Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
5,979 
376 
1,958 
673 
993 
693 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,892 
231 
1,005 
360 
571 
601 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,094 
212 
914 
511 
865 
1,008 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,047 
115 
373 
216 
475 
791 
$50,000 or more 
13,367 
176 
382 
102 
299 
620 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
32,880 
3,274 
12,202 
3,016 
4,327 
3,197 
Average net loss 
..dollars 
20,087 
11,086 
11,421 
11,466 
1 1 ,227 
15,196 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,595 
268 
1,021 
286 
407 
272 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
9,968 
1,087 
4,087 
1,033 
1,501 
937 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,803 
910 
3,325 
708 
961 
715 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,730 
733 
2,792 
664 
1,024 
822 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,637 
185 
694 
221 
311 
312 
$50,000 or more 
2,147 
91 
283 
104 
123 
139 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
... farms 
477 
23 
3 
3 
16 
$1,000 
36,970 
- 
110 
(D) 
(D) 
23 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
39,603 
1,409 
7,287 
2,715 
4,165 
4,360 
$1,000 
510,707 
7,660 
40,861 
16,793 
22,350 
28,714 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
... farms 
5,188 
124 
349 
160 
295 
367 
$1,000 
82,518 
1,000 
2,428 
957 
1,614 
2,990 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
15,067 
623 
4,260 
1,683 
2,061 
1,991 
$1,000 
116,197 
2,429 
22,054 
8,965 
12,232 
13,702 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
2,502 
32 
325 
143 
243 
328 
$1,000 
18,174 
68 
720 
578 
943 
1,840 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
... farms 
692 
35 
181 
57 
80 
79 
$1,000 
12,865 
(D) 
1,820 
1,368 
1,210 
2,235 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
22,941 
577 
2,553 
961 
1,982 
2,370 
$1,000 
49,272 
254 
743 
285 
1,243 
1,639 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
... farms 
4,515 
18 
115 
114 
203 
343 
$1,000 
176,672 
94 
464 
745 
2,115 
3,464 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
1,071 
14 
103 
40 
101 
94 
$1,000 
4,527 
(D) 
110 
40 
226 
195 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
3,487 
188 
758 
224 
318 
289 
$1,000 
50,331 
3,600 
12,523 
3,855 
2,769 
2,646 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
... farms 
60,936 
2,350 
14,052 
4,498 
7,146 
6,677 
acres 
9,910,991 
8,323 
233,478 
142,146 
310,687 
426,339 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
52,083 
2,081 
10,922 
3,502 
5,540 
5,556 
acres 
9,149,273 
6,850 
157,438 
98,077 
221,254 
337,306 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
24,180 
2,081 
10,922 
2,889 
3,487 
2,282 
50 to 99 acres 
8,013 
- 
- 
613 
2,053 
2,243 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
8,506 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,031 
200 to 499 acres 
7,394 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,427 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,087 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
6,691 
209 
1,285 
398 
698 
791 
acres 
162,095 
661 
10,565 
5,101 
10,661 
15,649 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
... farms 
2,731 
48 
522 
243 
369 
336 
acres 
65,303 
(D) 
3,896 
3,308 
4,793 
5,412 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
14,911 
203 
3,820 
1,407 
2,382 
1,913 
acres 
523,107 
655 
59,511 
34,461 
71,882 
66,066 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
1,193 
31 
312 
131 
222 
162 
acres 
11,213 
(D) 
2,068 
1,199 
2,097 
1,906 
Total woodland 
... farms 
41,454 
528 
8,090 
3,282 
5,364 
5,102 
acres 
2,526,754 
1,365 
105,052 
82,444 
187,073 
240,476 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
11,586 
178 
1,987 
832 
1,297 
1,358 
acres 
472,079 
422 
19,186 
14,159 
26,904 
40,180 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
35,273 
387 
6,691 
2,747 
4,592 
4,309 
acres 
2,054,675 
943 
85,866 
68,285 
160,169 
200,296 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
32,089 
1,594 
8,080 
2,224 
3,518 
3,360 
acres 
1,034,738 
5,368 
81,704 
36,989 
73,291 
92,505 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
64 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
