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 
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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
661 
201 
338 
94 
- 
- 
- 
- 
28 
$5,000 to $9,999 
485 
143 
234 
97 
2 
- 
- 
- 
9 
$10,000 to $19,999 
971 
279 
465 
204 
2 
- 
- 
- 
21 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,157 
563 
1,005 
509 
24 
2 
- 
- 
54 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,352 
349 
449 
420 
67 
32 
- 
- 
35 
$100,000 to $199,999 
948 
160 
218 
278 
163 
85 
4 
- 
40 
$200,000 to $499,999 
590 
47 
93 
131 
94 
133 
52 
1 
39 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
173 
2 
2 
4 
14 
50 
81 
7 
13 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
5,281 
1,205 
1,754 
1,385 
350 
293 
134 
7 
153 
number 
8,324 
1,520 
2,241 
2,005 
682 
813 
618 
80 
365 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
5,957 
1,422 
2,115 
1,443 
357 
296 
134 
8 
182 
number 
14,954 
2,997 
3,777 
3,462 
1,453 
1,565 
1,000 
108 
592 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
3,386 
887 
1,270 
853 
133 
115 
38 
1 
89 
number 
4,888 
1,307 
1,696 
1,215 
208 
233 
(D) 
(D) 
141 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
3,984 
891 
1,264 
976 
335 
254 
119 
8 
137 
number 
7,460 
1,490 
1,895 
1,832 
867 
692 
(D) 
(D) 
298 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
1,149 
121 
159 
252 
204 
222 
129 
8 
54 
number 
2,606 
200 
186 
415 
378 
640 
558 
76 
153 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
69 
4 
6 
15 
8 
11 
19 
2 
4 
number 
78 
4 
(D) 
15 
9 
15 
22 
(D) 
4 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
256 
22 
22 
33 
33 
67 
57 
6 
16 
number 
304 
24 
23 
33 
45 
82 
67 
11 
19 
Hay balers 
....farms 
2,534 
566 
681 
679 
252 
199 
77 
4 
76 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
3,323 
713 
841 
935 
360 
263 
94 
5 
112 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
2,058 
365 
494 
536 
220 
219 
126 
8 
90 
acres treated 
198,600 
8,059 
8,572 
17,240 
21,124 
41,489 
67,332 
18,323 
16,461 
Manure used 
....farms 
1,932 
316 
498 
529 
227 
180 
99 
7 
76 
acres treated 
211,664 
9,607 
9,504 
24,566 
30,167 
40,622 
65,901 
13,436 
17,861 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
766 
141 
171 
263 
58 
44 
39 
5 
45 
acres 
28,278 
826 
926 
1,925 
2,345 
3,091 
11,704 
3,577 
3,884 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
1,281 
181 
231 
346 
151 
183 
119 
8 
62 
acres 
103,502 
2,393 
2,117 
5,330 
6,907 
22,062 
44,840 
10,363 
9,490 
Nematodes 
....farms 
156 
14 
30 
79 
10 
4 
8 
1 
10 
acres 
2,938 
76 
(D) 
427 
317 
148 
1,242 
(D) 
468 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
411 
72 
105 
150 
23 
24 
13 
1 
23 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
5,585 
272 
(D) 
812 
308 
847 
2,128 
(D) 
776 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
96 
12 
28 
32 
4 
8 
5 
1 
6 
acres on which used 
3,175 
84 
378 
373 
(D) 
155 
914 
(D) 
747 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
595 
104 
135 
128 
86 
70 
39 
3 
30 
acres 
23,552 
1,791 
2,058 
2,477 
4,262 
5,647 
5,413 
480 
1,424 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
936 
195 
278 
234 
85 
71 
36 
4 
33 
acres 
48,612 
3,811 
4,687 
5,841 
4,131 
10,293 
13,596 
1,270 
4,983 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
901 
157 
318 
214 
78 
54 
31 
4 
45 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
137,559 
17,530 
35,843 
27,280 
17,682 
13,696 
12,747 
1,625 
11,156 
used 
....farms 
322 
60 
73 
75 
27 
34 
37 
4 
12 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,336 
669 
349 
603 
529 
1,581 
5,391 
460 
754 
used 
....farms 
288 
33 
57 
84 
26 
46 
28 
2 
12 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
15,116 
(D) 
363 
1,236 
747 
4,353 
4,763 
(D) 
886 
practices were used 
....farms 
1,210 
163 
226 
342 
137 
168 
115 
7 
52 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
88,150 
2,318 
2,814 
5,700 
6,624 
18,257 
36,481 
7,501 
8,455 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
686 
81 
151 
205 
69 
89 
51 
5 
35 
acres 
20,120 
728 
1,185 
1,543 
1,566 
4,149 
7,503 
1,850 
1,596 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
631 
95 
264 
198 
17 
16 
11 
3 
27 
Solar panels 
....farms 
537 
82 
239 
171 
7 
8 
4 
- 
26 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
83 
6 
24 
35 
6 
5 
1 
- 
6 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
14 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
7 
3 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
13 
6 
1 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
4 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
33 
- 
7 
20 
2 
1 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
634 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
