Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
161 
161 
320 
488 
409 
percent 
100.0 
2.2 
2.2 
4.4 
6.7 
5.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,251,713 
207,621 
102,719 
130,788 
152,539 
92,329 
Average size of farm 
acres 
171 
1,290 
638 
409 
313 
226 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,338 
161 
161 
320 
488 
409 
$1,000 
790,035 
410,884 
113,581 
110,970 
79,760 
28,462 
Average per farm 
dollars 
107,663 
2,552,073 
705,471 
346,780 
163,442 
69,589 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
409 
$100,000 to $249,999 
488 
- 
- 
- 
488 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
320 
- 
320 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
161 
_ 
161 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
161 
161 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
107 
107 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
43 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
11 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
7,338 
161 
161 
320 
488 
409 
$1,000 
776,105 
406,446 
111,170 
108,374 
77,858 
27,705 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
397 
89 
44 
63 
63 
39 
$1,000 
26,320 
15,737 
4,057 
2,755 
2,201 
946 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
113 
62 
16 
14 
15 
6 
$1,000 
22,247 
15,028 
3,405 
1,830 
1,641 
344 
Corn 
farms 
348 
87 
43 
57 
59 
34 
$1,000 
23,486 
15,027 
2,946 
2,340 
1,976 
667 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
61 
15 
12 
13 
1 
$1,000 
19,578 
14,330 
2,323 
1,452 
(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 
5 
3 
6 
5 
$1,000 
2,488 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
224 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
4 
4 
2 
1 
3 
$1,000 
2,293 
628 
1,042 
(D) 
(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) 
- 
(D) 
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 
22 
66 
85 
$1,000 
21,274 
4,278 
3,706 
3,075 
4,343 
2,330 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
85 
4 
12 
15 
35 
19 
$1,000 
15,917 
4,188 
3,684 
3,002 
3,919 
1,125 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
582 
7 
14 
13 
37 
45 
$1,000 
13,494 
(D) 
2,585 
789 
1,354 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
34 
6 
6 
3 
12 
7 
$1,000 
10,494 
(D) 
2,437 
708 
1,184 
(D) 
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 
12 
28 
34 
$1,000 
3,235 
(D) 
434 
284 
415 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
4 
3 
1 
4 
1 
$1,000 
1,265 
(D) 
262 
(D) 
278 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
661 
3 
16 
20 
57 
87 
$1,000 
25,562 
(D) 
4,981 
3,827 
4,104 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
3 
16 
15 
30 
24 
$1,000 
19,903 
(D) 
4,981 
3,748 
3,557 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
106 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
