Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
7,338 
159 
161 
307 
482 
413 
percent 
100.0 
2.2 
2.2 
4.2 
6.6 
5.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,251,713 
206,064 
103,011 
124,965 
154,109 
91,009 
Average size of farm 
acres 
171 
1,296 
640 
407 
320 
220 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,338 
159 
161 
307 
482 
413 
$1,000 
790,035 
408,856 
114,587 
107,945 
81,600 
29,703 
Average per farm 
dollars 
107,663 
2,571,422 
711,719 
351,612 
169,294 
71,921 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,624 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
879 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
824 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
993 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
915 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
564 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
409 
- 
- 
- 
- 
392 
$100,000 to $249,999 
488 
- 
- 
- 
467 
21 
$250,000 to $499,999 
320 
- 
" 
305 
15 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
161 
- 
159 
2 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
161 
159 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
107 
105 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
43 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
11 
11 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
7,338 
159 
161 
307 
482 
413 
$1,000 
776,105 
404,479 
112,161 
105,812 
79,417 
28,956 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
397 
89 
43 
60 
64 
40 
$1,000 
26,320 
15,737 
3,595 
3,136 
2,173 
990 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
113 
62 
15 
14 
15 
7 
$1,000 
22,247 
15,028 
2,943 
2,232 
1,605 
440 
Corn 
farms 
348 
87 
42 
54 
60 
35 
$1,000 
23,486 
15,027 
2,552 
2,653 
2,032 
627 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
61 
14 
12 
14 
1 
$1,000 
19,578 
14,330 
1,929 
1,786 
(D) 
(D) 
Wheat 
farms 
14 
1 
1 
- 
3 
2 
$1,000 
149 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
33 
6 
4 
4 
5 
6 
$1,000 
2,488 
(D) 
(D) 
472 
(D) 
308 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
4 
3 
3 
4 
$1,000 
2,293 
628 
974 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sorghum 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
45 
1 
. 
4 
10 
1 
$1,000 
111 
(D) 
- 
11 
70 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
814 
11 
17 
21 
62 
84 
$1,000 
21,274 
(D) 
3,706 
2,888 
4,484 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
85 
4 
12 
14 
36 
19 
$1,000 
15,917 
(D) 
3,684 
2,815 
4,106 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
582 
7 
14 
12 
36 
46 
$1,000 
13,494 
5,730 
2,585 
787 
1,243 
904 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
34 
6 
6 
3 
10 
9 
$1,000 
10,494 
(D) 
2,437 
(D) 
1,071 
558 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
171 
4 
7 
3 
12 
14 
$1,000 
10,258 
5,266 
2,151 
505 
939 
535 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
3 
5 
3 
8 
5 
$1,000 
9,072 
(D) 
(D) 
505 
(D) 
323 
Berries 
farms 
475 
5 
14 
11 
27 
35 
$1,000 
3,235 
464 
434 
283 
304 
369 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
4 
3 
1 
2 
3 
$1,000 
1,265 
(D) 
262 
(D) 
(D) 
184 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
661 
3 
16 
19 
53 
88 
$1,000 
25,562 
(D) 
4,981 
3,802 
3,891 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
3 
16 
15 
28 
26 
$1,000 
19,903 
(D) 
4,981 
3,748 
3,409 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
80 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
