Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
33 
3 
1 
6 
2 
5 
- 
Ethanol farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
22 
1 
4 
3 
- 
9 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
4,823 
32 
228 
252 
431 
1,754 
_ 
Part owners farms 
2,063 
30 
53 
15 
63 
747 
- 
Tenants farms 
452 
4 
70 
6 
51 
133 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
6,894 
62 
281 
267 
494 
2,507 
_ 
acres 
1,015,793 
17,107 
19,877 
23,229 
32,654 
377,661 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,886 
62 
281 
267 
494 
2,501 
- 
acres 
972,059 
16,383 
19,374 
22,242 
31,512 
356,116 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
2,525 
34 
123 
21 
114 
884 
_ 
acres 
281,339 
4,786 
2,639 
460 
2,159 
80,739 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
2,515 
34 
123 
21 
114 
880 
- 
acres 
279,654 
4,736 
2,639 
460 
2,159 
80,431 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
704 
15 
24 
20 
32 
322 
_ 
acres 
45,419 
774 
503 
987 
1,142 
21,853 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
12,257 
109 
598 
473 
870 
4,244 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,286 
37 
144 
119 
268 
1,296 
- 
2 operators 
3,430 
21 
177 
125 
240 
1,155 
- 
3 operators 
463 
5 
24 
18 
32 
134 
- 
4 operators 
117 
1 
3 
8 
4 
38 
- 
5 or more operators 
42 
2 
3 
3 
1 
11 
" 
Total women operators number 
4,811 
34 
273 
196 
342 
1,418 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,130 
23 
227 
165 
315 
1,267 
- 
2 operators 
262 
4 
17 
11 
9 
61 
- 
3 operators 
38 
1 
4 
3 
1 
8 
- 
4 operators 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
" 
" 
" 
1 
1 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,696 
58 
222 
211 
403 
2,294 
- 
Female 
1,642 
8 
129 
62 
142 
340 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,779 
45 
213 
125 
276 
1,121 
- 
Other 
3,559 
21 
138 
148 
269 
1,513 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,487 
58 
290 
223 
457 
2,253 
- 
Not on farm operated 
851 
8 
61 
50 
88 
381 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,845 
26 
118 
75 
202 
889 
- 
Any 
4,493 
40 
233 
198 
343 
1,745 
- 
1 to 49 days 
663 
9 
50 
30 
45 
279 
- 
50 to 99 days 
419 
3 
23 
16 
35 
191 
- 
100 to 199 days 
725 
6 
47 
42 
76 
280 
- 
200 days or more 
2,686 
22 
113 
110 
187 
995 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
346 
1 
50 
15 
19 
134 
- 
3 or 4 years 
486 
5 
70 
28 
56 
124 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,233 
7 
84 
59 
86 
318 
- 
10 years or more 
5,273 
53 
147 
171 
384 
2,058 
- 
Average years on present farm 
21.0 
28.4 
12.7 
17.4 
19.5 
23.2 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
206 
1 
39 
11 
14 
54 
- 
3 or 4 years 
376 
4 
56 
25 
47 
101 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,052 
6 
86 
57 
77 
287 
- 
10 years or more 
5,704 
55 
170 
180 
407 
2,192 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
29.6 
14.8 
19.3 
21.3 
25.8 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
20 
- 
2 
1 
1 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
398 
1 
61 
9 
55 
87 
- 
35 to 44 years 
788 
2 
81 
37 
42 
237 
- 
45 to 49 years 
774 
9 
30 
29 
49 
228 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
