Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
7,338 
3,779 
13 
258 
318 
788 
1,207 
1,195 
percent 
100.0 
51.5 
0.2 
3.5 
4.3 
10.7 
16.4 
16.3 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,251,713 
895,870 
1,149 
49,002 
92,166 
219,391 
288,606 
245,556 
Average size of farm 
acres 
171 
237 
88 
190 
290 
278 
239 
205 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,338 
3,779 
13 
258 
318 
788 
1,207 
1,195 
$1,000 
790,035 
734,237 
726 
40,947 
87,625 
224,898 
239,492 
140,548 
Average per farm 
dollars 
107,663 
194,294 
55,861 
158,709 
275,551 
285,403 
198,420 
117,614 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,624 
547 
3 
18 
35 
108 
191 
192 
$1,000 to $2,499 
879 
279 
4 
16 
12 
38 
101 
108 
$2,500 to $4,999 
824 
331 
- 
16 
25 
50 
96 
144 
$5,000 to $9,999 
993 
427 
- 
27 
40 
64 
128 
168 
$10,000 to $24,999 
915 
461 
2 
32 
39 
88 
115 
185 
$25,000 to $49,999 
564 
370 
_ 
29 
22 
59 
131 
129 
$50,000 to $99,999 
409 
314 
1 
29 
34 
75 
90 
85 
$100,000 to $249,999 
488 
434 
3 
42 
42 
120 
151 
76 
$250,000 to $499,999 
320 
307 
- 
34 
28 
99 
90 
56 
$500,000 to $999,999 
161 
154 
_ 
11 
19 
43 
57 
24 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
161 
155 
- 
4 
22 
44 
57 
28 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
107 
102 
- 
2 
15 
25 
40 
20 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
43 
42 
- 
2 
6 
13 
16 
5 
$5,000,000 or more 
11 
11 
- 
1 
6 
1 
3 
Total sales 
farms 
7,338 
3,779 
13 
258 
318 
788 
1,207 
1,195 
$1,000 
776,105 
721,560 
696 
40,047 
86,020 
221,494 
235,164 
138,139 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
397 
336 
16 
40 
94 
106 
80 
$1,000 
26,320 
24,543 
- 
423 
4,017 
8,625 
7,321 
4,156 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
113 
106 
- 
2 
15 
31 
41 
17 
$1,000 
22,247 
20,841 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
7,419 
6,287 
3,257 
Corn 
farms 
348 
305 
- 
16 
31 
90 
98 
70 
$1,000 
23,486 
22,049 
- 
423 
(D) 
7,609 
6,454 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
102 
98 
- 
2 
14 
29 
38 
15 
$1,000 
19,578 
18,479 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,445 
5,400 
3,028 
Wheat 
farms 
14 
10 
- 
3 
2 
5 
$1,000 
149 
136 
- 
- 
- 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
33 
27 
- 
- 
5 
5 
11 
6 
$1,000 
2,488 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
909 
786 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
11 
- 
- 
2 
2 
5 
2 
$1,000 
2,293 
2,083 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sorghum 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
45 
27 
. 
. 
5 
8 
8 
6 
$1,000 
111 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
25 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
814 
510 
1 
58 
80 
98 
165 
108 
$1,000 
21,274 
19,432 
(D) 
(D) 
3,963 
5,538 
5,373 
3,181 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
85 
78 
1 
6 
18 
21 
19 
13 
$1,000 
15,917 
15,436 
(D) 
(D) 
3,290 
4,703 
4,099 
2,585 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
582 
344 
1 
11 
31 
68 
143 
90 
$1,000 
13,494 
12,070 
(D) 
(D) 
292 
2,010 
7,372 
2,291 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
34 
30 
1 
6 
14 
9 
$1,000 
10,494 
10,142 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
6,697 
1,824 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
171 
104 
- 
5 
11 
19 
40 
29 
$1,000 
10,258 
9,548 
- 
63 
101 
1,440 
6,097 
1,847 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
21 
- 
- 
- 
5 
10 
6 
$1,000 
9,072 
8,792 
- 
- 
- 
1,321 
5,900 
1,572 
Berries 
farms 
475 
288 
1 
8 
26 
56 
125 
72 
$1,000 
3,235 
2,522 
(D) 
(D) 
191 
571 
1,275 
444 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
12 
1 
1 
8 
2 
$1,000 
1,265 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
730 
(D) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
661 
409 
. 
42 
44 
98 
154 
71 
$1,000 
25,562 
17,749 
- 
661 
1,896 
3,561 
8,916 
2,715 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
73 
- 
3 
10 
20 
27 
13 
$1,000 
19,903 
13,927 
- 
150 
1,290 
2,642 
7,559 
2,286 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
186 Vermont 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
