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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
488 
327 
162 
259 
34 
13 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
371 
262 
156 
253 
68 
13 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
723 
570 
362 
749 
149 
24 
7 
$25,000 to $49,999 
709 
588 
456 
1,030 
230 
54 
10 
$50,000 or more 
926 
1,037 
1,030 
4,322 
2,740 
1,211 
522 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,894 
1,264 
833 
1,834 
648 
263 
128 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
16,527 
23,123 
31,405 
41,319 
116,710 
199,394 
488,573 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
160 
75 
37 
57 
11 
1 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
517 
327 
144 
278 
49 
5 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
403 
234 
167 
306 
55 
16 
3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
510 
363 
233 
456 
105 
27 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
191 
151 
138 
314 
91 
24 
5 
$50,000 or more 
113 
114 
114 
423 
337 
190 
116 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
20 
20 
13 
100 
117 
102 
60 
$1,000 
170 
213 
181 
2,429 
6,404 
11,149 
16,273 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
3,404 
2,856 
2,132 
6,506 
3,107 
1,173 
489 
$1,000 
24,279 
21,176 
18,243 
92,292 
93,607 
71,068 
73,664 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
368 
358 
322 
1,219 
925 
474 
227 
$1,000 
3,518 
2,723 
2,555 
14,316 
18,945 
15,907 
15,566 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
1,270 
873 
507 
1,251 
357 
122 
69 
$1,000 
9,896 
8,090 
4,836 
16,303 
8,775 
3,478 
5,437 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
232 
208 
157 
505 
224 
60 
45 
$1,000 
1,479 
1,412 
1,166 
4,367 
3,136 
1,718 
747 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
53 
27 
28 
78 
50 
15 
9 
$1,000 
641 
643 
230 
2,507 
795 
299 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
2,126 
1,937 
1,558 
4,994 
2,531 
956 
396 
$1,000 
1,631 
1,695 
1,617 
9,592 
10,910 
9,086 
10,577 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
342 
361 
321 
1,266 
848 
387 
197 
$1,000 
5,380 
4,916 
5,222 
37,651 
45,316 
34,866 
36,438 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
90 
87 
74 
270 
138 
49 
11 
$1,000 
239 
245 
264 
1,196 
991 
801 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
228 
219 
188 
561 
323 
127 
64 
$1,000 
1,496 
1,450 
2,344 
6,352 
4,712 
4,825 
3,759 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
4,954 
3,972 
2,925 
8,287 
3,847 
1,564 
664 
acres 
450,197 
473,887 
436,720 
1 ,937,999 
1,945,811 
1,712,535 
1,832,869 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
4,284 
3,606 
2,718 
7,895 
3,767 
1,551 
661 
acres 
375,474 
415,513 
390,561 
1 ,794,71 1 
1,876,629 
1,672,410 
1,803,050 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,097 
584 
298 
472 
56 
7 
5 
50 to 99 acres 
1,251 
779 
422 
560 
63 
25 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,936 
2,069 
1,272 
1,988 
181 
20 
9 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
174 
726 
4,875 
1,530 
65 
24 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,937 
468 
22 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
966 
121 
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 
662 
494 
409 
1,104 
447 
139 
55 
acres 
15,111 
12,877 
12,023 
39,574 
20,058 
1 1 ,928 
7,887 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
234 
165 
139 
384 
185 
64 
42 
acres 
4,595 
3,853 
3,577 
15,777 
11,307 
3,488 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
1,304 
892 
579 
1,461 
532 
273 
145 
acres 
53,847 
40,955 
30,083 
86,947 
37,449 
24,533 
16,718 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
109 
64 
40 
79 
31 
11 
1 
acres 
1,170 
689 
476 
990 
368 
176 
(D) 
Total woodland 
...farms 
3,736 
2,948 
2,164 
6,193 
2,698 
955 
394 
acres 
215,618 
195,665 
159,888 
610,385 
376,152 
193,360 
159,276 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
1,092 
882 
738 
2,019 
851 
268 
84 
acres 
38,315 
35,958 
36,969 
125,777 
76,827 
36,144 
21,238 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
3,183 
2,544 
1,808 
5,384 
2,401 
862 
365 
acres 
177,303 
159,707 
122,919 
484,608 
299,325 
157,216 
138,038 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
2,458 
2,144 
1,565 
4,469 
1,894 
599 
184 
acres 
81,871 
79,373 
65,643 
233,441 
146,519 
84,309 
53,725 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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