Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
615 
74 
202 
47 
65 
95 
$5,000 to $9,999 
412 
42 
94 
45 
53 
58 
$10,000 to $24,999 
517 
30 
102 
29 
47 
54 
$25,000 to $49,999 
409 
14 
57 
28 
44 
46 
$50,000 or more 
846 
17 
40 
12 
35 
43 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
4,268 
389 
1,677 
371 
373 
468 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
18,239 
10,508 
13,958 
13,221 
11,353 
15,474 
Less than $1 ,000 
274 
33 
103 
26 
26 
33 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,152 
140 
472 
105 
135 
95 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,119 
103 
543 
116 
82 
102 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,026 
84 
353 
88 
91 
161 
$25,000 to $49,999 
335 
15 
105 
19 
22 
54 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
362 
14 
101 
17 
17 
23 
Total 
... farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
2,922 
98 
620 
207 
282 
326 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
42,124 
519 
6,910 
1,289 
6,291 
2,820 
services 
... farms 
469 
8 
96 
34 
31 
51 
$1,000 
4,734 
(D) 
202 
144 
352 
166 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
613 
19 
80 
36 
81 
81 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
2,081 
77 
284 
62 
210 
234 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
965 
25 
178 
86 
106 
117 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
8,430 
16 
744 
448 
861 
1,213 
(see text) 
... farms 
155 
8 
51 
8 
14 
22 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
1,737 
(D) 
296 
134 
210 
112 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
811 
13 
81 
22 
35 
58 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
4,102 
14 
79 
19 
74 
75 
payments received 
... farms 
94 
2 
15 
3 
4 
4 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
2,839 
(D) 
195 
79 
(D) 
(D) 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
189 
3 
20 
9 
12 
22 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
887 
(D) 
40 
39 
(D) 
(D) 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
576 
28 
188 
37 
73 
48 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
17,313 
182 
5,071 
364 
4,493 
933 
Total cropland 
... farms 
4,974 
309 
1,225 
354 
449 
546 
acres 
488,327 
750 
13,810 
8,830 
13,373 
24,794 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
4,619 
292 
1,093 
328 
409 
509 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
446,020 
644 
9,948 
7,112 
10,946 
19,738 
1 to 49 acres 
2,893 
292 
1,093 
298 
323 
346 
50 to 99 acres 
628 
- 
- 
30 
86 
128 
100 to 199 acres 
501 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 
200 to 499 acres 
433 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
110 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
39 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
15 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
674 
6 
156 
33 
54 
78 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
17,924 
11 
1,243 
419 
855 
1,873 
were abandoned 
... farms 
220 
6 
35 
23 
33 
38 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
6,253 
(D) 
269 
230 
584 
567 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
828 
40 
269 
64 
60 
94 
acres 
15,219 
82 
2,018 
881 
873 
2,325 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
203 
2 
78 
20 
17 
23 
acres 
2,911 
(D) 
332 
188 
115 
291 
Total woodland 
... farms 
5,544 
184 
1,473 
470 
567 
675 
acres 
536,075 
500 
21,650 
15,256 
28,471 
48,152 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
1,184 
41 
318 
79 
74 
156 
acres 
37,100 
62 
1,721 
675 
1,195 
3,496 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
5,116 
154 
1,320 
442 
544 
619 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
498,975 
438 
19,929 
14,581 
27,276 
44,656 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
4,372 
220 
1,269 
335 
372 
502 
acres 
139,976 
623 
12,610 
5,412 
7,002 
10,307 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
62 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
