Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Potatoes - Con. 
Harvested for processing farms 
22 
9 
8 
5 
9 
13 
acres 
2,027 
(D) 
(D) 
1,226 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
240 
151 
60 
29 
103 
137 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
9 
6 
2 
1 
4 
5 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
5 
1 
3 
1 
3 
2 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
3 
250.0 acres or more 
3 
- 
1 
2 
1 
2 
Sweet corn farms 
342 
167 
135 
40 
158 
184 
acres 
8,182 
2,271 
5,518 
393 
3,540 
4,642 
Harvested for processing farms 
57 
26 
29 
2 
32 
25 
acres 
4,315 
(D) 
2,931 
(D) 
2,317 
1,998 
Sweet potatoes farms 
52 
27 
15 
10 
23 
29 
acres 
75 
32 
40 
3 
56 
19 
Harvested for processing farms 
10 
- 
10 
- 
9 
1 
acres 
5 
- 
5 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
441 
259 
124 
58 
197 
244 
acres 
657 
229 
367 
61 
238 
419 
Harvested for processing farms 
20 
11 
5 
4 
10 
10 
acres 
54 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in orchards farms 
358 
272 
54 
32 
141 
217 
acres 
3,973 
2,129 
1,662 
181 
1,281 
2,692 
Irrigated farms 
80 
62 
14 
4 
21 
59 
acres 
806 
445 
325 
37 
149 
657 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
251 
191 
34 
26 
113 
138 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
79 
68 
7 
4 
23 
56 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
18 
7 
9 
2 
1 
17 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
8 
6 
2 
- 
3 
5 
250.0 acres or more 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Apples farms 
171 
128 
37 
6 
67 
104 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,897 
930 
950 
17 
769 
1,127 
Grapes farms 
167 
131 
16 
20 
59 
108 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
681 
523 
58 
100 
156 
524 
Peaches, all farms 
128 
101 
23 
4 
40 
88 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
999 
448 
522 
29 
289 
711 
Citrus fruit, all farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Pecans farms 
13 
12 
1 
- 
6 
7 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1 
4 
Walnuts, English farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
315 
205 
87 
23 
119 
196 
acres 
480 
246 
204 
30 
127 
353 
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. 
226 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
