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 
921 
679 
134 
108 
565 
356 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,715 
1,970 
410 
335 
1,579 
1,136 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,273 
1,566 
428 
279 
1,397 
876 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,461 
2,694 
1,179 
588 
2,764 
1,697 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,128 
2,012 
1,505 
611 
2,574 
1,554 
$50,000 or more 
16,792 
4,424 
10,244 
2,124 
9,626 
7,166 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
18,679 
1 1 ,553 
4,936 
2,190 
10,000 
8,679 
Average net loss 
dollars 
39,226 
21,415 
79,291 
42,883 
38,121 
40,500 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
943 
722 
135 
86 
577 
366 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,043 
3,094 
533 
416 
2,229 
1,814 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,458 
2,518 
538 
402 
1,765 
1,693 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,697 
3,114 
1,073 
510 
2,381 
2,316 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,485 
1,247 
892 
346 
1,351 
1,134 
$50,000 or more 
3,053 
858 
1,765 
430 
1,697 
1,356 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
451 
88 
277 
86 
245 
206 
$1,000 
33,472 
3,453 
23,551 
6,468 
12,677 
20,795 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
30,854 
13,540 
13,712 
3,602 
17,762 
13,092 
$1,000 
1,141,105 
311,275 
691,975 
137,855 
600,038 
541,067 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,093 
950 
3,279 
864 
2,812 
2,281 
$1,000 
109,075 
14,277 
74,807 
19,992 
53,063 
56,013 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
12,025 
8,066 
3,373 
586 
6,831 
5,194 
$1,000 
305,339 
195,821 
89,062 
20,457 
173,423 
131,916 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
109 
58 
48 
3 
39 
70 
$1,000 
291 
(D) 
134 
(D) 
80 
210 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
393 
220 
148 
25 
158 
235 
$1,000 
7,378 
5,252 
1,938 
188 
4,311 
3,067 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
18,493 
5,994 
10,123 
2,376 
10,541 
7,952 
$1,000 
46,896 
8,215 
33,517 
5,164 
22,471 
24,425 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
11,086 
2,556 
6,876 
1,654 
6,448 
4,638 
$1,000 
640,054 
76,219 
476,329 
87,506 
334,739 
305,315 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
811 
346 
403 
62 
443 
368 
$1,000 
4,862 
(D) 
3,083 
(D) 
2,186 
2,676 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,104 
943 
955 
206 
1,035 
1,069 
$1,000 
27,209 
10,093 
13,105 
4,011 
9,764 
17,445 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
40,472 
17,918 
17,657 
4,897 
23,663 
16,809 
acres 
21,597,393 
4,253,769 
14,876,918 
2,466,706 
11,136,526 
10,460,867 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
35,747 
13,728 
17,337 
4,682 
20,790 
14,957 
acres 
18,812,755 
3,201,827 
13,345,249 
2,265,679 
9,647,889 
9,164,866 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,385 
5,680 
1,145 
560 
3,978 
3,407 
50 to 99 acres 
3,417 
2,036 
845 
536 
2,160 
1,257 
100 to 199 acres 
4,929 
2,297 
1,747 
885 
3,047 
1,882 
200 to 499 acres 
7,954 
2,252 
4,410 
1,292 
5,079 
2,875 
500 to 999 acres 
6,415 
844 
4,749 
822 
3,834 
2,581 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,925 
363 
3,147 
415 
2,052 
1,873 
2,000 acres or more 
1,722 
256 
1,294 
172 
640 
1,082 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,243 
1,138 
919 
186 
1,156 
1,087 
acres 
322,093 
133,306 
158,991 
29,796 
156,053 
166,040 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
3,869 
1,427 
2,025 
417 
2,082 
1,787 
acres 
549,303 
135,542 
366,318 
47,443 
287,366 
261,937 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
10,819 
6,695 
3,650 
474 
6,268 
4,551 
acres 
1,053,374 
603,797 
400,488 
49,089 
600,011 
453,363 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
2,845 
909 
1,650 
286 
1,596 
1,249 
acres 
859,868 
179,297 
605,872 
74,699 
445,207 
414,661 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,208 
4,269 
2,552 
387 
3,764 
3,444 
acres 
442,660 
203,682 
209,590 
29,388 
238,012 
204,648 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,816 
1,612 
1,032 
172 
1,459 
1,357 
acres 
212,929 
82,023 
114,257 
16,649 
119,196 
93,733 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,987 
2,977 
1,763 
247 
2,625 
2,362 
acres 
229,731 
121,659 
95,333 
12,739 
118,816 
110,915 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
