Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
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 
3,704 
- 
6 
3 
15 
23 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,340 
6 
3 
13 
46 
127 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,334 
4 
7 
17 
47 
126 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,665 
9 
38 
52 
126 
399 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,023 
27 
63 
110 
298 
698 
$50,000 or more 
3,243 
721 
619 
658 
717 
283 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
45,741 
61 
66 
149 
327 
518 
Average net loss 
dollars 
9,568 
124,978 
99,104 
48,862 
40,385 
28,350 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,982 
- 
- 
1 
8 
24 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16,846 
3 
2 
9 
33 
50 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10,613 
1 
3 
17 
46 
68 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,729 
9 
10 
34 
61 
168 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,790 
8 
22 
41 
74 
123 
$50,000 or more 
781 
40 
29 
47 
105 
85 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
198 
83 
30 
29 
27 
11 
$1,000 
35,736 
26,607 
4,857 
2,747 
1,145 
315 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
21,499 
465 
441 
601 
936 
1,207 
$1,000 
192,465 
28,409 
16,489 
19,855 
16,679 
11,584 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,569 
114 
86 
109 
162 
170 
$1,000 
18,630 
4,575 
988 
2,167 
2,169 
1,445 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,303 
57 
50 
83 
165 
248 
$1,000 
39,946 
1,552 
899 
1,315 
1,963 
2,531 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,305 
23 
27 
36 
72 
104 
$1,000 
25,741 
649 
630 
1,285 
1,459 
1,667 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
616 
6 
5 
13 
31 
51 
$1,000 
11,915 
750 
29 
1,074 
1,127 
958 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
9,078 
304 
281 
378 
567 
689 
$1,000 
8,133 
3,077 
1,148 
872 
742 
487 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,183 
189 
143 
195 
193 
109 
$1,000 
47,175 
14,813 
10,194 
11,925 
6,618 
1,784 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
2,084 
60 
51 
69 
120 
201 
$1,000 
8,651 
1,059 
508 
430 
558 
817 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,485 
41 
50 
47 
76 
126 
$1,000 
32,251 
1,908 
2,092 
789 
2,042 
1,895 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
51,019 
761 
723 
947 
1,478 
1,977 
acres 
5,329,692 
1,662,650 
589,685 
448,996 
384,169 
294,944 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
44,908 
748 
694 
936 
1,456 
1,943 
acres 
4,546,788 
1,620,328 
553,401 
413,995 
331,896 
235,486 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
30,748 
56 
61 
103 
183 
378 
50 to 99 acres 
7,280 
35 
30 
79 
223 
504 
100 to 199 acres 
3,502 
33 
51 
131 
309 
720 
200 to 499 acres 
1,842 
60 
119 
231 
620 
324 
500 to 999 acres 
701 
56 
173 
332 
114 
17 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
450 
152 
233 
58 
7 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
385 
356 
27 
2 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,852 
102 
107 
128 
216 
298 
acres 
407,005 
28,322 
22,699 
26,547 
38,141 
46,451 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,652 
44 
52 
42 
64 
73 
acres 
52,616 
5,869 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,071 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
8,939 
101 
105 
113 
161 
226 
acres 
322,744 
8,131 
5,908 
5,242 
7,786 
9,936 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
95 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
acres 
539 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Total woodland 
farms 
42,898 
339 
394 
477 
878 
1,442 
acres 
2,303,156 
68,948 
53,373 
59,230 
98,228 
154,595 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
22,524 
160 
170 
245 
465 
880 
acres 
737,308 
16,594 
18,674 
23,665 
37,939 
67,107 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
28,260 
247 
299 
331 
593 
854 
acres 
1,565,848 
52,354 
34,699 
35,565 
60,289 
87,488 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
