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Trends in Maine Agriculture a summary of the 2012 Census of Agriculture
Gary Keough, State StatisticianUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New England Field Office
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics ServiceSlide2
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
A complete count, taken every five years,
of America’s farms and ranches and
the people who operate them.Slide3
“FARM” DEFINED
Any place from which $1,000 of
agricultural products were produced
and sold, or normally would have been
sold, during the Census year.Slide4
2012 DATA COLLECTION
NASS mailed questionnaires for the 2012 Census of Agriculture to farm and ranch operators in late December 2012 to collect data for the 2012 calendar year.
Completed
forms were due by February 4, 2013.
NASS
continued to collect Census data through summer 2013.
Producers
returned their forms by mail or
online. Slide5
Number of farms and land in farms
8,174 farms in 2012, up slightly from 8,136 farms in 20071,455,304 acres in 2012, up from 1,347,566 acres in 2007Slide6
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
2012
Total
2007
total
2012 as percent of 2007
Farms number
8,174
8,136
100%
Land in farms acres
1,455,304
1,347,566
108%
Average size of farm acres178166107% Median size of farm acres6765
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Farm Numbers and Land in Farm Comparisons, 2007 and 2012Slide7
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Land Use
2012
2007
Percent Change
acres
All Other LAND
121,402
95,620
27%
CROPLAND
477,343
529,253
-10%
PASTURELAND81,70762,01432%WOODLAND773,652660,67917%Total
1,454,104
1,347,566
8%
Land Use Comparisons, 2007 and 2012Slide8
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ECONOMICS
2012 Total Farm Income $810.2 million, up from $661.4 million in 20072012 Total Expenses, $645.6 million, up from $493.7 million in 2007Slide14
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Farm
Income Source
2012
2007
Percent Change
COMMODITY TOTALS -
SALES
763,062,000
617,190,000
24%
GOVT PROGRAMS, FEDERAL
10,162,000
8,815,000
15%INCOME, FARM-RELATED 37,017,00035,359,000
5%
AG
SERVICES, CUSTOMWORK
& OTHER
8,002,000
12,809,000
-38%
AG
TOURISM & RECREATIONAL SERVICES
1,803,000
1,012,000
78%
CROP
& ANIMAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS
2,945,000
1,080,000
173%
FOREST PRODUCTS, (EXCL CHRISTMAS TREES & SHORT TERM WOODY CROPS & MAPLE SYRUP) 8,616,0005,816,00048%GOVT PROGRAMS, STATE & LOCAL 1,587,0001,205,00032% OTHER11,135,00011,299,000-1%PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS & REFUNDS FROM COOPERATIVES 604,000405,00049%RENT, LAND & BUILDINGS2,325,0001,733,00034%Total810,241,000 661,364,000 23%
Excludes value added salesSlide15
Expenses
20122007
Farms
Expenses
($000)
Farms
Expenses
($000)
Total
8,173
645,631
8,136
493,693
Avg. per Farm
78,99660,68015Slide16
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Net Cash Farm Income
20122007
Farms
Income
($000)
Farms
Income
($000)
Net Cash Income, all farms
8,173
164,610
8,136
167,671
Avg. per Farm
20,14120,609Net Cash Income, farms with gains3,177271,0863,235229,963Avg. per Farm85,32871,086Net Cash Income, farms with losses4,996106,4764,90162,292Avg. per Farm21,31212,71018Farms 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. Slide19
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Economic Sales Class
farms
sales
%
of farms
Cumulative % of total farm
% of sales
Cumulative % of Sales
LESS THAN 1,000 $
1,990
444,000
24%
24.3%
0.1%0%1,000 TO 2,499 $1,1221,649,00014%38.1%0.2%0%2,500 TO 4,999 $
1,050
3,585,000
13%
50.9%
0.5%
1%
5,000 TO 9,999 $
1,077
7,094,000
13%
64.1%
0.9%
2%
10,000 TO 24,999 $
1,125
16,434,000
14%
77.9%2.2%4%25,000 TO 49,999 $62019,972,0008%85.5%2.6%6%50,000 TO 99,999 $40427,651,0005%90.4%3.6%10%100,000 TO 249,999 $33952,144,0004%94.5%6.8%17%250,000 TO 499,999 $20269,568,0002%97.0%9.1%26%500,000 TO 999,999 $12086,326,0001%98.5%11.3%37%1,000,000 OR MORE $124478,194,0002%100.0%62.7%100%Total8,173763,061,000100% 100%
2012 Economic Sales Class ComparisonsSlide25
Economic Sales Class
Farms with $500,000 sales and above totaled 244 and accounted for 3% of farms and 74% of all gross sales.Farms with $250,000 sales and above totaled 446 and accounted for 5% of farms and 83% of all gross sales.
