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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,931 
1,647 
210 
74 
1,341 
590 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,265 
3,486 
618 
161 
2,884 
1,381 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,266 
1,757 
422 
87 
1,451 
815 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,637 
1,820 
682 
135 
1,739 
898 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,681 
1,057 
473 
151 
1,082 
599 
$50,000 or more 
3,877 
1,610 
1,589 
678 
2,249 
1,628 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
21,419 
16,357 
3,969 
1,093 
12,959 
8,460 
Average net loss 
dollars 
17,105 
12,052 
29,229 
48,714 
16,148 
18,572 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,010 
1,709 
195 
106 
1,390 
620 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
6,989 
5,662 
988 
339 
4,350 
2,639 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,944 
3,850 
865 
229 
2,911 
2,033 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,767 
3,476 
1,079 
212 
2,708 
2,059 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,663 
1,145 
434 
84 
995 
668 
$50,000 or more 
1,046 
515 
408 
123 
605 
441 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
199 
16 
100 
83 
118 
81 
$1,000 
44,683 
1,624 
18,219 
24,840 
20,114 
24,569 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,166 
8,312 
3,045 
809 
7,803 
4,363 
$1,000 
168,762 
87,405 
51,179 
30,178 
95,969 
72,792 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,154 
427 
544 
183 
666 
488 
$1,000 
21,811 
5,242 
11,133 
5,437 
10,415 
1 1 ,397 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,743 
3,094 
543 
106 
2,550 
1,193 
$1,000 
47,481 
32,210 
11,630 
3,640 
28,002 
19,479 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,972 
1,588 
363 
21 
1,283 
689 
$1,000 
48,742 
39,757 
8,105 
880 
32,057 
16,685 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
497 
416 
63 
18 
286 
211 
$1,000 
5,961 
3,337 
2,382 
242 
3,047 
2,913 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,881 
2,850 
1,635 
396 
2,972 
1,909 
$1,000 
15,313 
2,150 
7,203 
5,960 
6,035 
9,278 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
577 
163 
250 
164 
358 
219 
$1,000 
15,897 
745 
6,529 
8,624 
8,688 
7,210 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
370 
261 
87 
22 
246 
124 
$1,000 
1,723 
875 
687 
161 
1,187 
536 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
970 
640 
235 
95 
594 
376 
$1,000 
1 1 ,834 
3,088 
3,511 
5,235 
6,539 
5,295 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
23,905 
15,822 
6,364 
1,719 
15,043 
8,862 
acres 
5,075,579 
1,117,360 
2,357,382 
1,600,837 
2,562,306 
2,513,273 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
17,595 
10,097 
5,939 
1,559 
10,872 
6,723 
acres 
4,292,113 
545,859 
2,177,800 
1,568,454 
2,071,071 
2,221,042 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
10,594 
7,907 
2,244 
443 
6,534 
4,060 
50 to 99 acres 
2,513 
1,268 
1,111 
134 
1,616 
897 
100 to 199 acres 
1,602 
553 
881 
168 
1,007 
595 
200 to 499 acres 
1,072 
243 
674 
155 
733 
339 
500 to 999 acres 
654 
59 
389 
206 
438 
216 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
603 
39 
364 
200 
327 
276 
2,000 acres or more 
557 
28 
276 
253 
217 
340 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,275 
1,553 
623 
99 
1,318 
957 
acres 
160,511 
77,000 
76,008 
7,503 
88,146 
72,365 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
844 
556 
221 
67 
462 
382 
acres 
37,878 
17,706 
16,891 
3,281 
22,889 
14,989 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
7,073 
6,012 
885 
176 
4,624 
2,449 
acres 
558,250 
463,380 
76,346 
18,524 
363,451 
194,799 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
792 
511 
226 
55 
527 
265 
acres 
26,827 
13,415 
10,337 
3,075 
16,749 
10,078 
Total woodland 
farms 
23,347 
18,100 
4,727 
520 
14,403 
8,944 
acres 
3,469,315 
2,690,823 
707,802 
70,690 
2,155,825 
1,313,490 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
9,216 
6,340 
2,583 
293 
5,524 
3,692 
acres 
470,724 
294,397 
163,338 
12,989 
295,619 
175,105 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,758 
14,254 
3,222 
282 
1 1 ,025 
6,733 
acres 
2,998,591 
2,396,426 
544,464 
57,701 
1,860,206 
1,138,385 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
216 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
