Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
870 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,715 
2,432 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,273 
2,041 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,461 
3,887 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,128 
3,676 
$50,000 or more 
16,792 
12,950 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
18,679 
16,687 
Average net loss 
dollars 
39,226 
32,378 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
943 
867 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,043 
3,758 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,458 
3,211 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,697 
4,264 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,485 
2,194 
$50,000 or more 
3,053 
2,393 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
451 
359 
$1,000 
33,472 
21,517 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
30,854 
25,820 
$1,000 
1,141,105 
847,605 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,093 
4,125 
$1,000 
109,075 
75,705 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
12,025 
10,010 
$1,000 
305,339 
228,675 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
109 
102 
$1,000 
291 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
393 
302 
$1,000 
7,378 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
18,493 
15,350 
$1,000 
46,896 
32,540 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
11,086 
9,225 
$1,000 
640,054 
488,244 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
811 
655 
$1,000 
4,862 
3,775 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,104 
1,725 
$1,000 
27,209 
16,663 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
40,472 
33,915 
acres 
21,597,393 
15,257,726 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
35,747 
29,949 
acres 
18,812,755 
13,198,294 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,385 
6,740 
50 to 99 acres 
3,417 
3,015 
100 to 199 acres 
4,929 
4,365 
200 to 499 acres 
7,954 
6,943 
500 to 999 acres 
6,415 
5,291 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,925 
2,693 
2,000 acres or more 
1,722 
902 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,243 
1,892 
acres 
322,093 
238,809 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
3,869 
3,179 
acres 
549,303 
410,325 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
10,819 
8,797 
acres 
1,053,374 
782,419 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
2,845 
2,294 
acres 
859,868 
627,879 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,208 
6,126 
acres 
442,660 
325,819 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,816 
2,456 
acres 
212,929 
162,963 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,987 
4,163 
acres 
229,731 
162,856 
Partnership 
28 
127 
125 
263 
178 
1,388 
865 
81,759 
48 
130 
119 
201 
140 
227 
33 
(D) 
1,921 
111,585 
355 
13,017 
781 
25,185 
2 
(D) 
25 
(D) 
1,144 
5,456 
675 
63,163 
66 
402 
135 
4,049 
2,548 
2,585,696 
2,243 
2,300,974 
300 
194 
263 
390 
343 
362 
391 
132 
33,013 
274 
65,863 
774 
102,153 
221 
83,693 
457 
52,807 
161 
23,697 
336 
29,110 
Registered 
under 
state law 
16 
78 
86 
163 
128 
1,046 
528 
112,299 
32 
76 
70 
100 
79 
171 
25 
(D) 
1,348 
86,906 
263 
10,539 
557 
19,417 
1 
(D) 
21 
(D) 
818 
4,616 
501 
49,086 
56 
303 
87 
2,685 
1,787 
2,000,415 
1,592 
1,774,426 
191 
112 
192 
272 
245 
277 
303 
96 
25,105 
184 
49,540 
550 
82,685 
154 
68,659 
320 
39,278 
111 
18,585 
236 
20,693 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
142 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
