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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Sweet potatoes farms 
16 
13 
2 
1 
3 
13 
acres 
4 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
3 
Harvested for processing farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
625 
449 
134 
42 
204 
421 
acres 
281 
148 
111 
22 
116 
165 
Harvested for processing farms 
54 
29 
17 
8 
15 
39 
acres 
25 
11 
8 
6 
5 
20 
Land in orchards farms 
507 
387 
101 
19 
148 
359 
acres 
3,536 
2,455 
1,048 
33 
1,598 
1,939 
Irrigated farms 
62 
48 
13 
1 
8 
54 
acres 
295 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
282 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
403 
303 
84 
16 
107 
296 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
78 
62 
13 
3 
29 
49 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
21 
19 
2 
- 
9 
12 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
250.0 acres or more 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Apples farms 
443 
334 
92 
17 
133 
310 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
3,337 
2,292 
1,016 
29 
1,538 
1,800 
Grapes farms 
95 
80 
15 
- 
17 
78 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
57 
48 
10 
- 
15 
42 
Peaches, all farms 
98 
75 
21 
2 
25 
73 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
39 
31 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
23 
Pecans farms 
2 
_ 
2 
_ 
2 
_ 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Walnuts, English farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
1,109 
896 
163 
50 
437 
672 
acres 
39,734 
12,182 
26,913 
639 
10,265 
29,469 
' Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
^ Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Maine 223 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
