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 
169 
131 
92 
191 
70 
11 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
92 
94 
58 
129 
57 
18 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
98 
103 
65 
230 
101 
30 
12 
$25,000 to $49,999 
64 
75 
45 
167 
91 
38 
17 
$50,000 or more 
77 
59 
95 
275 
346 
291 
214 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
708 
527 
394 
849 
430 
167 
116 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
23,739 
23,100 
24,679 
29,799 
89,186 
107,094 
824,403 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
90 
45 
34 
61 
20 
4 
8 
$1,000 to $4,999 
234 
154 
86 
193 
76 
14 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
154 
112 
79 
169 
73 
16 
6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
142 
126 
75 
183 
106 
25 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
44 
56 
74 
125 
65 
29 
13 
$50,000 or more 
44 
34 
46 
118 
90 
79 
70 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
4 
9 
9 
31 
27 
28 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
188 
(D) 
2,233 
2,530 
3,152 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
412 
386 
314 
855 
619 
333 
200 
$1,000 
4,663 
3,750 
3,915 
12,660 
16,480 
11,094 
28,453 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
43 
63 
57 
114 
86 
63 
34 
$1,000 
694 
338 
216 
1,028 
1,158 
1,459 
999 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
156 
139 
105 
302 
187 
72 
46 
$1,000 
484 
485 
349 
1,430 
1,601 
656 
576 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
95 
77 
68 
228 
198 
92 
88 
$1,000 
1,941 
1,510 
2,244 
6,967 
8,460 
4,410 
10,582 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
20 
24 
13 
87 
79 
38 
37 
$1,000 
159 
155 
24 
365 
982 
440 
1,913 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
66 
81 
77 
201 
185 
118 
64 
$1,000 
222 
172 
169 
502 
560 
420 
376 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
36 
32 
28 
90 
77 
68 
39 
$1,000 
313 
863 
296 
898 
(D) 
2,856 
(D) 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
20 
5 
12 
20 
11 
12 
$1,000 
71 
20 
22 
157 
85 
107 
- 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
39 
38 
38 
67 
47 
19 
7 
$1,000 
778 
206 
595 
1,313 
(D) 
744 
(D) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
997 
788 
622 
1,523 
917 
485 
336 
acres 
59,480 
64,596 
61,127 
206,944 
281,416 
398,578 
637,624 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
781 
596 
484 
1,239 
736 
440 
291 
acres 
40,451 
43,931 
44,418 
160,293 
241,005 
367,692 
573,946 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
462 
270 
165 
395 
124 
29 
19 
50 to 99 acres 
179 
151 
121 
244 
95 
30 
11 
100 to 199 acres 
140 
142 
132 
266 
99 
29 
13 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
33 
66 
334 
184 
61 
13 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
234 
71 
25 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 
70 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
140 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
82 
76 
77 
129 
58 
26 
26 
acres 
2,031 
3,511 
2,837 
8,835 
4,527 
2,722 
16,466 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
82 
39 
60 
112 
75 
37 
31 
acres 
1,830 
1,578 
1,761 
4,332 
3,005 
5,136 
5,057 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
300 
259 
177 
455 
276 
124 
114 
acres 
13,747 
14,382 
1 1 ,247 
28,893 
29,309 
19,562 
34,329 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
57 
42 
23 
71 
51 
37 
24 
acres 
1,421 
1,194 
864 
4,591 
3,570 
3,466 
7,826 
Total woodland 
...farms 
1,046 
811 
609 
1,564 
883 
390 
280 
acres 
84,524 
86,178 
73,700 
311,171 
348,896 
256,713 
599,983 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
336 
277 
229 
448 
191 
75 
43 
acres 
12,848 
12,129 
10,491 
32,207 
23,478 
13,458 
25,189 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
875 
700 
511 
1,393 
815 
367 
267 
acres 
71,676 
74,049 
63,209 
278,964 
325,418 
243,255 
574,794 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
745 
544 
462 
971 
470 
199 
129 
acres 
41,868 
35,677 
38,600 
110,136 
78,145 
63,039 
47,374 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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