Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
5,563 
135 
141 
244 
369 
315 
acres 
87,335 
8,767 
(D) 
6,708 
9,000 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
766 
10 
22 
19 
70 
92 
acres 
3,565 
622 
963 
220 
473 
190 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
758 
10 
22 
19 
67 
92 
acres 
3,333 
(D) 
963 
220 
406 
190 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
13 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
232 
(D) 
67 
Programs 
farms 
204 
35 
15 
18 
30 
18 
acres 
2,673 
737 
295 
226 
321 
143 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
545 
121 
92 
126 
106 
49 
acres 
147,747 
78,429 
22,852 
23,174 
13,070 
6,680 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
554 
10 
27 
71 
108 
60 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
62,634 
11,370 
13,277 
18,824 
13,856 
2,887 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
7,338 
159 
161 
307 
482 
413 
$1,000 
4,011,152 
583,114 
259,234 
304,483 
394,363 
260,285 
Average per farm 
dollars 
546,627 
3,667,386 
1,610,147 
991,803 
818,180 
630,231 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,205 
2,830 
2,517 
2,437 
2,559 
2,860 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
495 
1 
- 
1 
9 
16 
$50,000 to $99,999 
351 
1 
2 
4 
5 
13 
$100,000 to $199,999 
982 
2 
- 
7 
19 
18 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,959 
- 
12 
62 
130 
156 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,757 
3 
39 
109 
200 
152 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
531 
37 
69 
96 
90 
50 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
223 
87 
35 
28 
29 
6 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
32 
20 
4 
- 
- 
2 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
8 
8 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
7,337 
159 
161 
307 
482 
413 
$1,000 
637,927 
142,082 
56,625 
69,998 
68,339 
38,147 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
661 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
485 
- 
- 
2 
2 
13 
$10,000 to $19,999 
971 
- 
- 
- 
11 
14 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,157 
- 
1 
5 
63 
111 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,352 
1 
13 
44 
99 
111 
$100,000 to $199,999 
948 
7 
34 
103 
211 
108 
$200,000 to $499,999 
590 
54 
77 
133 
80 
52 
$500,000 or more 
173 
97 
36 
20 
14 
1 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
5,281 
153 
157 
294 
445 
358 
number 
8,324 
781 
526 
654 
784 
578 
Tractors, all 
farms 
5,957 
157 
156 
298 
461 
381 
number 
14,954 
1,202 
907 
1,424 
1 ,656 
1,163 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,386 
44 
55 
104 
189 
179 
number 
4,888 
102 
126 
182 
295 
289 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,984 
140 
135 
278 
406 
316 
number 
7,460 
403 
386 
765 
1,015 
678 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
1,149 
145 
125 
217 
193 
104 
number 
2,606 
697 
395 
477 
346 
196 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
69 
23 
6 
10 
15 
8 
number 
78 
26 
9 
11 
16 
8 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
256 
70 
42 
52 
25 
23 
number 
304 
86 
48 
67 
29 
29 
Hay balers 
farms 
2,534 
84 
101 
223 
297 
204 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
3,323 
105 
134 
302 
436 
295 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,058 
144 
129 
217 
237 
188 
acres treated 
198,600 
95,986 
27,513 
28,791 
18,695 
8,278 
Manure used 
farms 
1,932 
114 
100 
200 
260 
179 
acres treated 
211,664 
90,714 
27,378 
34,422 
26,521 
10,400 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
90 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
