Table 65. Summary by 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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,929 
34 
59 
109 
206 
272 
acres 
912,217 
42,168 
48,043 
45,264 
83,003 
54,983 
Partnership 
farms 
525 
29 
27 
22 
55 
52 
acres 
151,773 
56,075 
(D) 
1 1 ,688 
14,337 
1 1 ,772 
Registered under state law 
farms 
312 
19 
22 
11 
37 
29 
acres 
1 1 1 ,743 
43,830 
14,220 
7,363 
10,925 
9,417 
Corporation 
farms 
582 
56 
29 
59 
66 
49 
acres 
354,808 
161,876 
24,190 
29,721 
17,843 
1 1 ,722 
Family held 
farms 
503 
52 
25 
54 
60 
46 
acres 
335,369 
159,617 
21,187 
29,125 
16,465 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
- 
2 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
495 
52 
23 
52 
59 
46 
Other than family held 
farms 
79 
4 
4 
5 
6 
3 
acres 
19,439 
2,259 
3,003 
596 
1,378 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
7 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
72 
4 
3 
4 
6 
3 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
137 
5 
3 
8 
11 
6 
acres 
35,306 
9,723 
(D) 
1,079 
1,483 
4,243 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,415 
123 
115 
181 
261 
247 
workers 
15,072 
4,365 
1,472 
1,578 
1,703 
1,615 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,146 
120 
99 
140 
171 
131 
workers 
4,594 
2,082 
418 
513 
433 
316 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,976 
103 
92 
139 
197 
215 
workers 
10,478 
2,283 
1,054 
1,065 
1,270 
1,299 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
109 
19 
8 
14 
20 
13 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,229 
20 
27 
70 
144 
202 
workers 
10,698 
38 
51 
162 
317 
524 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,239 
3 
2 
11 
20 
27 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,278 
4 
9 
22 
34 
64 
50 to 69 acres 
622 
- 
- 
4 
10 
18 
70 to 99 acres 
857 
3 
4 
2 
14 
38 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
794 
- 
2 
5 
27 
55 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
521 
3 
1 
6 
20 
31 
180 to 219 acres 
407 
- 
1 
7 
22 
31 
220 to 259 acres 
257 
- 
4 
10 
34 
15 
260 to 499 acres 
654 
4 
12 
66 
95 
61 
500 to 999 acres 
332 
25 
46 
53 
45 
31 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
157 
53 
34 
9 
14 
4 
2,000 acres or more 
55 
29 
3 
3 
3 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
3 
2 
5 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
891 
63 
52 
38 
50 
79 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
681 
7 
8 
14 
44 
68 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
958 
5 
5 
30 
39 
78 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,340 
- 
16 
23 
70 
72 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
2,340 
16 
23 
70 
72 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
950 
1 
- 
3 
10 
13 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
308 
37 
31 
67 
92 
42 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
160 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
209 
3 
1 
3 
1 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
326 
1 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,291 
6 
2 
16 
26 
20 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,423 
41 
38 
74 
132 
118 
number 
86,256 
34,376 
8,968 
9,787 
9,820 
3,760 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,467 
2 
7 
27 
10 to 49 
667 
1 
5 
2 
41 
70 
50 to 99 
113 
- 
1 
10 
52 
17 
100 to 199 
102 
2 
6 
54 
29 
3 
200 to 499 
48 
13 
25 
6 
3 
1 
500 or more 
26 
25 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,782 
40 
36 
73 
122 
109 
number 
42,622 
16,255 
5,095 
5,738 
5,388 
1,923 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,354 
4 
12 
9 
40 
64 
number 
10,505 
254 
468 
300 
1,193 
948 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,086 
1 
3 
5 
16 
36 
1 0 to 49 
239 
1 
6 
2 
15 
25 
50 to 99 
19 
1 
1 
1 
7 
2 
100 to 199 
8 
1 
2 
- 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
