Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
11,779 
542 
631 
510 
735 
529 
acres 
1,900,872 
555,385 
268,152 
219,401 
211,053 
96,658 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
937 
68 
64 
56 
64 
68 
acres 
230,687 
85,888 
34,602 
25,320 
20,029 
13,704 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
10,132 
320 
462 
382 
603 
436 
acres 
1,317,433 
272,181 
173,511 
161,573 
171,163 
77,027 
Partnership 
farms 
931 
82 
83 
70 
91 
73 
acres 
312,372 
119,054 
(D) 
37,261 
33,840 
16,877 
Registered under state law 
farms 
752 
76 
70 
57 
67 
63 
acres 
269,704 
110,390 
46,292 
31,144 
23,226 
14,438 
Corporation 
farms 
975 
172 
100 
91 
73 
48 
acres 
351,741 
178,817 
52,879 
41,169 
19,284 
10,234 
Family held 
farms 
848 
158 
92 
80 
67 
44 
acres 
324,202 
165,644 
50,775 
35,731 
18,513 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
28 
7 
1 
5 
2 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
820 
151 
91 
75 
65 
42 
Other than family held 
farms 
127 
14 
8 
11 
6 
4 
acres 
27,539 
13,173 
2,104 
5,438 
771 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
7 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
120 
11 
8 
10 
5 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
218 
5 
3 
6 
11 
5 
acres 
49,199 
20,525 
(D) 
1,277 
3,169 
1,218 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,536 
449 
430 
337 
375 
222 
workers 
14,705 
4,670 
1,507 
1,302 
1,580 
837 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
2,039 
374 
317 
234 
260 
125 
workers 
6,814 
2,791 
826 
592 
679 
301 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,286 
262 
225 
210 
220 
143 
workers 
7,891 
1,879 
681 
710 
901 
536 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
133 
47 
16 
21 
16 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
20 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
5,802 
151 
258 
215 
351 
266 
workers 
13,659 
298 
611 
562 
811 
703 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,481 
17 
29 
25 
32 
29 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,554 
107 
140 
35 
37 
65 
50 to 69 acres 
1,121 
32 
42 
13 
9 
27 
70 to 99 acres 
981 
22 
19 
16 
32 
57 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
964 
16 
21 
15 
55 
95 
140 to 179 acres 
629 
9 
26 
29 
66 
81 
180 to 219 acres 
427 
9 
20 
26 
85 
62 
220 to 259 acres 
306 
11 
18 
29 
77 
38 
260 to 499 acres 
861 
53 
105 
146 
289 
80 
500 to 999 acres 
553 
78 
137 
178 
89 
20 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
265 
127 
86 
34 
6 
6 
2,000 acres or more 
114 
98 
5 
3 
1 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,561 
175 
162 
270 
438 
283 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
417 
14 
12 
21 
32 
41 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
270 
5 
4 
8 
10 
21 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
490 
46 
24 
28 
37 
41 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,932 
11 
5 
12 
38 
60 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
23 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,909 
11 
5 
12 
37 
55 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,649 
1 
7 
17 
62 
40 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
45 
2 
1 
3 
5 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
417 
48 
102 
117 
94 
28 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
76 
3 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
922 
269 
322 
61 
26 
5 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
482 
- 
1 
1 
2 
5 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,995 
5 
5 
9 
34 
33 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
3,499 
109 
194 
224 
329 
198 
number 
194,524 
45,108 
33,894 
31,465 
26,498 
9,416 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,130 
8 
16 
9 
28 
24 
10 to 49 
1,475 
17 
39 
38 
89 
101 
50 to 99 
380 
10 
10 
32 
110 
52 
100 to 199 
286 
10 
40 
96 
80 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Maryland 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
