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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,495 
- 
3 
5 
26 
62 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
5,979 
4 
16 
13 
108 
269 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,892 
2 
14 
47 
124 
313 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,094 
13 
42 
143 
528 
1,465 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,047 
30 
123 
267 
1,452 
2,142 
$50,000 or more 
13,367 
1,952 
2,162 
4,017 
4,235 
775 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
32,880 
289 
305 
465 
998 
1,427 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,087 
408,072 
163,965 
98,154 
58,663 
38,742 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,595 
1 
1 
3 
25 
47 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
9,968 
3 
8 
20 
73 
188 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,803 
5 
12 
31 
97 
191 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,730 
13 
31 
73 
232 
400 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,637 
23 
43 
75 
209 
253 
$50,000 or more 
2,147 
244 
210 
263 
362 
348 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
477 
129 
102 
104 
66 
35 
$1,000 
36,970 
20,452 
10,386 
3,918 
1,855 
240 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
39,603 
1,700 
2,110 
3,882 
5,496 
4,440 
$1,000 
510,707 
137,294 
70,090 
69,112 
56,090 
37,967 
Custom\work and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,188 
630 
664 
997 
990 
636 
$1,000 
82,518 
27,566 
17,340 
15,279 
10,107 
5,538 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
15,067 
203 
223 
298 
654 
989 
$1,000 
116,197 
9,123 
4,443 
5,729 
7,076 
10,104 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,502 
80 
70 
161 
209 
245 
$1,000 
18,174 
1,008 
997 
1,425 
1,901 
1,996 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
692 
24 
16 
24 
66 
77 
$1,000 
12,865 
1,696 
550 
379 
1,230 
1,976 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
22,941 
1,441 
1,754 
3,328 
4,592 
3,310 
$1,000 
49,272 
22,155 
7,976 
7,775 
6,246 
2,535 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
4,515 
550 
574 
843 
1,018 
723 
$1,000 
176,672 
62,200 
34,274 
33,342 
24,001 
13,106 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,071 
57 
95 
156 
223 
158 
$1,000 
4,527 
999 
815 
943 
764 
382 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,487 
223 
201 
395 
451 
349 
$1,000 
50,331 
12,489 
3,636 
4,220 
4,750 
2,330 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
60,936 
2,186 
2,575 
4,840 
7,287 
6,237 
acres 
9,910,991 
3,108,728 
1,572,795 
1,600,396 
1,412,478 
763,033 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
52,083 
2,162 
2,548 
4,808 
7,230 
6,162 
acres 
9,149,273 
3,061,022 
1,541,508 
1,550,552 
1,344,173 
703,771 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
24,180 
41 
57 
129 
446 
901 
50 to 99 acres 
8,013 
37 
61 
146 
868 
1,891 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
8,506 
71 
141 
961 
3,181 
2,759 
200 to 499 acres 
7,394 
229 
939 
2,838 
2,628 
597 
500 to 999 acres 
2,427 
648 
965 
698 
101 
14 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,087 
672 
374 
35 
6 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
476 
464 
11 
1 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
6,691 
169 
288 
598 
1,046 
786 
acres 
162,095 
14,252 
13,341 
19,098 
31,267 
19,429 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,731 
81 
79 
128 
265 
274 
acres 
65,303 
6,884 
3,235 
6,132 
7,084 
8,507 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
14,911 
366 
321 
512 
840 
859 
acres 
523,107 
26,408 
14,541 
24,315 
28,786 
30,147 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,193 
13 
17 
29 
111 
116 
acres 
11,213 
162 
170 
299 
1,168 
1,179 
Total woodland 
farms 
41,454 
1,251 
1,557 
2,940 
4,538 
3,792 
acres 
2,526,754 
183,309 
159,084 
233,620 
294,611 
224,212 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
11,586 
221 
425 
835 
1,539 
1,212 
acres 
472,079 
19,900 
33,788 
58,364 
79,194 
53,467 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
35,273 
1,169 
1,390 
2,571 
3,780 
3,124 
acres 
2,054,675 
163,409 
125,296 
175,256 
215,417 
170,745 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
116 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
