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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
1,171 
361 
523 
266 
- 
- 
1 
- 
20 
$5,000 to $9,999 
777 
236 
317 
206 
1 
- 
- 
- 
17 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,222 
329 
572 
289 
4 
- 
- 
- 
28 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,387 
752 
946 
607 
13 
10 
- 
1 
58 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,344 
376 
521 
347 
50 
15 
2 
1 
32 
$100,000 to $199,999 
705 
156 
186 
227 
67 
35 
5 
- 
29 
$200,000 to $499,999 
399 
69 
54 
68 
61 
97 
20 
- 
30 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
166 
3 
2 
8 
12 
43 
70 
7 
21 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
5,974 
1,662 
2,056 
1,590 
204 
192 
96 
8 
166 
number 
11,555 
2,406 
2,939 
2,595 
652 
1,133 
947 
227 
656 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
6,242 
1,787 
2,227 
1,557 
201 
195 
95 
9 
171 
number 
14,400 
3,669 
3,926 
3,345 
880 
999 
796 
171 
614 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
3,914 
1,238 
1,391 
980 
99 
66 
26 
4 
110 
number 
5,711 
1,867 
1,791 
1,483 
205 
129 
59 
8 
169 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
3,748 
987 
1,309 
959 
164 
151 
64 
8 
106 
number 
6,578 
1,619 
1,887 
1,617 
474 
421 
242 
81 
237 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
882 
142 
196 
168 
102 
130 
88 
6 
50 
number 
2,111 
183 
248 
245 
201 
449 
495 
82 
208 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
202 
24 
29 
28 
20 
53 
34 
2 
12 
number 
229 
26 
33 
29 
22 
59 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
131 
23 
30 
11 
11 
27 
22 
1 
6 
number 
155 
25 
36 
11 
11 
33 
28 
(D) 
(D) 
Hay balers 
....farms 
2,285 
697 
715 
587 
119 
87 
33 
47 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
2,970 
886 
899 
780 
173 
129 
46 
57 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
2,698 
615 
801 
795 
136 
158 
90 
7 
96 
acres treated 
242,868 
11,025 
12,891 
14,349 
19,668 
47,782 
68,199 
28,356 
40,598 
Manure used 
....farms 
1,746 
402 
571 
557 
71 
58 
25 
2 
60 
acres treated 
75,208 
7,772 
8,312 
12,416 
8,750 
(D) 
14,396 
(D) 
8,760 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
1,687 
345 
484 
490 
88 
112 
76 
7 
85 
acres 
141,903 
4,837 
6,403 
6,229 
7,005 
23,933 
40,286 
22,265 
30,945 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
1,849 
412 
478 
522 
119 
145 
90 
7 
76 
acres 
210,182 
6,614 
7,596 
8,687 
17,122 
42,803 
61,717 
27,779 
37,864 
Nematodes 
....farms 
413 
86 
115 
119 
21 
29 
25 
1 
17 
acres 
37,580 
1,067 
2,300 
(D) 
2,360 
6,001 
12,571 
(D) 
7,470 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
924 
159 
256 
252 
65 
81 
58 
4 
49 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
97,016 
2,254 
3,759 
3,540 
5,959 
18,458 
30,771 
9,338 
22,937 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
341 
83 
79 
64 
22 
42 
28 
2 
21 
acres on which used 
40,041 
1,313 
(D) 
1,700 
1,615 
8,404 
13,939 
(D) 
7,168 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
422 
85 
106 
100 
35 
47 
30 
_ 
19 
acres 
10,251 
1,029 
1,451 
1,319 
1,198 
2,808 
1,846 
- 
600 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
804 
224 
271 
168 
47 
46 
22 
- 
26 
acres 
24,454 
3,384 
4,545 
4,833 
2,571 
4,224 
3,508 
- 
1,389 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
377 
74 
125 
128 
14 
18 
2 
- 
16 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
38,852 
8,695 
12,690 
12,707 
(D) 
1,676 
(D) 
_ 
1,497 
used 
....farms 
387 
106 
127 
86 
17 
25 
14 
2 
10 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
9,909 
942 
1,527 
674 
597 
2,255 
3,216 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
....farms 
298 
61 
74 
78 
14 
37 
20 
1 
13 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
18,994 
520 
(D) 
953 
654 
6,538 
7,948 
(D) 
1,703 
practices were used 
....farms 
1,477 
260 
378 
508 
84 
113 
82 
6 
46 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
145,558 
2,761 
4,035 
5,429 
9,495 
32,268 
50,554 
17,384 
23,632 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
928 
155 
214 
375 
50 
61 
33 
3 
37 
acres 
29,379 
1,564 
914 
1,648 
3,896 
8,773 
8,131 
2,300 
2,153 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
464 
117 
180 
128 
7 
9 
3 
1 
19 
Solar panels 
....farms 
358 
84 
128 
116 
6 
6 
1 
- 
17 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
125 
29 
65 
25 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
17 
3 
11 
2 
1 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
29 
2 
14 
10 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
272 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
