Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,252 
i 
2 
11 
17 
57 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,024 
8 
10 
25 
80 
252 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,128 
5 
15 
69 
129 
369 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,494 
21 
60 
144 
515 
1,584 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,863 
53 
128 
310 
1,364 
2,823 
$50,000 or more 
22,460 
4,878 
4,562 
5,348 
5,197 
1,420 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,321 
446 
472 
557 
1,055 
1,547 
Average net loss 
dollars 
30,985 
472,765 
213,253 
137,383 
71,427 
45,622 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,327 
4 
1 
4 
19 
36 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7,350 
8 
14 
21 
90 
177 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,247 
13 
20 
43 
102 
210 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,600 
23 
40 
60 
193 
403 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,172 
33 
48 
74 
184 
322 
$50,000 or more 
2,625 
365 
349 
355 
467 
399 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,690 
568 
407 
320 
231 
118 
$1,000 
227,190 
156,712 
43,039 
17,976 
7,193 
2,110 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
44,949 
3,966 
4,272 
5,162 
6,339 
5,595 
$1,000 
804,870 
209,371 
116,678 
84,208 
80,609 
56,593 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
6,094 
1,290 
1,178 
1,084 
921 
558 
$1,000 
91,962 
39,532 
19,642 
13,004 
8,924 
4,703 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
16,958 
625 
631 
715 
1,253 
1,489 
$1,000 
351,658 
25,398 
19,950 
20,300 
34,882 
31,905 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
731 
10 
22 
34 
47 
55 
$1,000 
3,466 
309 
234 
193 
324 
218 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
395 
5 
16 
21 
39 
31 
$1,000 
8,966 
373 
189 
1,548 
363 
1,578 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,216 
3,442 
3,771 
4,596 
5,418 
4,373 
$1,000 
114,737 
53,639 
26,871 
15,965 
10,690 
3,770 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
6,529 
1,301 
1,304 
1,258 
1,173 
808 
$1,000 
177,270 
74,338 
42,196 
28,268 
19,065 
9,601 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
790 
53 
72 
107 
116 
113 
$1,000 
4,289 
950 
935 
746 
654 
248 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,153 
351 
343 
335 
366 
324 
$1,000 
52,459 
14,770 
6,662 
4,185 
5,707 
4,570 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
67,285 
5,068 
5,109 
6,323 
8,143 
7,778 
acres 
21,597,136 
9,302,689 
4,182,471 
2,926,222 
2,061,511 
1,088,168 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,891 
4,988 
5,071 
6,295 
8,083 
7,648 
acres 
19,807,839 
9,137,767 
4,087,445 
2,831,393 
1,906,855 
955,870 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
16,598 
80 
59 
110 
246 
630 
50 to 99 acres 
7,295 
26 
30 
47 
353 
2,563 
100 to 199 acres 
8,881 
68 
139 
441 
3,099 
3,449 
200 to 499 acres 
10,231 
350 
896 
3,687 
3,985 
957 
500 to 999 acres 
5,597 
779 
2,672 
1,722 
365 
43 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,451 
1,960 
1,164 
286 
35 
6 
2,000 acres or more 
1,838 
1,725 
111 
2 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
4,345 
169 
224 
336 
501 
644 
acres 
167,026 
20,477 
15,378 
15,639 
25,225 
24,983 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,170 
167 
109 
151 
209 
241 
acres 
69,041 
16,656 
5,707 
4,683 
5,550 
5,152 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
22,944 
1,552 
1,208 
1,193 
1,563 
1,375 
acres 
1,487,405 
122,821 
69,484 
68,301 
114,548 
94,218 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,964 
90 
72 
137 
239 
257 
acres 
65,825 
4,968 
4,457 
6,206 
9,333 
7,945 
Total woodland 
farms 
28,193 
928 
1,154 
1,658 
2,590 
2,777 
acres 
1,641,521 
109,093 
99,352 
113,190 
173,483 
171,387 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
10,172 
244 
371 
600 
1,039 
1,256 
acres 
439,332 
27,856 
25,233 
38,057 
63,318 
68,853 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
22,244 
787 
975 
1,307 
2,011 
2,083 
acres 
1,202,189 
81,237 
74,119 
75,133 
110,165 
102,534 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
