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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,293 
347 
502 
615 
262 
280 
136 
8 
143 
workers 
9,216 
1,008 
1,362 
2,010 
980 
1,378 
1,321 
236 
921 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,286 
109 
182 
306 
199 
238 
132 
7 
113 
workers 
3,902 
212 
333 
565 
422 
767 
916 
192 
495 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,683 
293 
397 
491 
156 
174 
78 
5 
89 
workers 
5,314 
796 
1,029 
1,445 
558 
611 
405 
44 
426 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
119 
5 
2 
11 
7 
24 
51 
7 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,689 
826 
1,501 
927 
178 
126 
37 
1 
93 
workers 
8,623 
1,746 
3,618 
2,173 
390 
251 
(D) 
(D) 
373 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
616 
141 
318 
122 
7 
1 
27 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,258 
540 
1,103 
543 
11 
15 
- 
- 
46 
50 to 69 acres 
573 
161 
266 
134 
5 
2 
- 
- 
5 
70 to 99 acres 
650 
179 
282 
151 
10 
12 
1 
- 
15 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
786 
252 
315 
178 
18 
6 
- 
- 
17 
140 to 1 79 acres 
405 
114 
136 
102 
21 
7 
- 
- 
25 
180 to 219 acres 
416 
85 
127 
142 
43 
6 
- 
- 
13 
220 to 259 acres 
308 
82 
89 
86 
31 
12 
3 
- 
5 
260 to 499 acres 
789 
151 
127 
208 
150 
102 
10 
- 
41 
500 to 999 acres 
383 
35 
23 
65 
65 
111 
54 
- 
30 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
115 
2 
15 
5 
5 
24 
52 
2 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
39 
2 
3 
2 
- 
4 
17 
6 
5 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
66 
14 
17 
23 
3 
6 
1 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
351 
55 
123 
138 
14 
8 
3 
- 
10 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
273 
73 
111 
67 
1 
5 
3 
- 
13 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
545 
144 
185 
165 
16 
9 
. 
. 
26 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,634 
807 
1,121 
540 
48 
28 
1 
- 
89 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,634 
807 
1,121 
540 
48 
28 
1 
. 
89 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
862 
204 
447 
187 
7 
5 
1 
- 
11 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
18 
5 
5 
6 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
904 
52 
36 
151 
259 
224 
123 
8 
51 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
57 
4 
32 
18 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
203 
32 
118 
45 
1 
3 
2 
- 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
390 
106 
163 
108 
5 
2 
- 
- 
6 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,035 
248 
446 
290 
11 
12 
1 
- 
27 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,784 
491 
909 
641 
283 
241 
129 
8 
82 
number 
274,251 
10,918 
12,552 
23,983 
31,871 
53,755 
95,832 
23,830 
21,510 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,043 
229 
545 
245 
4 
3 
17 
10 to 49 
783 
211 
324 
224 
7 
3 
1 
- 
13 
50 to 99 
326 
33 
30 
127 
111 
10 
- 
- 
15 
1 00 to 1 99 
305 
10 
8 
31 
142 
98 
2 
- 
14 
200 to 499 
220 
8 
- 
12 
19 
127 
43 
- 
11 
500 or more 
107 
- 
2 
2 
- 
" 
83 
8 
12 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
2,211 
341 
660 
494 
271 
233 
128 
8 
76 
number 
145,629 
3,683 
5,187 
7,733 
17,197 
29,352 
56,887 
13,355 
12,235 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,295 
279 
609 
293 
41 
27 
13 
1 
32 
number 
11,487 
(D) 
4,084 
2,834 
1,053 
199 
714 
(D) 
328 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
965 
206 
493 
204 
22 
19 
3 
18 
10 to 49 
300 
68 
111 
78 
13 
8 
7 
1 
14 
50 to 99 
25 
5 
3 
11 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
1,075 
94 
80 
227 
257 
228 
124 
8 
57 
number 
134,142 
(D) 
1,103 
4,899 
16,144 
29,153 
56,173 
(D) 
11,907 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
217 
64 
50 
93 
1 
9 
10 to 49 
223 
19 
21 
113 
59 
2 
- 
- 
9 
50 to 99 
304 
11 
9 
20 
181 
68 
- 
- 
15 
100 to 199 
166 
- 
- 
1 
17 
130 
6 
- 
12 
200 to 499 
107 
- 
- 
- 
- 
27 
75 
- 
5 
500 or more 
58 
- 
" 
- 
- 
43 
8 
7 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
2,332 
397 
693 
543 
273 
228 
123 
8 
67 
number 
128,622 
7,235 
7,365 
16,250 
14,674 
24,403 
38,945 
10,475 
9,275 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
2,061 
355 
520 
494 
260 
231 
128 
8 
65 
number 
101,431 
3,569 
3,787 
9,438 
10,499 
19,603 
39,121 
7,920 
7,494 
$1,000 
61,905 
3,079 
3,473 
8,277 
6,007 
11,813 
21,247 
3,987 
4,021 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 637 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
