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 
1,880 
1,482 
302 
96 
1,189 
691 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,596 
3,190 
1,096 
310 
2,916 
1,680 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,797 
1,740 
834 
223 
1,815 
982 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,326 
1,852 
1,248 
226 
2,016 
1,310 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,796 
923 
772 
101 
1,084 
712 
$50,000 or more 
3,096 
974 
1,849 
273 
1,687 
1,409 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
28,539 
20,864 
6,446 
1,229 
15,386 
13,153 
Average net loss 
dollars 
17,685 
14,688 
26,309 
23,335 
15,806 
19,883 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,516 
2,011 
385 
120 
1,572 
944 
$1,000 to $4,999 
8,436 
6,546 
1,531 
359 
4,776 
3,660 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,091 
4,619 
1,236 
236 
3,278 
2,813 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,750 
4,802 
1,713 
235 
3,438 
3,312 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,881 
1,883 
868 
130 
1,438 
1,443 
$50,000 or more 
1,865 
1,003 
713 
149 
884 
981 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
103 
15 
78 
10 
65 
38 
$1,000 
5,131 
798 
3,653 
679 
2,178 
2,953 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
15,961 
9,908 
5,290 
763 
8,984 
6,977 
$1,000 
179,190 
86,644 
78,100 
14,447 
82,639 
96,551 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,877 
650 
1,080 
147 
1,032 
845 
$1,000 
17,364 
3,447 
11,180 
2,737 
9,276 
8,089 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,050 
3,362 
597 
91 
2,389 
1,661 
$1,000 
16,956 
13,790 
2,772 
394 
9,787 
7,169 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,881 
1,292 
576 
13 
1,056 
825 
$1,000 
29,637 
19,176 
(D) 
(D) 
15,954 
13,683 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
814 
549 
212 
53 
386 
428 
$1,000 
15,216 
8,335 
4,772 
2,110 
4,354 
10,862 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,933 
3,432 
3,143 
358 
3,853 
3,080 
$1,000 
14,338 
7,344 
6,216 
779 
5,088 
9,250 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,015 
216 
720 
79 
622 
393 
$1,000 
31,179 
2,087 
25,543 
3,549 
15,569 
15,610 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,033 
455 
516 
62 
572 
461 
$1,000 
6,467 
1,571 
(D) 
(D) 
3,059 
3,409 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,832 
1,958 
703 
171 
1,407 
1,425 
$1,000 
48,032 
30,894 
13,080 
4,058 
19,552 
28,480 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
34,525 
21,640 
11,142 
1,743 
20,024 
14,501 
acres 
2,990,561 
840,502 
1,889,268 
260,791 
1,660,896 
1,329,665 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
31,041 
18,608 
10,773 
1,660 
17,975 
13,066 
acres 
2,618,291 
625,624 
1,745,026 
247,641 
1,436,024 
1,182,267 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
20,886 
15,638 
4,361 
887 
12,015 
8,871 
50 to 99 acres 
4,720 
1,910 
2,518 
292 
2,847 
1,873 
100 to 199 acres 
2,883 
729 
1,933 
221 
1,674 
1,209 
200 to 499 acres 
1,627 
237 
1,244 
146 
950 
677 
500 to 999 acres 
509 
57 
388 
64 
276 
233 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
316 
31 
247 
38 
172 
144 
2,000 acres or more 
100 
6 
82 
12 
41 
59 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,469 
2,138 
1,182 
149 
1,856 
1,613 
acres 
148,345 
67,237 
75,329 
5,779 
87,320 
61,025 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,144 
815 
289 
40 
644 
500 
acres 
22,639 
13,868 
7,648 
1,123 
12,822 
9,817 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
5,535 
4,266 
1,142 
127 
3,196 
2,339 
acres 
177,209 
124,813 
47,548 
4,848 
110,633 
66,576 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
797 
467 
301 
29 
455 
342 
acres 
24,077 
8,960 
13,717 
1,400 
14,097 
9,980 
Total woodland 
farms 
29,638 
20,330 
8,445 
863 
16,518 
13,120 
acres 
2,465,061 
1,418,479 
988,065 
58,517 
1,401,253 
1,063,808 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
12,531 
7,458 
4,578 
495 
7,081 
5,450 
acres 
464,186 
204,611 
239,678 
19,897 
270,300 
193,886 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
22,938 
16,314 
6,131 
493 
12,619 
10,319 
acres 
2,000,875 
1,213,868 
748,387 
38,620 
1,130,953 
869,922 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