Farms with $100,000 sales and above totaled 785 and accounted for 10% of farms and 90% of all gross sales.Slide26
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Direct Market SalesMaine
Direct Market Sales
2012
US
Ranking
2007
Change
OPERATIONS WITH SALES
2,311
23
1,705
+ 606 farms
SALES, MEASURED IN $
24,793,000
2118,419,000+$6,374,000SALES, MEASURED IN $ / OPERATION10,7281610,803-$75SALES, MEASURED IN PCT OF FARM OPERATIONS28.3521.0+7.3%SALES, MEASURED IN PCT OF FARM SALES
3.2
8
3.0
+0.2%
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Direct Market SalesCounties
County
Sales
Million $
Ranking of all US CountiesYork
3.287
68
th
Cumberland
3.027
78
th
Lincoln
2.613
94thAroostook2.488101st28Slide29Slide30Slide31Slide32
Community Supported Agriculture
Maine had 406 farms with CSAs which rank 8th
nationally. This is 5 percent of all farms and ranks 3
rd
nationally by percent of farms.32
2012
2007
Change
Farms with CSA
406
159
+247 farmsSlide33
Community Supported AgricultureCounties
County
Number of farms
Ranking of all US Counties
Waldo
65
6
th
Androscoggin
58
9
th
York
41
20nd (tie)33Slide34
Wholesale direct to retailers and institutions
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Maine had 1,074 farms that market directly to retailers which ranks 17
th
nationally. This is 13 percent of all farms and ranks 7th
nationally by percent of farms.Slide35
Wholesale direct to retailers and institutions
Counties
County
Number of farms
Ranking of all US Counties
Waldo
115
34
th
Hancock
101
45
th
(tie)
York1045th (tie)Penobscot9655th35Slide36
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Agri
-tourism
2012
2007
Percent Change
OPERATIONS
WITH
A
G TOURISM
270
112
141%
AG
TOURISM RECEIPTS, MEASURED IN $1,803,0001,012,00078%AG TOURISM RECEIPTS, MEASURED IN $ / OPERATION6,6789,039-26%Agri-tourismSlide37
Ag labor
2012
2007
Per. Change
LABOR, HIRED - NUMBER OF WORKERS
15,072
15,634
-3.6%
LABOR, HIRED - OPERATIONS WITH WORKERS
2,415
1,886
28.0%
LABOR, HIRED, GE 150 DAYS - NUMBER OF WORKERS
4,594
3,56129.0%LABOR, HIRED, LT 150 DAYS - NUMBER OF WORKERS10,47812,073-13.2%37Slide38
DEMOGRAPHICS
Average age of the principal operator was 57.0 years compared to 56.4 years in 2007 years29% of principal farm operators are women, up from 25% in 2007Slide39Slide40
Age group:
2012
Total
2012
Percent of total
2007
total
2007
Percent of total
2012 as percent of 2007
Net Change
Under 25 years
621%461%135%16 25 to 34 years
489
6%
350
4%
140%
139
35 to 44 years
834
10%
991
12%
84%
-157
45 to 54 years
1,938
24%2,27728%85%-339 55 to 64 years 2,48430%2,35129%106%133 65 to 74 years 1,65220%1,35717%122%295 75 years and over 7159%7649%94%-49
Principal Operator Age Group Comparisons,
2012 and 2007 Slide41
Source: Census of Agriculture
Years on present farm:
2012
Total
2012
Percent of total
2007
total
2007
Percent of total
2012 as percent of 2007
Net Change
2
years or less 3735%2503%149%123
3
or 4 years
620
8%
684
8%
91%
-64
5
to 9 years
1,432
18%
1,480
18%
97%
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10
years or more 5,74970%5,72270%100%27Beginning Farmers Years on present farm, 2007 and 2012Slide42
Women Principal Farm Operators
Average age of women principal operators was 53.3 years compared to 51.9 years in 2007 years in 2007
Sex of operator:
2012
Total
2012
Percent of total
2007
total
2007
Percent of total
2012 as percent of 2007
Male
5,793
71%6,09375%95%Female2,381
29%
2,043
25%
117%Slide43
Percentage of Farms with Women Principal Operators,
New England States and U.S., 2002, 2007, and 2012
Censuses of AgricultureSlide44
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CENSUS DATA INSIGHTS
The full 2012 Census publication
is certain to show interesting trends over the past five
years.
It will contain several pieces of data that were collected for the first-time ever, including new information on:
biomass
Internet access
regional
food marketing and
distribution
land
use
practices, and
agroforestry
. Slide47
FINDING CENSUS DATA
Census data are available:
Online at
www.agcensus.usda.gov
NASS Quick Stats: http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov
Desktop Data Query tool:
http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Desktop_Application/Slide48
FINDING CENSUS DATA
Other Census Products:
State and County profiles:
http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Maine/index.asp
2012 Congressional Districts: http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Congressional_District_Profiles/
Agricultural Atlas:
http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Ag_Atlas_Maps/Slide49
FINDING CENSUS DATA
Other Census Products:
Special Organic Tabulation, September 2014
Watersheds, November 2014
Typology, December 2014Slide50
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Contact info:Gary KeoughUSDA NASS New England Field Office53 Pleasant St. Rm 3450Concord, NH 03301
603-227-3129
Gary_keough@nass.usda.gov