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 
239 
123 
83 
233 
135 
67 
28 
$5,000 to $9,999 
288 
84 
83 
285 
187 
90 
43 
$10,000 to $24,999 
484 
254 
232 
780 
591 
183 
171 
$25,000 to $49,999 
414 
203 
242 
879 
734 
394 
237 
$50,000 or more 
501 
335 
387 
2,460 
4,388 
4,008 
3,697 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,280 
550 
473 
1,960 
1,626 
1,085 
1,100 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
21,542 
30,839 
32,500 
42,478 
71,657 
122,451 
163,317 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
99 
21 
30 
52 
33 
4 
16 
$1,000 to $4,999 
247 
109 
62 
280 
124 
91 
36 
$5,000 to $9,999 
206 
109 
82 
271 
137 
53 
48 
$10,000 to $24,999 
384 
139 
135 
525 
314 
167 
157 
$25,000 to $49,999 
237 
97 
75 
403 
325 
181 
190 
$50,000 or more 
107 
75 
89 
429 
693 
589 
653 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
23 
11 
17 
61 
119 
111 
73 
$1,000 
440 
241 
131 
1,643 
5,319 
9,047 
16,403 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
1,972 
1,043 
1,028 
4,746 
5,813 
4,440 
3,476 
$1,000 
42,068 
22,977 
21,470 
134,355 
240,419 
259,086 
295,230 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
177 
107 
107 
723 
1,189 
1,228 
948 
$1,000 
2,428 
1,696 
1,073 
11,769 
24,407 
23,805 
37,030 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
928 
505 
403 
1,694 
1,682 
1,103 
1,010 
$1,000 
23,416 
13,745 
10,500 
45,210 
43,109 
32,416 
45,535 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
7 
2 
16 
9 
2 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
70 
30 
(D) 
42 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
24 
4 
14 
43 
46 
47 
81 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
27 
244 
318 
(D) 
941 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
1,053 
589 
620 
2,955 
4,141 
3,338 
2,550 
$1,000 
(D) 
498 
552 
3,909 
10,041 
13,411 
15,033 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
545 
311 
359 
1,967 
2,808 
2,388 
1,526 
$1,000 
10,819 
5,876 
8,824 
69,710 
156,856 
182,341 
188,980 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
73 
32 
20 
112 
170 
100 
112 
$1,000 
239 
175 
93 
547 
1,267 
(D) 
1,297 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
90 
50 
53 
225 
397 
308 
296 
$1,000 
766 
903 
400 
2,896 
4,392 
5,948 
6,372 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
2,803 
1,355 
1,360 
6,027 
7,277 
5,645 
4,934 
acres 
320,601 
193,593 
238,305 
1,647,534 
3,898,785 
5,539,948 
9,339,869 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
2,308 
1,152 
1,228 
5,528 
7,037 
5,501 
4,827 
acres 
237,975 
153,364 
194,250 
1,409,247 
3,560,499 
5,068,124 
7,914,440 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
432 
181 
133 
335 
181 
72 
53 
50 to 99 acres 
500 
165 
182 
443 
260 
124 
95 
100 to 199 acres 
1,376 
609 
395 
1,012 
513 
271 
233 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
197 
518 
3,738 
2,086 
757 
658 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,997 
1,512 
906 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,765 
1,160 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,722 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
132 
84 
75 
283 
357 
272 
351 
acres 
6,630 
4,480 
2,878 
20,158 
36,545 
44,057 
195,147 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
190 
98 
102 
509 
702 
744 
946 
acres 
6,796 
4,777 
6,290 
31,699 
74,028 
116,973 
298,293 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
936 
380 
375 
1,471 
1,514 
1,282 
1,294 
acres 
64,794 
28,796 
31,785 
154,155 
157,453 
152,801 
346,541 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
98 
44 
60 
374 
466 
591 
1,024 
acres 
4,406 
2,176 
3,102 
32,275 
70,260 
157,993 
585,448 
Total woodland 
...farms 
568 
273 
279 
950 
1,002 
749 
582 
acres 
17,910 
12,945 
10,790 
46,961 
70,568 
85,095 
159,838 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
210 
106 
98 
385 
361 
274 
223 
acres 
7,320 
5,357 
3,323 
22,498 
25,966 
37,760 
96,286 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
398 
193 
198 
636 
745 
560 
421 
acres 
10,590 
7,588 
7,467 
24,463 
44,602 
47,335 
63,552 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
1,798 
846 
847 
3,893 
4,564 
3,667 
4,176 
acres 
148,165 
84,429 
95,320 
652,467 
1,328,032 
2,217,001 
17,539,135 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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