Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1 
18 
27 
33 
74 
84 
$1,000 to $4,999 
27 
111 
166 
105 
28 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
37 
155 
106 
11 
11 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
134 
172 
19 
17 
6 
26 
$25,000 to $49,999 
85 
22 
- 
3 
- 
20 
$50,000 or more 
21 
10 
17 
11 
2 
63 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
188 
402 
500 
568 
812 
2,415 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
76,035 
29,103 
19,734 
15,185 
12,369 
24,499 
Less than $1 ,000 
4 
11 
41 
43 
90 
136 
$1,000 to $4,999 
29 
82 
155 
156 
271 
570 
$5,000 to $9,999 
19 
63 
85 
156 
205 
541 
$10,000 to $24,999 
36 
119 
121 
137 
170 
627 
$25,000 to $49,999 
34 
50 
51 
38 
45 
266 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
66 
77 
47 
38 
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 
355 
288 
248 
273 
735 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
7,276 
7,934 
9,665 
5,648 
1,552 
22,056 
services 
farms 
59 
53 
36 
27 
26 
56 
$1,000 
576 
350 
181 
68 
190 
65 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
31 
48 
42 
28 
20 
84 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
92 
181 
103 
71 
33 
165 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
48 
113 
101 
91 
116 
167 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
1,730 
593 
529 
321 
288 
363 
(see text) 
farms 
23 
39 
23 
28 
30 
44 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
332 
1,846 
(D) 
2,546 
(D) 
371 
from cooperatives 
farms 
38 
66 
40 
39 
23 
126 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
447 
114 
48 
40 
36 
336 
payments received 
farms 
15 
6 
3 
2 
- 
8 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
495 
34 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
1,426 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
18 
16 
1 
2 
2 
8 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
134 
75 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
41 
sources (see text) 
farms 
52 
97 
110 
81 
84 
350 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
3,469 
4,741 
8,680 
2,579 
569 
19,288 
Total cropland 
farms 
411 
749 
637 
451 
602 
1,311 
acres 
13,753 
14,846 
10,958 
7,205 
5,641 
18,570 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
397 
723 
613 
427 
535 
1,062 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
12,046 
12,355 
9,604 
6,271 
4,504 
10,519 
1 to 49 acres 
319 
644 
574 
398 
532 
1,038 
50 to 99 acres 
46 
60 
27 
25 
3 
19 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
24 
17 
10 
2 
- 
5 
200 to 499 acres 
8 
2 
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 
43 
50 
29 
50 
59 
185 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
577 
927 
320 
317 
349 
1,002 
were abandoned 
farms 
26 
46 
50 
22 
29 
94 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
289 
256 
111 
68 
192 
1,432 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
44 
109 
99 
46 
65 
246 
acres 
731 
1,006 
789 
493 
511 
5,315 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
14 
42 
35 
10 
20 
48 
acres 
110 
302 
134 
56 
85 
302 
Total woodland 
farms 
247 
496 
480 
433 
548 
1,384 
acres 
15,541 
24,942 
30,867 
18,116 
22,132 
46,219 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
73 
142 
138 
135 
119 
359 
acres 
1,353 
2,133 
5,154 
1,492 
836 
3,919 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
209 
438 
411 
374 
480 
1,198 
acres 
14,188 
22,809 
25,713 
16,624 
21,296 
42,300 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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