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 
5 
32 
53 
58 
68 
47 
$1,000 to $4,999 
66 
104 
226 
115 
42 
34 
$5,000 to $9,999 
41 
147 
116 
25 
18 
23 
$10,000 to $24,999 
148 
177 
16 
4 
7 
22 
$25,000 to $49,999 
91 
26 
7 
8 
5 
3 
$50,000 or more 
16 
16 
5 
4 
" 
7 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
197 
413 
570 
610 
739 
1,488 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
45,797 
22,139 
12,005 
11,288 
8,134 
14,673 
Less than $1 ,000 
12 
35 
62 
59 
53 
49 
$1,000 to $4,999 
22 
102 
152 
209 
253 
388 
$5,000 to $9,999 
20 
90 
158 
152 
241 
434 
$10,000 to $24,999 
60 
85 
134 
145 
158 
390 
$25,000 to $49,999 
19 
51 
45 
26 
28 
126 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
64 
50 
19 
19 
6 
101 
Total 
farms 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
302 
397 
341 
303 
233 
422 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
3,945 
6,196 
2,151 
2,071 
1,627 
5,196 
services 
farms 
56 
100 
59 
34 
19 
17 
$1,000 
290 
651 
287 
123 
15 
21 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
76 
104 
68 
77 
53 
128 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
342 
345 
172 
110 
106 
612 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
108 
162 
115 
129 
110 
126 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
1,318 
1,076 
716 
603 
409 
862 
(see text) 
farms 
17 
13 
18 
19 
17 
21 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
49 
170 
59 
(D) 
161 
126 
from cooperatives 
farms 
66 
50 
29 
42 
21 
28 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
74 
74 
25 
176 
11 
60 
payments received 
farms 
5 
10 
6 
2 
7 
6 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
237 
183 
35 
(D) 
30 
45 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
10 
13 
24 
11 
8 
4 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
40 
26 
82 
(D) 
3 
1 
sources (see text) 
farms 
46 
59 
75 
62 
42 
156 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
1,597 
3,670 
775 
973 
891 
3,469 
Total cropland 
farms 
419 
705 
759 
512 
515 
692 
acres 
25,670 
32,137 
24,398 
11,115 
8,768 
16,434 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
392 
674 
725 
477 
466 
530 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
22,889 
27,652 
20,353 
9,078 
6,585 
9,278 
1 to 49 acres 
219 
445 
594 
441 
439 
493 
50 to 99 acres 
95 
159 
86 
29 
25 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
53 
62 
38 
4 
2 
3 
200 to 499 acres 
25 
8 
7 
3 
- 
7 
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 
58 
120 
91 
59 
52 
79 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
1,402 
2,429 
1,502 
697 
744 
1,513 
were abandoned 
farms 
28 
18 
35 
27 
19 
37 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
393 
227 
564 
(D) 
106 
1,371 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
65 
120 
126 
67 
99 
160 
acres 
845 
1,523 
1,854 
1,024 
1,010 
4,106 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
21 
35 
20 
4 
36 
21 
acres 
141 
306 
125 
(D) 
323 
166 
Total woodland 
farms 
441 
725 
729 
641 
649 
1,172 
acres 
48,299 
58,751 
52,721 
43,621 
39,988 
83,190 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
69 
126 
154 
125 
134 
273 
acres 
1,560 
4,069 
3,217 
1,944 
1,719 
6,496 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
420 
682 
657 
602 
609 
1,040 
acres 
46,739 
54,682 
49,504 
41,677 
38,269 
76,694 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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