Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
298 
253 
29 
16 
140 
158 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
727 
588 
99 
40 
398 
329 
$5,000 to $9,999 
568 
417 
114 
37 
278 
290 
$10,000 to $24,999 
585 
447 
111 
27 
261 
324 
$25,000 to $49,999 
342 
224 
87 
31 
163 
179 
$50,000 or more 
650 
213 
355 
82 
268 
382 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
5,003 
3,984 
786 
233 
2,274 
2,729 
Average net loss 
dollars 
21,362 
18,790 
37,529 
10,793 
18,637 
23,632 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
422 
351 
31 
40 
217 
205 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,690 
1,407 
201 
82 
795 
895 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,163 
942 
176 
45 
530 
633 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,067 
871 
153 
43 
462 
605 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
222 
122 
16 
137 
223 
$50,000 or more 
301 
191 
103 
7 
133 
168 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
10 
_ 
8 
2 
3 
7 
$1,000 
361 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,722 
1,879 
747 
96 
1,207 
1,515 
$1,000 
37,017 
15,698 
20,457 
861 
14,737 
22,280 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
407 
198 
176 
33 
191 
216 
$1,000 
8,002 
1,032 
6,722 
248 
2,437 
5,565 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
438 
323 
110 
5 
213 
225 
$1,000 
2,325 
1,241 
1,068 
16 
1,036 
1,290 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,133 
851 
257 
25 
494 
639 
$1,000 
8,616 
4,988 
3,592 
36 
2,827 
5,789 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
270 
187 
66 
17 
110 
160 
$1,000 
1,803 
1,051 
665 
87 
860 
943 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
345 
140 
181 
24 
145 
200 
$1,000 
604 
(D) 
416 
(D) 
166 
438 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
77 
35 
31 
11 
46 
31 
$1,000 
2,945 
490 
2,233 
221 
1,596 
1,349 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
182 
86 
89 
7 
66 
116 
$1,000 
1,587 
(D) 
1,299 
(D) 
321 
1,266 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
657 
448 
186 
23 
264 
393 
$1,000 
11,135 
6,502 
4,460 
172 
5,494 
5,641 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,864 
4,165 
1,409 
290 
2,720 
3,144 
acres 
477,343 
154,792 
305,951 
16,600 
188,490 
288,853 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,325 
3,662 
1,376 
287 
2,410 
2,915 
acres 
400,960 
105,480 
280,912 
14,568 
148,043 
252,917 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
3,965 
3,231 
501 
233 
1,809 
2,156 
50 to 99 acres 
591 
273 
293 
25 
277 
314 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
353 
95 
244 
14 
148 
205 
200 to 499 acres 
266 
42 
214 
10 
122 
144 
500 to 999 acres 
101 
12 
87 
2 
42 
59 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
33 
7 
23 
3 
9 
24 
2,000 acres or more 
16 
2 
14 
- 
3 
13 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
543 
380 
129 
34 
230 
313 
acres 
10,168 
5,078 
(D) 
(D) 
4,932 
5,236 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
368 
287 
77 
4 
187 
181 
acres 
5,990 
3,046 
(D) 
(D) 
3,002 
2,988 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1,437 
1,150 
233 
54 
665 
772 
acres 
53,535 
39,385 
13,608 
542 
29,912 
23,623 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
295 
189 
78 
28 
142 
153 
acres 
6,690 
1,803 
4,451 
436 
2,601 
4,089 
Total woodland 
farms 
5,804 
4,433 
1,209 
162 
2,622 
3,182 
acres 
773,652 
498,611 
248,755 
26,286 
354,546 
419,106 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,103 
794 
278 
31 
469 
634 
acres 
27,105 
18,774 
8,173 
158 
13,732 
13,373 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
5,442 
4,153 
1,140 
149 
2,445 
2,997 
acres 
746,547 
479,837 
240,582 
26,128 
340,814 
405,733 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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