Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
203 
7 
21 
39 
86 
50 
$1,000 to $4,999 
318 
- 
14 
44 
94 
93 
73 
$5,000 to $9,999 
209 
1 
10 
11 
56 
74 
57 
$10,000 to $24,999 
195 
- 
8 
31 
46 
56 
54 
$25,000 to $49,999 
94 
- 
8 
17 
25 
36 
8 
$50,000 or more 
91 
- 
5 
17 
24 
26 
19 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
2,449 
6 
88 
329 
637 
769 
620 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
12,819 
35,589 
7,476 
11,861 
12,463 
12,808 
14,243 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
188 
8 
21 
64 
58 
37 
$1,000 to $4,999 
732 
1 
26 
94 
158 
267 
186 
$5,000 to $9,999 
706 
4 
43 
109 
189 
209 
152 
$10,000 to $24,999 
551 
- 
7 
62 
174 
150 
158 
$25,000 to $49,999 
145 
- 
4 
35 
26 
38 
42 
$50,000 or more 
127 
1 
- 
8 
26 
47 
45 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,122 
32 
124 
290 
360 
316 
$1,000 
12,811 
- 
403 
1,228 
3,105 
3,781 
4,295 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
105 
5 
20 
15 
51 
14 
$1,000 
368 
(D) 
(D) 
141 
176 
23 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
333 
- 
4 
22 
58 
121 
128 
$1,000 
1,127 
- 
4 
98 
146 
458 
421 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
454 
7 
46 
122 
140 
139 
$1,000 
3,744 
- 
39 
550 
638 
1,664 
852 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
44 
1 
11 
11 
21 
$1,000 
399 
- 
- 
(D) 
46 
(D) 
246 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
130 
. 
. 
19 
38 
33 
40 
$1,000 
389 
- 
- 
147 
77 
118 
46 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
22 
. 
9 
1 
2 
2 
8 
$1,000 
298 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
33 
_ 
2 
9 
14 
6 
2 
$1,000 
89 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
210 
12 
20 
73 
53 
52 
$1,000 
6,398 
- 
221 
323 
2,039 
1,251 
2,564 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
2,042 
2 
87 
248 
534 
638 
533 
acres 
66,891 
(D) 
(D) 
6,407 
14,696 
20,299 
24,064 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,815 
2 
81 
219 
479 
568 
466 
acres 
53,441 
(D) 
(D) 
5,363 
12,170 
16,497 
18,435 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,530 
2 
77 
184 
407 
480 
380 
50 to 99 acres 
175 
- 
3 
23 
56 
49 
44 
100 to 199 acres 
76 
- 
1 
9 
10 
31 
25 
200 to 499 acres 
31 
- 
- 
3 
5 
8 
15 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
238 
20 
27 
67 
62 
62 
acres 
3,999 
- 
171 
485 
725 
1,183 
1,435 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
73 
6 
8 
21 
19 
19 
acres 
1,647 
- 
14 
79 
325 
235 
994 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
393 
1 
25 
46 
104 
123 
94 
acres 
7,201 
(D) 
(D) 
298 
1,326 
2,268 
3,054 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
66 
7 
8 
18 
24 
9 
acres 
603 
- 
9 
182 
150 
116 
146 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,660 
5 
80 
337 
701 
844 
693 
acres 
221,270 
(D) 
(D) 
30,135 
47,365 
65,389 
72,947 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
439 
4 
17 
55 
118 
144 
101 
acres 
10,602 
48 
105 
778 
2,275 
3,369 
4,027 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,481 
1 
77 
321 
644 
794 
644 
acres 
210,668 
(D) 
(D) 
29,357 
45,090 
62,020 
68,920 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Vermont 195 
