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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
■ Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
_ 
_ 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
22 
7 
13 
2 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,823 
1,371 
2,096 
1,039 
102 
68 
14 
_ 
133 
Part owners 
farms 
2,063 
342 
533 
539 
217 
218 
122 
8 
84 
Tenants 
farms 
452 
31 
175 
160 
47 
16 
1 
- 
22 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,894 
1,715 
2,631 
1,582 
319 
286 
136 
8 
217 
acres 
1,015,793 
190,295 
233,972 
204,889 
81,994 
108,735 
107,314 
24,134 
64,460 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,886 
1,713 
2,629 
1,578 
319 
286 
136 
8 
217 
acres 
972,059 
176,889 
218,140 
197,526 
81,267 
106,954 
106,938 
23,534 
60,811 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,525 
381 
710 
699 
264 
234 
123 
8 
106 
acres 
281,339 
26,470 
39,534 
46,540 
42,577 
53,693 
52,429 
5,726 
14,370 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,515 
373 
708 
699 
264 
234 
123 
8 
106 
acres 
279,654 
25,411 
39,149 
46,519 
42,577 
53,473 
52,429 
5,726 
14,370 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
704 
243 
267 
135 
12 
21 
4 
1 
21 
acres 
45,419 
14,465 
16,217 
7,384 
727 
2,001 
(D) 
(D) 
3,649 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
12,257 
2,712 
4,638 
2,816 
657 
587 
297 
22 
528 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,286 
918 
1,223 
784 
136 
101 
41 
1 
82 
2 operators 
3,430 
727 
1,404 
846 
176 
139 
49 
3 
86 
3 operators 
463 
74 
122 
94 
47 
46 
33 
3 
44 
4 operators 
117 
16 
45 
12 
7 
13 
11 
- 
13 
5 or more operators 
42 
9 
10 
2 
- 
3 
3 
1 
14 
Total women operators 
...number 
4,811 
1,032 
1,885 
1,244 
224 
173 
64 
3 
186 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,130 
872 
1,666 
1,090 
196 
134 
57 
3 
112 
2 operators 
262 
67 
81 
62 
11 
18 
2 
- 
21 
3 operators 
38 
6 
11 
10 
2 
1 
1 
- 
7 
4 operators 
8 
2 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
" 
" 
" 
" 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,696 
1,419 
2,219 
1,111 
346 
288 
134 
7 
172 
Female 
1,642 
325 
585 
627 
20 
14 
3 
1 
67 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,779 
1,145 
- 
1,738 
366 
279 
133 
8 
110 
Other 
3,559 
599 
2,804 
- 
- 
23 
4 
" 
129 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,487 
1,601 
2,441 
1,572 
326 
271 
124 
6 
146 
Not on farm operated 
851 
143 
363 
166 
40 
31 
13 
2 
93 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,845 
1,146 
145 
809 
299 
230 
109 
7 
100 
Any 
4,493 
598 
2,659 
929 
67 
72 
28 
1 
139 
1 to 49 days 
663 
217 
128 
261 
26 
14 
4 
- 
13 
50 to 99 days 
419 
142 
93 
159 
4 
3 
1 
- 
17 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
725 
100 
422 
162 
5 
8 
3 
- 
25 
200 days or more 
2,686 
139 
2,016 
347 
32 
47 
20 
1 
84 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
346 
65 
170 
80 
18 
4 
2 
- 
7 
3 or 4 years 
486 
56 
214 
156 
17 
14 
1 
- 
28 
5 to 9 years 
1,233 
174 
607 
341 
38 
22 
6 
- 
45 
1 0 years or more 
5,273 
1,449 
1,813 
1,161 
293 
262 
128 
8 
159 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
28.0 
16.8 
19.0 
24.2 
25.6 
29.1 
31.8 
18.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
206 
23 
125 
41 
9 
3 
1 
- 
4 
3 or 4 years 
376 
40 
177 
123 
12 
7 
1 
- 
16 
5 to 9 years 
1,052 
125 
508 
338 
28 
14 
1 
- 
38 
1 0 years or more 
5,704 
1,556 
1,994 
1,236 
317 
278 
134 
8 
181 
Average years operating any farm ... 
23.6 
31.5 
19.1 
21.0 
27.2 
28.6 
31.5 
32.5 
21.5 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
20 
- 
6 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 34 years 
398 
- 
123 
175 
47 
25 
2 
- 
26 
35 to 44 years 
788 
9 
441 
215 
34 
34 
18 
1 
36 
45 to 49 years 
774 
32 
410 
192 
48 
38 
17 
2 
35 
50 to 54 years 
935 
39 
443 
289 
61 
52 
21 
2 
28 
55 to 59 years 
1,177 
140 
499 
341 
61 
58 
33 
- 
45 
60 to 64 years 
1,170 
313 
444 
275 
59 
37 
18 
1 
23 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 635 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
