Table 41 . Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Maine 
Androscoggin 
Aroostook 
Cumberland 
Franklin 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
2,698 
176 
341 
206 
77 
2007 
2,753 
126 
380 
176 
106 
acres treated, 2012 
242,868 
7,510 
123,376 
3,617 
1,287 
2007 
221,766 
6,316 
106,062 
4,077 
1,784 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
2,482 
166 
325 
182 
70 
2007 
2,462 
119 
337 
157 
89 
acres treated, 2012 
237,734 
6,964 
123,120 
3,169 
1,017 
2007 
215,203 
5,988 
105,051 
3,793 
1,510 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
389 
29 
20 
46 
13 
2007 
502 
23 
62 
26 
32 
acres treated, 2012 
5,134 
546 
256 
448 
270 
2007 
6,563 
328 
1,011 
284 
274 
Manure farms, 2012 
1,746 
137 
92 
133 
89 
2007 
1,596 
120 
117 
141 
82 
acres treated, 2012 
75,208 
8,740 
5,567 
3,923 
3,146 
2007 
81,517 
8,583 
4,260 
4,470 
3,993 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
1,687 
60 
263 
106 
28 
2007 
1,300 
55 
267 
80 
26 
acres, 2012 
141,903 
1,567 
76,442 
1,166 
152 
2007 
136,110 
3,034 
66,445 
1,361 
205 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
1,849 
88 
325 
107 
43 
2007 
1,164 
57 
258 
83 
18 
acres, 2012 
210,182 
3,834 
123,035 
1,572 
572 
2007 
129,544 
3,966 
84,666 
901 
272 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
413 
15 
85 
14 
5 
2007 
86 
8 
20 
11 
3 
acres, 2012 
37,580 
425 
28,833 
199 
14 
2007 
4,864 
396 
1,980 
93 
5 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
924 
39 
203 
50 
8 
2007 
596 
34 
159 
26 
15 
acres, 2012 
97,016 
782 
63,301 
418 
40 
2007 
52,143 
888 
37,933 
137 
73 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
341 
10 
90 
10 
7 
2007 
278 
21 
117 
12 
2 
acres on which used, 2012 
40,041 
396 
30,472 
96 
8 
2007 
32,647 
632 
29,107 
59 
(D) 
Item 
Hancock 
Kennebec 
Knox 
Lincoln 
Oxford 
Penobscot 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
180 
145 
135 
95 
154 
237 
2007 
188 
201 
100 
115 
152 
245 
acres treated, 2012 
6,671 
9,560 
3,162 
1,485 
6,206 
20,116 
2007 
6,517 
1 1 ,634 
2,689 
1,845 
7,298 
19,229 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
167 
129 
125 
84 
139 
212 
2007 
170 
171 
94 
102 
128 
220 
acres treated, 2012 
6,576 
9,102 
3,106 
1,225 
5,873 
19,341 
2007 
6,401 
10,839 
2,485 
1,628 
6,768 
18,449 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
18 
29 
13 
17 
27 
43 
2007 
25 
55 
16 
17 
39 
50 
acres treated, 2012 
95 
458 
56 
260 
333 
775 
2007 
116 
795 
204 
217 
530 
780 
Manure farms, 2012 
86 
132 
59 
48 
129 
160 
2007 
77 
162 
46 
62 
138 
132 
acres treated, 2012 
408 
10,965 
723 
1,175 
4,330 
1 1 ,940 
2007 
469 
14,799 
1,089 
1,433 
3,968 
1 1 ,779 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
147 
101 
94 
57 
83 
130 
2007 
100 
90 
68 
51 
52 
88 
acres, 2012 
6,293 
5,144 
2,267 
877 
2,596 
6,522 
2007 
10,543 
4,395 
2,563 
872 
3,971 
7,150 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
132 
114 
95 
64 
84 
156 
2007 
69 
78 
54 
42 
38 
103 
acres, 2012 
6,217 
6,486 
2,378 
870 
4,295 
13,905 
2007 
3,945 
3,932 
1,650 
595 
3,402 
10,474 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
29 
19 
30 
19 
19 
29 
2007 
3 
- 
2 
5 
7 
3 
acres, 2012 
821 
251 
243 
95 
493 
1,777 
2007 
6 
- 
(D) 
13 
808 
360 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
70 
40 
55 
27 
34 
74 
2007 
34 
29 
35 
19 
26 
36 
acres, 2012 
2,636 
846 
1,532 
271 
1,614 
2,990 
2007 
4,192 
97 
1,092 
244 
1,262 
2,571 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
24 
14 
14 
10 
13 
32 
2007 
9 
10 
6 
4 
8 
18 
acres on which used, 2012 
819 
567 
220 
114 
1,278 
2,246 
2007 
135 
231 
64 
(D) 
(D) 
1,261 
-continued 
324 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
