Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
2,381 
2,043 
Land in farms acres 
230,857 
151,831 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
567 
434 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
407 
464 
1 0 to 49 acres 
829 
810 
50 to 1 79 acres 
728 
649 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
212 
149 
1 80 to 499 acres 
192 
113 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
12 
500 acres or more 
65 
37 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
39 
37 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
48 
22 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
84 
138 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,201 
1,962 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
205 
172 
acres 
191,113 
130,711 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
411 
300 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
640 
505 
acres 
39,744 
21,120 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,970 
1,743 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
162,028 
109,729 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
231 
219 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
64,889 
35,767 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
2,324 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
180 
81 
acres 
3,940 
6,335 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
153 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
2,032 
1,769 
Total farms 
2,381 
2,043 
Partnerships 
173 
125 
$1,000 
53,308 
36,164 
Corporations 
124 
136 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
52 
13 
sold farms 
2,381 
2,043 
$1,000 
52,284 
34,878 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,080 
1,036 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,120 
864 
2 operators 
1,110 
901 
$1,000 
32,607 
21,401 
3 operators 
143 
76 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
39 
26 
their products farms 
1,135 
919 
5 or more operators 
9 
4 
$1,000 
19,676 
13,476 
Government payments farms 
269 
227 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,024 
1,286 
1 operator 
2,109 
1,836 
2 operators 
256 
184 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
14 
21 
4 operators 
2 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
768 
838 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
367 
316 
$2,500 to $4,999 
317 
243 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
349 
236 
Internet access 
1,985 
1,494 
$10,000 to $24,999 
275 
202 
Dial-up service 
206 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
160 
108 
DSL service 
852 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
145 
100 
Cable modem service 
618 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
32 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
264 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
133 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
79 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
25 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
69 
48 
Programs payments farms 
60 
112 
acres 
13,587 
5,776 
$1,000 
155 
239 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
222 
143 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
869 
1,047 
1 household 
2,228 
1,798 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
115 
199 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
17 
26 
4 households 
12 
10 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2 
4 
5 or more households 
9 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
283 
145 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
151 
195 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
310 
200 
Less than 25 percent 
1,829 
1,649 
25 to 49 percent 
141 
158 
Other crop farming (1119) 
407 
464 
50 to 74 percent 
172 
100 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
60 
57 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
179 
79 
42 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
