Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
2,062 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,024 
5,490 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,128 
3,753 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,494 
6,744 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,863 
6,227 
$50,000 or more 
22,460 
18,281 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,321 
22,973 
Average net loss 
dollars 
30,985 
24,658 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,327 
2,144 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7,350 
6,838 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,247 
4,876 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,600 
5,196 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,172 
1,927 
$50,000 or more 
2,625 
1,992 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,690 
1,368 
$1,000 
227,190 
141,563 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
44,949 
39,202 
$1,000 
804,870 
603,588 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
6,094 
5,073 
$1,000 
91,962 
66,152 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
16,958 
14,970 
$1,000 
351,658 
289,174 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
731 
672 
$1,000 
3,466 
2,844 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
395 
293 
$1,000 
8,966 
2,440 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,216 
25,493 
$1,000 
114,737 
81,800 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
6,529 
5,433 
$1,000 
177,270 
127,653 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
790 
680 
$1,000 
4,289 
3,462 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,153 
2,675 
$1,000 
52,459 
30,001 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
67,285 
59,070 
acres 
21,597,136 
15,862,508 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,891 
47,604 
acres 
19,807,839 
14,393,471 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
16,598 
15,347 
50 to 99 acres 
7,295 
6,837 
100 to 199 acres 
8,881 
8,213 
200 to 499 acres 
10,231 
9,088 
500 to 999 acres 
5,597 
4,639 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,451 
2,457 
2,000 acres or more 
1,838 
1,023 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
4,345 
3,892 
acres 
167,026 
137,549 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,170 
1,918 
acres 
69,041 
52,897 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
22,944 
19,655 
acres 
1,487,405 
1,222,499 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,964 
1,764 
acres 
65,825 
56,092 
Total woodland 
farms 
28,193 
25,281 
acres 
1,641,521 
1,383,575 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
10,172 
9,297 
acres 
439,332 
382,783 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
22,244 
19,823 
acres 
1,202,189 
1,000,792 
Partnership 
101 
266 
205 
417 
352 
2,174 
1,153 
72,591 
106 
288 
167 
210 
115 
267 
205 
63,282 
3,061 
93,811 
575 
13,916 
979 
26,031 
37 
416 
30 
583 
2,077 
17,300 
604 
27,964 
68 
590 
201 
7,012 
4,345 
3,269,765 
3,358 
3,091,497 
534 
279 
425 
704 
488 
445 
483 
257 
18,306 
142 
9,373 
1,673 
144,687 
108 
5,902 
1,615 
148,048 
570 
38,909 
1,277 
109,139 
Registered 
under 
state law 
83 
182 
138 
274 
218 
1,699 
808 
85,715 
67 
192 
102 
144 
85 
218 
166 
57,165 
2,267 
79,244 
471 
12,476 
687 
20,153 
32 
(D) 
27 
(D) 
1,548 
14,803 
476 
23,662 
55 
530 
154 
6,695 
3,167 
2,630,470 
2,462 
2,498,400 
367 
175 
258 
514 
402 
360 
386 
181 
12,272 
99 
6,526 
1,219 
109,542 
69 
3,730 
1,153 
111,921 
416 
31,266 
900 
80,655 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
142 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
