Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
under 
state law 
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 
3,544 
107 
55 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,340 
5,898 
313 
145 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,334 
3,031 
234 
122 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,665 
3,266 
310 
126 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,023 
1,759 
202 
103 
$50,000 or more 
3,243 
2,549 
510 
342 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
45,741 
43,128 
1,743 
935 
Average net loss 
dollars 
9,568 
9,192 
15,238 
18,663 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,982 
4,782 
138 
53 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16,846 
16,035 
537 
259 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10,613 
10,048 
386 
206 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,729 
9,089 
443 
261 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,790 
2,537 
160 
97 
$50,000 or more 
781 
637 
79 
59 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
198 
143 
49 
36 
$1,000 
35,736 
18,311 
16,454 
13,736 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
21,499 
19,519 
1,455 
803 
$1,000 
192,465 
147,571 
27,532 
19,138 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,569 
2,327 
185 
108 
$1,000 
18,630 
13,602 
3,359 
2,879 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,303 
5,637 
471 
301 
$1,000 
39,946 
33,203 
4,622 
3,288 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,305 
2,094 
152 
81 
$1,000 
25,741 
22,049 
2,307 
1,561 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
616 
532 
45 
28 
$1,000 
11,915 
6,033 
1,771 
1,072 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
9,078 
8,267 
650 
366 
$1,000 
8,133 
5,764 
1,991 
1,588 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,183 
988 
168 
99 
$1,000 
47,175 
37,390 
8,336 
5,713 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
2,084 
1,893 
153 
70 
$1,000 
8,651 
7,118 
1,370 
520 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,485 
2,216 
177 
92 
$1,000 
32,251 
22,389 
3,775 
2,519 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
51,019 
47,107 
2,785 
1,500 
acres 
5,329,692 
4,001,886 
1,122,539 
815,351 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
44,908 
41,494 
2,437 
1,309 
acres 
4,546,788 
3,339,510 
1,041,292 
767,489 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
30,748 
29,044 
1,102 
533 
50 to 99 acres 
7,280 
6,697 
446 
235 
100 to 199 acres 
3,502 
3,073 
342 
176 
200 to 499 acres 
1,842 
1,568 
197 
113 
500 to 999 acres 
701 
582 
80 
57 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
450 
331 
101 
66 
2,000 acres or more 
385 
199 
169 
129 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,852 
5,312 
379 
208 
acres 
407,005 
339,534 
40,999 
24,516 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,652 
1,491 
99 
51 
acres 
52,616 
44,512 
(D) 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
8,939 
8,130 
563 
305 
acres 
322,744 
277,798 
34,309 
20,079 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
95 
88 
2 
1 
acres 
539 
532 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
farms 
42,898 
39,865 
2,132 
1,097 
acres 
2,303,156 
2,022,947 
187,374 
104,596 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
22,524 
21,007 
1,108 
537 
acres 
737,308 
663,907 
52,425 
26,341 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
28,260 
26,139 
1,450 
772 
acres 
1,565,848 
1,359,040 
134,949 
78,255 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
142 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
