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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
2,415 
515 
626 
670 
172 
workers 
15,072 
1,630 
1,960 
2,790 
1,106 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
1,146 
166 
195 
290 
131 
workers 
4,594 
287 
359 
575 
370 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
1,976 
421 
536 
545 
131 
workers 
10,478 
1,343 
1,601 
2,215 
736 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
109 
23 
6 
26 
14 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
16 
5 
8 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
4,229 
1,072 
1,755 
1,143 
93 
workers 
10,698 
2,545 
4,419 
3,110 
173 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,239 
258 
545 
385 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,278 
650 
1,011 
547 
16 
50 to 69 acres 
622 
209 
239 
152 
3 
70 to 99 acres 
857 
275 
343 
208 
4 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
794 
232 
326 
212 
6 
140 to 1 79 acres 
521 
167 
163 
151 
8 
180 to 219 acres 
407 
129 
157 
100 
12 
220 to 259 acres 
257 
91 
82 
49 
23 
260 to 499 acres 
654 
183 
162 
151 
75 
500 to 999 acres 
332 
63 
60 
53 
43 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
157 
23 
20 
9 
9 
2,000 acres or more 
55 
3 
13 
2 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
12 
14 
11 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
891 
146 
216 
332 
36 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
681 
223 
256 
141 
15 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
958 
263 
352 
275 
22 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,340 
845 
945 
431 
49 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,340 
845 
945 
431 
49 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
950 
306 
447 
170 
4 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
14 
- 
6 
7 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
308 
34 
12 
82 
74 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
160 
44 
80 
35 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
209 
42 
88 
70 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
326 
81 
152 
84 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,291 
287 
553 
381 
6 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
2,423 
657 
918 
602 
94 
number 
86,256 
8,542 
8,059 
11,375 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,467 
420 
704 
320 
3 
1 0 to 49 
667 
206 
196 
231 
14 
50 to 99 
113 
23 
13 
35 
37 
1 00 to 1 99 
102 
8 
3 
14 
39 
200 to 499 
48 
- 
2 
2 
1 
500 or more 
26 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
1,782 
474 
603 
476 
88 
number 
42,622 
3,705 
3,502 
5,526 
(D) 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
1,354 
417 
540 
334 
22 
number 
10,505 
2,692 
3,067 
3,135 
318 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,086 
337 
473 
243 
13 
10 to 49 
239 
77 
62 
81 
7 
50 to 99 
19 
3 
3 
6 
2 
100 to 199 
8 
- 
1 
4 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
581 
84 
97 
207 
79 
number 
32,117 
1,013 
435 
2,391 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
290 
54 
89 
137 
2 
10 to 49 
130 
25 
6 
67 
29 
50 to 99 
79 
5 
2 
- 
43 
100 to 199 
46 
- 
- 
3 
5 
200 to 499 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
9 
- 
" 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
1,909 
530 
674 
485 
87 
number 
43,634 
4,837 
4,557 
5,849 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
1,656 
403 
599 
433 
84 
number 
35,311 
3,079 
3,208 
3,828 
(D) 
$1,000 
31,076 
2,473 
2,858 
3,189 
1,994 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
190 
97 
9 
136 
2,093 
2,379 
1,301 
1,813 
157 
95 
9 
103 
639 
836 
700 
828 
156 
84 
7 
96 
1,454 
1,543 
601 
985 
13 
11 
5 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
62 
18 
_ 
86 
146 
32 
' 
273 
8 
2 
36 
11 
3 
- 
40 
- 
- 
- 
19 
10 
2 
1 
14 
4 
- 
- 
14 
2 
- 
- 
30 
3 
- 
- 
6 
9 
- 
- 
3 
45 
3 
- 
35 
71 
25 
- 
17 
34 
50 
1 
11 
3 
13 
7 
10 
5 
1 
68 
53 
4 
36 
12 
4 
2 
28 
17 
3 
_ 
26 
26 
- 
- 
44 
26 
44 
- 
1 
- 
22 
- 
- 
- 
1 
62 
31 
1 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
2 
4 
1 
1 
- 
7 
7 
3 
- 
54 
72 
34 
1 
45 
13,899 
21,398 
(D) 
12,611 
2 
_ 
_ 
18 
6 
1 
- 
13 
2 
- 
- 
3 
32 
2 
- 
4 
29 
12 
- 
2 
1 
19 
1 
5 
69 
34 
1 
37 
7,985 
11,641 
(D) 
4,451 
14 
4 
_ 
23 
683 
254 
- 
356 
3 
1 
_ 
16 
7 
1 
- 
4 
1 
1 
- 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
64 
32 
1 
17 
7,302 
1 1 ,387 
(D) 
4,095 
2 
_ 
_ 
6 
1 
- 
- 
2 
25 
2 
- 
2 
32 
4 
- 
2 
4 
20 
- 
3 
- 
6 
1 
2 
69 
33 
1 
30 
5,914 
9,757 
(D) 
8,160 
64 
31 
1 
41 
3,837 
7,154 
(D) 
9,969 
1,785 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 275 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
