Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
298 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
727 
- 
2 
1 
10 
16 
$5,000 to $9,999 
568 
- 
- 
2 
8 
22 
$10,000 to $24,999 
585 
1 
2 
2 
25 
59 
$25,000 to $49,999 
342 
2 
3 
11 
37 
137 
$50,000 or more 
650 
109 
95 
155 
191 
69 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
5,003 
12 
18 
31 
68 
100 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
21,362 
1,852,670 
167,075 
232,383 
112,874 
69,984 
Less than $1 ,000 
422 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,690 
1 
- 
1 
4 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,163 
- 
- 
7 
7 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,067 
1 
1 
- 
15 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
- 
2 
3 
12 
31 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
301 
10 
15 
20 
30 
39 
Total 
farms 
10 
3 
5 
1 
1 
_ 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
361 
(D) 
235 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,722 
66 
71 
93 
150 
171 
Custom\work and other agricultural 
$1,000 
37,017 
8,782 
2,653 
1,711 
5,271 
1,650 
services 
farms 
407 
10 
16 
18 
44 
44 
$1,000 
8,002 
(D) 
1,002 
(D) 
732 
242 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
438 
14 
8 
15 
17 
30 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
2,325 
739 
66 
146 
62 
135 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,133 
19 
10 
12 
33 
62 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
8,616 
1,237 
343 
103 
905 
319 
(see text) 
farms 
270 
4 
8 
5 
16 
20 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
1,803 
(D) 
49 
(D) 
163 
179 
from cooperatives 
farms 
345 
36 
31 
38 
53 
35 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
604 
286 
86 
83 
70 
7 
payments received 
farms 
77 
10 
15 
11 
7 
6 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
2,945 
(D) 
842 
(D) 
71 
189 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
182 
16 
9 
18 
17 
27 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
1,587 
579 
165 
239 
139 
291 
sources (see text) 
farms 
657 
15 
20 
15 
44 
24 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
11,135 
297 
98 
133 
3,129 
288 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,864 
116 
111 
166 
287 
383 
acres 
477,343 
153,443 
55,721 
47,604 
44,773 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,325 
114 
111 
164 
286 
381 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
400,960 
138,664 
50,554 
43,900 
40,490 
25,684 
1 to 49 acres 
3,965 
4 
11 
31 
86 
203 
50 to 99 acres 
591 
2 
3 
10 
54 
95 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
353 
2 
9 
36 
68 
54 
200 to 499 acres 
266 
18 
47 
77 
68 
29 
500 to 999 acres 
101 
50 
33 
7 
10 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
33 
25 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
16 
13 
3 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
543 
8 
8 
15 
25 
29 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
10,168 
486 
313 
789 
1,348 
721 
were abandoned 
farms 
368 
6 
9 
10 
15 
10 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
5,990 
1,026 
668 
310 
142 
137 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1,437 
39 
41 
23 
53 
80 
acres 
53,535 
10,514 
(D) 
1,536 
2,389 
1,072 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
295 
11 
5 
18 
19 
32 
acres 
6,690 
2,753 
(D) 
1,069 
404 
(D) 
Total woodland 
farms 
5,804 
92 
85 
140 
240 
308 
acres 
773,652 
99,332 
(D) 
37,316 
53,540 
49,445 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,103 
7 
10 
19 
35 
36 
acres 
27,105 
708 
(D) 
530 
(D) 
1,910 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
5,442 
89 
84 
136 
228 
302 
acres 
746,547 
98,624 
(D) 
36,786 
(D) 
47,535 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
114 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
