Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
891 
31 
85 
186 
268 
321 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,681 
7 
63 
140 
340 
546 
585 
$5,000 to $9,999 
786 
- 
35 
71 
158 
248 
274 
$10,000 to $24,999 
842 
- 
38 
100 
198 
252 
254 
$25,000 to $49,999 
436 
2 
22 
39 
83 
149 
141 
$50,000 or more 
415 
- 
19 
58 
87 
126 
125 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
9,854 
40 
418 
1,085 
2,471 
3,184 
2,656 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
11,503 
22,921 
14,174 
11,377 
11,969 
10,145 
12,157 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,207 
4 
41 
130 
249 
399 
384 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,594 
5 
172 
393 
862 
1,217 
945 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,194 
14 
62 
258 
596 
713 
551 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,865 
3 
111 
192 
517 
550 
492 
$25,000 to $49,999 
707 
9 
23 
70 
175 
238 
192 
$50,000 or more 
287 
5 
9 
42 
72 
67 
92 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
16 
4 
1 
3 
3 
5 
$1,000 
392 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
94 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
4,036 
19 
129 
359 
913 
1,267 
1,349 
$1,000 
43,286 
74 
861 
3,649 
8,440 
14,268 
15,994 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
399 
44 
48 
92 
127 
88 
$1,000 
1,801 
- 
103 
275 
564 
515 
344 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,344 
5 
22 
100 
243 
378 
596 
$1,000 
4,945 
16 
136 
258 
1,081 
1,141 
2,314 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
905 
8 
21 
48 
192 
296 
340 
$1,000 
22,214 
3 
528 
937 
3,558 
7,074 
10,113 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
311 
8 
41 
63 
99 
100 
$1,000 
2,485 
- 
22 
851 
314 
404 
894 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
801 
11 
34 
107 
198 
262 
189 
$1,000 
1,375 
9 
23 
191 
381 
408 
363 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
149 
2 
16 
33 
52 
46 
$1,000 
1,142 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
210 
207 
351 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
83 
_ 
9 
8 
13 
24 
29 
$1,000 
181 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
33 
94 
32 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
740 
3 
17 
71 
235 
236 
178 
$1,000 
9,144 
46 
24 
766 
2,299 
4,425 
1,583 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
9,443 
29 
410 
1,013 
2,138 
3,021 
2,832 
acres 
463,023 
1,303 
31,518 
54,730 
96,399 
126,890 
152,183 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
6,850 
23 
343 
791 
1,630 
2,255 
1,808 
acres 
285,887 
1,007 
20,870 
37,399 
67,090 
80,536 
78,985 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,538 
13 
241 
619 
1,323 
1,848 
1,494 
50 to 99 acres 
703 
6 
38 
69 
166 
250 
174 
100 to 199 acres 
394 
4 
45 
68 
92 
97 
88 
200 to 499 acres 
150 
- 
11 
25 
37 
45 
32 
500 to 999 acres 
41 
- 
8 
8 
7 
9 
9 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
20 
- 
- 
2 
4 
5 
9 
2,000 acres or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
904 
28 
124 
277 
260 
215 
acres 
21,334 
- 
630 
3,677 
4,956 
5,562 
6,509 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
745 
7 
62 
80 
168 
252 
176 
acres 
17,295 
86 
1,481 
1,823 
2,864 
4,553 
6,488 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,761 
3 
58 
199 
514 
896 
1,091 
acres 
126,916 
210 
8,324 
9,863 
19,721 
31,811 
56,987 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
431 
- 
19 
46 
82 
142 
142 
acres 
11,591 
- 
213 
1,968 
1,768 
4,428 
3,214 
Total woodland 
farms 
9,787 
38 
328 
919 
2,236 
3,201 
3,065 
acres 
1,035,461 
1,080 
19,362 
89,403 
176,433 
309,433 
439,750 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
3,313 
23 
139 
365 
852 
1,027 
907 
acres 
99,016 
298 
4,660 
6,063 
19,528 
30,146 
38,321 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
7,856 
20 
229 
705 
1,766 
2,608 
2,528 
acres 
936,445 
782 
14,702 
83,340 
156,905 
279,287 
401,429 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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