Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
8,173 
100.0 
8,136 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
1,454,104 
100.0 
1 ,347,566 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
5,864 
71.7 
6,557 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
477,343 
32.8 
529,253 
summer fallow 
farms 
295 
3.6 
215 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
5,325 
65.2 
5,189 
acres 
6,690 
0.5 
3,949 
acres 
400,960 
27.6 
393,738 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
5,804 
71.0 
5,561 
1 to 49 acres 
3,965 
48.5 
3,788 
acres 
773,652 
53.2 
660,679 
1 to 9 acres 
2,098 
25.7 
1,699 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,103 
13.5 
1,056 
1 0 to 19 acres 
772 
9.4 
933 
acres 
27,105 
1.9 
26,230 
20 to 29 acres 
528 
6.5 
518 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
5,442 
66.6 
5,144 
30 to 49 acres 
567 
6.9 
638 
acres 
746,547 
51.3 
634,449 
50 to 99 acres 
591 
7.2 
541 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
353 
4.3 
411 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
266 
3.3 
312 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
4,052 
49.6 
3,413 
500 to 999 acres 
101 
1.2 
96 
acres 
81,707 
5.6 
62,014 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
33 
0.4 
28 
2,000 acres or more 
16 
0.2 
13 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
6,077 
74.4 
5,052 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
121,402 
8.3 
95,620 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
543 
6.6 
1,358 
acres 
10,168 
0.7 
37,019 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
1,784 
21.8 
2,093 
acres 
66,215 
4.6 
98,496 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
293 
(X) 
695 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
12,643 
(X) 
32,812 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
1,437 
17.6 
1,779 
acres 
53,535 
3.7 
90,124 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
403 
(X) 
527 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
368 
4.5 
301 
acres 
123,762 
(X) 
104,796 
acres 
5,990 
0.4 
4,423 
16 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
