Table 46. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Vermont: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
7,338 
1,744 
2,804 
1,738 
366 
302 
137 
8 
239 
percent 
100.0 
23.8 
38.2 
23.7 
5.0 
4.1 
1.9 
0.1 
3.3 
Land in farms 
....acres 
1,251,713 
202,300 
257,289 
244,045 
123,844 
160,427 
159,367 
29,260 
75,181 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
171 
116 
92 
140 
338 
531 
1,163 
3,658 
315 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
7,338 
1,744 
2,804 
1,738 
366 
302 
137 
8 
239 
$1,000 
790,035 
23,993 
28,917 
56,119 
83,711 
162,562 
290,840 
70,055 
73,837 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
107,663 
13,758 
10,313 
32,290 
228,719 
538,286 
2,122,917 
8,756,830 
308,943 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,624 
485 
808 
289 
2 
40 
$1,000 to $2,499 
879 
232 
494 
132 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
$2,500 to $4,999 
824 
244 
428 
143 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
993 
298 
445 
217 
- 
- 
- 
- 
33 
$10,000 to $24,999 
915 
241 
347 
293 
- 
6 
- 
- 
28 
$25,000 to $49,999 
564 
133 
163 
246 
4 
- 
_ 
_ 
18 
$50,000 to $99,999 
409 
63 
75 
248 
6 
- 
- 
- 
17 
$100,000 to $249,999 
488 
43 
38 
163 
213 
11 
- 
- 
20 
$250,000 to $499,999 
320 
5 
6 
7 
141 
142 
- 
- 
19 
$500,000 to $999,999 
161 
- 
- 
- 
- 
142 
3 
- 
16 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
161 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
134 
8 
18 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
107 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
96 
- 
10 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
38 
- 
5 
$5,000,000 or more 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
3 
Total sales 
....farms 
7,338 
1,744 
2,804 
1,738 
366 
302 
137 
8 
239 
$1,000 
776,105 
23,291 
28,013 
54,500 
81,526 
159,030 
287,235 
69,598 
72,911 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
397 
34 
47 
87 
49 
75 
77 
6 
22 
$1,000 
26,320 
618 
536 
1,736 
1,497 
5,609 
12,594 
2,786 
945 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
113 
4 
3 
10 
7 
24 
54 
5 
6 
$1,000 
22,247 
273 
(D) 
832 
906 
4,550 
11,987 
(D) 
650 
Corn 
....farms 
348 
28 
32 
73 
45 
70 
75 
6 
19 
$1,000 
23,486 
452 
325 
1,601 
1,415 
4,102 
11,884 
2,786 
921 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
102 
1 
1 
9 
6 
21 
53 
5 
6 
$1,000 
19,578 
(D) 
(D) 
754 
816 
3,102 
11,289 
(D) 
638 
Wheat 
....farms 
14 
4 
3 
2 
2 
- 
1 
2 
$1,000 
149 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
....farms 
33 
3 
4 
8 
3 
8 
6 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,488 
162 
144 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
14 
3 
1 
- 
- 
6 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,293 
162 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
....farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
45 
3 
15 
18 
3 
2 
1 
_ 
3 
$1,000 
111 
(Z) 
54 
29 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
814 
141 
270 
311 
34 
24 
10 
1 
23 
$1,000 
21,274 
844 
1,677 
5,182 
3,252 
4,263 
3,798 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
85 
2 
7 
30 
19 
15 
3 
1 
8 
$1,000 
15,917 
(D) 
482 
2,234 
3,073 
4,198 
3,708 
(D) 
1,621 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
582 
141 
198 
181 
22 
17 
7 
_ 
16 
$1,000 
13,494 
976 
789 
1,691 
650 
2,391 
5,730 
- 
1,266 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
34 
2 
- 
9 
5 
7 
6 
- 
5 
$1,000 
10,494 
(D) 
- 
599 
(D) 
2,223 
(D) 
- 
1,165 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
171 
35 
55 
52 
8 
8 
4 
- 
9 
$1,000 
10,258 
538 
291 
761 
511 
1,900 
5,266 
- 
991 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
24 
2 
- 
5 
4 
6 
3 
- 
4 
$1,000 
9,072 
(D) 
- 
336 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
928 
Berries 
....farms 
475 
116 
158 
154 
17 
15 
5 
- 
10 
$1,000 
3,235 
438 
498 
930 
139 
492 
464 
- 
275 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
13 
- 
- 
3 
1 
2 
4 
- 
3 
$1,000 
1,265 
- 
- 
213 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
233 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
628 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
