Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
120 
202 
339 
404 
percent 
100.0 
1.5 
1.5 
2.5 
4.1 
4.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,454,104 
269,842 
91,273 
92,975 
112,176 
87,867 
Average size of farm 
acres 
178 
2,176 
761 
460 
331 
217 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
8,173 
124 
120 
202 
339 
404 
$1,000 
773,224 
480,626 
87,328 
70,797 
53,208 
28,749 
Average per farm 
dollars 
94,607 
3,876,012 
727,735 
350,483 
156,956 
71,162 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
404 
$100,000 to $249,999 
339 
- 
- 
- 
339 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
202 
- 
- 
202 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
120 
_ 
120 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$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 
120 
202 
339 
404 
$1,000 
763,062 
478,194 
86,326 
69,568 
52,144 
27,651 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
349 
70 
59 
43 
38 
27 
$1,000 
(D) 
14,716 
5,639 
2,154 
941 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
112 
60 
34 
12 
5 
1 
$1,000 
21,415 
14,450 
4,880 
1,581 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn 
farms 
152 
23 
22 
17 
21 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,483 
2,312 
1,241 
483 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
40 
21 
11 
6 
2 
$1,000 
8,741 
(D) 
2,057 
1,041 
(D) 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
17 
3 
2 
1 
7 
$1,000 
707 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
6 
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 
8 
$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 
21 
19 
21 
$1,000 
8,868 
5,783 
1,883 
596 
317 
101 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
55 
31 
19 
2 
2 
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 
49 
87 
132 
$1,000 
207,254 
135,763 
38,594 
13,095 
7,789 
5,372 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
283 
63 
62 
45 
59 
54 
$1,000 
198,133 
135,714 
38,521 
13,056 
7,207 
3,635 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,103 
9 
20 
22 
67 
134 
$1,000 
114,657 
85,538 
6,073 
4,598 
6,829 
4,845 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
141 
9 
10 
14 
47 
61 
$1,000 
106,545 
85,538 
5,924 
4,556 
6,463 
4,064 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
244 
3 
6 
6 
22 
22 
$1,000 
12,574 
(D) 
2,330 
1,236 
2,255 
732 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
35 
3 
4 
4 
16 
8 
$1,000 
10,901 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,230 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
948 
8 
17 
17 
55 
122 
$1,000 
102,083 
(D) 
3,743 
3,362 
4,575 
4,113 
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 
67 
116 
$1,000 
76,007 
41,542 
6,652 
10,816 
5,314 
4,969 
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 
106 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
