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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
7,099 
143 
145 
301 
468 
392 
acres 
1,176,532 
184,066 
93,348 
122,284 
147,082 
86,982 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
663 
37 
18 
44 
59 
33 
acres 
145,680 
43,262 
7,787 
17,453 
23,246 
8,333 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,043 
68 
84 
206 
367 
311 
acres 
843,553 
79,380 
52,135 
84,995 
106,180 
67,064 
Partnership 
farms 
695 
42 
47 
77 
78 
58 
acres 
205,158 
(D) 
(D) 
32,351 
30,107 
9,580 
Registered under state law 
farms 
524 
39 
39 
64 
61 
37 
acres 
166,970 
49,167 
23,579 
26,221 
24,154 
7,131 
Corporation 
farms 
486 
50 
27 
34 
35 
36 
acres 
181,139 
76,099 
22,419 
12,054 
14,205 
1 1 ,843 
Family held 
farms 
410 
47 
26 
30 
29 
28 
acres 
161,780 
(D) 
(D) 
11,120 
(D) 
6,244 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
400 
46 
25 
29 
28 
28 
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 
4 
acres 
21,863 
(D) 
(D) 
1,388 
2,047 
3,842 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,293 
160 
154 
259 
330 
236 
workers 
9,216 
1,794 
999 
1,021 
1,197 
906 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,286 
154 
137 
208 
219 
100 
workers 
3,902 
1,281 
529 
546 
479 
203 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,683 
94 
92 
157 
224 
200 
workers 
5,314 
513 
470 
475 
718 
703 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
119 
65 
16 
10 
16 
2 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,689 
40 
67 
144 
203 
222 
workers 
8,623 
80 
130 
311 
476 
499 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
616 
1 
2 
3 
13 
20 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,258 
2 
5 
7 
41 
52 
50 to 69 acres 
573 
- 
3 
3 
7 
19 
70 to 99 acres 
650 
1 
3 
4 
16 
42 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
786 
- 
2 
13 
35 
41 
140 to 179 acres 
405 
1 
3 
20 
36 
32 
180 to 219 acres 
416 
- 
2 
19 
45 
43 
220 to 259 acres 
308 
3 
4 
22 
37 
36 
260 to 499 acres 
789 
10 
50 
132 
168 
96 
500 to 999 acres 
383 
58 
63 
87 
84 
21 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
115 
59 
20 
10 
4 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
39 
26 
4 
- 
2 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
66 
1 
3 
3 
11 
11 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
351 
3 
5 
8 
31 
31 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
273 
3 
3 
2 
8 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
545 
2 
6 
11 
28 
64 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,634 
1 
11 
30 
104 
149 
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 
30 
104 
149 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
862 
2 
3 
9 
28 
37 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
18 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
904 
143 
123 
252 
246 
65 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
57 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
203 
4 
2 
1 
2 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
390 
- 
2 
2 
12 
11 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,035 
- 
3 
1 
18 
27 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,784 
148 
129 
274 
313 
186 
number 
274,251 
134,599 
36,553 
39,010 
29,345 
9,066 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,043 
2 
2 
14 
33 
10 to 49 
783 
1 
1 
6 
31 
76 
50 to 99 
326 
- 
1 
52 
161 
55 
100 to 199 
305 
2 
17 
170 
93 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Vermont 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
