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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,043 
68 
83 
195 
361 
316 
acres 
843,553 
79,380 
51,340 
80,105 
107,814 
67,844 
Partnership 
farms 
695 
41 
47 
75 
78 
59 
acres 
205,158 
(D) 
(D) 
31,418 
30,043 
10,710 
Registered under state law 
farms 
524 
38 
39 
64 
59 
39 
acres 
166,970 
48,358 
23,918 
26,406 
22,972 
8,418 
Corporation 
farms 
486 
49 
28 
34 
35 
35 
acres 
181,139 
75,351 
23,167 
12,054 
14,205 
11,573 
Family held 
farms 
410 
46 
27 
30 
29 
27 
acres 
161,780 
(D) 
(D) 
11,120 
(D) 
5,974 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
400 
45 
26 
29 
28 
27 
Other than family held 
farms 
76 
3 
1 
4 
6 
8 
acres 
19,359 
(D) 
(D) 
934 
(D) 
5,599 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
2 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
71 
1 
1 
3 
6 
8 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
114 
1 
3 
3 
8 
3 
acres 
21,863 
(D) 
(D) 
1,388 
2,047 
882 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,293 
158 
154 
250 
330 
241 
workers 
9,216 
1,785 
1,001 
1,001 
1,171 
942 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,286 
152 
138 
200 
221 
103 
workers 
3,902 
1,273 
535 
532 
467 
225 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,683 
93 
91 
152 
224 
205 
workers 
5,314 
512 
466 
469 
704 
717 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
119 
65 
15 
11 
14 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,689 
39 
68 
133 
204 
219 
workers 
8,623 
79 
131 
290 
469 
501 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
616 
1 
2 
3 
13 
18 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,258 
2 
5 
7 
41 
52 
50 to 69 acres 
573 
- 
3 
3 
7 
18 
70 to 99 acres 
650 
1 
3 
4 
16 
42 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
786 
- 
2 
13 
33 
42 
140 to 179 acres 
405 
1 
3 
20 
31 
36 
180 to 219 acres 
416 
- 
2 
18 
43 
45 
220 to 259 acres 
308 
3 
4 
22 
32 
36 
260 to 499 acres 
789 
10 
49 
124 
172 
97 
500 to 999 acres 
383 
56 
64 
84 
87 
21 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
115 
59 
20 
9 
5 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
39 
26 
4 
- 
2 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
66 
1 
2 
4 
10 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
351 
3 
5 
7 
32 
29 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
273 
3 
3 
2 
6 
10 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
545 
2 
6 
11 
26 
64 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,634 
1 
11 
29 
105 
141 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,634 
1 
11 
29 
105 
141 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
862 
2 
3 
9 
26 
39 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
18 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
904 
141 
124 
240 
246 
77 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
57 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
203 
4 
2 
1 
2 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
390 
- 
2 
2 
11 
12 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,035 
- 
3 
1 
18 
25 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,784 
146 
130 
261 
312 
194 
number 
274,251 
133,880 
37,012 
37,866 
29,765 
9,900 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,043 
2 
1 
15 
30 
1 0 to 49 
783 
1 
1 
6 
29 
74 
50 to 99 
326 
- 
1 
47 
154 
67 
100 to 199 
305 
2 
17 
162 
100 
17 
200 to 499 
220 
40 
109 
45 
12 
6 
500 or more 
107 
103 
" 
- 
2 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
2,211 
145 
128 
243 
282 
147 
number 
145,629 
78,418 
20,252 
20,391 
13,984 
3,555 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,295 
13 
18 
29 
58 
63 
number 
11,487 
594 
314 
320 
1,377 
1,103 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
965 
3 
11 
20 
30 
32 
1 0 to 49 
300 
8 
6 
8 
20 
23 
50 to 99 
25 
1 
- 
1 
7 
8 
100 to 199 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Vermont 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
