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 
921 
2 
3 
17 
30 
46 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,715 
9 
11 
29 
126 
190 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,273 
10 
12 
66 
161 
266 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,461 
30 
51 
201 
581 
964 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,128 
65 
108 
334 
1,225 
1,292 
$50,000 or more 
16,792 
3,893 
3,747 
4,138 
3,457 
858 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
18,679 
453 
517 
951 
1,656 
1,469 
Average net loss 
dollars 
39,226 
394,839 
160,535 
101,218 
66,905 
40,523 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
943 
8 
2 
5 
31 
36 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,043 
2 
16 
52 
97 
191 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,458 
7 
14 
47 
115 
173 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,697 
18 
54 
128 
334 
321 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,485 
34 
85 
133 
322 
369 
$50,000 or more 
3,053 
384 
346 
586 
757 
379 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
451 
113 
76 
81 
113 
41 
$1,000 
33,472 
21,168 
5,964 
3,604 
2,376 
303 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
30,854 
3,136 
3,449 
4,353 
5,286 
3,542 
$1,000 
1,141,105 
302,433 
200,338 
191,588 
176,706 
86,529 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,093 
1,048 
938 
963 
934 
458 
$1,000 
109,075 
39,827 
23,769 
18,486 
14,507 
5,998 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
12,025 
705 
796 
998 
1,506 
1,336 
$1,000 
305,339 
34,267 
23,520 
30,373 
40,315 
35,325 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
109 
2 
1 
8 
9 
16 
$1,000 
291 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
26 
53 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
393 
30 
18 
46 
54 
47 
$1,000 
7,378 
(D) 
(D) 
889 
4,232 
273 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
18,493 
2,432 
2,692 
3,324 
3,615 
2,164 
$1,000 
46,896 
20,819 
9,526 
8,066 
4,740 
1,542 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
11,086 
1,669 
1,883 
2,178 
2,362 
1,411 
$1,000 
640,054 
197,158 
137,423 
128,729 
109,201 
41,705 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
811 
71 
85 
140 
136 
114 
$1,000 
4,862 
699 
724 
1,318 
725 
604 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,104 
265 
229 
325 
349 
173 
$1,000 
27,209 
9,335 
4,810 
3,714 
2,961 
1,031 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
40,472 
4,274 
4,361 
5,576 
6,823 
4,493 
acres 
21,597,393 
8,467,138 
4,516,500 
3,739,682 
2,652,406 
1,005,347 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
35,747 
4,246 
4,325 
5,521 
6,740 
4,334 
acres 
18,812,755 
7,934,051 
4,076,325 
3,268,479 
2,210,286 
764,595 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,385 
15 
9 
41 
166 
456 
50 to 99 acres 
3,417 
30 
28 
70 
346 
769 
100 to 199 acres 
4,929 
57 
95 
210 
1,538 
1,683 
200 to 499 acres 
7,954 
201 
480 
2,104 
3,536 
1,298 
500 to 999 acres 
6,415 
609 
2,118 
2,520 
1,023 
119 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,925 
1,862 
1,386 
545 
125 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
1,722 
1,472 
209 
31 
6 
4 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,243 
225 
175 
248 
326 
252 
acres 
322,093 
71,362 
58,386 
54,917 
44,137 
29,888 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
3,869 
435 
483 
604 
718 
458 
acres 
549,303 
130,577 
97,927 
104,456 
85,852 
45,742 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
10,819 
955 
816 
1,088 
1,298 
958 
acres 
1,053,374 
126,775 
113,876 
112,676 
134,897 
103,713 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
2,845 
394 
393 
506 
600 
351 
acres 
859,868 
204,373 
169,986 
199,154 
177,234 
61,409 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,208 
379 
495 
763 
973 
748 
acres 
442,660 
39,522 
54,752 
77,199 
80,053 
54,092 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,816 
120 
151 
250 
373 
336 
acres 
212,929 
1 1 ,277 
26,414 
47,792 
38,460 
32,458 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,987 
298 
382 
587 
696 
475 
acres 
229,731 
28,245 
28,338 
29,407 
41,593 
21,634 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
