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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
220 
124 
58 
51 
500 or more 
107 
46 
28 
26 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
2,211 
1,729 
315 
250 
number 
145,629 
75,352 
35,643 
32,564 
Beef cows farms 
1,295 
1,100 
116 
87 
number 
11,487 
8,559 
1,858 
1,577 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
965 
835 
76 
54 
1 0 to 49 
300 
247 
31 
25 
50 to 99 
25 
16 
7 
6 
100 to 199 
3 
2 
1 
1 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
1 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows farms 
1,075 
747 
227 
179 
number 
134,142 
66,793 
33,785 
30,987 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
217 
173 
37 
23 
1 0 to 49 
223 
179 
35 
20 
50 to 99 
304 
228 
62 
50 
100 to 199 
166 
88 
50 
46 
200 to 499 
107 
58 
28 
25 
500 or more 
58 
21 
15 
15 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
2,332 
1,863 
275 
217 
number 
128,622 
75,684 
26,832 
24,190 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
2,061 
1,622 
262 
207 
number 
101,431 
55,474 
21,869 
20,113 
$1,000 
61,905 
37,248 
11,603 
9,815 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
1,077 
774 
187 
158 
number 
52,762 
26,032 
11,784 
11,156 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
1,886 
1,474 
250 
197 
number 
48,669 
29,442 
10,085 
8,957 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
42 
27 
8 
7 
number 
2,593 
1,277 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
450 
362 
48 
33 
number 
3,874 
2,364 
661 
460 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
426 
346 
45 
31 
25 to 49 
15 
13 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
3 
2 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
4 
- 
2 
1 
200 to 499 
2 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
117 
90 
11 
11 
number 
614 
461 
57 
57 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
420 
337 
47 
32 
number 
3,260 
1,903 
604 
403 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
525 
440 
46 
36 
number 
6,638 
4,834 
706 
573 
$1,000 
1,345 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
793 
668 
51 
42 
number 
18,803 
13,860 
2,104 
1,738 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
692 
593 
44 
35 
number 
10,190 
7,666 
1,605 
1,305 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
452 
386 
28 
26 
number 
12,399 
7,416 
1,434 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
1,382 
1,110 
114 
78 
number 
11,666 
7,753 
1,438 
1,080 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
1,325 
1,072 
108 
73 
number 
9,102 
6,193 
1,283 
935 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
297 
220 
22 
14 
number 
1,196 
609 
337 
215 
Goats, all inventory farms 
457 
381 
45 
34 
number 
10,589 
6,134 
3,898 
3,786 
Goats, all sold farms 
175 
138 
24 
23 
number 
3,303 
2,418 
757 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
1,682 
1,430 
141 
110 
number 
212,397 
35,997 
11,545 
10,673 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,671 
1,425 
138 
107 
400 to 3,199 
8 
5 
3 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
165 
138 
10 
8 
number 
10,967 
(D) 
828 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Vermont 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
