Table 20. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Maine: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
3,965 
1,220 
1,545 
1,051 
30 
30 
3 
- 
86 
50 to 99 acres 
591 
163 
195 
192 
23 
7 
2 
- 
9 
100 to 199 acres 
353 
90 
60 
113 
58 
21 
2 
- 
9 
200 to 499 acres 
266 
27 
18 
35 
61 
85 
15 
- 
25 
500 to 999 acres 
101 
- 
1 
6 
10 
30 
50 
- 
4 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
33 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
19 
3 
4 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
16 
3 
3 
4 
6 
additional improvements (see text) . 
.. farms 
543 
123 
214 
159 
13 
17 
6 
1 
10 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
10,168 
1,936 
3,549 
(D) 
792 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
120 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
368 
98 
146 
85 
9 
17 
5 
1 
7 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested anc 
acres 
1 
5,990 
1,812 
1,218 
783 
109 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
132 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
.. farms 
1,437 
436 
542 
306 
30 
46 
33 
2 
42 
acres 
53,535 
15,028 
16,374 
(D) 
(D) 
4,163 
7,475 
(D) 
2,928 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
295 
90 
86 
72 
14 
14 
7 
1 
11 
acres 
6,690 
954 
625 
(D) 
(D) 
1,185 
890 
(D) 
1,038 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
5,804 
1,656 
2,209 
1,407 
162 
147 
76 
4 
143 
acres 
773,652 
186,813 
264,814 
126,502 
29,295 
41,017 
(D) 
(D) 
68,745 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
1,103 
278 
473 
270 
29 
14 
6 
33 
acres 
27,105 
5,459 
11,665 
4,747 
1,402 
1,611 
688 
- 
1,533 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
5,442 
1,581 
2,049 
1,308 
151 
145 
74 
4 
130 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
746,547 
181,354 
253,149 
121,755 
27,893 
39,406 
(D) 
(D) 
67,212 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
4,052 
1,058 
1,637 
1,080 
96 
59 
29 
1 
92 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
81,707 
20,401 
24,480 
21,651 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,940 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
6,077 
1,675 
2,334 
1,513 
154 
145 
75 
7 
174 
acres 
121,402 
25,121 
41,929 
21,012 
4,360 
(D) 
(D) 
795 
13,231 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
1,365 
236 
374 
571 
50 
49 
19 
4 
62 
acres 
30,887 
589 
697 
1,462 
1,035 
2,000 
3,719 
7,025 
14,360 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
1,355 
236 
366 
571 
50 
49 
19 
4 
60 
acres 
30,811 
581 
667 
1,462 
1,035 
2,000 
(D) 
7,025 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
15 
3 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
76 
8 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
Programs 
.. farms 
293 
108 
79 
46 
12 
20 
10 
1 
17 
acres 
12,643 
6,523 
3,022 
949 
325 
1,040 
(D) 
(D) 
626 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
403 
53 
67 
63 
46 
88 
59 
5 
22 
acres 
123,762 
1,656 
1,818 
3,305 
8,954 
30,667 
40,859 
13,777 
22,726 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) . 
.. farms 
554 
92 
125 
247 
35 
34 
5 
1 
15 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
36,401 
1,353 
775 
8,895 
7,247 
12,888 
4,548 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
8,173 
2,283 
3,121 
2,019 
208 
200 
98 
9 
235 
$1,000 
3,356,102 
728,341 
951,521 
656,705 
173,186 
261,544 
238,335 
80,196 
266,273 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
410,633 
319,028 
304,877 
325,262 
832,625 
1,307,720 
2,431,994 
8,910,714 
1,133,079 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,308 
2,446 
2,397 
2,856 
1,972 
2,138 
1,967 
1,365 
1,913 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
735 
208 
273 
220 
- 
3 
1 
- 
30 
$50,000 to $99,999 
615 
190 
264 
139 
1 
3 
- 
- 
18 
$100,000 to $199,999 
1,758 
483 
781 
465 
12 
2 
- 
1 
14 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,301 
998 
1,341 
806 
59 
34 
8 
- 
55 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,216 
313 
369 
298 
83 
68 
11 
- 
74 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
373 
76 
71 
78 
42 
51 
32 
1 
22 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
144 
15 
18 
13 
10 
35 
35 
2 
16 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
24 
- 
3 
- 
1 
4 
11 
1 
4 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
7 
1 
4 
2 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
.. farms 
8,171 
2,282 
3,121 
2,018 
208 
200 
98 
9 
235 
$1,000 
570,168 
92,383 
111,491 
97,987 
37,384 
72,190 
85,647 
15,572 
57,513 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 271 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
