Table 6. Income From Farm-Related Sources: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Vermont 
Addison 
Bennington 
Caledonia 
Chittenden 
Essex 
Franklin 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
2,922 
364 
109 
205 
230 
41 
376 
2007 
2,433 
291 
73 
157 
194 
35 
315 
$1,000, 2012 
42,124 
7,507 
2,031 
1,293 
5,120 
659 
5,894 
2007 
28,764 
3,703 
1,184 
1,355 
4,294 
327 
3,703 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
14,416 
20,624 
18,633 
6,306 
22,262 
16,078 
15,676 
2007 
11,822 
12,726 
16,217 
8,629 
22,133 
9,337 
11,756 
Customwork and other agricultural services farms, 2012 
469 
69 
19 
25 
38 
5 
40 
2007 
416 
44 
21 
19 
39 
10 
43 
$1,000, 2012 
4,734 
941 
36 
99 
211 
9 
1,131 
2007 
2,954 
212 
294 
70 
588 
28 
395 
Gross cash rent or share payments (see text) farms, 2012 
613 
111 
17 
46 
49 
6 
104 
2007 
420 
77 
13 
26 
34 
5 
69 
$1,000, 2012 
2,081 
400 
89 
55 
129 
20 
660 
2007 
1,507 
278 
158 
32 
114 
16 
312 
Sales of forest products, excluding Christmas 
trees, short rotation woody crops, and 
maple products farms, 2012 
965 
50 
31 
98 
61 
7 
124 
2007 
827 
60 
23 
72 
47 
6 
84 
$1,000, 2012 
8,430 
262 
278 
636 
450 
47 
2,332 
2007 
5,216 
449 
201 
453 
412 
(D) 
455 
Agri-tourism and recreational services farms, 2012 
155 
14 
3 
3 
20 
6 
2 
2007 
109 
7 
6 
5 
9 
- 
5 
$1,000, 2012 
1,737 
288 
(D) 
68 
141 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
1,490 
78 
59 
316 
42 
10 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms, 2012 
811 
130 
17 
66 
48 
14 
169 
2007 
739 
112 
10 
48 
45 
21 
154 
$1,000, 2012 
4,102 
1,315 
55 
218 
90 
167 
948 
2007 
2,324 
506 
31 
87 
127 
67 
837 
Crop and livestock insurance payments farms, 2012 
94 
24 
5 
4 
17 
- 
7 
2007 
68 
20 
1 
- 
7 
1 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
2,839 
1,313 
127 
26 
255 
- 
26 
2007 
1,276 
622 
(D) 
- 
128 
(D) 
261 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms, 2012 
189 
40 
1 
10 
12 
1 
31 
2007 
443 
76 
10 
31 
27 
18 
85 
$1,000, 2012 
887 
170 
(D) 
15 
78 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
1,561 
489 
(D) 
40 
118 
(D) 
347 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
4,693 
4,260 
(D) 
1,512 
6,473 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
3,524 
6,438 
(D) 
1,294 
4,383 
(D) 
4,084 
Other farm-related income sources (see text) farms, 2012 
576 
77 
41 
15 
55 
12 
50 
2007 
506 
58 
14 
23 
65 
8 
47 
$1,000, 2012 
17,313 
2,818 
1,363 
175 
3,767 
412 
563 
2007 
12,435 
1,068 
385 
357 
2,765 
46 
1,086 
-continued 
236 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
