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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
7,938 
103 
112 
184 
312 
384 
acres 
1,314,892 
175,169 
86,462 
90,377 
105,592 
80,863 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
396 
15 
16 
12 
27 
33 
acres 
107,962 
32,675 
8,110 
6,070 
18,691 
7,067 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,929 
34 
60 
113 
206 
298 
acres 
912,217 
42,168 
48,538 
49,307 
79,207 
60,964 
Partnership 
farms 
525 
29 
27 
23 
55 
51 
acres 
151,773 
56,075 
(D) 
13,338 
13,543 
10,916 
Registered under state law 
farms 
312 
19 
22 
12 
37 
28 
acres 
1 1 1 ,743 
43,830 
14,220 
9,013 
10,131 
8,561 
Corporation 
farms 
582 
56 
30 
58 
67 
49 
acres 
354,808 
161,876 
24,660 
29,251 
17,943 
1 1 ,744 
Family held 
farms 
503 
52 
26 
53 
61 
46 
acres 
335,369 
159,617 
21,657 
28,655 
16,565 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
- 
2 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
495 
52 
24 
51 
60 
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 
116 
184 
261 
264 
workers 
15,072 
4,365 
1,479 
1,600 
1,698 
1,646 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,146 
120 
100 
142 
171 
136 
workers 
4,594 
2,082 
422 
517 
432 
321 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,976 
103 
93 
141 
196 
231 
workers 
10,478 
2,283 
1,057 
1,083 
1,266 
1,325 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
109 
19 
8 
14 
20 
14 
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 
75 
144 
217 
workers 
10,698 
38 
51 
169 
325 
553 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,239 
3 
2 
11 
20 
28 
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 
16 
43 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
794 
- 
2 
5 
28 
61 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
521 
3 
1 
6 
20 
33 
180 to 219 acres 
407 
- 
1 
7 
25 
31 
220 to 259 acres 
257 
- 
4 
11 
33 
15 
260 to 499 acres 
654 
4 
14 
65 
94 
72 
500 to 999 acres 
332 
25 
46 
54 
45 
31 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
157 
53 
34 
11 
12 
4 
2,000 acres or more 
55 
29 
3 
4 
2 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
3 
4 
3 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
891 
63 
52 
38 
52 
77 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
681 
7 
8 
14 
46 
68 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
958 
5 
5 
30 
39 
78 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,340 
- 
16 
23 
70 
96 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) 
2,340 
. 
16 
23 
70 
96 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
950 
1 
- 
3 
12 
16 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
308 
37 
33 
69 
89 
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 
40 
76 
133 
140 
number 
86,256 
34,376 
9,233 
9,989 
9,777 
3,909 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,467 
2 
8 
32 
10 to 49 
667 
1 
5 
2 
43 
87 
50 to 99 
113 
- 
1 
11 
51 
18 
100 to 199 
102 
2 
8 
55 
27 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
