Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
4,372 
2,754 
1,401 
217 
1,763 
2,609 
acres 
139,976 
58,510 
72,155 
9,311 
56,014 
83,962 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
5,563 
3,804 
1,579 
180 
2,349 
3,214 
acres 
87,335 
53,602 
31,547 
2,186 
39,904 
47,431 
Irrigated land 
farms 
766 
533 
143 
90 
274 
492 
acres 
3,565 
1,952 
1,385 
228 
1,586 
1,979 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
758 
529 
139 
90 
272 
486 
acres 
3,333 
1,861 
1,244 
228 
(D) 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
13 
7 
6 
- 
2 
11 
acres 
232 
91 
141 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
204 
92 
108 
4 
95 
109 
acres 
2,673 
1,188 
1,415 
70 
1,071 
1,602 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
545 
129 
382 
34 
192 
353 
acres 
147,747 
17,338 
124,593 
5,816 
43,299 
104,448 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
554 
255 
232 
67 
192 
362 
$1,000 
62,634 
8,922 
45,792 
7,920 
20,516 
42,118 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
7,338 
4,823 
2,063 
452 
3,286 
4,052 
$1,000 
4,011,152 
1,955,099 
1,956,786 
99,266 
1,676,302 
2,334,850 
Average per farm 
dollars 
546,627 
405,370 
948,515 
219,616 
510,134 
576,222 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,205 
3,535 
2,996 
2,184 
3,257 
3,168 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
495 
302 
37 
156 
246 
249 
$50,000 to $99,999 
351 
211 
51 
89 
174 
177 
$100,000 to $199,999 
982 
807 
136 
39 
497 
485 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,959 
2,211 
638 
110 
1,281 
1,678 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,757 
1,038 
679 
40 
761 
996 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
531 
187 
329 
15 
229 
302 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
223 
61 
159 
3 
83 
140 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
32 
6 
26 
- 
13 
19 
$10,000,000 or more 
8 
- 
8 
" 
2 
6 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
7,337 
4,822 
2,063 
452 
3,286 
4,051 
$1,000 
637,927 
246,962 
357,854 
33,112 
241,945 
395,982 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
661 
562 
48 
51 
349 
312 
$5,000 to $9,999 
485 
379 
75 
31 
224 
261 
$10,000 to $19,999 
971 
766 
144 
61 
466 
505 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,157 
1,605 
420 
132 
928 
1,229 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,352 
850 
427 
75 
620 
732 
$100,000 to $199,999 
948 
449 
433 
66 
412 
536 
$200,000 to $499,999 
590 
185 
378 
27 
239 
351 
$500,000 or more 
173 
26 
138 
9 
48 
125 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
5,281 
3,133 
1,820 
328 
2,245 
3,036 
number 
8,324 
4,182 
3,678 
464 
3,346 
4,978 
Tractors, all 
farms 
5,957 
3,723 
1,925 
309 
2,587 
3,370 
number 
14,954 
7,258 
6,970 
726 
6,169 
8,785 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,386 
2,294 
948 
144 
1,439 
1,947 
number 
4,888 
3,123 
1,536 
229 
2,039 
2,849 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,984 
2,199 
1,563 
222 
1,708 
2,276 
number 
7,460 
3,495 
3,572 
393 
3,155 
4,305 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
1,149 
398 
691 
60 
468 
681 
number 
2,606 
640 
1,862 
104 
975 
1,631 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
69 
12 
53 
4 
26 
43 
number 
78 
12 
62 
4 
29 
49 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
256 
61 
181 
14 
96 
160 
number 
304 
66 
224 
14 
104 
200 
Hay balers 
farms 
2,534 
1,165 
1,254 
115 
1,073 
1,461 
number 
3,323 
1,393 
1,786 
144 
1,387 
1,936 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
216 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
