Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
2,155 
235 
105 
1,440 
1,055 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
5,979 
4,846 
863 
270 
3,439 
2,540 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,892 
2,893 
822 
177 
2,228 
1,664 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,094 
3,888 
1,814 
392 
3,527 
2,567 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,047 
2,600 
2,125 
322 
2,746 
2,301 
$50,000 or more 
13,367 
3,678 
9,050 
639 
5,904 
7,463 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
32,880 
25,578 
6,150 
1,152 
16,564 
16,316 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,087 
12,758 
48,189 
32,791 
17,876 
22,332 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,595 
2,262 
249 
84 
1,501 
1,094 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
9,968 
8,604 
1,116 
248 
5,278 
4,690 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,803 
6,453 
1,100 
250 
3,864 
3,939 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,730 
5,842 
1,631 
257 
3,689 
4,041 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,637 
1,614 
869 
154 
1,201 
1,436 
$50,000 or more 
2,147 
803 
1,185 
159 
1,031 
1,116 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
477 
55 
392 
30 
231 
246 
$1,000 
36,970 
1,395 
33,933 
1,642 
14,125 
22,845 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
39,603 
23,242 
14,776 
1,585 
19,968 
19,635 
$1,000 
510,707 
168,311 
313,520 
28,876 
207,953 
302,753 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,188 
1,290 
3,559 
339 
2,450 
2,738 
$1,000 
82,518 
9,742 
65,411 
7,366 
34,213 
48,305 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
15,067 
12,837 
2,005 
225 
8,087 
6,980 
$1,000 
116,197 
87,151 
26,425 
2,621 
60,982 
55,215 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,502 
1,690 
761 
51 
1,231 
1,271 
$1,000 
18,174 
1 1 ,432 
6,479 
263 
8,994 
9,180 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
692 
488 
167 
37 
280 
412 
$1,000 
12,865 
7,001 
3,654 
2,210 
3,392 
9,473 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
22,941 
10,197 
11,682 
1,062 
1 1 ,095 
1 1 ,846 
$1,000 
49,272 
9,027 
37,707 
2,537 
15,982 
33,289 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
4,515 
1,076 
3,128 
311 
2,086 
2,429 
$1,000 
176,672 
18,843 
147,156 
10,673 
64,918 
1 1 1 ,753 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,071 
485 
545 
41 
460 
611 
$1,000 
4,527 
1,175 
3,233 
119 
1,721 
2,807 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,487 
1,928 
1,375 
184 
1,509 
1,978 
$1,000 
50,331 
23,915 
23,329 
3,087 
17,751 
32,580 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
60,936 
37,716 
20,553 
2,667 
31,590 
29,346 
acres 
9,910,991 
2,242,989 
7,193,433 
474,569 
4,161,559 
5,749,432 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
52,083 
29,255 
20,268 
2,560 
26,796 
25,287 
acres 
9,149,273 
1,718,252 
6,972,037 
458,984 
3,760,895 
5,388,378 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
24,180 
19,730 
3,406 
1,044 
12,809 
11,371 
50 to 99 acres 
8,013 
4,659 
2,861 
493 
4,519 
3,494 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
8,506 
3,347 
4,608 
551 
4,591 
3,915 
200 to 499 acres 
7,394 
1,310 
5,782 
302 
3,437 
3,957 
500 to 999 acres 
2,427 
147 
2,192 
88 
929 
1,498 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,087 
39 
994 
54 
387 
700 
2,000 acres or more 
476 
23 
425 
28 
124 
352 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
6,691 
3,856 
2,623 
212 
2,946 
3,745 
acres 
162,095 
72,882 
84,601 
4,612 
75,179 
86,916 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,731 
1,642 
991 
98 
1,452 
1,279 
acres 
65,303 
26,559 
36,117 
2,627 
32,853 
32,450 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
14,911 
12,192 
2,504 
215 
7,870 
7,041 
acres 
523,107 
417,752 
97,330 
8,025 
286,683 
236,424 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,193 
821 
339 
33 
640 
553 
acres 
11,213 
7,544 
3,348 
321 
5,949 
5,264 
Total woodland 
farms 
41,454 
28,110 
12,749 
595 
20,625 
20,829 
acres 
2,526,754 
1,580,194 
917,280 
29,280 
1,230,598 
1,296,156 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1 1 ,586 
7,131 
4,189 
266 
5,551 
6,035 
acres 
472,079 
242,010 
219,537 
10,532 
216,470 
255,609 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
35,273 
24,199 
10,650 
424 
17,569 
17,704 
acres 
2,054,675 
1,338,184 
697,743 
18,748 
1,014,128 
1,040,547 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
218 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
