Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
4,052 
2,991 
926 
135 
1,709 
2,343 
acres 
81,707 
48,075 
31,555 
2,077 
36,348 
45,359 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
6,077 
4,662 
1,256 
159 
2,626 
3,451 
acres 
121,402 
87,739 
31,669 
1,994 
47,170 
74,232 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,365 
955 
245 
165 
574 
791 
acres 
30,887 
6,019 
24,250 
618 
3,915 
26,972 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,355 
946 
244 
165 
573 
782 
acres 
30,811 
(D) 
(D) 
618 
3,897 
26,914 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
15 
13 
2 
- 
4 
11 
acres 
76 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
18 
58 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
293 
223 
64 
6 
142 
151 
acres 
12,643 
10,569 
2,050 
24 
7,062 
5,581 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
403 
168 
217 
18 
168 
235 
acres 
123,762 
17,742 
100,071 
5,949 
38,690 
85,072 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
554 
289 
149 
116 
215 
339 
$1,000 
36,401 
3,414 
19,547 
13,440 
15,880 
20,521 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
8,173 
6,126 
1,581 
466 
3,782 
4,391 
$1,000 
3,356,102 
2,011,382 
1,212,665 
132,055 
1 ,353,709 
2,002,393 
Average per farm 
dollars 
410,633 
328,335 
767,024 
283,379 
357,935 
456,022 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,308 
2,549 
1,962 
2,812 
2,161 
2,420 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
735 
480 
63 
192 
431 
304 
$50,000 to $99,999 
615 
513 
60 
42 
311 
304 
$100,000 to $199,999 
1,758 
1,499 
203 
56 
843 
915 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,301 
2,648 
555 
98 
1,491 
1,810 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,216 
752 
411 
53 
502 
714 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
373 
165 
194 
14 
129 
244 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
144 
59 
74 
11 
63 
81 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
24 
8 
16 
- 
11 
13 
$10,000,000 or more 
7 
2 
5 
- 
1 
6 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
8,171 
6,124 
1,581 
466 
3,780 
4,391 
$1,000 
570,168 
271,989 
266,857 
31,323 
215,906 
354,262 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
1,171 
1,023 
66 
82 
643 
528 
$5,000 to $9,999 
777 
644 
57 
76 
433 
344 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,222 
1,020 
154 
48 
601 
621 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,387 
1,917 
352 
118 
1,030 
1,357 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,344 
949 
345 
50 
577 
767 
$100,000 to $199,999 
705 
386 
270 
49 
276 
429 
$200,000 to $499,999 
399 
146 
217 
36 
165 
234 
$500,000 or more 
166 
39 
120 
7 
55 
111 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
5,974 
4,287 
1,401 
286 
2,574 
3,400 
number 
1 1 ,555 
6,488 
4,555 
512 
4,651 
6,904 
Tractors, all 
farms 
6,242 
4,483 
1,463 
296 
2,774 
3,468 
number 
14,400 
8,317 
5,487 
596 
6,297 
8,103 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,914 
3,011 
724 
179 
1,762 
2,152 
number 
5,711 
4,172 
1,257 
282 
2,584 
3,127 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,748 
2,415 
1,192 
141 
1,652 
2,096 
number 
6,578 
3,552 
2,806 
220 
2,869 
3,709 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
882 
366 
469 
47 
380 
502 
number 
2,111 
593 
1,424 
94 
844 
1,267 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
202 
60 
132 
10 
88 
114 
number 
229 
69 
148 
12 
99 
130 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
131 
45 
85 
1 
50 
81 
number 
155 
(D) 
105 
(D) 
62 
93 
Hay balers 
farms 
2,285 
1,234 
957 
94 
1,003 
1,282 
number 
2,970 
1,488 
1,362 
120 
1,296 
1,674 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
216 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
