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 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,698 
109 
103 
126 
205 
253 
acres treated 
242,868 
128,227 
43,265 
20,701 
18,974 
7,052 
Manure used 
farms 
1,746 
31 
31 
55 
105 
118 
acres treated 
75,208 
19,728 
11,214 
9,673 
7,247 
7,194 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,687 
96 
82 
87 
146 
211 
acres 
141,903 
87,256 
21,743 
10,886 
8,419 
4,078 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,849 
109 
100 
118 
166 
228 
acres 
210,182 
119,805 
38,485 
21,760 
12,497 
4,748 
Nematodes 
farms 
413 
29 
23 
20 
27 
58 
acres 
37,580 
23,513 
5,331 
3,058 
1,628 
860 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
924 
68 
61 
61 
98 
119 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
97,016 
60,336 
17,441 
6,796 
5,690 
1,963 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
341 
33 
32 
25 
36 
34 
acres on which used 
40,041 
24,891 
7,603 
2,611 
2,226 
815 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
422 
32 
29 
33 
48 
30 
acres 
10,251 
1,996 
1,896 
1,540 
1,603 
571 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
804 
24 
21 
35 
62 
64 
acres 
24,454 
3,744 
2,644 
2,487 
3,029 
3,159 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
377 
3 
13 
9 
29 
37 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
38,852 
(D) 
(D) 
1,028 
1,835 
5,391 
used 
farms 
387 
16 
18 
17 
16 
29 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
9,909 
3,753 
1,398 
1,343 
289 
470 
used 
farms 
298 
25 
24 
18 
33 
17 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
18,994 
9,839 
5,520 
1,107 
1,438 
208 
practices were used 
farms 
1,477 
99 
79 
84 
109 
155 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
145,558 
87,432 
28,650 
13,227 
7,695 
2,800 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
928 
39 
48 
48 
62 
105 
acres 
29,379 
1 1 ,354 
8,252 
3,799 
2,344 
709 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
464 
4 
7 
4 
12 
15 
Solar panels 
farms 
358 
1 
6 
2 
10 
11 
Wind turbines 
farms 
125 
- 
1 
1 
2 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
29 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
31 
- 
7 
1 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
6,126 
30 
21 
60 
127 
214 
Part owners 
farms 
1,581 
85 
85 
121 
166 
156 
Tenants 
farms 
466 
9 
14 
21 
46 
34 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
7,708 
116 
106 
181 
293 
370 
acres 
1 ,237,055 
210,491 
57,562 
57,797 
71,579 
74,166 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
7,707 
115 
106 
181 
293 
370 
acres 
1,204,914 
206,806 
56,906 
56,392 
70,213 
72,420 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,056 
94 
99 
143 
212 
190 
acres 
253,734 
66,718 
34,681 
36,673 
42,028 
15,460 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,047 
94 
99 
142 
212 
190 
acres 
249,190 
63,036 
34,367 
36,583 
41,963 
15,447 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
528 
13 
8 
14 
21 
25 
acres 
36,685 
7,367 
970 
1,495 
1,431 
1,759 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
13,406 
300 
222 
384 
556 
707 
1 operator 
3,782 
38 
51 
69 
161 
161 
2 operators 
3,787 
39 
46 
96 
146 
208 
3 operators 
445 
24 
16 
29 
26 
20 
4 operators 
119 
17 
4 
5 
5 
13 
5 or more operators 
40 
6 
3 
3 
1 
2 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
5,494 
52 
49 
119 
165 
264 
1 operator 
4,712 
33 
37 
85 
133 
232 
2 operators 
348 
5 
4 
14 
16 
16 
3 operators 
21 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 operators 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
118 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
