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. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
4 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
3,364 
833 
950 
786 
307 
247 
127 
8 
106 
acres 
337,694 
39,665 
34,554 
58,406 
49,068 
58,807 
64,579 
10,967 
21,648 
tons, dry 
1,005,411 
72,809 
62,283 
125,146 
138,541 
220,816 
255,569 
53,282 
76,965 
Irrigated 
farms 
37 
2 
15 
13 
2 
3 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
682 
(D) 
83 
19 
(D) 
421 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,046 
361 
465 
190 
9 
1 
1 
. 
19 
25 to 99 acres 
1,330 
370 
408 
392 
97 
25 
3 
- 
35 
1 00 to 249 acres 
663 
82 
72 
180 
153 
134 
17 
- 
25 
250 to 499 acres 
232 
18 
5 
22 
37 
73 
58 
- 
19 
500 acres or more 
93 
2 
- 
2 
11 
14 
48 
8 
8 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
432 
86 
81 
101 
55 
63 
24 
1 
21 
acres 
27,432 
3,969 
(D) 
4,992 
4,839 
5,423 
3,341 
(D) 
2,350 
tons, dry 
74,381 
7,431 
(D) 
8,888 
14,359 
17,604 
10,886 
(D) 
8,200 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
18 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
" 
Other tame hay 
farms 
1,737 
406 
492 
446 
179 
118 
49 
1 
46 
acres 
110,680 
17,236 
16,214 
29,561 
20,099 
(D) 
7,866 
(D) 
3,727 
tons, dry 
258,865 
33,171 
(D) 
65,587 
49,513 
42,145 
27,125 
(D) 
9,831 
Irrigated 
farms 
21 
1 
11 
6 
1 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
235 
(D) 
70 
12 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
789 
134 
261 
306 
34 
22 
10 
1 
21 
acres 
3,699 
261 
397 
926 
(D) 
520 
538 
(D) 
465 
Irrigated 
farms 
252 
23 
71 
120 
15 
8 
6 
9 
acres 
1,176 
21 
64 
269 
235 
202 
280 
- 
106 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
646 
125 
236 
247 
14 
6 
4 
14 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
117 
8 
25 
58 
14 
4 
3 
- 
5 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
20 
1 
- 
1 
6 
12 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
2 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Beans, snap 
farms 
286 
51 
79 
116 
20 
8 
3 
- 
9 
acres 
110 
12 
13 
39 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
- 
14 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
14 
8 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
4 
2 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Peas, green 
farms 
42 
9 
7 
17 
4 
4 
1 
_ 
- 
acres 
22 
3 
(D) 
7 
2 
8 
(D) 
- 
- 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
359 
56 
110 
150 
18 
12 
3 
- 
10 
acres 
267 
34 
36 
71 
78 
33 
8 
- 
9 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
23 
7 
2 
12 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
9 
2 
(D) 
3 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
353 
55 
110 
150 
15 
10 
3 
. 
10 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
5 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sweet corn 
farms 
240 
41 
58 
89 
21 
19 
7 
_ 
5 
acres 
1,001 
65 
73 
207 
166 
197 
258 
- 
34 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
20 
6 
2 
5 
3 
3 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
53 
1 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
34 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
15 
4 
4 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
7 
(Z) 
(Z) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
292 
46 
100 
115 
15 
5 
3 
_ 
8 
acres 
158 
16 
24 
64 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
- 
12 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
26 
6 
11 
8 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
4 
(D) 
1 
2 
" 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
378 
65 
153 
123 
8 
10 
4 
- 
15 
acres 
2,360 
221 
430 
503 
88 
248 
694 
- 
177 
Irrigated 
farms 
36 
8 
14 
6 
- 
1 
2 
- 
5 
acres 
370 
8 
(D) 
28 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
103 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
284 
51 
128 
92 
2 
2 
. 
9 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
81 
14 
25 
27 
6 
5 
1 
- 
3 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
10 
- 
- 
4 
- 
3 
- 
- 
3 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
640 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
