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 
20 
34 
26 
42 
8 
1 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
14 
38 
20 
38 
9 
1 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
51 
64 
41 
78 
18 
3 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
34 
26 
39 
89 
28 
3 
1 
$50,000 or more 
33 
60 
41 
243 
223 
73 
26 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
237 
185 
135 
295 
95 
33 
10 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
. dollars 
23,673 
19,831 
22,064 
30,790 
82,630 
99,778 
148,547 
Less than $1 ,000 
17 
13 
7 
13 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
65 
29 
44 
53 
8 
6 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
38 
49 
30 
43 
12 
- 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
58 
63 
27 
79 
19 
2 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
23 
14 
15 
48 
12 
7 
1 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
36 
17 
12 
59 
41 
18 
7 
Total 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
_ 
1 
2 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
193 
204 
166 
501 
247 
56 
22 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
1,223 
2,822 
1,380 
7,993 
5,800 
1,830 
3,248 
services 
...farms 
27 
33 
34 
74 
55 
24 
2 
$1,000 
122 
146 
(D) 
1,071 
999 
563 
(D) 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
55 
58 
50 
108 
36 
5 
4 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
194 
159 
125 
480 
212 
(D) 
(□) 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
61 
68 
56 
164 
83 
14 
7 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
241 
700 
296 
1,856 
1,667 
237 
152 
(see text) 
...farms 
7 
13 
3 
20 
4 
3 
2 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
(D) 
173 
(D) 
424 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
44 
51 
60 
245 
146 
37 
19 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
95 
220 
149 
809 
1,046 
575 
948 
payments received 
...farms 
6 
6 
1 
17 
25 
8 
3 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
(D) 
390 
(D) 
701 
1,131 
153 
(D) 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
8 
4 
13 
53 
27 
15 
3 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
22 
9 
28 
193 
(D) 
130 
72 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
29 
34 
24 
80 
23 
6 
6 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
507 
1,025 
471 
2,460 
360 
116 
1,330 
Total cropland 
...farms 
303 
357 
249 
689 
356 
102 
35 
acres 
18,375 
26,757 
20,142 
106,088 
115,446 
77,543 
62,419 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
287 
323 
238 
664 
345 
96 
35 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
16,136 
23,983 
17,007 
97,606 
108,015 
74,134 
60,751 
1 to 49 acres 
148 
115 
100 
142 
30 
2 
4 
50 to 99 acres 
72 
107 
74 
110 
21 
- 
- 
100 to 199 acres 
67 
93 
56 
191 
53 
5 
1 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
8 
8 
221 
177 
17 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
64 
45 
1 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
27 
12 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
15 
improvements (see text) 
...farms 
46 
60 
51 
116 
52 
16 
6 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
802 
1,582 
1,227 
4,978 
2,643 
1,635 
656 
were abandoned 
...farms 
9 
14 
7 
22 
29 
3 
1 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
202 
(D) 
(D) 
1,018 
2,089 
(D) 
(D) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
50 
51 
40 
84 
54 
18 
4 
acres 
1,155 
(D) 
1,206 
2,258 
1,857 
1,143 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
8 
15 
3 
13 
17 
5 
2 
acres 
80 
(D) 
(D) 
228 
842 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
...farms 
368 
343 
279 
707 
342 
101 
35 
acres 
33,623 
37,232 
39,847 
124,169 
97,408 
54,631 
35,136 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
83 
87 
54 
154 
103 
27 
8 
acres 
3,940 
2,592 
2,315 
9,340 
6,622 
2,766 
2,376 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
334 
324 
268 
655 
326 
97 
33 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
29,683 
34,640 
37,532 
114,829 
90,786 
51,865 
32,760 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
248 
276 
204 
564 
279 
77 
26 
acres 
8,009 
10,687 
7,836 
34,321 
23,361 
10,533 
9,275 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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