Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
282 
4 
3 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
727 
663 
24 
16 
$5,000 to $9,999 
568 
500 
32 
15 
$10,000 to $24,999 
585 
483 
47 
24 
$25,000 to $49,999 
342 
279 
19 
8 
$50,000 or more 
650 
381 
120 
85 
Operators reporting net losses farms 
5,003 
4,341 
279 
161 
Average net loss dollars 
21,362 
13,520 
25,319 
24,491 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
422 
385 
20 
6 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,690 
1,542 
53 
23 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,163 
1,052 
67 
48 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,067 
929 
55 
28 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
259 
51 
37 
$50,000 or more 
301 
174 
33 
19 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total farms 
10 
5 
2 
2 
$1,000 
361 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) farms 
2,722 
2,197 
260 
153 
$1,000 
37,017 
21,867 
3,966 
2,425 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services farms 
407 
322 
34 
21 
$1,000 
8,002 
2,248 
440 
366 
Gross cash rent or share payments farms 
438 
335 
39 
31 
$1,000 
2,325 
1,207 
320 
304 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products farms 
1,133 
960 
97 
48 
$1,000 
8,616 
5,783 
771 
358 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) farms 
270 
206 
23 
11 
$1,000 
1,803 
1,028 
209 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms 
345 
242 
40 
18 
$1,000 
604 
254 
115 
101 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received farms 
77 
52 
12 
9 
$1,000 
2,945 
1,568 
580 
(D) 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms 
182 
122 
27 
14 
$1,000 
1,587 
586 
353 
278 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) farms 
657 
518 
84 
50 
$1,000 
11,135 
9,194 
1,177 
860 
LAND USE 
Total cropland farms 
5,864 
4,930 
391 
239 
acres 
477,343 
264,144 
75,296 
58,481 
Harvested cropland farms 
5,325 
4,455 
366 
220 
acres 
400,960 
211,190 
67,888 
53,080 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
3,965 
3,476 
214 
122 
50 to 99 acres 
591 
470 
41 
21 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
353 
271 
34 
19 
200 to 499 acres 
266 
176 
44 
34 
500 to 999 acres 
101 
53 
19 
13 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
33 
7 
10 
7 
2,000 acres or more 
16 
2 
4 
4 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
543 
474 
33 
13 
acres 
10,168 
8,921 
(D) 
(D) 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 
368 
310 
30 
14 
acres 
5,990 
4,159 
(D) 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) farms 
1,437 
1,198 
87 
51 
acres 
53,535 
36,413 
3,799 
2,787 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 
295 
239 
25 
14 
acres 
6,690 
3,461 
1,686 
1,226 
Total woodland farms 
5,804 
4,938 
384 
227 
acres 
773,652 
508,112 
54,833 
37,270 
Woodland pastured farms 
1,103 
967 
72 
31 
acres 
27,105 
21,019 
3,531 
1,296 
Woodland not pastured farms 
5,442 
4,634 
344 
218 
acres 
746,547 
487,093 
51,302 
35,974 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
140 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
