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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
acres 
968 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
15 
2 
- 
10 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
- 
1 
2 
5 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
9 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
2 
Corn for grain farms 
68 
6 
14 
18 
10 
9 
9 
1 
1 
acres 
5,040 
(D) 
96 
301 
(D) 
1,439 
1,813 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
649,389 
1,117 
6,136 
(D) 
21,800 
182,058 
224,931 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
7 
- 
1 
2 
- 
4 
- 
acres 
316 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
39 
5 
13 
16 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
13 
1 
1 
1 
7 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
9 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
5 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
151 
14 
15 
16 
22 
45 
30 
1 
8 
acres 
24,214 
(D) 
393 
510 
1,105 
7,226 
9,884 
(D) 
4,055 
tons 
371,184 
(D) 
5,644 
7,471 
18,065 
106,967 
155,035 
(D) 
63,678 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
37 
10 
12 
6 
7 
- 
1 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
49 
4 
2 
10 
13 
16 
2 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
36 
- 
1 
- 
2 
23 
9 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
11 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
14 
- 
- 
" 
- 
3 
7 
1 
3 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
18 
1 
5 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
365 
(D) 
35 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
5,387 
(D) 
623 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(□) 
Irrigated farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
16 
1 
5 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Oats for grain farms 
154 
11 
13 
33 
14 
46 
30 
1 
6 
acres 
28,725 
(D) 
474 
721 
1,973 
9,907 
11,641 
(D) 
3,313 
bushels 
1,856,231 
(D) 
21,927 
40,776 
146,918 
579,470 
803,337 
(D) 
222,567 
Irrigated farms 
10 
- 
3 
2 
3 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
420 
- 
- 
14 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
48 
5 
10 
27 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
23 
5 
2 
5 
6 
3 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
37 
1 
- 
- 
3 
24 
8 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
35 
- 
1 
1 
3 
14 
14 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
7 
- 
3 
Sorghum for grain farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
30 
- 
2 
10 
3 
7 
6 
- 
2 
acres 
2,128 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
182 
972 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
87,088 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5,050 
34,640 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
- 
2 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 
6 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 277 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
