Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
2,994 
598 
112 
2,267 
1,437 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,340 
4,665 
1,439 
236 
4,118 
2,222 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,334 
2,205 
965 
164 
2,149 
1,185 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,665 
2,275 
1,232 
158 
2,335 
1,330 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,023 
1,051 
867 
105 
1,258 
765 
$50,000 or more 
3,243 
1,008 
2,065 
170 
1,890 
1,353 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
45,741 
34,536 
9,879 
1,326 
25,671 
20,070 
Average net loss 
dollars 
9,568 
8,235 
13,996 
11,301 
9,048 
10,234 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,982 
4,199 
628 
155 
3,185 
1,797 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16,846 
13,687 
2,748 
411 
9,872 
6,974 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10,613 
7,873 
2,415 
325 
5,718 
4,895 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,729 
6,710 
2,717 
302 
5,018 
4,711 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,790 
1,716 
984 
90 
1,448 
1,342 
$50,000 or more 
781 
351 
387 
43 
430 
351 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
198 
20 
151 
27 
118 
80 
$1,000 
35,736 
856 
28,973 
5,907 
14,554 
21,182 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
21,499 
13,843 
6,978 
678 
12,606 
8,893 
$1,000 
192,465 
90,249 
93,017 
9,199 
102,097 
90,368 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,569 
1,092 
1,353 
124 
1,475 
1,094 
$1,000 
18,630 
4,867 
12,550 
1,213 
9,503 
9,126 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,303 
5,241 
954 
108 
3,904 
2,399 
$1,000 
39,946 
32,149 
6,917 
880 
25,597 
14,349 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,305 
1,673 
602 
30 
1,263 
1,042 
$1,000 
25,741 
17,933 
7,476 
332 
13,910 
11,831 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
616 
450 
144 
22 
320 
296 
$1,000 
11,915 
7,092 
4,139 
683 
5,190 
6,724 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
9,078 
4,788 
3,947 
343 
5,398 
3,680 
$1,000 
8,133 
1,667 
6,125 
341 
4,132 
4,001 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,183 
253 
836 
94 
709 
474 
$1,000 
47,175 
2,566 
42,083 
2,526 
25,945 
21,230 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
2,084 
1,036 
997 
51 
1,115 
969 
$1,000 
8,651 
3,696 
4,548 
407 
4,149 
4,501 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,485 
1,758 
652 
75 
1,259 
1,226 
$1,000 
32,251 
20,280 
9,154 
2,817 
13,670 
18,581 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
51,019 
34,382 
14,984 
1,653 
30,245 
20,774 
acres 
5,329,692 
1,536,441 
3,470,262 
322,989 
2,962,547 
2,367,145 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
44,908 
28,747 
14,605 
1,556 
26,467 
18,441 
acres 
4,546,788 
1,038,595 
3,201,691 
306,502 
2,484,623 
2,062,165 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
30,748 
23,652 
6,231 
865 
17,967 
12,781 
50 to 99 acres 
7,280 
3,519 
3,504 
257 
4,377 
2,903 
100 to 199 acres 
3,502 
1,079 
2,256 
167 
2,072 
1,430 
200 to 499 acres 
1,842 
382 
1,334 
126 
1,140 
702 
500 to 999 acres 
701 
67 
553 
81 
464 
237 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
450 
23 
391 
36 
272 
178 
2,000 acres or more 
385 
25 
336 
24 
175 
210 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
5,852 
3,814 
1,893 
145 
3,201 
2,651 
acres 
407,005 
201,805 
193,513 
11,687 
241,977 
165,028 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,652 
1,081 
523 
48 
907 
745 
acres 
52,616 
23,016 
28,467 
1,133 
33,116 
19,500 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
8,939 
7,441 
1,370 
128 
5,460 
3,479 
acres 
322,744 
272,730 
46,347 
3,667 
202,335 
120,409 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
95 
67 
28 
- 
56 
39 
acres 
539 
295 
244 
- 
496 
43 
Total woodland 
farms 
42,898 
31,431 
10,605 
862 
24,231 
18,667 
acres 
2,303,156 
1,523,061 
739,118 
40,977 
1,326,360 
976,796 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
22,524 
14,943 
7,004 
577 
12,461 
10,063 
acres 
737,308 
407,271 
312,043 
17,994 
426,043 
311,265 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
28,260 
21,622 
6,220 
418 
15,937 
12,323 
acres 
1,565,848 
1,115,790 
427,075 
22,983 
900,317 
665,531 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
