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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in orchards - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
62 
5 
27 
23 
- 
3 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
295 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
- 
5 
(D) 
- 
5 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
403 
88 
179 
127 
1 
2 
- 
- 
6 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
78 
12 
21 
33 
1 
3 
1 
- 
7 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
21 
2 
8 
1 
7 
2 
- 
- 
1 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
443 
92 
171 
146 
9 
10 
3 
- 
12 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
3,337 
290 
751 
464 
410 
605 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Grapes farms 
95 
27 
46 
18 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
57 
11 
38 
6 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Peaches, all farms 
98 
24 
38 
32 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
39 
10 
13 
16 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Pecans farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Walnuts, English farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
1,109 
317 
386 
323 
22 
19 
4 
2 
36 
acres 
39,734 
3,160 
3,411 
2,517 
969 
2,005 
(D) 
(D) 
15,225 
Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 279 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
