Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,340 
250 
1,854 
834 
863 
850 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,334 
107 
677 
324 
393 
478 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,665 
96 
546 
300 
316 
469 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,023 
50 
182 
136 
138 
210 
$50,000 or more 
3,243 
39 
211 
70 
94 
120 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
45,741 
2,473 
18,421 
5,590 
5,301 
4,747 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
9,568 
6,931 
6,962 
7,842 
9,036 
9,667 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,982 
296 
2,410 
664 
547 
410 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16,846 
1,075 
7,902 
2,093 
1,901 
1,608 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10,613 
603 
4,259 
1,421 
1,299 
1,147 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,729 
391 
3,116 
1,142 
1,187 
1,207 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,790 
95 
644 
238 
313 
334 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
781 
13 
90 
32 
54 
41 
Total 
... farms 
198 
- 
3 
2 
1 
11 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
35,736 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
154 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
21,499 
638 
5,009 
2,115 
2,220 
2,578 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
192,465 
2,973 
20,244 
9,843 
12,014 
13,779 
services 
... farms 
2,569 
67 
529 
207 
263 
289 
$1,000 
18,630 
226 
1,451 
511 
1,095 
1,392 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
6,303 
238 
1,637 
713 
698 
729 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
39,946 
589 
6,473 
3,186 
3,668 
4,205 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
2,305 
18 
495 
260 
230 
289 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
25,741 
81 
1,621 
1,591 
1,383 
2,290 
(see text) 
... farms 
616 
20 
163 
40 
37 
49 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
11,915 
68 
1,541 
1,364 
851 
1,595 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
9,078 
175 
1,500 
733 
887 
1,171 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
8,133 
18 
292 
179 
159 
297 
payments received 
... farms 
1,183 
9 
74 
35 
56 
68 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
47,175 
96 
286 
495 
193 
587 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
2,084 
21 
252 
179 
198 
275 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
8,651 
31 
479 
411 
525 
813 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
2,485 
147 
944 
246 
227 
237 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
32,251 
1,865 
8,101 
2,105 
4,141 
2,600 
Total cropland 
... farms 
51,019 
1,125 
15,376 
5,746 
5,926 
5,957 
acres 
5,329,692 
4,188 
236,700 
156,230 
210,438 
285,096 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
44,908 
990 
13,144 
4,882 
5,151 
5,225 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
4,546,788 
3,433 
180,890 
113,669 
158,835 
216,874 
1 to 49 acres 
30,748 
990 
13,144 
4,490 
4,203 
3,478 
50 to 99 acres 
7,280 
- 
- 
392 
948 
1,435 
100 to 199 acres 
3,502 
- 
- 
- 
- 
312 
200 to 499 acres 
1,842 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
701 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
450 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
385 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
5,852 
109 
1,294 
550 
588 
613 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
407,005 
320 
12,438 
9,135 
14,155 
22,721 
were abandoned 
... farms 
1,652 
32 
485 
178 
189 
167 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
52,616 
56 
4,043 
(D) 
2,769 
(D) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
8,939 
115 
2,681 
1,199 
1,145 
1,097 
acres 
322,744 
371 
39,284 
30,819 
34,664 
41,495 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
95 
8 
41 
12 
15 
6 
acres 
539 
8 
45 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
Total woodland 
... farms 
42,898 
533 
12,165 
5,189 
5,445 
5,463 
acres 
2,303,156 
1,186 
122,689 
107,022 
165,808 
229,132 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
22,524 
309 
5,812 
2,641 
2,763 
3,061 
acres 
737,308 
631 
43,245 
36,691 
53,731 
77,722 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
28,260 
251 
7,727 
3,314 
3,637 
3,537 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,565,848 
555 
79,444 
70,331 
112,077 
151,410 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
47,710 
1,696 
14,947 
5,425 
5,524 
5,595 
acres 
2,915,268 
7,434 
225,886 
151,597 
208,236 
283,526 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
64 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
