Table 6. Income From Farm-Related Sources: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
282 
692 
805 
136 
461 
198 
2007 
316 
759 
816 
106 
450 
160 
$1,000, 2012 
8,261 
13,684 
13,777 
372 
6,135 
1,434 
2007 
6,061 
9,166 
9,572 
260 
3,834 
1,821 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
29,294 
19,774 
17,115 
2,737 
13,308 
7,243 
2007 
19,180 
12,077 
11,730 
2,455 
8,520 
1 1 ,384 
Customwork and other agricultural services 
farms, 2012 
54 
84 
80 
17 
37 
12 
2007 
58 
109 
117 
13 
60 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
1,034 
1,789 
1,423 
84 
267 
(D) 
2007 
841 
1,120 
1,397 
9 
581 
84 
Gross cash rent or share payments (see text) .. 
farms, 2012 
127 
271 
222 
30 
215 
84 
2007 
146 
265 
226 
22 
168 
59 
$1,000, 2012 
2,682 
7,952 
6,032 
67 
3,446 
366 
2007 
2,877 
5,134 
3,305 
13 
1,429 
272 
Sales of forest products, excluding Christmas 
trees, short rotation woody crops, and 
maple products 
farms, 2012 
- 
5 
6 
16 
7 
28 
2007 
- 
4 
5 
16 
1 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
11 
26 
62 
2 
236 
2007 
- 
9 
15 
47 
(D) 
114 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
farms, 2012 
1 
_ 
_ 
6 
3 
8 
2007 
1 
4 
- 
2 
2 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
10 
376 
2007 
(D) 
8 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
365 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms, 2012 
192 
469 
638 
47 
247 
83 
2007 
227 
525 
638 
51 
282 
62 
$1,000, 2012 
1,390 
1,526 
2,020 
35 
672 
(D) 
2007 
1,169 
1,510 
2,784 
36 
416 
74 
Crop and livestock insurance payments 
farms, 2012 
46 
117 
196 
6 
48 
8 
2007 
58 
90 
135 
3 
63 
26 
$1,000, 2012 
2,976 
1,424 
3,310 
24 
992 
134 
2007 
898 
537 
976 
(D) 
907 
358 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms, 2012 
4 
4 
13 
8 
5 
- 
2007 
3 
19 
17 
7 
12 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
2 
27 
54 
(D) 
9 
- 
2007 
(D) 
38 
71 
4 
19 
11 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
430 
6,650 
4,171 
(D) 
1,849 
- 
2007 
(D) 
1,985 
4,196 
579 
1,591 
1,059 
Other farm-related income sources (see text) ... 
farms, 2012 
18 
25 
38 
28 
36 
19 
2007 
29 
57 
58 
20 
47 
28 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
955 
912 
61 
737 
169 
2007 
274 
811 
1,023 
127 
(D) 
544 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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