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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
84 
215 
368 
585 
759 
153 
$1,000 to $4,999 
391 
1,051 
1,710 
1,575 
736 
186 
$5,000 to $9,999 
619 
1,396 
874 
283 
248 
121 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,107 
1,591 
447 
391 
464 
170 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,058 
269 
219 
241 
288 
110 
$50,000 or more 
181 
168 
185 
197 
233 
91 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,459 
2,708 
3,154 
3,879 
4,498 
5,546 
Average net loss 
dollars 
26,822 
16,567 
1 1 ,423 
8,707 
7,707 
11,206 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
81 
185 
366 
536 
690 
405 
$1,000 to $4,999 
236 
695 
1,095 
1,396 
1,762 
1,856 
$5,000 to $9,999 
299 
598 
681 
921 
993 
1,367 
$10,000 to $24,999 
439 
754 
664 
787 
820 
1,417 
$25,000 to $49,999 
252 
333 
242 
176 
173 
335 
$50,000 or more 
152 
143 
106 
63 
60 
166 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
32 
9 
2 
3 
$1,000 
136 
21 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
3,655 
3,911 
3,225 
3,127 
3,262 
2,435 
$1,000 
33,607 
44,615 
46,398 
47,922 
54,214 
30,656 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
299 
308 
163 
123 
89 
81 
$1,000 
1,760 
1,907 
960 
501 
621 
408 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,452 
2,135 
2,200 
2,330 
2,550 
1,578 
$1,000 
25,679 
35,084 
42,248 
44,817 
50,551 
20,846 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
61 
134 
105 
82 
90 
91 
$1,000 
481 
625 
378 
199 
230 
275 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
44 
72 
39 
43 
25 
60 
$1,000 
649 
1,052 
282 
633 
1,220 
1,080 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,387 
1,912 
1,115 
805 
749 
648 
$1,000 
1,459 
900 
549 
392 
271 
231 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
359 
209 
62 
29 
17 
9 
$1,000 
1,912 
1,389 
280 
64 
124 
32 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
56 
82 
52 
58 
39 
42 
$1,000 
93 
202 
146 
212 
65 
39 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
258 
281 
194 
210 
203 
288 
$1,000 
1,573 
3,456 
1,555 
1,104 
1,131 
7,745 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,589 
6,736 
6,125 
6,112 
5,940 
4,362 
acres 
581,419 
560,153 
349,559 
238,722 
160,732 
145,490 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,279 
5,359 
3,774 
2,999 
2,251 
2,144 
acres 
405,913 
253,283 
103,104 
59,089 
36,049 
31,071 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,783 
3,564 
3,169 
2,743 
2,152 
2,062 
50 to 99 acres 
2,199 
1,219 
494 
224 
77 
63 
100 to 199 acres 
1,064 
464 
96 
30 
15 
16 
200 to 499 acres 
219 
110 
15 
2 
7 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
14 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
394 
570 
373 
382 
316 
436 
acres 
13,415 
17,601 
12,098 
7,243 
6,090 
8,877 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
204 
241 
208 
181 
171 
288 
acres 
4,418 
6,312 
5,038 
4,749 
3,528 
7,248 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1,208 
2,378 
3,008 
3,502 
3,877 
2,080 
acres 
150,807 
276,341 
225,923 
163,736 
111,751 
89,475 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
237 
265 
151 
147 
137 
232 
acres 
6,866 
6,616 
3,396 
3,905 
3,314 
8,819 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,577 
3,519 
3,284 
3,313 
3,299 
3,094 
acres 
163,989 
209,806 
182,197 
153,075 
144,469 
121,480 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,150 
1,434 
1,076 
986 
848 
1,168 
acres 
55,734 
53,190 
32,066 
26,052 
21,540 
27,433 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,916 
2,681 
2,652 
2,707 
2,774 
2,351 
acres 
108,255 
156,616 
150,131 
127,023 
122,929 
94,047 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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