Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,698 
2,156 
211 
138 
acres treated 
242,868 
98,534 
49,009 
39,739 
Manure used 
farms 
1,746 
1,421 
169 
102 
acres treated 
75,208 
38,826 
15,968 
11,606 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,687 
1,276 
159 
102 
acres 
141,903 
49,161 
24,552 
20,037 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,849 
1,427 
174 
116 
acres 
210,182 
78,147 
43,427 
35,731 
Nematodes 
farms 
413 
315 
35 
17 
acres 
37,580 
15,600 
1 1 ,380 
8,931 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
924 
675 
87 
53 
acres 
97,016 
35,132 
18,897 
16,007 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
341 
248 
27 
15 
acres on which used 
40,041 
15,520 
8,006 
7,811 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
422 
272 
47 
21 
acres 
10,251 
5,059 
2,481 
2,058 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
804 
642 
65 
35 
acres 
24,454 
15,632 
3,770 
2,722 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
377 
268 
49 
33 
acres 
38,852 
24,978 
1,894 
1,142 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
387 
303 
34 
21 
acres 
9,909 
(D) 
1,622 
931 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
298 
219 
36 
15 
acres 
18,994 
7,693 
5,296 
2,380 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
1,477 
1,172 
123 
82 
acres 
145,558 
60,834 
37,841 
34,061 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
928 
683 
96 
52 
acres 
29,379 
14,757 
3,821 
3,107 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
464 
380 
29 
19 
Solar panels 
farms 
358 
287 
28 
18 
Wind turbines 
farms 
125 
98 
3 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
17 
14 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
29 
23 
2 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
13 
7 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
31 
18 
7 
7 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
6,126 
5,358 
308 
172 
Part owners 
farms 
1,581 
1,214 
169 
111 
Tenants 
farms 
466 
357 
48 
29 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
7,708 
6,572 
477 
283 
acres 
1,237,055 
793,981 
109,282 
80,990 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
7,707 
6,572 
477 
283 
acres 
1,204,914 
771,518 
106,155 
77,972 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,056 
1,580 
217 
140 
acres 
253,734 
141,047 
45,883 
33,976 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,047 
1,571 
217 
140 
acres 
249,190 
140,699 
45,618 
33,771 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
528 
427 
34 
29 
acres 
36,685 
22,811 
3,392 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
13,406 
10,991 
1,032 
644 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,782 
3,367 
144 
71 
2 operators 
3,787 
3,168 
294 
180 
3 operators 
445 
306 
62 
45 
4 operators 
119 
78 
16 
7 
5 or more operators 
40 
10 
9 
9 
Total women operators 
number 
5,494 
4,617 
409 
245 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,712 
4,068 
299 
173 
2 operators 
348 
259 
50 
31 
3 operators 
21 
9 
2 
2 
4 operators 
3 
1 
1 
1 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
