2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Maine

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Dec/17/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	177
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	8,200
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	1,450,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	10,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	30,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	82,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	4,500

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	21,000
Milk - Production, Measured in $	124,740,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	630,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
POTATOES
POTATOES	48,000	47,500	320 CWT / ACRE	15,200,000 CWT	10.2 $ / CWT	155,040,000
HAY
HAY		131,000	2.04 TONS / ACRE	267,000 TONS	151 $ / TON	38,548,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		125,000	2 TONS / ACRE	250,000 TONS	133 $ / TON	35,250,000
HAY, ALFALFA		6,000	2.8 TONS / ACRE	17,000 TONS	194 $ / TON	3,298,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						38,548,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	1,000
MAPLE SYRUP
MAPLE SYRUP			0.375 GALLONS / TAP	709,000 GALLONS	33.7 $ / GALLON	23,893,000
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED				41,800,000 LB		18,291,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET				30,500,000 LB	0.563 $ / LB	17,172,000
APPLES, PROCESSING				11,300,000 LB	198 $ / TON	1,119,000
APPLES		3,000	14,500 LB / ACRE	43,500,000 LB	0.438 $ / LB
BLUEBERRIES
BLUEBERRIES, WILD, UTILIZED			3,980 LB / ACRE	67,650,000 LB		17,561,000
BLUEBERRIES, WILD, PROCESSING				67,300,000 LB	0.249 $ / LB	16,791,000
BLUEBERRIES, WILD, FRESH MARKET				350,000 LB	2.2 $ / LB	770,000
BLUEBERRIES, WILD		17,000		67,800,000 LB	0.26 $ / LB
OATS
OATS	21,000	20,000	67 BU / ACRE	1,340,000 BU	2.8 $ / BU	3,886,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN					(NA) $ / BU
CORN	31,000
CORN, SILAGE		28,000	18 TONS / ACRE	504,000 TONS

(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit

Census State Profile: Maine

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	763,062	44	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	473,852	40	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	289,210	43	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	(D)	44	50
Tobacco	(D)	19	19
Cotton and cottonseed	-	-	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	207,254	16	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	114,657	15	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	76,007	33	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	(D)	11	49
Other crops and hay	47,980	40	50
Poultry and eggs	38,938	39	50
Cattle and calves	31,076	43	50
Milk from cows	126,632	32	50
Hogs and pigs	1,726	39	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	3,637	39	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	7,159	43	50
Aquaculture	75,107	8	50
Other animals and other animal products	4,935	38	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	193,106	41	50
Vegetables harvested, all	72,657	16	50
Potatoes	61,336	5	50
Land in Berries	39,734	2	49
Blueberries, wild	38,626	1	35

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Layers	3,531,186	25	50
Cattle and calves	86,256	43	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	(D)	40	50
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	47,252	35	50
Colonies of bees	14,456	30	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	2,282
$1,000 to $2,499	997
$2,500 to $4,999	1,022
$5,000 to $9,999	1,045
$10,000 to $19,999	841
$20,000 to $24,999	240
$25,000 to $39,999	457
$40,000 to $49,999	132
$50,000 to $99,999	379
$100,000 to $249,999	338
$250,000 to $499,999	198
$500,000 or more	242

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	645,631
Average per farm ($)	78,996

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	164,610
Average per farm ($)	20,141

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	3,964
Other	4,209

Principal operators by sex
Male	5,792
Female	2,381

Average age of principal operator	57.0

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	55
Asian	17
Black or African American	78
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4
White	12,921
More than one race	93

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	134

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.