Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
7,338 
100.0 
6,984 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
1,251,713 
100.0 
1,233,313 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
4,974 
67.8 
5,439 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
488,327 
39.0 
516,924 
summer fallow 
farms 
203 
2.8 
146 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
4,619 
62.9 
4,707 
acres 
2,911 
0.2 
1,868 
acres 
446,020 
35.6 
433,074 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
5,544 
75.6 
5,165 
1 to 49 acres 
2,893 
39.4 
2,880 
acres 
536,075 
42.8 
502,823 
1 to 9 acres 
1,350 
18.4 
1,172 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,184 
16.1 
1,145 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
569 
7.8 
602 
acres 
37,100 
3.0 
40,985 
20 to 29 acres 
407 
5.5 
462 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
5,116 
69.7 
4,719 
30 to 49 acres 
567 
7.7 
644 
acres 
498,975 
39.9 
461,838 
50 to 99 acres 
628 
8.6 
679 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
501 
6.8 
600 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
433 
5.9 
407 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
4,372 
59.6 
3,828 
500 to 999 acres 
110 
1.5 
92 
acres 
139,976 
11.2 
137,165 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
39 
0.5 
41 
2,000 acres or more 
15 
0.2 
8 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
5,563 
75.8 
4,515 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
87,335 
7.0 
76,401 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
674 
9.2 
1,458 
acres 
17,924 
1.4 
46,686 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
1,103 
15.0 
1,372 
acres 
24,383 
1.9 
37,164 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
204 
(X) 
183 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
2,673 
(X) 
6,752 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
828 
11.3 
1,114 
acres 
15,219 
1.2 
29,895 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
545 
(X) 
597 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
220 
3.0 
269 
acres 
147,747 
(X) 
114,958 
acres 
6,253 
0.5 
5,401 
16 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
