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 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
246 
128 
15 
103 
173 
73 
$1,000 to $4,999 
454 
328 
63 
63 
247 
207 
$5,000 to $9,999 
365 
258 
41 
66 
214 
151 
$10,000 to $24,999 
480 
326 
97 
57 
241 
239 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
232 
87 
41 
180 
180 
$50,000 or more 
679 
353 
225 
101 
315 
364 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
5,171 
4,129 
674 
368 
2,567 
2,604 
Average net loss 
dollars 
29,993 
25,504 
49,288 
45,016 
26,547 
33,390 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
329 
277 
24 
28 
190 
139 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,275 
1,022 
136 
117 
718 
557 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,083 
892 
132 
59 
537 
546 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,252 
1,081 
136 
35 
591 
661 
$25,000 to $49,999 
547 
393 
107 
47 
233 
314 
$50,000 or more 
685 
464 
139 
82 
298 
387 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
- 
_ 
_ 
- 
_ 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,716 
1,886 
571 
259 
1,353 
1,363 
$1,000 
78,482 
51,539 
18,763 
8,180 
30,420 
48,062 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
381 
200 
136 
45 
171 
210 
$1,000 
4,671 
2,092 
2,094 
485 
2,275 
2,396 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
332 
263 
52 
17 
188 
144 
$1,000 
1,614 
920 
295 
399 
744 
870 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
738 
566 
150 
22 
379 
359 
$1,000 
4,486 
2,817 
960 
708 
2,300 
2,186 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
287 
192 
71 
24 
117 
170 
$1,000 
12,034 
7,111 
4,540 
382 
2,301 
9,732 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
540 
316 
168 
56 
237 
303 
$1,000 
7,381 
5,816 
831 
733 
4,484 
2,897 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
75 
25 
37 
13 
42 
33 
$1,000 
3,268 
662 
799 
1,807 
1,991 
1,277 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
112 
58 
34 
20 
45 
67 
$1,000 
1,455 
497 
809 
149 
381 
1,074 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
887 
624 
150 
113 
431 
456 
$1,000 
43,573 
31,622 
8,435 
3,516 
15,944 
27,629 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,249 
3,745 
986 
518 
2,668 
2,581 
acres 
160,789 
67,866 
82,126 
10,797 
74,012 
86,777 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,834 
3,418 
940 
476 
2,488 
2,346 
acres 
137,039 
52,348 
75,198 
9,493 
62,158 
74,881 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
3,225 
518 
433 
2,194 
1,982 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
141 
194 
21 
168 
188 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
179 
37 
131 
11 
77 
102 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
12 
80 
9 
39 
62 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
2 
16 
2 
9 
11 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
1 
1 
“ 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
506 
350 
106 
50 
195 
311 
acres 
5,689 
3,410 
2,039 
240 
2,614 
3,075 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
349 
234 
80 
35 
163 
186 
acres 
3,763 
2,089 
1,234 
440 
1,649 
2,114 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
785 
576 
128 
81 
358 
427 
acres 
12,439 
8,977 
2,954 
508 
6,974 
5,465 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
248 
168 
62 
18 
108 
140 
acres 
1,859 
1,042 
701 
116 
617 
1,242 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,206 
3,335 
738 
133 
1,960 
2,246 
acres 
209,111 
155,156 
49,624 
4,331 
92,347 
116,764 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,093 
795 
256 
42 
457 
636 
acres 
17,837 
13,164 
4,217 
456 
5,989 
11,848 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,668 
2,950 
620 
98 
1,709 
1,959 
acres 
191,274 
141,992 
45,407 
3,875 
86,358 
104,916 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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