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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
412 
374 
14 
11 
number 
1 ,256,343 
16,143 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
40 
38 
1 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold farms 
417 
385 
11 
8 
number 
138,857 
125,580 
8,445 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
409 
379 
9 
7 
2,000 to 59,999 
8 
6 
2 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventery (see text) farms 
266 
224 
6 
3 
number 
5,554 
3,892 
129 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) farms 
236 
204 
7 
3 
number 
12,551 
4,037 
(D) 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain farms 
58 
38 
12 
9 
acres 
15,324 
(D) 
6,287 
6,097 
bushels 
868,647 
(D) 
334,062 
323,562 
Irrigated farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 
acres 
968 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
15 
13 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
9 
3 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
9 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
6 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
8 
1 
5 
5 
Corn for grain farms 
68 
44 
20 
7 
acres 
5,040 
1,301 
2,535 
1,825 
bushels 
649,389 
101,929 
340,327 
237,881 
Irrigated farms 
7 
3 
4 
3 
acres 
316 
3 
313 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
39 
29 
9 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
13 
11 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
9 
3 
4 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
1 
5 
4 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
151 
89 
29 
21 
acres 
24,214 
(D) 
6,654 
4,843 
tons 
371,184 
103,133 
101,249 
67,094 
Irrigated farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
37 
32 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
49 
35 
8 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
36 
17 
10 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
5 
6 
4 
500 acres or more 
14 
- 
4 
3 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
18 
16 
- 
- 
acres 
365 
(D) 
- 
- 
cwt 
5,387 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
16 
15 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
154 
104 
21 
10 
acres 
28,725 
15,244 
4,735 
3,681 
bushels 
1,856,231 
955,838 
329,589 
247,764 
Irrigated farms 
10 
9 
- 
- 
acres 
420 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
48 
38 
9 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
23 
19 
2 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
37 
23 
3 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
35 
21 
4 
4 
500 acres or more 
11 
3 
3 
2 
Sorghum for grain farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
30 
20 
5 
2 
acres 
2,128 
1,213 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
87,088 
42,771 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
152 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
