Table 22. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Massachusetts: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 4,176 1,078 1,607 1,112 99 62 20 2 196 
50 to 99 acres 356 66 74 103 38 43 7 - 25 
100 to 199 acres 179 24 29 43 21 28 15 1 18 
200 to 499 acres 101 6 9 12 15 27 17 2 13 
500 to 999 acres 20 - - 1 - 7 10 - 2 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 1 - - - - - 1 - - 
2.000 acres or more 1 - - - - - - - 1 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 506 88 192 154 27 19 5 - 21 
acres 5,689 895 1,656 1,477 440 469 568 - 184 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 349 56 116 122 25 13 6 - 11 
acres 3,763 458 1,476 801 395 182 186 - 265 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 785 1 77 253 228 30 29 8 - 60 
acres 12,439 3,662 3,452 2,355 509 1,132 583 - 746 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 248 50 61 79 21 11 4 - 22 
acres 1,859 424 322 490 207 130 141 - 145 
Total woodland farms 4,206 1,075 1,636 1,055 107 111 42 2 178 
acres 209,111 57,280 71,097 43,585 7,013 10,940 (D) (D) 13,139 
Woodland pastured farms 1,093 244 442 305 26 19 9 - 48 
acres 17,837 3,651 8,569 3,797 502 413 349 - 556 
Woodland not pastured farms 3,668 979 1,410 878 97 101 40 2 161 
acres 191,274 53,629 62,528 39,788 6,511 10,527 (D) (D) 12,583 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 3,485 875 1,299 990 63 91 18 - 149 
acres 62,234 17,924 19,558 15,902 2,017 2,709 2,013 - 2,111 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 5,698 1,333 2,200 1,476 176 165 58 5 285 
acres 91,383 13,821 22,922 14,796 4,167 6,112 (D) (D) 23,687 
Irrigated land farms 1,746 258 463 582 116 117 49 5 156 
acres 23,433 1,171 2,151 2,729 2,053 4,742 4,443 996 5,148 
Harvested cropland farms 1,692 253 436 573 112 111 49 5 153 
acres 23,119 (D) 2,031 2,660 2,049 4,700 (D) 996 5,123 
Pastureland and other land farms 65 5 30 13 4 7 1 - 5 
acres 314 (D) 120 69 4 42 (D) - 25 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 19 3 10 4 - 1 1 
acres 459 (D) 80 199 - (D) (D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 518 57 88 126 82 87 34 1 43 
acres 31,025 (D) 1,562 2,607 3,688 8,389 8,266 (D) 5,162 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 198 28 44 79 10 9 7 2 19 
$1,000 26,238 303 256 (D) 2,131 2,968 7,707 (D) 2,772 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 7,755 1,843 2,985 2,021 220 213 74 6 393 
$1,000 5,460,071 1,061,338 1,596,272 1,304,103 (D) 357,178 269,565 (D) 591,391 
Average per farm dollars 704,071 575,875 534,764 645,276 (D) 1,676,894 3,642,774 (D) 1,504,811 
Average per acre dollars 10,430 9,224 10,821 12,310 (D) 8,675 8,715 (D) 11,048 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 626 112 249 213 9 3 1 1 38 
$50,000 to $99,999 360 67 178 98 1 3 1 - 12 
$100,000 to $199,999 803 201 387 172 7 2 1 - 33 
$200,000 to $499,999 2,840 722 1,232 723 51 33 4 1 74 
$500,000 to $999,999 1,863 507 631 497 63 50 7 - 108 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 756 159 196 204 48 64 22 1 62 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 392 63 92 89 35 47 22 2 42 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 99 12 17 24 4 10 12 1 19 
$10,000,000 or more 16 - 3 1 2 1 4 - 5 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 7,751 1,843 2,981 2,021 220 213 74 6 393 
$1,000 418,149 67,519 105,705 97,715 (D) 48,202 31,000 (D) 35,126 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 299 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
