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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
48 
22 
16 
12 
500 or more 
26 
4 
10 
8 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
1,782 
1,504 
137 
87 
number 
42,622 
20,898 
10,250 
7,680 
Beef cows farms 
1,354 
1,203 
76 
57 
number 
10,505 
8,656 
801 
614 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,086 
972 
56 
43 
1 0 to 49 
239 
211 
17 
11 
50 to 99 
19 
14 
2 
2 
too to 199 
8 
5 
1 
1 
200 to 499 
2 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cews farms 
581 
423 
73 
37 
number 
32,117 
12,242 
9,449 
7,066 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
290 
249 
15 
6 
1 0 to 49 
130 
89 
20 
5 
50 to 99 
79 
52 
12 
6 
100 to 199 
46 
28 
11 
7 
200 to 499 
27 
4 
11 
10 
500 or more 
9 
1 
4 
3 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
1,909 
1,613 
149 
78 
number 
43,634 
(D) 
9,356 
6,499 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
1 ,656 
1,375 
142 
79 
number 
35,311 
13,965 
5,691 
4,277 
$1,000 
31,076 
10,068 
3,852 
2,606 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
677 
537 
67 
44 
number 
11,914 
5,032 
2,258 
1,923 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
1,456 
1,200 
127 
67 
number 
23,397 
8,933 
3,433 
2,354 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
26 
17 
2 
2 
number 
(D) 
271 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
752 
658 
41 
16 
number 
8,923 
(D) 
672 
96 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
683 
604 
37 
16 
25 to 49 
47 
38 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
13 
11 
1 
- 
100 to 199 
4 
3 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
3 
1 
1 
- 
500 or more 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
340 
296 
16 
6 
number 
1,596 
(D) 
72 
13 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
632 
555 
33 
14 
number 
7,327 
(D) 
600 
83 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
699 
628 
31 
16 
number 
12,090 
10,043 
(D) 
(D) 
$1,000 
1,726 
1,303 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
759 
658 
47 
16 
number 
11,925 
10,467 
551 
252 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
613 
530 
38 
14 
number 
7,374 
6,480 
298 
160 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
456 
398 
17 
6 
number 
8,503 
8,085 
193 
92 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
1,667 
1,436 
115 
62 
number 
11,987 
9,384 
1,545 
1,093 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
1,602 
1,391 
105 
59 
number 
9,753 
7,692 
1,376 
938 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
432 
370 
37 
22 
number 
1,738 
1,445 
(D) 
169 
Goats, all inventory farms 
595 
528 
42 
24 
number 
6,449 
5,233 
(D) 
370 
Goats, all sold farms 
229 
208 
10 
8 
number 
2,608 
2,375 
98 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
2,088 
1,868 
98 
49 
number 
3,531,186 
37,678 
15,217 
13,494 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,081 
1,866 
97 
48 
400 to 3,199 
3 
2 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
1 
- 
1 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
203 
186 
5 
3 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
468 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
