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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
105 
5 
15 
11 
11 
25 
29 
3 
6 
acres 
11,059 
90 
181 
318 
574 
3,421 
5,201 
283 
991 
bushels 
1,428,893 
7,017 
22,596 
39,009 
68,740 
456,751 
681,845 
41,960 
110,975 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
31 
3 
13 
7 
1 
2 
2 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
37 
2 
2 
3 
9 
11 
7 
2 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
25 
- 
- 
1 
1 
8 
13 
1 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
6 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
566 
33 
24 
87 
110 
155 
115 
8 
34 
acres 
80,231 
1,037 
414 
2,476 
5,246 
15,580 
37,587 
9,738 
8,153 
tons 
1,522,569 
19,871 
7,353 
44,219 
88,243 
280,352 
741,950 
197,468 
143,113 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
87 
- 
- 
- 
- 
87 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
119 
16 
16 
57 
21 
6 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
221 
16 
8 
24 
78 
79 
4 
- 
12 
1 00 to 249 acres 
139 
1 
- 
6 
11 
65 
47 
- 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
55 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
45 
- 
5 
500 acres or more 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19 
8 
5 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
20 
- 
9 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
48 
- 
29 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
177 
- 
102 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(□) 
Irrigated 
farms 
8 
- 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
8 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
20 
. 
9 
8 
1 
. 
. 
. 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
18 
3 
7 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
125 
3 
(D) 
68 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
8,540 
60 
(D) 
5,050 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
17 
3 
7 
6 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
35 
3 
4 
8 
3 
10 
6 
- 
1 
acres 
4,478 
290 
584 
72 
(D) 
2,564 
898 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
222,023 
11,840 
10,534 
(D) 
(D) 
146,755 
49,020 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
1 
7 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
2 
1 
1 
1 
3 
2 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
10 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 
3 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
" 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
48 
- 
- 
48 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
6 
" 
- 
6 
- 
" 
- 
“ 
“ 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
6 
_ 
1 
3 
1 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
acres 
68 
- 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
3 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
16 
4 
3 
3 
2 
1 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
339 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
18,099 
513 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 639 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
