Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,280 
3 
- 
1 
6 
9 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,596 
5 
3 
2 
3 
17 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,313 
4 
2 
3 
7 
37 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,538 
18 
12 
22 
44 
126 
$25,000 to $49,999 
912 
55 
28 
20 
100 
266 
$50,000 or more 
1,805 
682 
258 
206 
255 
197 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
15,822 
119 
78 
93 
168 
224 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
22,309 
1,055,668 
131,060 
163,420 
94,269 
57,630 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,757 
3 
- 
- 
1 
14 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,379 
4 
3 
7 
9 
22 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
7 
8 
10 
13 
26 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
13 
4 
8 
35 
53 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,223 
11 
13 
10 
39 
44 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
790 
81 
50 
58 
71 
65 
Total 
farms 
120 
38 
22 
19 
17 
18 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
8,570 
4,533 
1,757 
1,138 
475 
663 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
7,591 
451 
217 
179 
284 
391 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
116,392 
24,217 
5,150 
4,901 
5,832 
8,253 
services 
farms 
940 
73 
41 
45 
68 
78 
$1,000 
8,186 
2,485 
290 
714 
665 
1,237 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,211 
85 
19 
33 
55 
107 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
8,512 
588 
102 
307 
676 
587 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,569 
54 
37 
22 
50 
55 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
43,063 
(D) 
1,363 
(D) 
2,257 
3,077 
(see text) 
farms 
581 
11 
7 
19 
30 
44 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
5,461 
176 
186 
179 
204 
768 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,741 
276 
102 
82 
104 
119 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
4,051 
1,549 
242 
265 
181 
174 
payments received 
farms 
535 
62 
57 
39 
73 
57 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
9,759 
3,591 
1,683 
1,445 
1,192 
563 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
165 
6 
7 
8 
10 
13 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
650 
97 
96 
74 
23 
65 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,491 
43 
27 
36 
32 
44 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
36,711 
(D) 
1,189 
(D) 
634 
1,782 
Total cropland 
farms 
16,853 
688 
337 
320 
558 
798 
acres 
1,967,288 
797,601 
250,778 
148,082 
133,901 
104,244 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
13,135 
648 
333 
319 
549 
779 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,634,706 
760,826 
239,795 
135,432 
123,894 
89,504 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
95 
34 
43 
84 
227 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
57 
19 
19 
54 
148 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
62 
16 
22 
112 
282 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
70 
36 
108 
266 
115 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
55 
123 
113 
32 
6 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
173 
103 
14 
- 
- 
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 
11 
31 
67 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
56,904 
14,023 
1,320 
1,446 
2,503 
3,118 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,272 
34 
14 
27 
44 
57 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
34,051 
4,479 
797 
2,127 
1,469 
1,463 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,383 
125 
55 
41 
69 
121 
acres 
211,356 
10,590 
7,069 
7,542 
4,470 
7,565 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
825 
27 
19 
17 
29 
53 
acres 
30,271 
7,683 
1,797 
1,535 
1,565 
2,594 
Total woodland 
farms 
16,295 
528 
215 
175 
339 
556 
acres 
2,036,260 
151,004 
74,841 
48,413 
86,013 
134,478 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,711 
121 
40 
39 
69 
178 
acres 
181,880 
8,901 
4,319 
2,821 
5,953 
15,530 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
13,090 
476 
203 
157 
306 
456 
acres 
1,854,380 
142,103 
70,522 
45,592 
80,060 
118,948 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
