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 
3,047 
25 
206 
366 
830 
815 
805 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,937 
34 
384 
732 
1,796 
1,999 
1,992 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,038 
22 
213 
465 
970 
1,216 
1,152 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,988 
27 
269 
491 
1,186 
1,375 
1,640 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,355 
- 
128 
226 
589 
673 
739 
$50,000 or more 
1,727 
11 
102 
190 
440 
452 
532 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
32,291 
191 
2,233 
4,523 
9,078 
9,133 
7,133 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
12,060 
10,019 
13,405 
12,372 
12,582 
11,437 
11,628 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
3,436 
14 
262 
398 
924 
957 
881 
$1,000 to $4,999 
11,022 
72 
725 
1,440 
3,052 
3,178 
2,555 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,288 
49 
463 
1,104 
2,102 
2,082 
1,488 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,227 
38 
481 
1,116 
2,073 
2,041 
1,478 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,270 
13 
193 
328 
645 
591 
500 
$50,000 or more 
1,048 
5 
109 
137 
282 
284 
231 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
53 
6 
11 
11 
14 
11 
$1,000 
2,943 
- 
(D) 
119 
(D) 
385 
185 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
18,743 
87 
1,121 
2,108 
4,757 
5,294 
5,376 
$1,000 
191,487 
838 
12,125 
21,701 
46,838 
50,100 
59,885 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,787 
31 
252 
300 
511 
410 
283 
$1,000 
13,011 
239 
1,730 
3,382 
2,578 
3,062 
2,020 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
8,430 
12 
227 
672 
1,860 
2,476 
3,183 
$1,000 
84,607 
18 
1,866 
4,609 
17,254 
23,150 
37,709 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,402 
10 
90 
191 
395 
394 
322 
$1,000 
10,051 
11 
439 
2,369 
2,208 
2,757 
2,268 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
457 
20 
37 
110 
132 
158 
$1,000 
4,713 
- 
107 
153 
877 
1,258 
2,319 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,333 
27 
392 
746 
1,700 
1,869 
1,599 
$1,000 
2,849 
(D) 
(D) 
230 
808 
882 
794 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,449 
22 
242 
390 
672 
652 
471 
$1,000 
62,044 
534 
6,776 
9,626 
18,838 
15,290 
10,979 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
789 
2 
60 
109 
207 
239 
172 
$1,000 
3,808 
(D) 
(D) 
604 
920 
1,098 
805 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,514 
3 
105 
193 
401 
402 
410 
$1,000 
10,402 
9 
717 
727 
3,354 
2,603 
2,992 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
40,844 
179 
2,400 
4,753 
10,734 
1 1 ,742 
11,036 
acres 
3,517,677 
14,189 
197,516 
366,055 
896,605 
987,434 
1,055,878 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
31,690 
151 
2,135 
3,998 
8,871 
9,257 
7,278 
acres 
2,372,430 
12,079 
160,552 
282,081 
653,959 
679,949 
583,810 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
19,525 
93 
1,297 
2,477 
5,463 
5,709 
4,486 
50 to 99 acres 
6,302 
23 
389 
819 
1,752 
1,818 
1,501 
100 to 199 acres 
3,518 
21 
262 
450 
1,009 
1,031 
745 
200 to 499 acres 
1,737 
12 
153 
183 
486 
534 
369 
500 to 999 acres 
469 
2 
22 
53 
133 
133 
126 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
100 
- 
11 
9 
20 
21 
39 
2,000 acres or more 
39 
- 
1 
7 
8 
11 
12 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,377 
16 
255 
481 
939 
889 
797 
acres 
175,588 
814 
13,118 
20,915 
40,717 
46,239 
53,785 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,190 
16 
157 
273 
625 
627 
492 
acres 
89,126 
510 
5,539 
9,209 
25,167 
26,668 
22,033 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
12,403 
19 
318 
995 
2,664 
3,561 
4,846 
acres 
854,867 
723 
17,717 
52,619 
170,229 
228,359 
385,220 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
621 
3 
30 
50 
163 
148 
227 
acres 
25,666 
63 
590 
1,231 
6,533 
6,219 
11,030 
Total woodland 
farms 
31,761 
94 
1,732 
3,889 
8,953 
9,455 
7,638 
acres 
2,169,266 
4,568 
74,772 
215,544 
580,170 
662,642 
631,570 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
14,829 
58 
976 
1,969 
4,292 
4,363 
3,171 
acres 
688,052 
3,124 
31,898 
73,933 
180,363 
205,854 
192,880 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
21,356 
50 
979 
2,505 
5,951 
6,492 
5,379 
acres 
1,481,214 
1,444 
42,874 
141,611 
399,807 
456,788 
438,690 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Missouri 203 
