Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
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 
2,596 
255 
840 
290 
289 
255 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,313 
98 
340 
132 
150 
143 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,538 
88 
353 
136 
148 
174 
$25,000 to $49,999 
912 
34 
180 
45 
58 
98 
$50,000 or more 
1,805 
31 
187 
67 
75 
88 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
15,822 
1,493 
6,619 
1,727 
1,518 
1,274 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
22,309 
9,621 
9,776 
11,533 
10,584 
17,308 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,757 
171 
797 
222 
176 
129 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,379 
582 
2,513 
602 
501 
420 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
403 
1,586 
356 
389 
252 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
230 
1,226 
362 
296 
292 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,223 
66 
383 
126 
122 
120 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
790 
41 
114 
59 
34 
61 
Total 
... farms 
120 
- 
5 
- 
- 
7 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
8,570 
3 
240 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
7,591 
440 
1,950 
700 
689 
693 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
116,392 
2,550 
14,870 
4,851 
6,826 
6,282 
services 
... farms 
940 
44 
218 
77 
63 
78 
$1,000 
8,186 
116 
1,599 
232 
130 
217 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
2,211 
64 
500 
192 
231 
217 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
8,512 
102 
1,085 
415 
674 
654 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
1,569 
32 
257 
114 
157 
163 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
43,063 
82 
992 
1,049 
2,733 
2,093 
(see text) 
... farms 
581 
49 
98 
42 
46 
48 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
5,461 
437 
292 
289 
170 
235 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
1,741 
68 
390 
180 
170 
141 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
4,051 
84 
630 
356 
234 
325 
payments received 
... farms 
535 
14 
49 
30 
27 
45 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
9,759 
46 
218 
135 
124 
205 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
165 
- 
27 
17 
17 
24 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
650 
" 
63 
56 
8 
61 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
1,491 
209 
659 
148 
111 
109 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
36,711 
1,684 
9,991 
2,318 
2,752 
2,494 
Total cropland 
... farms 
16,853 
926 
5,149 
1,815 
1,721 
1,574 
acres 
1,967,288 
3,055 
72,595 
49,324 
58,630 
73,919 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
13,135 
798 
3,960 
1,280 
1,331 
1,199 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,634,706 
2,364 
46,267 
28,232 
37,886 
48,221 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
798 
3,960 
1,146 
1,105 
812 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
- 
- 
134 
226 
285 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
- 
- 
- 
- 
102 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
140 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
1,664 
106 
595 
189 
156 
144 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
56,904 
380 
5,430 
3,445 
2,731 
3,989 
were abandoned 
... farms 
1,272 
20 
414 
146 
159 
97 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
34,051 
28 
3,684 
2,841 
2,772 
2,027 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
4,383 
108 
1,077 
560 
454 
479 
acres 
211,356 
259 
15,533 
13,623 
13,326 
17,146 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
825 
22 
219 
94 
89 
96 
acres 
30,271 
24 
1,681 
1,183 
1,915 
2,536 
Total woodland 
... farms 
16,295 
423 
5,012 
1,775 
1,829 
1,673 
acres 
2,036,260 
1,144 
55,607 
46,578 
76,123 
95,643 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
5,711 
186 
2,024 
598 
658 
646 
acres 
181,880 
448 
13,805 
7,742 
12,936 
17,149 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
13,090 
266 
3,634 
1,442 
1,495 
1,325 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,854,380 
696 
41,802 
38,836 
63,187 
78,494 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
14,084 
955 
5,501 
1,432 
1,392 
1,284 
acres 
633,296 
3,754 
73,720 
35,584 
45,474 
59,925 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
64 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
