Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
12 
3 
3 
6 
$1,000 to $4,999 
50 
- 
11 
- 
15 
17 
7 
$5,000 to $9,999 
31 
- 
- 
- 
21 
6 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
41 
- 
- 
15 
16 
4 
6 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6 
- 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
21 
- 
5 
- 
5 
8 
3 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
463 
3 
16 
50 
156 
108 
130 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
18,435 
15,857 
17,109 
15,418 
1 1 ,632 
28,547 
19,582 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
28 
1 
3 
11 
13 
$1,000 to $4,999 
103 
- 
1 
19 
40 
26 
17 
$5,000 to $9,999 
108 
- 
6 
6 
49 
22 
25 
$10,000 to $24,999 
149 
3 
3 
17 
42 
43 
41 
$25,000 to $49,999 
44 
- 
5 
1 
10 
3 
25 
$50,000 or more 
31 
- 
- 
4 
4 
14 
9 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
170 
14 
14 
54 
46 
42 
$1,000 
1,361 
- 
80 
132 
625 
291 
233 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
23 
4 
1 
8 
4 
6 
$1,000 
207 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
80 
(D) 
61 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
17 
- 
3 
3 
2 
6 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
44 
(D) 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
79 
5 
2 
33 
21 
18 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
3 
(D) 
185 
(D) 
32 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
25 
1 
6 
15 
2 
1 
$1,000 
446 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
230 
(D) 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
3 
_ 
_ 
2 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
47 
. 
1 
. 
13 
17 
16 
$1,000 
309 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
68 
(D) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
379 
3 
24 
39 
118 
103 
92 
acres 
7,722 
21 
258 
275 
2,799 
2,334 
2,035 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
346 
3 
24 
38 
99 
94 
88 
acres 
6,120 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
1,711 
2,055 
1,823 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
318 
3 
21 
37 
92 
84 
81 
50 to 99 acres 
13 
- 
3 
- 
4 
4 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
11 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
5 
200 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
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 
38 
1 
1 
20 
5 
11 
acres 
920 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
820 
(D) 
61 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
13 
. 
1 
. 
6 
3 
3 
acres 
127 
- 
(D) 
- 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
45 
2 
2 
13 
20 
8 
acres 
509 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
192 
(D) 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
4 
5 
- 
acres 
46 
- 
- 
- 
30 
16 
- 
Total woodland 
farms 
365 
3 
16 
33 
133 
106 
74 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
416 
1,453 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
104 
- 
2 
9 
56 
22 
15 
acres 
897 
- 
(D) 
132 
(D) 
183 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
329 
3 
15 
30 
115 
98 
68 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,321 
(D) 
(D) 
3,205 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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