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 
635 
309 
209 
397 
71 
12 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
467 
254 
220 
463 
107 
20 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
924 
510 
421 
991 
331 
60 
8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
984 
678 
481 
1,116 
432 
113 
20 
$50,000 or more 
1,204 
1,048 
1,192 
5,756 
5,444 
3,376 
1,963 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,859 
1,103 
811 
1,882 
886 
500 
190 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
20,674 
32,137 
36,816 
55,025 
132,205 
213,074 
329,171 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
190 
82 
44 
100 
29 
2 
2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
521 
262 
189 
327 
61 
21 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
373 
231 
159 
311 
81 
19 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
420 
271 
176 
410 
143 
41 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
176 
148 
129 
274 
125 
56 
24 
$50,000 or more 
179 
109 
114 
460 
447 
361 
144 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
66 
46 
57 
349 
448 
374 
274 
$1,000 
1,045 
879 
1,572 
12,673 
40,441 
61,985 
107,803 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
3,741 
2,537 
2,183 
7,874 
5,724 
3,318 
1,498 
$1,000 
42,595 
30,578 
21,110 
98,159 
130,943 
131,463 
108,778 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
307 
251 
267 
1,235 
1,371 
1,006 
492 
$1,000 
2,609 
2,182 
2,272 
13,776 
19,849 
23,074 
18,650 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
1,395 
903 
640 
1,820 
926 
538 
242 
$1,000 
29,505 
20,532 
1 1 ,382 
38,833 
25,709 
21,000 
14,382 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
84 
48 
39 
129 
75 
21 
8 
$1,000 
336 
226 
141 
723 
739 
270 
183 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
23 
18 
18 
53 
35 
11 
6 
$1,000 
341 
165 
307 
1,315 
1,595 
379 
39 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
2,495 
1,743 
1,584 
6,396 
4,966 
2,943 
1,269 
$1,000 
2,732 
2,417 
2,218 
15,405 
27,430 
29,295 
29,731 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
393 
293 
319 
1,412 
1,616 
1,099 
536 
$1,000 
4,561 
3,444 
3,539 
21,776 
47,948 
49,451 
40,313 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
84 
39 
50 
204 
95 
54 
23 
$1,000 
162 
114 
142 
1,263 
774 
773 
536 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
214 
151 
121 
454 
395 
276 
108 
$1,000 
2,348 
1,498 
1,109 
5,069 
6,856 
7,201 
4,943 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
5,984 
3,828 
3,294 
10,525 
7,230 
4,059 
2,178 
acres 
638,430 
510,501 
544,383 
2,873,770 
4,287,201 
5,037,971 
6,554,013 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
4,676 
3,202 
2,846 
9,563 
6,915 
4,003 
2,161 
acres 
473,939 
410,596 
448,376 
2,525,556 
4,012,690 
4,861,135 
6,344,650 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
858 
422 
264 
394 
76 
10 
50 to 99 acres 
1,153 
581 
356 
526 
78 
14 
4 
100 to 199 acres 
2,665 
1,832 
1,138 
1,631 
214 
27 
6 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
367 
1,088 
7,012 
1,644 
100 
20 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,903 
672 
22 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,180 
271 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,838 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
368 
257 
282 
812 
421 
162 
82 
acres 
10,459 
8,607 
9,487 
38,322 
27,357 
19,831 
25,256 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
258 
158 
104 
361 
196 
115 
115 
acres 
5,939 
3,748 
2,582 
1 1 ,453 
9,775 
8,059 
16,561 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
2,087 
1,131 
952 
2,853 
1,961 
1,230 
797 
acres 
142,870 
82,230 
78,562 
282,438 
225,134 
144,398 
163,086 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
185 
136 
144 
389 
169 
73 
72 
acres 
5,223 
5,320 
5,376 
16,001 
12,245 
4,548 
4,460 
Total woodland 
...farms 
2,791 
1,888 
1,589 
4,439 
2,317 
957 
443 
acres 
149,224 
119,065 
107,138 
389,161 
281,229 
145,288 
125,781 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
988 
706 
677 
1,842 
926 
330 
121 
acres 
34,791 
30,759 
30,129 
110,398 
84,063 
42,365 
32,972 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
2,238 
1,474 
1,244 
3,545 
1,879 
805 
384 
acres 
114,433 
88,306 
77,009 
278,763 
197,166 
102,923 
92,809 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
2,091 
1,535 
1,396 
4,066 
2,229 
860 
302 
acres 
82,373 
72,585 
74,849 
274,435 
248,633 
161,600 
123,298 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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