Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,304 
6 
26 
107 
234 
414 
517 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,818 
- 
111 
247 
530 
823 
1,107 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,401 
2 
51 
127 
261 
424 
536 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,451 
5 
48 
140 
269 
445 
544 
$25,000 to $49,999 
765 
- 
39 
91 
153 
245 
237 
$50,000 or more 
798 
- 
64 
80 
143 
230 
281 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
13,184 
41 
567 
1,488 
2,906 
3,881 
4,301 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
11,743 
15,299 
9,519 
11,545 
12,645 
1 1 ,854 
1 1 ,362 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,374 
5 
29 
113 
278 
411 
538 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,582 
4 
248 
514 
939 
1,329 
1,548 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,156 
15 
123 
394 
721 
964 
939 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,790 
4 
119 
322 
668 
831 
846 
$25,000 to $49,999 
914 
13 
45 
111 
224 
221 
300 
$50,000 or more 
368 
- 
3 
34 
76 
125 
130 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
30 
_ 
2 
2 
9 
3 
14 
$1,000 
2,174 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,042 
739 
244 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
6,412 
18 
254 
639 
1,202 
1,915 
2,384 
$1,000 
72,855 
30 
2,771 
5,141 
9,385 
23,372 
32,156 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
422 
- 
37 
84 
102 
105 
94 
$1,000 
4,356 
- 
262 
830 
801 
1,099 
1,364 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,318 
4 
64 
139 
355 
662 
1,094 
$1,000 
23,554 
3 
1,342 
1,871 
3,193 
5,852 
1 1 ,293 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,136 
_ 
20 
91 
195 
338 
492 
$1,000 
32,055 
- 
392 
1,482 
3,208 
10,692 
16,281 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
320 
- 
7 
34 
45 
103 
131 
$1,000 
4,100 
- 
16 
114 
294 
2,820 
857 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,161 
9 
95 
305 
480 
700 
572 
$1,000 
2,049 
3 
44 
309 
198 
1,118 
377 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
175 
- 
30 
21 
27 
55 
42 
$1,000 
2,999 
- 
413 
259 
967 
759 
600 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
204 
- 
7 
13 
40 
43 
101 
$1,000 
926 
- 
39 
105 
322 
189 
271 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
545 
5 
21 
60 
134 
163 
162 
$1,000 
2,815 
24 
263 
170 
401 
843 
1,114 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
12,617 
22 
522 
1,228 
2,573 
3,790 
4,482 
acres 
1,076,750 
1,366 
52,821 
94,236 
218,917 
314,392 
395,018 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
8,088 
19 
409 
942 
1,836 
2,620 
2,262 
acres 
614,203 
1,246 
42,523 
63,472 
148,501 
195,380 
163,081 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,778 
7 
248 
671 
1,320 
1,855 
1,677 
50 to 99 acres 
1,146 
4 
60 
123 
263 
396 
300 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
682 
8 
49 
90 
163 
215 
157 
200 to 499 acres 
304 
- 
35 
41 
48 
101 
79 
500 to 999 acres 
95 
- 
9 
9 
24 
28 
25 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
46 
- 
3 
7 
11 
12 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
37 
- 
5 
1 
7 
13 
11 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,201 
. 
75 
148 
303 
313 
362 
acres 
65,363 
- 
4,719 
6,621 
10,125 
15,103 
28,795 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
447 
- 
26 
47 
101 
154 
119 
acres 
13,327 
- 
550 
1,978 
3,317 
3,823 
3,659 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,729 
3 
87 
280 
763 
1,316 
2,280 
acres 
372,739 
120 
4,647 
21,161 
55,142 
96,174 
195,495 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
397 
- 
14 
37 
86 
116 
144 
acres 
11,118 
- 
382 
1,004 
1,832 
3,912 
3,988 
Total woodland 
farms 
13,589 
6 
427 
1,252 
2,705 
4,269 
4,930 
acres 
2,121,666 
48 
46,640 
124,272 
357,528 
644,428 
948,750 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,743 
2 
193 
509 
1,122 
1,571 
1,346 
acres 
223,681 
(D) 
(D) 
21,094 
46,630 
69,142 
81,002 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
10,655 
4 
311 
929 
1,994 
3,321 
4,096 
acres 
1,897,985 
(D) 
(D) 
103,178 
310,898 
575,286 
867,748 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 195 
