Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
1,084 
158 
38 
816 
464 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,596 
2,104 
376 
116 
1,786 
810 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,313 
953 
304 
56 
867 
446 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,538 
1,089 
367 
82 
982 
556 
$25,000 to $49,999 
912 
559 
295 
58 
548 
364 
$50,000 or more 
1,805 
806 
884 
115 
1,048 
757 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
15,822 
12,574 
2,671 
577 
9,455 
6,367 
Average net loss 
dollars 
22,309 
14,756 
56,778 
27,340 
18,432 
28,066 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,757 
1,498 
220 
39 
1,150 
607 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,379 
4,502 
706 
171 
3,321 
2,058 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
2,856 
599 
140 
2,120 
1,475 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
2,370 
592 
116 
1,696 
1,382 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,223 
887 
279 
57 
728 
495 
$50,000 or more 
790 
461 
275 
54 
440 
350 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
120 
23 
82 
15 
67 
53 
$1,000 
8,570 
960 
6,964 
645 
3,798 
4,771 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
7,591 
5,565 
1,773 
253 
4,767 
2,824 
$1,000 
116,392 
71,009 
40,467 
4,916 
57,125 
59,268 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
940 
460 
431 
49 
577 
363 
$1,000 
8,186 
3,313 
3,860 
1,014 
4,572 
3,614 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,211 
1,860 
299 
52 
1,523 
688 
$1,000 
8,512 
6,735 
1,447 
329 
5,273 
3,239 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,569 
1,253 
293 
23 
1,001 
568 
$1,000 
43,063 
34,483 
8,435 
144 
26,810 
16,253 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
581 
431 
129 
21 
301 
280 
$1,000 
5,461 
3,485 
1,827 
149 
2,396 
3,065 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,741 
1,076 
604 
61 
1,042 
699 
$1,000 
4,051 
2,155 
1,719 
178 
2,288 
1,764 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
535 
211 
283 
41 
355 
180 
$1,000 
9,759 
1,915 
6,535 
1,309 
5,420 
4,339 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
165 
111 
44 
10 
92 
73 
$1,000 
650 
244 
282 
124 
305 
344 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,491 
1,188 
241 
62 
809 
682 
$1,000 
36,711 
18,680 
16,362 
1,668 
10,061 
26,650 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
16,853 
1 1 ,753 
4,326 
774 
10,644 
6,209 
acres 
1,967,288 
555,998 
1,266,341 
144,949 
1,120,051 
847,237 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
13,135 
8,450 
4,034 
651 
8,145 
4,990 
acres 
1,634,706 
333,849 
1,172,474 
128,383 
898,803 
735,903 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
7,192 
1,743 
350 
5,702 
3,583 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
697 
690 
89 
963 
513 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
304 
549 
70 
578 
345 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
177 
442 
72 
462 
229 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
52 
240 
38 
225 
105 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
18 
251 
21 
159 
131 
2,000 acres or more 
140 
10 
119 
11 
56 
84 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,664 
1,210 
382 
72 
921 
743 
acres 
56,904 
28,988 
25,377 
2,539 
39,850 
17,054 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,272 
806 
383 
83 
777 
495 
acres 
34,051 
16,079 
13,795 
4,177 
21,598 
12,453 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,383 
3,577 
676 
130 
2,892 
1,491 
acres 
211,356 
164,286 
38,284 
8,786 
141,452 
69,904 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
825 
534 
265 
26 
544 
281 
acres 
30,271 
12,796 
16,411 
1,064 
18,348 
1 1 ,923 
Total woodland 
farms 
16,295 
12,852 
3,169 
274 
9,865 
6,430 
acres 
2,036,260 
1,549,042 
469,029 
18,189 
1,264,078 
772,182 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,711 
4,158 
1,393 
160 
3,340 
2,371 
acres 
181,880 
115,286 
62,897 
3,697 
121,103 
60,777 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
13,090 
10,514 
2,421 
155 
7,905 
5,185 
acres 
1,854,380 
1,433,756 
406,132 
14,492 
1,142,975 
711,405 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
