 
46 
46 
2 
2 
28 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
161 
153 
151 
8 
8 
110 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
7,699 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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