Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
13 
5 
10 
12 
3 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5 
13 
5 
21 
3 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
18 
22 
8 
13 
3 
1 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10 
23 
5 
22 
6 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
34 
44 
34 
66 
35 
15 
1 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
153 
86 
45 
128 
31 
9 
3 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
. dollars 
37,397 
42,986 
51,557 
63,628 
264,111 
522,212 
90,646 
Less than $1 ,000 
13 
2 
4 
8 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
28 
15 
7 
11 
2 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
26 
14 
5 
26 
3 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
36 
18 
9 
43 
13 
3 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
18 
17 
8 
10 
2 
2 
- 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
32 
20 
12 
30 
11 
4 
2 
Total 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
99 
124 
60 
161 
51 
11 
2 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
1,991 
5,011 
5,080 
3,388 
1,384 
(D) 
(D) 
services 
...farms 
28 
27 
14 
26 
9 
- 
- 
$1,000 
89 
454 
135 
387 
85 
- 
- 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
17 
22 
12 
29 
12 
1 
- 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
51 
84 
59 
466 
267 
(D) 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
32 
45 
24 
79 
15 
4 
1 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
(D) 
311 
217 
612 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(see text) 
...farms 
9 
20 
4 
13 
3 
- 
1 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
225 
908 
(D) 
90 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
32 
22 
21 
63 
23 
5 
- 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
649 
592 
(□) 
707 
626 
(D) 
“ 
payments received 
...farms 
4 
6 
2 
6 
1 
3 
- 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
38 
355 
(D) 
199 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
- 
6 
2 
14 
6 
4 
- 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
" 
62 
(D) 
249 
215 
(D) 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
11 
32 
5 
16 
6 
3 
- 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,245 
110 
678 
32 
(D) 
Total cropland 
...farms 
215 
179 
93 
231 
76 
23 
5 
acres 
12,741 
13,799 
9,110 
28,731 
21,121 
10,738 
2,702 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
202 
167 
93 
207 
76 
23 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
9,483 
10,890 
8,478 
25,515 
19,438 
9,851 
2,702 
1 to 49 acres 
129 
75 
35 
60 
11 
2 
2 
50 to 99 acres 
43 
53 
22 
54 
7 
- 
- 
100 to 199 acres 
30 
35 
25 
41 
23 
3 
- 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
4 
11 
52 
21 
11 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
6 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
1 
improvements (see text) 
...farms 
8 
21 
9 
34 
9 
4 
- 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
(D) 
533 
191 
1,124 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
were abandoned 
...farms 
13 
18 
9 
25 
7 
2 
- 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
124 
491 
138 
383 
754 
(D) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
50 
31 
10 
41 
9 
3 
- 
acres 
2,884 
1,758 
174 
1,180 
672 
330 
- 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
7 
7 
8 
27 
2 
1 
- 
acres 
(D) 
127 
129 
529 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Total woodland 
...farms 
194 
163 
92 
229 
65 
18 
3 
acres 
18,186 
17,039 
12,175 
45,578 
19,317 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
37 
35 
15 
57 
20 
4 
2 
acres 
857 
945 
528 
2,233 
1,133 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
183 
156 
89 
218 
60 
17 
3 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
17,329 
16,094 
11,647 
43,345 
18,184 
8,994 
3,860 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
119 
104 
65 
153 
50 
13 
5 
acres 
2,564 
3,066 
2,167 
7,448 
6,111 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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