Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
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 
362 
869 
1,025 
719 
313 
2,371 
$5,000 to $9,999 
606 
1,047 
492 
129 
77 
1,233 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,950 
1,255 
190 
128 
91 
1,644 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,029 
188 
90 
42 
44 
921 
$50,000 or more 
173 
90 
40 
25 
22 
774 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,433 
2,398 
2,457 
2,683 
2,643 
9,719 
Average net loss 
dollars 
26,245 
17,056 
12,015 
9,388 
7,871 
10,276 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
78 
147 
266 
313 
344 
1,115 
$1,000 to $4,999 
221 
611 
808 
917 
1,009 
3,481 
$5,000 to $9,999 
303 
515 
547 
663 
649 
2,201 
$10,000 to $24,999 
436 
699 
544 
618 
510 
2,102 
$25,000 to $49,999 
244 
296 
205 
130 
105 
544 
$50,000 or more 
151 
130 
87 
42 
26 
276 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
32 
10 
- 
- 
5 
- 
$1,000 
138 
22 
- 
- 
2 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
3,538 
3,186 
2,074 
1,598 
1,324 
8,235 
$1,000 
29,572 
26,640 
16,187 
1 1 ,032 
9,506 
168,718 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
299 
295 
151 
105 
76 
168 
$1,000 
1,803 
1,537 
1,096 
436 
281 
1,227 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,299 
1,535 
1,198 
956 
764 
6,631 
$1,000 
21,219 
19,241 
11,855 
8,799 
7,038 
153,920 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
54 
125 
89 
70 
76 
150 
$1,000 
377 
612 
290 
165 
134 
618 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
39 
64 
21 
30 
20 
112 
$1,000 
681 
674 
269 
494 
1,023 
1,905 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,388 
1,706 
850 
567 
472 
1,868 
$1,000 
1,537 
668 
283 
209 
115 
1,194 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
381 
183 
84 
30 
15 
38 
$1,000 
2,200 
939 
709 
68 
105 
345 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
59 
52 
29 
17 
10 
173 
$1,000 
98 
73 
57 
14 
13 
542 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
270 
248 
178 
158 
161 
451 
$1,000 
1,657 
2,896 
1,628 
846 
796 
8,967 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,335 
5,424 
3,846 
3,238 
2,587 
14,863 
acres 
486,267 
337,133 
147,747 
96,187 
63,388 
1,013,536 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,223 
5,209 
3,686 
3,037 
2,401 
2,635 
acres 
419,090 
259,170 
107,277 
63,233 
38,041 
43,950 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,598 
3,335 
3,030 
2,750 
2,293 
2,519 
50 to 99 acres 
2,239 
1,262 
537 
246 
96 
75 
100 to 199 acres 
1,134 
495 
100 
39 
12 
25 
200 to 499 acres 
230 
115 
19 
2 
- 
10 
500 to 999 acres 
22 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
386 
517 
314 
289 
218 
775 
acres 
13,177 
12,921 
6,726 
3,688 
3,232 
27,865 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
201 
231 
158 
145 
127 
458 
acres 
3,382 
4,469 
2,978 
2,207 
2,473 
16,237 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
891 
1,091 
771 
655 
565 
12,254 
acres 
43,805 
55,658 
29,067 
24,866 
17,815 
909,548 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
235 
250 
112 
110 
92 
390 
acres 
6,813 
4,915 
1,699 
2,193 
1,827 
15,936 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,406 
2,983 
2,307 
2,104 
1,830 
7,620 
acres 
142,867 
163,644 
104,534 
82,976 
70,822 
424,332 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,108 
1,381 
946 
861 
700 
1,718 
acres 
54,331 
50,344 
25,827 
20,064 
16,181 
52,536 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,766 
2,169 
1,736 
1,575 
1,409 
6,566 
acres 
88,536 
113,300 
78,707 
62,912 
54,641 
371,796 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
2,322 
2,926 
2,280 
1,960 
1,710 
4,810 
acres 
121,408 
114,230 
64,114 
42,397 
31,660 
172,664 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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