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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
546 
887 
960 
815 
858 
1,584 
acres 
85,296 
112,531 
94,527 
66,241 
57,720 
126,455 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
54 
75 
110 
73 
64 
96 
acres 
7,578 
8,603 
9,921 
8,660 
4,544 
6,293 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
432 
753 
873 
750 
780 
1,419 
acres 
66,406 
87,098 
83,239 
60,168 
49,849 
107,039 
Partnership 
farms 
66 
78 
74 
45 
40 
90 
acres 
11,239 
16,041 
(D) 
5,094 
(D) 
9,427 
Registered under state law 
farms 
43 
60 
53 
41 
30 
57 
acres 
7,066 
11,617 
6,477 
4,994 
1,916 
4,648 
Corporation 
farms 
53 
64 
44 
22 
53 
68 
acres 
9,144 
9,433 
7,262 
2,584 
6,392 
9,704 
Family held 
farms 
39 
59 
35 
18 
35 
64 
acres 
6,092 
8,933 
6,665 
2,535 
3,098 
9,376 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
39 
58 
30 
18 
35 
64 
Other than family held 
farms 
14 
5 
9 
4 
18 
4 
acres 
3,052 
500 
597 
49 
3,294 
328 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
14 
5 
9 
4 
16 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
13 
20 
2 
7 
6 
47 
acres 
1,864 
2,636 
(D) 
1,138 
(D) 
6,792 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
241 
276 
172 
120 
115 
230 
workers 
834 
825 
386 
370 
212 
672 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
142 
98 
57 
44 
38 
89 
workers 
286 
196 
89 
74 
47 
172 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
183 
240 
137 
88 
90 
178 
workers 
548 
629 
297 
296 
165 
500 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
1 
_ 
4 
_ 
_ 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
325 
458 
526 
419 
455 
830 
workers 
819 
1,203 
1,206 
996 
1,007 
1,896 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
28 
81 
87 
89 
116 
176 
1 0 to 49 acres 
129 
219 
319 
317 
404 
763 
50 to 69 acres 
45 
88 
115 
81 
67 
145 
70 to 99 acres 
34 
102 
112 
103 
89 
144 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
81 
118 
167 
89 
95 
145 
140 to 1 79 acres 
49 
69 
63 
42 
33 
57 
180 to 219 acres 
61 
90 
24 
51 
17 
64 
220 to 259 acres 
40 
42 
42 
17 
30 
35 
260 to 499 acres 
76 
91 
45 
29 
18 
74 
500 to 999 acres 
19 
13 
12 
4 
10 
12 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
1 
7 
2 
- 
7 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
11 
10 
10 
3 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
45 
50 
67 
49 
48 
14 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
20 
50 
44 
35 
41 
59 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
53 
117 
104 
44 
59 
57 
Other crop farming (1119) 
246 
419 
512 
364 
376 
422 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
246 
419 
512 
364 
376 
422 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
53 
116 
114 
149 
122 
229 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
5 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
35 
1 
2 
13 
- 
24 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
4 
3 
6 
19 
22 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
6 
8 
14 
18 
47 
101 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
14 
40 
36 
57 
67 
149 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
75 
94 
87 
86 
100 
544 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
178 
348 
318 
285 
227 
378 
number 
5,112 
5,528 
4,186 
2,603 
1,790 
6,459 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
37 
171 
170 
190 
155 
269 
10 to 49 
111 
154 
144 
91 
72 
96 
50 to 99 
28 
20 
3 
3 
- 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
3 
1 
1 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Vermont 123 
