Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
271 
- 
1 
2 
- 
5 
$1,000 to $4,999 
615 
- 
- 
3 
9 
16 
$5,000 to $9,999 
412 
- 
1 
5 
14 
22 
$10,000 to $24,999 
517 
- 
7 
14 
46 
76 
$25,000 to $49,999 
409 
i 
5 
29 
105 
129 
$50,000 or more 
846 
143 
131 
225 
229 
70 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
4,268 
17 
16 
42 
85 
91 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
18,239 
189,267 
119,900 
62,025 
85,034 
34,484 
Less than $1 ,000 
274 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,152 
- 
- 
1 
5 
20 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,119 
- 
1 
1 
13 
9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,026 
1 
2 
15 
12 
24 
$25,000 to $49,999 
335 
2 
8 
10 
10 
10 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
362 
14 
5 
15 
44 
25 
Total 
farms 
5 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,922 
97 
106 
207 
285 
229 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
42,124 
4,714 
3,562 
3,379 
6,022 
3,262 
services 
farms 
469 
23 
22 
42 
49 
48 
$1,000 
4,734 
178 
813 
1,071 
955 
329 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
613 
6 
6 
17 
32 
46 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
2,081 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
120 
(D) 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
965 
17 
18 
42 
78 
60 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
8,430 
211 
261 
735 
1,516 
725 
(see text) 
farms 
155 
1 
8 
4 
13 
24 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
1,737 
(D) 
305 
(D) 
433 
352 
from cooperatives 
farms 
811 
83 
81 
163 
168 
80 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
4,102 
2,001 
496 
633 
421 
131 
payments received 
farms 
94 
14 
18 
16 
8 
2 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
2,839 
1,041 
688 
491 
34 
(D) 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
189 
30 
16 
35 
22 
16 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
887 
(D) 
65 
196 
96 
(D) 
sources (see text) 
farms 
576 
12 
12 
25 
51 
36 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
17,313 
959 
918 
142 
2,447 
1,473 
Total cropland 
farms 
4,974 
157 
155 
306 
421 
333 
acres 
488,327 
153,376 
55,678 
68,407 
60,864 
31,480 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,619 
156 
155 
303 
410 
331 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
446,020 
149,026 
53,120 
63,934 
54,140 
29,965 
1 to 49 acres 
2,893 
2 
12 
29 
85 
134 
50 to 99 acres 
628 
1 
7 
25 
98 
76 
100 to 199 acres 
501 
2 
10 
114 
137 
76 
200 to 499 acres 
433 
35 
103 
118 
83 
44 
500 to 999 acres 
110 
68 
20 
14 
7 
1 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
39 
33 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
15 
15 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
674 
21 
20 
53 
83 
38 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
17,924 
1,770 
1,507 
2,286 
3,394 
680 
were abandoned 
farms 
220 
8 
6 
12 
22 
8 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
6,253 
489 
288 
583 
1,844 
(D) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
828 
23 
24 
28 
61 
55 
acres 
15,219 
1,509 
584 
775 
1,356 
633 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
203 
9 
13 
15 
13 
16 
acres 
2,911 
582 
179 
829 
130 
(D) 
Total woodland 
farms 
5,544 
126 
127 
246 
374 
314 
acres 
536,075 
29,463 
30,072 
39,889 
64,736 
45,345 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,184 
32 
41 
69 
95 
66 
acres 
37,100 
3,351 
3,417 
2,936 
4,613 
3,778 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
5,116 
117 
119 
229 
343 
298 
acres 
498,975 
26,112 
26,655 
36,953 
60,123 
41,567 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
114 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
