Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
1,985 
193 
74 
1,431 
821 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,024 
4,951 
739 
334 
3,791 
2,233 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,128 
3,056 
749 
323 
2,666 
1,462 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,494 
5,108 
1,734 
652 
4,888 
2,606 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,863 
3,873 
2,239 
751 
4,522 
2,341 
$50,000 or more 
22,460 
6,577 
13,824 
2,059 
13,118 
9,342 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,321 
18,850 
5,142 
1,329 
14,086 
1 1 ,235 
Average net loss 
dollars 
30,985 
18,145 
68,402 
68,337 
29,947 
32,287 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,327 
2,027 
229 
71 
1,394 
933 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7,350 
6,262 
821 
267 
4,203 
3,147 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,247 
4,243 
774 
230 
2,830 
2,417 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,600 
4,077 
1,277 
246 
2,928 
2,672 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,172 
1,308 
688 
176 
1,280 
892 
$50,000 or more 
2,625 
933 
1,353 
339 
1,451 
1,174 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,690 
259 
1,272 
159 
955 
735 
$1,000 
227,190 
14,047 
195,907 
17,235 
91,478 
135,712 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
44,949 
23,647 
17,899 
3,403 
27,055 
17,894 
$1,000 
804,870 
346,104 
393,762 
65,004 
445,378 
359,492 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
6,094 
1,285 
4,143 
666 
3,476 
2,618 
$1,000 
91,962 
1 1 ,573 
69,314 
11,075 
46,939 
45,023 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
16,958 
13,649 
2,887 
422 
10,495 
6,463 
$1,000 
351,658 
273,554 
62,912 
15,193 
223,754 
127,904 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
731 
518 
198 
15 
381 
350 
$1,000 
3,466 
2,124 
1,168 
174 
1,707 
1,759 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
395 
279 
95 
21 
182 
213 
$1,000 
8,966 
4,985 
2,422 
1,559 
3,111 
5,855 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,216 
11,253 
15,194 
2,769 
17,521 
11,695 
$1,000 
114,737 
15,745 
89,579 
9,413 
55,604 
59,133 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
6,529 
1,270 
4,465 
794 
3,748 
2,781 
$1,000 
177,270 
13,595 
142,379 
21,295 
89,585 
87,684 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
790 
426 
317 
47 
425 
365 
$1,000 
4,289 
1,496 
2,534 
259 
2,153 
2,135 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,153 
1,657 
1,269 
227 
1,642 
1,511 
$1,000 
52,459 
23,033 
23,390 
6,036 
22,504 
29,955 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
67,285 
37,883 
24,172 
5,230 
40,850 
26,435 
acres 
21,597,136 
4,398,249 
15,291,911 
1,906,976 
11,298,995 
10,298,141 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,891 
24,980 
23,829 
5,082 
32,204 
21,687 
acres 
19,807,839 
3,109,391 
14,823,719 
1,874,729 
10,225,232 
9,582,607 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
16,598 
13,138 
2,306 
1,154 
9,480 
7,118 
50 to 99 acres 
7,295 
4,316 
2,149 
830 
4,685 
2,610 
100 to 199 acres 
8,881 
4,035 
3,814 
1,032 
5,777 
3,104 
200 to 499 acres 
10,231 
2,585 
6,576 
1,070 
6,327 
3,904 
500 to 999 acres 
5,597 
504 
4,583 
510 
3,411 
2,186 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,451 
235 
2,885 
331 
1,772 
1,679 
2,000 acres or more 
1,838 
167 
1,516 
155 
752 
1,086 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
4,345 
2,635 
1,596 
114 
2,320 
2,025 
acres 
167,026 
77,139 
86,123 
3,764 
87,790 
79,236 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,170 
1,236 
811 
123 
1,248 
922 
acres 
69,041 
31,372 
32,173 
5,496 
37,224 
31,817 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
22,944 
17,542 
5,011 
391 
14,214 
8,730 
acres 
1,487,405 
1,143,794 
322,333 
21,278 
907,436 
579,969 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,964 
1,211 
684 
69 
1,207 
757 
acres 
65,825 
36,553 
27,563 
1,709 
41,313 
24,512 
Total woodland 
farms 
28,193 
19,716 
8,062 
415 
15,711 
12,482 
acres 
1,641,521 
1,043,194 
575,662 
22,665 
927,546 
713,975 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
10,172 
6,379 
3,585 
208 
5,350 
4,822 
acres 
439,332 
220,883 
211,167 
7,282 
244,084 
195,248 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
22,244 
15,908 
6,069 
267 
12,537 
9,707 
acres 
1,202,189 
822,31 1 
364,495 
15,383 
683,462 
518,727 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
