Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
5 
3 
2 
3 
15 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,313 
4 
2 
3 
4 
39 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,538 
18 
12 
22 
41 
121 
$25,000 to $49,999 
912 
55 
28 
20 
97 
253 
$50,000 or more 
1,805 
671 
255 
208 
253 
188 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
15,822 
117 
79 
87 
162 
227 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
22,309 
1,070,154 
132,927 
173,791 
96,047 
57,794 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,757 
3 
- 
- 
1 
14 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,379 
4 
3 
7 
9 
21 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
7 
8 
6 
17 
24 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
13 
4 
8 
28 
56 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,223 
11 
13 
10 
37 
44 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
790 
79 
51 
56 
70 
68 
Total 
farms 
120 
38 
22 
15 
20 
17 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
8,570 
4,533 
1,757 
1,078 
499 
688 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
7,591 
442 
218 
178 
275 
378 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
116,392 
24,123 
5,111 
4,792 
4,727 
7,740 
services 
farms 
940 
70 
44 
44 
66 
75 
$1,000 
8,186 
(D) 
303 
713 
(D) 
1,235 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,211 
85 
19 
33 
54 
99 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
8,512 
588 
102 
307 
646 
557 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,569 
54 
34 
24 
46 
51 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
43,063 
3,026 
1,317 
1,011 
1,644 
2,678 
(see text) 
farms 
581 
11 
7 
19 
29 
41 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
5,461 
176 
186 
179 
201 
718 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,741 
270 
101 
88 
99 
117 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
4,051 
1,523 
253 
279 
178 
155 
payments received 
farms 
535 
59 
56 
43 
71 
53 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
9,759 
3,537 
1,696 
1,485 
639 
543 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
165 
6 
7 
8 
10 
11 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
650 
97 
96 
74 
23 
62 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,491 
43 
25 
31 
38 
43 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
36,711 
(D) 
1,158 
744 
(D) 
1,793 
Total cropland 
farms 
16,853 
675 
335 
317 
542 
779 
acres 
1,967,288 
778,425 
258,062 
151,949 
135,056 
104,148 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
13,135 
635 
331 
316 
536 
767 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,634,706 
741,806 
248,548 
137,886 
125,860 
91,303 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
95 
34 
43 
84 
217 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
57 
19 
19 
47 
140 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
62 
16 
22 
103 
277 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
70 
33 
97 
265 
126 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
55 
113 
119 
36 
6 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
160 
114 
16 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
140 
136 
2 
1 
1 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,664 
53 
18 
10 
31 
63 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
56,904 
14,023 
1,320 
1,393 
2,541 
2,939 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,272 
34 
14 
23 
44 
61 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
34,051 
4,479 
797 
2,071 
1,469 
1,519 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,383 
125 
53 
41 
65 
112 
acres 
211,356 
10,590 
5,444 
9,121 
3,564 
6,011 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
825 
25 
21 
14 
32 
49 
acres 
30,271 
7,527 
1,953 
1,478 
1,622 
2,376 
Total woodland 
farms 
16,295 
518 
218 
174 
321 
536 
acres 
2,036,260 
149,293 
70,669 
52,719 
67,667 
111,615 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,711 
121 
39 
39 
64 
167 
acres 
181,880 
8,901 
3,319 
3,271 
5,427 
13,717 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
13,090 
466 
206 
157 
290 
441 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,854,380 
140,392 
67,350 
49,448 
62,240 
97,898 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
14,084 
339 
112 
84 
194 
424 
acres 
633,296 
44,602 
19,810 
17,235 
28,142 
56,870 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
90 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
