Table 68. Summary by North American industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses ' - Con. 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased farms 
3,636 
42 
792 
560 
682 
773 
- 
$1,000 
41,431 
1,042 
27,371 
3,392 
1,930 
3,570 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,093 
27 
563 
497 
628 
695 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
301 
7 
75 
48 
42 
61 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
68 
3 
24 
8 
4 
11 
- 
$50,000 or more 
174 
5 
130 
7 
8 
6 
- 
Chemicals purchased farms 
2,673 
36 
639 
541 
584 
426 
_ 
$1,000 
26,950 
308 
16,948 
6,918 
992 
593 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,263 
26 
447 
429 
564 
400 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
226 
7 
52 
83 
17 
26 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
65 
2 
44 
13 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
119 
1 
96 
16 
2 
- 
- 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased farms 
2,807 
34 
773 
215 
686 
569 
- 
$1,000 
30,904 
495 
17,817 
3,243 
6,124 
982 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
1,617 
10 
391 
132 
327 
410 
- 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
656 
11 
159 
55 
210 
122 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
294 
8 
80 
17 
100 
33 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
126 
1 
59 
7 
33 
4 
- 
$50,000 or more 
114 
4 
84 
4 
16 
- 
- 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms 
2,456 
5 
200 
86 
112 
474 
- 
$1,000 
26,557 
(D) 
189 
(D) 
119 
1,082 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,078 
4 
194 
76 
103 
417 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
308 
1 
6 
7 
9 
49 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
59 
- 
- 
2 
- 
8 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms 
946 
3 
44 
15 
5 
194 
- 
$1,000 
3,163 
10 
25 
4 
6 
482 
- 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) farms 
1,975 
4 
172 
81 
108 
388 
- 
$1,000 
23,394 
(D) 
164 
(D) 
113 
600 
- 
Feed purchased farms 
4,659 
16 
322 
125 
229 
931 
_ 
$1,000 
104,563 
33 
760 
(D) 
459 
2,399 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
3,178 
14 
280 
111 
189 
802 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,113 
2 
41 
13 
40 
117 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
266 
- 
1 
1 
- 
12 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
52 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
50 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms 
7,676 
44 
843 
647 
902 
2,203 
_ 
$1,000 
40,871 
579 
12,952 
4,168 
3,025 
5,847 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
6,591 
27 
629 
554 
790 
1,997 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
766 
8 
83 
76 
92 
159 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
159 
7 
55 
6 
11 
37 
- 
$50,000 or more 
160 
2 
76 
11 
9 
10 
- 
Utilities farms 
4,813 
31 
576 
362 
595 
1,241 
_ 
$1,000 
21,672 
75 
5,329 
1,432 
6,838 
1,706 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
2,631 
10 
258 
215 
344 
820 
- 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,597 
15 
163 
103 
185 
364 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
484 
6 
106 
36 
61 
54 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
64 
- 
32 
4 
3 
3 
- 
$50,000 or more 
37 
- 
17 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance 
costs farms 
6,293 
41 
677 
531 
736 
1,891 
- 
$1,000 
53,481 
392 
16,677 
7,621 
2,736 
8,009 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
5,087 
22 
434 
424 
630 
1,611 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
814 
14 
115 
80 
93 
210 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
185 
4 
43 
13 
10 
42 
- 
$50,000 or more 
207 
1 
85 
14 
3 
28 
- 
Flired farm labor farms 
2,415 
21 
389 
264 
357 
621 
_ 
$1,000 
134,674 
(D) 
33,846 
29,814 
22,765 
7,918 
- 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
964 
10 
91 
112 
143 
372 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
722 
6 
117 
84 
116 
155 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
477 
3 
102 
49 
67 
80 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
163 
2 
49 
10 
15 
12 
- 
$250,000 or more 
89 
- 
30 
9 
16 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
162 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
