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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Tomatoes in the open - Con. 
Harvested for processing farms 
26 
24 
- 
2 
6 
20 
acres 
4 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1 
3 
Land in orchards farms 
378 
319 
53 
6 
159 
219 
acres 
2,360 
1,926 
369 
65 
709 
1,650 
Irrigated farms 
36 
29 
6 
1 
11 
25 
acres 
370 
279 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
330 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
284 
244 
37 
3 
112 
172 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
81 
66 
13 
2 
44 
37 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
10 
6 
3 
1 
3 
7 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
250.0 acres or more 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Apples farms 
275 
231 
38 
6 
114 
161 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,972 
1,609 
304 
59 
535 
1,436 
Grapes farms 
127 
114 
13 
- 
60 
67 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
223 
172 
51 
- 
94 
129 
Peaches, all farms 
55 
49 
5 
1 
22 
33 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
30 
23 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
22 
Walnuts, English farms 
7 
7 
- 
- 
7 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
23 
23 
- 
- 
23 
- 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
535 
419 
102 
14 
208 
327 
acres 
749 
500 
221 
28 
311 
438 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Vermont 223 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
