Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
685 
482 
244 
547 
97 
19 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
558 
394 
249 
471 
95 
13 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
727 
610 
471 
951 
296 
75 
9 
$25,000 to $49,999 
305 
292 
261 
799 
349 
120 
13 
$50,000 or more 
246 
252 
228 
1,015 
1,012 
710 
439 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
2,548 
1,813 
1,111 
2,511 
970 
385 
135 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
17,017 
21,819 
31,219 
33,062 
70,294 
142,403 
359,364 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
237 
137 
74 
128 
38 
8 
2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
751 
412 
263 
425 
107 
17 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
475 
361 
165 
403 
89 
26 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
616 
504 
283 
688 
264 
45 
20 
$25,000 to $49,999 
310 
264 
190 
424 
187 
73 
11 
$50,000 or more 
159 
135 
136 
443 
285 
216 
98 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
8 
6 
6 
18 
22 
28 
34 
$1,000 
45 
7 
(D) 
87 
825 
2,658 
5,802 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
1,905 
1,481 
1,045 
2,854 
1,547 
666 
355 
$1,000 
21,385 
15,376 
13,921 
50,662 
58,420 
59,123 
100,626 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
262 
188 
139 
465 
259 
130 
104 
$1,000 
1,648 
1,141 
1,036 
4,004 
3,078 
2,840 
3,918 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
738 
558 
388 
905 
416 
161 
63 
$1,000 
6,616 
5,201 
4,687 
12,358 
9,322 
4,252 
2,031 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
231 
162 
136 
335 
152 
83 
45 
$1,000 
1,707 
1,464 
1,504 
4,147 
3,354 
1,500 
1,047 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
47 
52 
32 
78 
41 
26 
8 
$1,000 
309 
282 
76 
550 
339 
463 
112 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
448 
340 
276 
883 
518 
252 
162 
$1,000 
351 
176 
629 
1,282 
1,497 
2,107 
3,680 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
120 
144 
102 
436 
410 
294 
207 
$1,000 
2,425 
2,326 
1,646 
14,334 
28,121 
41,519 
73,646 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
233 
213 
169 
467 
277 
83 
23 
$1,000 
572 
885 
630 
1,719 
1,153 
671 
217 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
236 
163 
102 
235 
140 
49 
38 
$1,000 
7,757 
3,901 
3,715 
12,267 
11,555 
5,771 
15,974 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
4,717 
3,557 
2,450 
6,020 
2,732 
1,277 
591 
acres 
299,956 
281,509 
230,871 
859,369 
887,021 
1,060,416 
1,627,043 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
4,060 
3,164 
2,188 
5,571 
2,613 
1,235 
583 
acres 
217,513 
217,243 
174,324 
692,362 
763,212 
952,890 
1,567,546 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
2,112 
1,233 
701 
1,101 
200 
36 
7 
50 to 99 acres 
1,411 
1,159 
785 
1,554 
303 
56 
6 
100 to 199 acres 
537 
723 
601 
1,815 
609 
80 
7 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
49 
101 
1,101 
958 
289 
26 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
543 
313 
45 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
461 
104 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
388 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
563 
484 
379 
883 
435 
227 
62 
acres 
19,893 
18,798 
19,097 
61,611 
51,725 
56,387 
22,940 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
172 
129 
83 
231 
122 
69 
26 
acres 
3,952 
3,685 
2,589 
7,256 
8,910 
6,594 
5,565 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
1,069 
758 
499 
1,125 
472 
253 
162 
acres 
55,083 
39,334 
31,879 
89,921 
53,602 
39,572 
29,122 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
169 
134 
87 
240 
109 
43 
11 
acres 
3,515 
2,449 
2,982 
8,219 
9,572 
4,973 
1,870 
Total woodland 
...farms 
3,928 
2,997 
1,991 
4,919 
2,027 
849 
315 
acres 
226,207 
218,627 
173,098 
587,994 
406,454 
280,447 
182,674 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
1,899 
1,480 
1,031 
2,603 
1,014 
378 
111 
acres 
57,976 
51,771 
43,908 
138,215 
92,385 
63,278 
29,300 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
2,880 
2,225 
1,433 
3,734 
1,559 
669 
263 
acres 
168,231 
166,856 
129,190 
449,779 
314,069 
217,169 
153,374 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
3,907 
3,003 
2,059 
5,102 
2,151 
860 
285 
acres 
250,738 
231,997 
189,961 
656,848 
496,254 
342,612 
176,152 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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