Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
502 
450 
444 
52 
51 
69 
acres 
269,950 
255,261 
242,054 
14,689 
(D) 
15,907 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
482 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
582 
503 
495 
79 
72 
- 
acres 
354,808 
335,369 
320,232 
19,439 
17,148 
- 
Family held 
farms 
503 
503 
495 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
335,369 
335,369 
320,232 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
495 
495 
495 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
79 
_ 
_ 
79 
72 
_ 
acres 
19,439 
- 
- 
19,439 
17,148 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
72 
- 
- 
72 
72 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
137 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35,306 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
376 
340 
333 
36 
29 
75 
workers 
5,474 
4,950 
(D) 
524 
502 
893 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
269 
238 
236 
31 
24 
58 
workers 
2,222 
1,862 
(D) 
360 
(D) 
306 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
303 
280 
274 
23 
22 
58 
workers 
3,252 
3,088 
(D) 
164 
(D) 
587 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
30 
28 
26 
2 
2 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
267 
234 
232 
33 
33 
35 
workers 
568 
519 
(D) 
49 
49 
132 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
79 
66 
66 
13 
13 
31 
1 0 to 49 acres 
103 
88 
88 
15 
15 
23 
50 to 69 acres 
31 
24 
24 
7 
7 
10 
70 to 99 acres 
52 
45 
45 
7 
6 
19 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
36 
34 
34 
2 
1 
7 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
36 
31 
31 
5 
5 
10 
180 to 219 acres 
19 
18 
17 
1 
1 
5 
220 to 259 acres 
33 
27 
27 
6 
6 
1 
260 to 499 acres 
80 
68 
66 
12 
8 
16 
500 to 999 acres 
50 
46 
43 
4 
4 
7 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
35 
28 
27 
7 
6 
6 
2,000 acres or more 
28 
28 
27 
- 
- 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3 
3 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
76 
72 
71 
4 
4 
20 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
54 
51 
46 
3 
3 
11 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
113 
97 
97 
16 
15 
13 
Other crop farming (1119) 
152 
126 
126 
26 
25 
48 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
152 
126 
126 
26 
25 
48 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
23 
20 
20 
3 
3 
4 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
47 
46 
46 
1 
1 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
12 
10 
10 
2 
2 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
13 
13 
12 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
88 
65 
65 
23 
18 
37 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
148 
141 
141 
7 
7 
33 
number 
(D) 
20,957 
20,957 
(D) 
(D) 
417 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
40 
38 
38 
2 
2 
28 
1 0 to 49 
55 
53 
53 
2 
2 
3 
50 to 99 
14 
13 
13 
1 
1 
- 
100 to 199 
17 
16 
16 
1 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Maine 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
