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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
2,970 
2,241 
547 
182 
1,341 
1,629 
acres 
39,806 
23,616 
12,266 
3,924 
19,731 
20,075 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
4,320 
3,375 
728 
217 
2,045 
2,275 
acres 
101,198 
34,160 
32,701 
34,337 
26,335 
74,863 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,011 
712 
201 
98 
423 
588 
acres 
9,272 
3,193 
4,117 
1,962 
3,087 
6,185 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,002 
706 
199 
97 
417 
585 
acres 
9,149 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,014 
6,135 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
17 
14 
2 
1 
7 
10 
acres 
123 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
73 
50 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
14 
9 
5 
4 
10 
acres 
465 
299 
166 
- 
232 
233 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
243 
90 
125 
28 
90 
153 
acres 
29,198 
4,477 
22,539 
2,182 
7,904 
21,294 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
104 
76 
18 
10 
38 
66 
$1,000 
1,984 
776 
378 
831 
886 
1,099 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
5,977 
4,589 
980 
408 
2,916 
3,061 
$1,000 
4,837,637 
2,721,324 
1,489,973 
626,340 
2,011,809 
2,825,827 
Average per farm 
dollars 
809,375 
593,010 
1,520,381 
1,535,147 
689,921 
923,171 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1 1 ,082 
12,922 
8,875 
10,786 
11,651 
10,710 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
331 
246 
13 
72 
153 
178 
$50,000 to $99,999 
315 
266 
22 
27 
170 
145 
$100,000 to $199,999 
657 
512 
83 
62 
381 
276 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,178 
1,892 
202 
84 
1,016 
1,162 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,429 
1,095 
254 
80 
704 
725 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
621 
371 
215 
35 
285 
336 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
339 
169 
132 
38 
172 
167 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
72 
27 
42 
3 
27 
45 
$10,000,000 or more 
35 
11 
17 
7 
8 
27 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
5,977 
4,589 
980 
408 
2,916 
3,061 
$1,000 
352,391 
193,746 
125,224 
33,420 
147,557 
204,834 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
896 
777 
65 
54 
482 
414 
$5,000 to $9,999 
568 
511 
36 
21 
293 
275 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,144 
973 
96 
75 
571 
573 
$20,000 to $49,999 
1,571 
1,277 
201 
93 
756 
815 
$50,000 to $99,999 
944 
616 
252 
76 
460 
484 
$100,000 to $199,999 
501 
277 
169 
55 
209 
292 
$200,000 to $499,999 
276 
134 
112 
30 
130 
146 
$500,000 or more 
77 
24 
49 
4 
15 
62 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
4,101 
2,949 
868 
284 
1,854 
2,247 
number 
8,053 
4,803 
2,668 
582 
3,477 
4,576 
Tractors, all 
farms 
4,608 
3,388 
896 
324 
2,184 
2,424 
number 
1 1 ,243 
6,753 
3,571 
919 
5,100 
6,143 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,390 
2,516 
628 
246 
1,600 
1,790 
number 
5,961 
4,028 
1,451 
482 
2,722 
3,239 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
2,491 
1,615 
687 
189 
1,181 
1,310 
number 
4,392 
2,391 
1,630 
371 
2,037 
2,355 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
570 
260 
265 
45 
226 
344 
number 
890 
334 
490 
66 
341 
549 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
40 
9 
30 
1 
11 
29 
number 
40 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
107 
39 
63 
5 
43 
64 
number 
138 
41 
88 
9 
50 
88 
Hay balers 
farms 
1,357 
756 
517 
84 
700 
657 
number 
1,652 
855 
684 
113 
838 
814 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
216 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
