Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
194 
161 
157 
33 
30 
33 
acres treated 
44,841 
43,294 
(D) 
1,547 
(D) 
1,101 
Manure used 
farms 
146 
113 
110 
33 
31 
26 
acres treated 
42,324 
39,952 
(D) 
2,372 
(D) 
792 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
73 
57 
55 
16 
15 
19 
acres 
4,801 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
205 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
143 
129 
124 
14 
12 
22 
acres 
26,175 
(D) 
24,519 
(D) 
(D) 
215 
Nematodes 
farms 
14 
14 
14 
10 
acres 
934 
934 
934 
- 
- 
28 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
35 
30 
28 
5 
5 
11 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,627 
(D) 
1,583 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
10 
9 
9 
1 
1 
3 
acres on which used 
(D) 
785 
785 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
64 
60 
58 
4 
3 
3 
acres 
2,992 
2,701 
(D) 
291 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
76 
63 
60 
13 
13 
17 
acres 
11,205 
10,893 
(D) 
312 
312 
370 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
107 
90 
86 
17 
17 
21 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
24,144 
20,140 
(D) 
4,004 
4,004 
4,318 
used 
farms 
21 
18 
18 
3 
2 
8 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
(D) 
1,325 
1,325 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
36 
35 
33 
1 
1 
3 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,552 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
practices were used 
farms 
130 
117 
113 
13 
13 
19 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
21,488 
21,361 
20,608 
127 
127 
462 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
63 
56 
53 
7 
7 
13 
acres 
5,028 
4,886 
4,608 
142 
142 
108 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
51 
40 
37 
11 
11 
13 
Solar panels 
farms 
35 
25 
24 
10 
10 
13 
Wind turbines 
farms 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Methane digesters 
farms 
6 
6 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
" 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
277 
226 
221 
51 
48 
88 
Part owners 
farms 
175 
156 
152 
19 
17 
15 
Tenants 
farms 
34 
28 
27 
6 
6 
11 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
452 
382 
373 
70 
65 
103 
acres 
148,216 
130,908 
127,125 
17,308 
16,157 
20,875 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
452 
382 
373 
70 
65 
103 
acres 
145,105 
128,077 
124,391 
17,028 
(D) 
19,923 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
209 
184 
179 
25 
23 
26 
acres 
36,289 
33,958 
32,706 
2,331 
(D) 
1,940 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
209 
184 
179 
25 
23 
26 
acres 
36,034 
33,703 
32,451 
2,331 
(D) 
1,940 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
52 
47 
45 
5 
5 
16 
acres 
3,366 
3,086 
(D) 
280 
280 
952 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,020 
852 
831 
168 
161 
188 
1 operator 
164 
130 
125 
34 
30 
68 
2 operators 
195 
178 
176 
17 
17 
28 
3 operators 
79 
67 
66 
12 
11 
11 
4 operators 
30 
20 
19 
10 
10 
5 
5 or more operators 
18 
15 
14 
3 
3 
2 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
425 
348 
347 
77 
76 
80 
1 operator 
254 
222 
221 
32 
31 
53 
2 operators 
41 
35 
35 
6 
6 
9 
3 operators 
20 
9 
9 
11 
11 
3 
4 operators 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
1 
- 
" 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Vermont 145 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
