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 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 2,893 836 1,206 710 41 19 - - 81 
50 to 99 acres 628 166 135 233 61 16 1 - 16 
100 to 199 acres 501 73 63 162 136 47 2 - 18 
200 to 499 acres 433 36 21 67 83 165 34 - 27 
500 to 999 acres 110 2 - 2 15 21 62 - 8 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 39 6 30 2 1 
2.000 acres or more 15 - - - - - 5 6 4 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 674 119 191 213 64 41 20 - 26 
acres 17,924 2,388 2,739 5,227 2,612 1,761 2,057 - 1,140 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 220 58 60 70 10 9 8 - 5 
acres 6,253 1,399 1,080 1,814 (D) (D) 489 - (D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 828 184 293 222 27 37 20 1 44 
acres 15,219 4,041 4,918 2,665 (D) (D) 1,371 (D) 830 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 203 28 58 71 9 21 9 - 7 
acres 2,911 328 482 471 422 584 582 - 42 
Total woodland farms 5,544 1,360 2,076 1,310 274 230 110 5 179 
acres 536,075 109,195 160,426 117,876 40,354 50,917 25,341 2,904 29,062 
Woodland pastured farms 1,184 234 371 367 75 66 30 - 41 
acres 37,100 6,529 8,711 8,421 4,095 3,985 3,526 - 1,833 
Woodland not pastured farms 5,116 1,260 1,930 1,190 249 216 101 5 165 
acres 498,975 102,666 151,715 109,455 36,259 46,932 21,815 2,904 27,229 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 4,372 958 1,536 1,139 275 219 102 5 138 
acres 139,976 23,446 28,404 32,211 15,882 16,108 (D) (D) 6,794 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 5,563 1,324 2,089 1,329 276 251 117 8 169 
acres 87,335 18,509 21,292 18,979 7,684 7,903 (D) (D) 5,185 
Irrigated land farms 766 122 242 298 39 25 8 - 32 
acres 3,565 309 460 659 405 811 608 - 313 
Harvested cropland farms 758 119 242 297 36 25 8 - 31 
acres 3,333 (D) 430 (D) 338 811 (D) - (D) 
Pastureland and other land farms 13 3 3 1 4 - 1 - 1 
acres 232 (D) 30 (D) 67 - (D) - (D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 204 33 43 39 27 23 31 2 6 
acres 2,673 337 363 390 374 (D) 611 (D) (D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 545 25 16 100 111 149 106 7 31 
acres 147,747 2,010 1,078 8,322 18,670 34,104 56,790 12,878 13,895 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 554 71 122 192 95 46 9 - 19 
$1,000 62,634 1,279 2,858 7,135 18,031 19,455 9,631 - 4,245 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 7,338 1,744 2,804 1,738 366 302 137 8 239 
$1,000 4,011,152 710,021 1,015,444 823,512 318,679 395,436 436,598 86,270 225,193 
Average per farm dollars 546,627 407,122 362,141 473,827 870,708 1,309,389 3,186,844 10,783,701 942,232 
Average per acre dollars 3,205 3,510 3,947 3,374 2,573 2,465 2,740 2,948 2,995 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 495 127 245 102 3 - - - 18 
$50,000 to $99,999 351 82 176 73 6 2 - - 12 
$100,000 to $199,999 982 271 473 203 8 4 1 - 22 
$200,000 to $499,999 2,959 772 1,238 749 89 33 - - 78 
$500,000 to $999,999 1,757 410 586 454 159 96 4 - 48 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 531 64 69 137 76 113 34 - 38 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 223 15 15 18 25 54 81 1 14 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 32 3 2 2 - - 15 3 7 
$10,000,000 or more 8 - - - - - 2 4 2 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 7,337 1,744 2,804 1,737 366 302 137 8 239 
$1,000 637,927 77,463 121,631 119,263 64,030 89,981 108,513 20,868 36,178 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 633 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
