Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
1,787 
14 
71 
187 
473 
570 
472 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
3,918 
7 
179 
442 
1,027 
1,247 
1,016 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,215 
8 
131 
222 
622 
681 
551 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,864 
11 
171 
373 
739 
944 
626 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,653 
8 
114 
238 
472 
516 
305 
$50,000 or more 
1,558 
9 
86 
215 
449 
496 
303 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
20,999 
61 
1,089 
2,782 
6,471 
6,534 
4,062 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
11,795 
17,739 
12,706 
12,316 
12,323 
11,461 
10,799 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,864 
11 
79 
189 
526 
598 
461 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7,106 
9 
375 
875 
2,031 
2,255 
1,561 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,304 
18 
266 
748 
1,729 
1,604 
939 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,814 
9 
242 
713 
1,585 
1,505 
760 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,338 
4 
80 
183 
422 
391 
258 
$50,000 or more 
573 
10 
47 
74 
178 
181 
83 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
63 
_ 
2 
6 
25 
16 
14 
$1,000 
2,766 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,181 
476 
862 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
16,787 
46 
772 
1,911 
4,731 
5,388 
3,939 
$1,000 
115,675 
374 
5,928 
13,823 
28,551 
37,164 
29,835 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,186 
16 
133 
209 
373 
295 
160 
$1,000 
9,046 
167 
1,163 
1,558 
3,076 
1,681 
1,400 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
9,073 
10 
241 
828 
2,450 
2,980 
2,564 
$1,000 
57,544 
60 
1,119 
5,029 
13,852 
19,562 
17,922 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,202 
2 
37 
99 
346 
382 
336 
$1,000 
8,163 
(D) 
(D) 
637 
1,834 
2,758 
2,464 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
298 
- 
2 
38 
104 
100 
54 
$1,000 
3,049 
- 
(D) 
671 
(D) 
1,152 
758 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
7,062 
21 
366 
887 
2,052 
2,364 
1,372 
$1,000 
5,585 
(D) 
(D) 
1,543 
1,286 
1,713 
857 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,023 
4 
118 
180 
302 
245 
174 
$1,000 
18,694 
16 
2,234 
2,918 
5,404 
4,326 
3,796 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
303 
- 
19 
22 
107 
82 
73 
$1,000 
703 
- 
(D) 
117 
(D) 
158 
129 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,218 
10 
65 
139 
353 
407 
244 
$1,000 
12,891 
101 
655 
1,351 
2,459 
5,814 
2,509 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
29,044 
77 
1,494 
3,642 
8,424 
9,159 
6,248 
acres 
1,667,960 
3,432 
86,331 
207,819 
484,196 
524,983 
361,199 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
22,260 
69 
1,343 
3,038 
6,843 
6,967 
4,000 
acres 
1,281,030 
2,948 
79,247 
176,808 
395,070 
399,515 
227,442 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
15,463 
46 
870 
2,081 
4,750 
4,881 
2,835 
50 to 99 acres 
3,440 
19 
231 
464 
1,033 
1,069 
624 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,208 
4 
174 
325 
707 
661 
337 
200 to 499 acres 
919 
- 
56 
131 
289 
272 
171 
500 to 999 acres 
174 
- 
9 
30 
47 
63 
25 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
44 
- 
3 
6 
13 
17 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
12 
- 
- 
1 
4 
4 
3 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,638 
11 
167 
324 
848 
806 
482 
acres 
45,654 
261 
1,757 
3,743 
14,342 
14,813 
10,738 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,311 
4 
58 
170 
368 
417 
294 
acres 
20,842 
28 
830 
2,761 
5,745 
5,202 
6,276 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
9,324 
9 
195 
849 
2,290 
3,119 
2,862 
acres 
315,547 
195 
4,274 
23,889 
67,592 
103,906 
115,691 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
531 
- 
19 
67 
160 
169 
116 
acres 
4,887 
- 
223 
618 
1,447 
1,547 
1,052 
T otal woodland 
farms 
20,530 
44 
746 
2,233 
6,064 
6,921 
4,522 
acres 
1,088,818 
1,610 
24,969 
103,297 
287,482 
377,326 
294,134 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,965 
21 
223 
611 
1,592 
1,619 
899 
acres 
153,223 
519 
5,408 
17,528 
45,198 
48,812 
35,758 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,760 
26 
593 
1,849 
5,210 
6,067 
4,015 
acres 
935,595 
1,091 
19,561 
85,769 
242,284 
328,514 
258,376 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 197 
