Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
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 
524 
364 
200 
433 
158 
9 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
368 
283 
161 
399 
124 
18 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
393 
353 
242 
692 
202 
45 
11 
$25,000 to $49,999 
155 
130 
118 
530 
288 
79 
7 
$50,000 or more 
129 
125 
101 
577 
730 
599 
448 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
2,786 
1,810 
1,153 
2,463 
731 
203 
63 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
11,056 
12,361 
14,040 
18,942 
29,989 
51,554 
99,237 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
266 
137 
94 
129 
23 
6 
$1,000 to $4,999 
823 
476 
308 
532 
107 
19 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
657 
427 
234 
456 
88 
20 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
752 
559 
354 
751 
215 
41 
14 
$25,000 to $49,999 
235 
162 
106 
402 
183 
66 
12 
$50,000 or more 
53 
49 
57 
193 
115 
51 
33 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
7 
3 
1 
23 
35 
43 
69 
$1,000 
67 
99 
(D) 
962 
3,626 
6,560 
24,260 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
1,747 
1,354 
951 
2,648 
1,403 
526 
310 
$1,000 
13,664 
8,425 
6,639 
27,219 
28,344 
24,075 
25,246 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
160 
185 
96 
377 
193 
111 
92 
$1,000 
919 
878 
581 
2,767 
2,800 
1,775 
4,235 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
562 
345 
259 
685 
301 
96 
40 
$1,000 
4,162 
1,998 
2,147 
6,415 
3,747 
1,616 
1,739 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
202 
129 
136 
277 
187 
53 
29 
$1,000 
2,593 
1,792 
1,551 
5,019 
4,649 
2,308 
864 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
27 
48 
26 
99 
78 
24 
5 
$1,000 
207 
701 
332 
2,685 
696 
1,482 
391 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
778 
692 
455 
1,425 
791 
293 
178 
$1,000 
253 
365 
251 
1,149 
1,410 
1,501 
2,259 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
73 
49 
34 
193 
265 
172 
155 
$1,000 
2,438 
943 
371 
4,449 
10,567 
13,047 
13,705 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
201 
167 
132 
378 
178 
69 
34 
$1,000 
1,016 
632 
481 
1,754 
1,147 
627 
734 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
159 
114 
72 
143 
111 
59 
26 
$1,000 
2,077 
1,116 
924 
2,981 
3,327 
1,720 
1,293 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
3,920 
2,806 
1,812 
4,754 
2,137 
932 
528 
acres 
243,395 
215,415 
160,508 
670,752 
707,934 
842,627 
1,596,409 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
3,449 
2,577 
1,637 
4,402 
2,019 
905 
527 
acres 
181,287 
167,855 
123,998 
532,865 
595,134 
746,113 
1,525,835 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,820 
1,040 
563 
854 
149 
14 
3 
50 to 99 acres 
1,205 
1,038 
609 
1,354 
265 
31 
3 
100 to 199 acres 
424 
442 
377 
1,379 
484 
72 
12 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
57 
88 
815 
670 
188 
24 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
451 
228 
22 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
372 
78 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
385 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
495 
349 
275 
833 
409 
237 
100 
acres 
26,098 
22,137 
19,422 
82,950 
74,337 
71,244 
52,048 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
100 
100 
49 
158 
80 
76 
38 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6,984 
9,211 
9,674 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
732 
446 
286 
700 
335 
127 
76 
acres 
34,103 
22,209 
15,704 
47,877 
31,307 
16,059 
8,852 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
3 
3 
1 
2 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
172 
- 
- 
Total woodland 
...farms 
3,545 
2,485 
1,620 
4,102 
1,614 
523 
214 
acres 
210,781 
177,965 
148,947 
514,986 
376,048 
163,881 
84,711 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
1,960 
1,411 
940 
2,364 
874 
304 
85 
acres 
64,704 
56,260 
46,752 
157,619 
109,419 
62,265 
28,269 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
2,433 
1,705 
1,085 
2,855 
1,165 
378 
173 
acres 
146,077 
121,705 
102,195 
357,367 
266,629 
101,616 
56,442 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
3,538 
2,604 
1,680 
4,225 
1,671 
588 
217 
acres 
232,538 
215,603 
166,807 
593,762 
400,410 
250,743 
178,726 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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