Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
40 
35 
34 
5 
5 
8 
$1,000 to $4,999 
79 
64 
59 
15 
15 
38 
$5,000 to $9,999 
43 
34 
34 
9 
9 
14 
$10,000 to $24,999 
69 
66 
65 
3 
3 
12 
$25,000 to $49,999 
64 
58 
58 
6 
2 
17 
$50,000 or more 
226 
202 
196 
24 
21 
33 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
587 
509 
497 
78 
75 
161 
Average net loss 
dollars 
183,677 
196,767 
199,469 
98,253 
(D) 
37,474 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
38 
35 
35 
3 
3 
21 
$1,000 to $4,999 
126 
119 
113 
7 
6 
60 
$5,000 to $9,999 
92 
84 
82 
8 
8 
21 
$10,000 to $24,999 
119 
104 
104 
15 
15 
18 
$25,000 to $49,999 
74 
61 
61 
13 
13 
18 
$50,000 or more 
138 
106 
102 
32 
30 
23 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
12 
11 
9 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
609 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
479 
425 
415 
54 
49 
92 
$1,000 
30,354 
27,679 
26,081 
2,675 
(D) 
3,502 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
70 
61 
61 
9 
9 
6 
$1,000 
1,072 
878 
878 
194 
194 
21 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
129 
117 
114 
12 
12 
35 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,014 
1,009 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
114 
107 
103 
7 
6 
38 
$1,000 
7,524 
6,443 
5,124 
1,081 
(D) 
2,243 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
63 
53 
50 
10 
8 
21 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
28 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
122 
109 
107 
13 
13 
20 
$1,000 
568 
(D) 
541 
(D) 
(D) 
49 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
30 
27 
26 
3 
- 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
13 
11 
10 
2 
2 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
95 
77 
76 
18 
17 
5 
$1,000 
17,309 
16,590 
(D) 
719 
(D) 
251 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
778 
685 
666 
93 
86 
190 
acres 
194,800 
171,865 
166,051 
22,935 
17,992 
32,591 
Plarvested cropland 
farms 
624 
550 
535 
74 
69 
123 
acres 
166,320 
148,868 
145,033 
17,452 
13,329 
14,549 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
325 
295 
288 
30 
30 
86 
50 to 99 acres 
50 
44 
43 
6 
4 
10 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
75 
60 
58 
15 
15 
15 
200 to 499 acres 
69 
56 
53 
13 
13 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
55 
48 
47 
7 
5 
2 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
35 
33 
32 
2 
2 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
15 
14 
14 
1 
- 
1 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
58 
49 
46 
9 
8 
16 
acres 
3,085 
2,794 
(D) 
291 
(D) 
1,300 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
42 
39 
36 
3 
3 
8 
acres 
2,109 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
483 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
213 
192 
184 
21 
19 
85 
acres 
17,506 
16,210 
14,988 
1,296 
(D) 
15,441 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
44 
38 
34 
6 
6 
14 
acres 
5,780 
(D) 
1,750 
(D) 
(D) 
818 
Total woodland 
farms 
712 
638 
619 
74 
67 
184 
acres 
284,400 
247,566 
200,069 
36,834 
13,669 
70,765 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
181 
165 
162 
16 
13 
34 
acres 
(D) 
6,843 
(D) 
(D) 
118 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
617 
548 
530 
69 
65 
170 
acres 
(D) 
240,723 
(D) 
(D) 
13,551 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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