Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
26 
109 
154 
100 
34 
18 
$5,000 to $9,999 
40 
140 
98 
13 
11 
39 
$10,000 to $24,999 
133 
170 
28 
18 
6 
32 
$25,000 to $49,999 
79 
31 
- 
3 
- 
20 
$50,000 or more 
24 
10 
17 
11 
1 
69 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
183 
383 
505 
549 
781 
2,493 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
77,514 
30,897 
19,558 
15,425 
12,390 
24,030 
Less than $1 ,000 
3 
12 
34 
41 
83 
152 
$1,000 to $4,999 
28 
73 
162 
156 
262 
582 
$5,000 to $9,999 
19 
48 
90 
147 
201 
564 
$10,000 to $24,999 
33 
117 
122 
128 
164 
649 
$25,000 to $49,999 
38 
52 
51 
38 
40 
271 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
62 
81 
46 
39 
31 
275 
Total 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
235 
332 
288 
249 
256 
800 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
6,815 
8,015 
9,588 
5,645 
1,416 
23,133 
services 
farms 
64 
56 
36 
24 
27 
58 
$1,000 
613 
354 
181 
62 
194 
67 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
27 
47 
37 
23 
23 
98 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
81 
175 
103 
57 
40 
191 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
50 
95 
91 
93 
107 
205 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
1,667 
554 
423 
330 
278 
576 
(see text) 
farms 
22 
34 
29 
29 
30 
44 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
292 
1,910 
(D) 
2,548 
(D) 
371 
from cooperatives 
farms 
36 
61 
42 
42 
18 
135 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
474 
133 
47 
36 
33 
345 
payments received 
farms 
13 
5 
4 
2 
- 
13 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
119 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
1,818 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
17 
18 
1 
4 
2 
13 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
115 
117 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
91 
sources (see text) 
farms 
56 
98 
111 
81 
78 
361 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
3,456 
4,753 
8,683 
2,579 
434 
19,673 
Total cropland 
farms 
404 
737 
633 
435 
580 
1,397 
acres 
13,274 
15,823 
10,397 
7,007 
5,663 
19,874 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
395 
712 
617 
419 
532 
1,107 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
11,768 
13,185 
9,209 
6,278 
4,767 
10,963 
1 to 49 acres 
318 
625 
581 
389 
528 
1,082 
50 to 99 acres 
46 
65 
25 
25 
4 
20 
100 to 199 acres 
24 
19 
9 
3 
- 
5 
200 to 499 acres 
7 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
45 
54 
29 
48 
45 
201 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
433 
1,131 
320 
294 
270 
1,104 
were abandoned 
farms 
20 
49 
50 
16 
29 
105 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
159 
340 
111 
43 
162 
1,547 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
49 
104 
89 
43 
61 
270 
acres 
822 
828 
625 
333 
389 
5,948 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
14 
43 
35 
11 
15 
53 
acres 
92 
339 
132 
59 
75 
312 
Total woodland 
farms 
247 
479 
456 
425 
530 
1,479 
acres 
15,835 
21,813 
24,165 
17,816 
19,904 
60,494 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
70 
137 
141 
135 
123 
366 
acres 
1,276 
2,156 
5,154 
1,492 
887 
3,967 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
209 
422 
390 
365 
459 
1,287 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodlancf 
acres 
14,559 
19,657 
19,011 
16,324 
19,017 
56,527 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
184 
360 
378 
424 
381 
1,453 
acres 
3,843 
6,512 
5,562 
7,406 
3,823 
21,481 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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