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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
52 
29 
28 
44 
16 
12 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
39 
48 
24 
51 
14 
6 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
58 
35 
12 
89 
27 
8 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
19 
29 
19 
52 
23 
4 
3 
$50,000 or more 
28 
28 
41 
119 
143 
88 
31 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
312 
218 
121 
288 
101 
39 
13 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
. dollars 
58,504 
25,949 
14,859 
34,186 
42,280 
140,918 
194,762 
Less than $1 ,000 
30 
26 
1 
12 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
106 
74 
36 
72 
27 
4 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
69 
47 
19 
61 
10 
- 
3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
55 
42 
41 
80 
19 
12 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
34 
17 
20 
20 
22 
4 
- 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
18 
12 
4 
43 
23 
19 
7 
Total 
...farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
6 
1 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
174 
211 
118 
332 
190 
94 
32 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
1,170 
1,681 
665 
4,101 
4,142 
5,327 
5,698 
services 
...farms 
21 
29 
15 
71 
33 
10 
2 
$1,000 
343 
96 
52 
(D) 
(D) 
442 
(D) 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
35 
51 
36 
67 
44 
27 
11 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
76 
169 
175 
(D) 
(D) 
279 
(D) 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
98 
113 
57 
154 
78 
28 
15 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
548 
460 
227 
1,157 
1,195 
2,473 
217 
(see text) 
...farms 
11 
11 
6 
15 
10 
6 
1 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
40 
184 
42 
150 
308 
(D) 
(D) 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
7 
19 
10 
67 
53 
30 
9 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
106 
133 
169 
88 
payments received 
...farms 
2 
1 
2 
10 
15 
11 
2 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
267 
(D) 
936 
(D) 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
6 
6 
3 
31 
14 
13 
5 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
7 
31 
(D) 
344 
196 
289 
302 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
35 
41 
19 
57 
28 
14 
3 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
152 
715 
58 
(D) 
156 
(D) 
(D) 
Total cropland 
...farms 
442 
319 
227 
589 
295 
142 
52 
acres 
18,092 
19,897 
17,274 
75,508 
80,524 
87,985 
107,074 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
413 
294 
200 
531 
281 
132 
50 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
14,073 
15,778 
14,892 
61,681 
70,102 
74,227 
98,387 
1 to 49 acres 
301 
158 
93 
180 
53 
12 
7 
50 to 99 acres 
84 
79 
49 
102 
38 
14 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
28 
55 
44 
125 
50 
8 
2 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
2 
14 
124 
98 
25 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
42 
55 
4 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
16 
improvements (see text) 
...farms 
47 
40 
14 
45 
28 
11 
4 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
667 
1,065 
188 
1,630 
2,395 
993 
90 
were abandoned 
...farms 
29 
20 
15 
47 
20 
5 
6 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
413 
205 
266 
1,402 
896 
240 
1,035 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
105 
56 
63 
171 
68 
55 
17 
acres 
2,692 
2,624 
1,823 
9,636 
6,148 
10,794 
6,266 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
19 
16 
9 
35 
15 
12 
5 
acres 
247 
225 
105 
1,159 
983 
1,731 
1,296 
Total woodland 
...farms 
462 
352 
234 
565 
296 
141 
47 
acres 
47,557 
45,105 
33,701 
120,068 
123,311 
101,693 
178,037 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
89 
76 
47 
92 
39 
24 
3 
acres 
2,207 
1,856 
1,275 
3,108 
3,883 
5,291 
852 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
439 
341 
227 
548 
286 
136 
47 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
45,350 
43,249 
32,426 
116,960 
119,428 
96,402 
177,185 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
259 
224 
131 
340 
157 
44 
14 
acres 
6,569 
8,344 
4,211 
12,153 
11,093 
4,356 
1,595 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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