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 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms 
1,975 
798 
948 
229 
1,037 
938 
$1,000 
11,605 
2,295 
6,416 
2,893 
5,327 
6,278 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
925 
443 
412 
70 
510 
415 
$1,000 to $4,999 
665 
264 
316 
85 
335 
330 
$5,000 to $24,999 
316 
78 
180 
58 
167 
149 
$25,000 to $49,999 
28 
6 
14 
8 
9 
19 
$50,000 or more 
41 
7 
26 
8 
16 
25 
Interest expense 
farms 
14,016 
8,204 
5,182 
630 
7,624 
6,392 
$1,000 
128,243 
67,299 
57,106 
3,837 
61,605 
66,638 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
7,710 
4,539 
2,719 
452 
4,426 
3,284 
$5,000 to $24,999 
5,204 
3,161 
1,897 
146 
2,707 
2,497 
$25,000 to $99,999 
1,017 
475 
513 
29 
452 
565 
$100,000 or more 
85 
29 
53 
3 
39 
46 
Secured by real estate 
farms 
10,211 
6,448 
3,763 
_ 
5,394 
4,817 
$1,000 
98,994 
57,469 
41,525 
- 
46,440 
52,554 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
1,348 
858 
490 
- 
756 
592 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,704 
2,349 
1,355 
- 
2,054 
1,650 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,347 
2,826 
1,521 
- 
2,242 
2,105 
$25,000 to $49,999 
577 
300 
277 
- 
253 
324 
$50,000 or more 
235 
115 
120 
- 
89 
146 
Not secured by real estate 
farms 
7,925 
4,071 
3,224 
630 
4,456 
3,469 
$1,000 
29,248 
9,830 
15,581 
3,837 
15,164 
14,084 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
3,135 
1,886 
1,071 
178 
1,835 
1,300 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,421 
1,737 
1,410 
274 
1,925 
1,496 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,202 
414 
642 
146 
629 
573 
$25,000 to $49,999 
120 
28 
68 
24 
47 
73 
$50,000 or more 
47 
6 
33 
8 
20 
27 
Property taxes paid 
farms 
44,088 
30,842 
12,479 
767 
24,852 
19,236 
$1,000 
110,161 
70,670 
37,815 
1,676 
57,053 
53,108 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
39,508 
28,000 
10,822 
686 
22,587 
16,921 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,048 
1,955 
1,046 
47 
1,556 
1,492 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,281 
766 
485 
30 
598 
683 
$25,000 or more 
251 
121 
126 
4 
111 
140 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
farms 
25,123 
15,023 
8,734 
1,366 
13,114 
12,009 
$1,000 
200,870 
79,881 
103,584 
17,405 
82,741 
118,130 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
19,810 
12,753 
6,146 
911 
10,616 
9,194 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,015 
1,877 
1,833 
305 
1,911 
2,104 
$25,000 to $49,999 
689 
218 
388 
83 
310 
379 
$50,000 to $99,999 
382 
105 
234 
43 
192 
190 
$100,000 or more 
227 
70 
133 
24 
85 
142 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
farms 
557 
69 
382 
106 
315 
242 
$1,000 
4,857 
99 
3,892 
866 
2,813 
2,044 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
farms 
20,793 
12,288 
7,427 
1,078 
1 1 ,262 
9,531 
$1,000 
286,504 
117,592 
145,794 
23,119 
140,932 
145,572 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations 
farms 
46,030 
31,025 
12,547 
2,458 
26,093 
19,937 
$1,000 
520,123 
75,972 
391,183 
52,968 
258,393 
261,730 
Average per farm 
dollars 
11,300 
2,449 
31,177 
21,549 
9,903 
13,128 
Farms with net gains 2 
number 
17,601 
10,172 
6,182 
1,247 
10,765 
6,836 
Average net gain 
dollars 
57,667 
37,490 
89,314 
65,358 
46,323 
75,531 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,903 
1,485 
315 
103 
1,207 
696 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,552 
3,176 
1,065 
311 
2,886 
1,666 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,781 
1,724 
840 
217 
1,794 
987 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,302 
1,819 
1,258 
225 
2,019 
1,283 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,697 
838 
752 
107 
1,042 
655 
$50,000 or more 
3,366 
1,130 
1,952 
284 
1,817 
1,549 
Farms with net losses 
number 
28,429 
20,853 
6,365 
1,211 
15,328 
13,101 
Average net loss 
dollars 
17,407 
14,644 
25,288 
23,562 
15,675 
19,434 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,529 
2,005 
403 
121 
1,576 
953 
$1,000 to $4,999 
8,402 
6,553 
1,502 
347 
4,759 
3,643 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,094 
4,619 
1,241 
234 
3,282 
2,812 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,726 
4,795 
1,701 
230 
3,419 
3,307 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,879 
1,887 
861 
131 
1,429 
1,450 
$50,000 or more 
1,799 
994 
657 
148 
863 
936 
Net cash farm income of operators 
farms 
46,030 
31,025 
12,547 
2,458 
26,093 
19,937 
$1,000 
360,554 
-12,390 
323,887 
49,057 
188,015 
172,539 
Average per farm 
dollars 
7,833 
-399 
25,814 
19,958 
7,206 
8,654 
Operators reporting net gains 2 
farms 
17,491 
10,161 
6,101 
1,229 
10,707 
6,784 
Average net gain 
dollars 
49,469 
28,940 
80,884 
63,251 
40,274 
63,983 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 217 
