Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
29 
13 
13 
16 
15 
25 
$1,000 to $4,999 
83 
63 
63 
20 
19 
56 
$5,000 to $9,999 
64 
54 
53 
10 
9 
29 
$10,000 to $24,999 
118 
99 
95 
19 
14 
27 
$25,000 to $49,999 
86 
72 
71 
14 
12 
16 
$50,000 or more 
410 
364 
352 
46 
36 
35 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
673 
558 
548 
115 
106 
238 
Average net loss 
dollars 
46,208 
40,080 
40,546 
75,942 
52,104 
30,089 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
31 
18 
18 
13 
13 
23 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
157 
137 
136 
20 
20 
61 
$5,000 to $9,999 
109 
93 
87 
16 
16 
47 
$10,000 to $24,999 
157 
124 
123 
33 
33 
65 
$25,000 to $49,999 
74 
68 
67 
6 
6 
19 
$50,000 or more 
145 
118 
117 
27 
18 
23 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
12 
11 
11 
1 
1 
_ 
$1,000 
4,596 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
575 
500 
482 
75 
66 
158 
$1,000 
17,873 
15,835 
14,612 
2,038 
1,539 
6,671 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
56 
46 
46 
10 
6 
9 
$1,000 
2,375 
1,932 
1,932 
443 
209 
38 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
197 
172 
165 
25 
20 
87 
$1,000 
4,910 
4,576 
4,126 
334 
(D) 
2,082 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
92 
84 
81 
8 
7 
32 
$1,000 
4,622 
(D) 
3,720 
(D) 
(D) 
4,310 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
50 
46 
43 
4 
3 
10 
$1,000 
1,497 
(D) 
1,269 
(D) 
(D) 
137 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
233 
196 
192 
37 
33 
25 
$1,000 
(D) 
741 
727 
(D) 
233 
(D) 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
40 
35 
35 
5 
5 
3 
$1,000 
1,886 
1,638 
1,638 
248 
248 
13 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
17 
11 
11 
6 
3 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
59 
59 
(D) 
32 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
52 
51 
44 
1 
1 
11 
$1,000 
1,514 
(D) 
1,140 
(D) 
(D) 
82 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
960 
812 
793 
148 
134 
228 
acres 
370,264 
(D) 
305,335 
(D) 
41,670 
48,123 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
734 
644 
630 
90 
82 
102 
acres 
307,906 
269,922 
259,648 
37,984 
35,146 
28,087 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
292 
260 
254 
32 
32 
49 
50 to 99 acres 
100 
81 
80 
19 
19 
16 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
82 
70 
68 
12 
6 
17 
200 to 499 acres 
87 
80 
79 
7 
7 
9 
500 to 999 acres 
76 
70 
70 
6 
5 
6 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
71 
61 
58 
10 
9 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
26 
22 
21 
4 
4 
3 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
100 
93 
92 
7 
6 
29 
acres 
16,305 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
260 
1,734 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
44 
37 
34 
7 
7 
17 
acres 
4,440 
4,222 
4,186 
218 
218 
352 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
289 
224 
217 
65 
56 
138 
acres 
38,750 
30,874 
29,342 
7,876 
(D) 
17,537 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
42 
35 
32 
7 
7 
18 
acres 
2,863 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
413 
Total woodland 
farms 
912 
776 
752 
136 
123 
305 
acres 
407,433 
328,539 
282,166 
78,894 
43,169 
114,958 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
234 
204 
202 
30 
30 
55 
acres 
19,232 
17,160 
(D) 
2,072 
2,072 
8,444 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
792 
670 
648 
122 
109 
276 
acres 
388,201 
311,379 
(D) 
76,822 
41,097 
106,514 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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