Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,058 
1,536 
295 
248 
acres treated 
198,600 
107,824 
44,834 
40,900 
Manure used 
farms 
1,932 
1,494 
266 
212 
acres treated 
211,664 
115,756 
52,792 
47,807 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
766 
561 
113 
95 
acres 
28,278 
14,075 
9,197 
8,556 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,281 
896 
220 
177 
acres 
103,502 
50,132 
26,980 
24,642 
Nematodes 
farms 
156 
111 
21 
18 
acres 
2,938 
1,105 
871 
438 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
411 
308 
57 
43 
acres 
5,585 
2,689 
1,230 
679 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
96 
69 
14 
5 
acres on which used 
3,175 
1,401 
948 
396 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
595 
439 
89 
73 
acres 
23,552 
14,636 
(D) 
5,379 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
936 
721 
122 
100 
acres 
48,612 
24,841 
12,196 
10,874 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
901 
656 
117 
94 
acres 
137,559 
83,989 
25,108 
21,041 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
322 
254 
39 
34 
acres 
10,336 
5,436 
(D) 
2,814 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
288 
182 
67 
58 
acres 
15,116 
6,542 
4,016 
3,689 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
1,210 
881 
180 
154 
acres 
88,150 
45,078 
21,122 
19,736 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
686 
483 
127 
111 
acres 
20,120 
8,801 
6,183 
5,894 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
631 
502 
65 
54 
Solar panels 
farms 
537 
436 
53 
42 
Wind turbines 
farms 
83 
66 
9 
8 
Methane digesters 
farms 
14 
2 
6 
6 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
13 
12 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
33 
18 
12 
12 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Other 
farms 
22 
22 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,823 
4,094 
364 
273 
Part owners 
farms 
2,063 
1,592 
281 
216 
Tenants 
farms 
452 
357 
50 
35 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,894 
5,694 
645 
489 
acres 
1,015,793 
682,429 
164,273 
131,363 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,886 
5,686 
645 
489 
acres 
972,059 
649,489 
157,542 
128,629 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,525 
1,958 
332 
252 
acres 
281,339 
195,452 
47,658 
38,383 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,515 
1,949 
331 
251 
acres 
279,654 
194,064 
47,616 
38,341 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
704 
571 
65 
47 
acres 
45,419 
34,328 
6,773 
2,776 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
12,257 
9,654 
1,395 
1,086 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,286 
2,878 
176 
117 
2 operators 
3,430 
2,813 
394 
300 
3 operators 
463 
283 
90 
80 
4 operators 
117 
60 
22 
14 
5 or more operators 
42 
9 
13 
13 
Total women operators 
number 
4,811 
3,823 
483 
377 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,130 
3,436 
387 
295 
2 operators 
262 
177 
35 
28 
3 operators 
38 
11 
4 
4 
4 operators 
8 
- 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
