Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[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 AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
8,173 
124 
118 
198 
338 
379 
percent 
100.0 
1.5 
1.4 
2.4 
4.1 
4.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,454,104 
269,842 
90,308 
87,752 
116,666 
82,720 
Average size of farm 
acres 
178 
2,176 
765 
443 
345 
218 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
8,173 
124 
118 
198 
338 
379 
$1,000 
773,224 
480,626 
86,320 
70,150 
54,061 
27,612 
Average per farm 
dollars 
94,607 
3,876,012 
731,525 
354,295 
159,945 
72,854 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,990 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,122 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,050 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,077 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,125 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
620 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
404 
- 
- 
- 
- 
373 
$100,000 to $249,999 
339 
- 
- 
- 
332 
6 
$250,000 to $499,999 
202 
- 
- 
196 
6 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
120 
_ 
118 
2 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
124 
124 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
86 
86 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
20 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
18 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
8,173 
124 
118 
198 
338 
379 
$1,000 
763,062 
478,194 
85,342 
69,097 
53,046 
27,134 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
349 
70 
57 
42 
39 
19 
$1,000 
(D) 
14,716 
5,587 
1,839 
1,303 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
112 
60 
34 
10 
7 
1 
$1,000 
21,415 
14,450 
4,880 
1,216 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn 
farms 
152 
23 
20 
17 
23 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,483 
2,260 
(D) 
726 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
40 
21 
11 
5 
3 
$1,000 
8,741 
(D) 
2,057 
(D) 
427 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
17 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
707 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
30 
5 
6 
2 
4 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
5 
4 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
758 
(D) 
332 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
58 
25 
10 
7 
1 
2 
$1,000 
3,744 
2,820 
674 
201 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
17 
5 
2 
$1,000 
3,424 
2,656 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
191 
39 
35 
20 
18 
14 
$1,000 
8,868 
5,783 
1,883 
472 
435 
101 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
55 
31 
19 
1 
3 
1 
$1,000 
7,397 
5,557 
1,374 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Tobacco 
farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,513 
66 
66 
47 
87 
126 
$1,000 
207,254 
135,763 
38,594 
12,973 
7,807 
5,398 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
283 
63 
62 
44 
58 
56 
$1,000 
198,133 
135,714 
38,521 
12,939 
7,219 
3,739 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,103 
9 
20 
22 
64 
129 
$1,000 
114,657 
85,538 
6,073 
4,598 
6,712 
4,904 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
141 
9 
10 
14 
46 
62 
$1,000 
106,545 
85,538 
5,924 
4,556 
6,395 
4,131 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
244 
3 
6 
6 
21 
23 
$1,000 
12,574 
(D) 
2,330 
1,236 
2,187 
800 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
35 
3 
4 
4 
15 
9 
$1,000 
10,901 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,162 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
948 
8 
17 
17 
53 
116 
$1,000 
102,083 
(D) 
3,743 
3,362 
4,525 
4,104 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
107 
8 
6 
11 
30 
52 
$1,000 
95,490 
(D) 
(D) 
3,338 
4,155 
3,434 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,099 
7 
17 
34 
65 
118 
$1,000 
76,007 
41,542 
6,652 
10,816 
5,293 
4,990 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
145 
7 
14 
34 
38 
52 
$1,000 
67,335 
41,542 
6,598 
10,816 
4,845 
3,534 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
80 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
