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 
4,313 
3,609 
515 
189 
2,444 
1,869 
$1,000 to $4,999 
10,740 
8,758 
1,530 
452 
6,245 
4,495 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,123 
5,424 
1,387 
312 
4,136 
2,987 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,854 
6,922 
2,463 
469 
5,730 
4,124 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,927 
3,519 
2,057 
351 
3,451 
2,476 
$50,000 or more 
8,842 
3,341 
4,874 
627 
4,967 
3,875 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
52,372 
38,874 
11,215 
2,283 
27,082 
25,290 
Average net loss 
dollars 
17,968 
12,032 
36,510 
27,954 
17,517 
18,450 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,946 
4,167 
575 
204 
2,888 
2,058 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16,177 
13,386 
2,139 
652 
8,491 
7,686 
$5,000 to $9,999 
11,390 
8,917 
1,991 
482 
5,799 
5,591 
$10,000 to $24,999 
12,064 
8,598 
2,985 
481 
5,882 
6,182 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,454 
2,603 
1,649 
202 
2,304 
2,150 
$50,000 or more 
3,341 
1,203 
1,876 
262 
1,718 
1,623 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
444 
103 
282 
59 
248 
196 
$1,000 
81,051 
9,829 
60,188 
1 1 ,033 
34,181 
46,870 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
39,119 
25,064 
12,244 
1,811 
21,620 
17,499 
$1,000 
790,362 
254,921 
473,103 
62,338 
427,738 
362,624 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,527 
1,836 
3,229 
462 
3,081 
2,446 
$1,000 
64,552 
13,852 
42,807 
7,893 
32,818 
31,734 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
14,395 
12,137 
1,988 
270 
8,153 
6,242 
$1,000 
170,350 
138,146 
27,688 
4,516 
100,113 
70,237 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,862 
2,022 
790 
50 
1,351 
1,511 
$1,000 
23,972 
12,830 
10,997 
146 
8,576 
15,396 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
844 
608 
203 
33 
397 
447 
$1,000 
10,553 
3,782 
5,543 
1,228 
3,131 
7,422 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
16,569 
8,818 
6,919 
832 
9,057 
7,512 
$1,000 
17,022 
4,668 
11,133 
1,221 
8,635 
8,387 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
7,921 
2,529 
4,633 
759 
4,713 
3,208 
$1,000 
466,764 
61,507 
360,165 
45,091 
256,265 
210,498 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,878 
1,145 
686 
47 
904 
974 
$1,000 
10,535 
5,899 
4,416 
220 
4,982 
5,553 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,245 
2,153 
959 
133 
1,605 
1,640 
$1,000 
26,548 
14,236 
10,289 
2,023 
13,170 
13,378 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
76,746 
52,140 
21,117 
3,489 
42,412 
34,334 
acres 
15,259,319 
4,926,932 
9,168,956 
1,163,431 
8,142,016 
7,117,303 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
64,722 
41,018 
20,426 
3,278 
35,143 
29,579 
acres 
12,917,688 
3,352,978 
8,453,204 
1,111,506 
6,779,074 
6,138,614 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
31,035 
25,553 
4,433 
1,049 
16,247 
14,788 
50 to 99 acres 
12,297 
8,065 
3,628 
604 
6,645 
5,652 
100 to 199 acres 
8,719 
4,352 
3,824 
543 
5,027 
3,692 
200 to 499 acres 
6,499 
2,148 
3,860 
491 
3,761 
2,738 
500 to 999 acres 
3,119 
543 
2,316 
260 
1,907 
1,212 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
2,031 
220 
1,582 
229 
1,130 
901 
2,000 acres or more 
1,022 
137 
783 
102 
426 
596 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
6,973 
4,543 
2,179 
251 
3,610 
3,363 
acres 
567,132 
266,072 
281,480 
19,580 
316,566 
250,566 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
4,484 
2,588 
1,664 
232 
2,337 
2,147 
acres 
227,680 
98,753 
118,509 
10,418 
121,879 
105,801 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
19,457 
16,010 
3,144 
303 
1 1 ,408 
8,049 
acres 
1,465,513 
1,167,957 
277,999 
19,557 
878,641 
586,872 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,411 
894 
466 
51 
823 
588 
acres 
81,306 
41,172 
37,764 
2,370 
45,856 
35,450 
Total woodland 
farms 
57,038 
41,840 
13,808 
1,390 
29,386 
27,652 
acres 
4,551,644 
2,886,250 
1,561,081 
104,313 
2,299,003 
2,252,641 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
29,793 
19,921 
8,965 
907 
14,781 
15,012 
acres 
1,741,089 
923,886 
760,861 
56,342 
862,372 
878,717 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
36,642 
28,056 
7,933 
653 
19,006 
17,636 
acres 
2,810,555 
1,962,364 
800,220 
47,971 
1,436,631 
1,373,924 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Missouri 225 
