Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
245 
11 
10 
$1,000 to $4,999 
615 
539 
49 
38 
$5,000 to $9,999 
412 
342 
37 
22 
$10,000 to $24,999 
517 
432 
55 
34 
$25,000 to $49,999 
409 
343 
40 
25 
$50,000 or more 
846 
540 
190 
157 
Operators reporting net losses farms 
4,268 
3,602 
313 
238 
Average net loss dollars 
18,239 
13,928 
37,490 
41,492 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
274 
253 
17 
11 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,152 
1,056 
50 
26 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,119 
985 
57 
48 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,026 
855 
91 
73 
$25,000 to $49,999 
335 
256 
34 
27 
$50,000 or more 
362 
197 
64 
53 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total farms 
5 
3 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) farms 
2,922 
2,277 
388 
286 
$1,000 
42,124 
26,162 
7,224 
5,502 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services farms 
469 
358 
69 
52 
$1,000 
4,734 
3,904 
623 
469 
Gross cash rent or share payments farms 
613 
498 
59 
44 
$1,000 
2,081 
1,676 
256 
179 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products farms 
965 
798 
96 
68 
$1,000 
8,430 
6,260 
1,374 
1,131 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) farms 
155 
113 
22 
16 
$1,000 
1,737 
(D) 
541 
418 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms 
811 
561 
171 
128 
$1,000 
4,102 
(D) 
958 
767 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received farms 
94 
48 
24 
13 
$1,000 
2,839 
540 
1,030 
351 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms 
189 
126 
39 
33 
$1,000 
887 
485 
123 
87 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) farms 
576 
437 
62 
50 
$1,000 
17,313 
10,336 
2,319 
2,099 
LAND USE 
Total cropland farms 
4,974 
4,011 
533 
410 
acres 
488,327 
303,679 
96,635 
81,871 
Harvested cropland farms 
4,619 
3,710 
513 
397 
acres 
446,020 
272,765 
89,922 
76,093 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
2,893 
2,452 
221 
175 
50 to 99 acres 
628 
516 
72 
46 
100 to 199 acres 
501 
378 
90 
69 
200 to 499 acres 
433 
280 
89 
70 
500 to 999 acres 
110 
62 
28 
24 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
39 
16 
10 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
15 
6 
3 
3 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
674 
535 
89 
70 
acres 
17,924 
13,126 
(D) 
2,357 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 
220 
177 
30 
23 
acres 
6,253 
4,469 
(D) 
1,089 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) farms 
828 
650 
99 
84 
acres 
15,219 
11,055 
2,337 
2,070 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 
203 
152 
25 
17 
acres 
2,911 
2,264 
337 
262 
Total woodland farms 
5,544 
4,606 
529 
405 
acres 
536,075 
381,401 
70,950 
54,345 
Woodland pastured farms 
1,184 
973 
130 
96 
acres 
37,100 
25,848 
6,792 
5,620 
Woodland not pastured farms 
5,116 
4,237 
484 
372 
acres 
498,975 
355,553 
64,158 
48,725 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
140 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
