Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
6,024 
8 
10 
21 
73 
253 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,128 
5 
9 
75 
119 
336 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,494 
20 
60 
131 
490 
1,535 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,863 
53 
122 
299 
1,228 
2,847 
$50,000 or more 
22,460 
4,741 
4,442 
5,336 
5,261 
1,556 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,321 
431 
455 
574 
997 
1,531 
Average net loss 
dollars 
30,985 
478,748 
219,464 
140,156 
74,117 
45,807 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,327 
4 
1 
4 
16 
39 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7,350 
8 
14 
21 
84 
176 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,247 
13 
20 
43 
87 
206 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,600 
23 
39 
60 
171 
398 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,172 
33 
44 
75 
176 
320 
$50,000 or more 
2,625 
350 
337 
371 
463 
392 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,690 
555 
392 
342 
229 
125 
$1,000 
227,190 
155,218 
42,819 
19,380 
7,280 
2,332 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
44,949 
3,845 
4,135 
5,157 
6,247 
5,610 
$1,000 
804,870 
205,594 
114,412 
86,141 
78,321 
58,746 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
6,094 
1,237 
1,179 
1,096 
916 
572 
$1,000 
91,962 
38,969 
19,347 
13,639 
8,922 
4,705 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
16,958 
602 
620 
714 
1,190 
1,449 
$1,000 
351,658 
24,974 
19,706 
19,181 
32,518 
33,206 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
731 
10 
16 
39 
48 
54 
$1,000 
3,466 
309 
155 
269 
326 
211 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
395 
5 
16 
21 
33 
34 
$1,000 
8,966 
373 
189 
1,548 
353 
1,458 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,216 
3,330 
3,649 
4,580 
5,390 
4,416 
$1,000 
114,737 
52,873 
26,504 
16,379 
11,080 
3,895 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
6,529 
1,259 
1,269 
1,280 
1,164 
826 
$1,000 
177,270 
72,494 
41,774 
29,533 
18,597 
10,504 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
790 
52 
70 
101 
119 
108 
$1,000 
4,289 
949 
916 
640 
751 
235 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,153 
341 
317 
345 
375 
309 
$1,000 
52,459 
14,592 
5,821 
4,952 
5,772 
4,532 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
67,285 
4,915 
4,966 
6,302 
7,978 
7,831 
acres 
21,597,136 
9,091,722 
4,176,694 
3,020,700 
2,057,262 
1,106,500 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,891 
4,835 
4,929 
6,273 
7,926 
7,737 
acres 
19,807,839 
8,933,362 
4,083,479 
2,931,014 
1,930,254 
998,969 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
16,598 
80 
59 
108 
240 
586 
50 to 99 acres 
7,295 
26 
30 
44 
316 
2,424 
100 to 199 acres 
8,881 
67 
133 
422 
2,846 
3,608 
200 to 499 acres 
10,231 
344 
839 
3,499 
4,094 
1,079 
500 to 999 acres 
5,597 
746 
2,527 
1,866 
394 
34 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,451 
1,873 
1,204 
332 
36 
6 
2,000 acres or more 
1,838 
1,699 
137 
2 
- 
" 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
4,345 
163 
212 
336 
496 
639 
acres 
167,026 
20,367 
14,428 
15,928 
25,077 
23,617 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,170 
162 
107 
152 
203 
226 
acres 
69,041 
16,415 
5,725 
4,666 
5,635 
4,854 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
22,944 
1,519 
1,163 
1,180 
1,496 
1,359 
acres 
1,487,405 
116,661 
68,554 
63,154 
87,114 
71,163 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,964 
87 
75 
125 
231 
257 
acres 
65,825 
4,917 
4,508 
5,938 
9,182 
7,897 
Total woodland 
farms 
28,193 
894 
1,119 
1,648 
2,510 
2,772 
acres 
1,641,521 
106,562 
95,760 
112,452 
165,801 
171,771 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
10,172 
233 
345 
602 
1,016 
1,262 
acres 
439,332 
27,502 
23,541 
36,718 
63,178 
69,110 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
22,244 
760 
958 
1,287 
1,945 
2,073 
acres 
1,202,189 
79,060 
72,219 
75,734 
102,623 
102,661 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
25,292 
774 
1,158 
1,814 
2,651 
2,887 
acres 
1,271,242 
101,360 
114,766 
142,330 
187,500 
178,813 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
90 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
