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 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
1,214 
353 
511 
303 
1 
- 
- 
- 
46 
$5,000 to $9,999 
738 
189 
352 
175 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,296 
336 
561 
325 
7 
11 
- 
- 
56 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,132 
515 
870 
569 
49 
19 
3 
1 
106 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,181 
278 
427 
354 
40 
27 
3 
- 
52 
$100,000 to $199,999 
735 
129 
199 
198 
68 
59 
12 
- 
70 
$200,000 to $499,999 
375 
41 
60 
90 
52 
71 
32 
3 
26 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
80 
2 
1 
7 
3 
26 
24 
2 
15 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
5,484 
1,256 
1,923 
1,529 
205 
206 
72 
5 
288 
number 
10,324 
1,973 
2,949 
2,662 
586 
873 
(D) 
(D) 
731 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
5,826 
1,418 
2,161 
1,507 
198 
184 
66 
5 
287 
number 
13,383 
3,057 
4,187 
3,260 
807 
784 
372 
94 
822 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
4,100 
1,071 
1,496 
1,055 
135 
112 
39 
4 
188 
number 
6,704 
1,790 
2,245 
1,614 
306 
239 
(D) 
(D) 
343 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
3,247 
720 
1,162 
810 
165 
151 
54 
3 
182 
number 
5,683 
1,155 
1,722 
1,416 
408 
416 
165 
31 
370 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
653 
90 
173 
175 
50 
67 
38 
4 
56 
number 
996 
112 
220 
230 
93 
129 
(D) 
(D) 
109 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
47 
2 
10 
11 
4 
8 
1 
_ 
11 
number 
54 
(D) 
10 
12 
4 
11 
(D) 
" 
13 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
120 
30 
21 
26 
11 
13 
6 
- 
13 
number 
146 
38 
22 
31 
14 
13 
7 
- 
21 
Hay balers 
....farms 
1,540 
446 
569 
345 
53 
51 
16 
- 
60 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
1,884 
525 
683 
440 
74 
59 
21 
82 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
2,751 
564 
835 
791 
150 
147 
65 
4 
195 
acres treated 
86,121 
9,649 
12,877 
12,502 
8,539 
16,425 
14,027 
1,005 
11,097 
Manure used 
....farms 
1,155 
272 
372 
351 
45 
43 
12 
- 
60 
acres treated 
24,374 
3,624 
4,133 
4,599 
2,315 
4,674 
2,617 
- 
2,412 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
1,775 
312 
471 
544 
131 
117 
55 
4 
141 
acres 
44,407 
3,007 
4,140 
5,300 
5,615 
8,438 
9,936 
1,005 
6,966 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
1,873 
345 
511 
518 
142 
146 
65 
4 
142 
acres 
58,478 
4,455 
6,234 
6,199 
6,945 
12,451 
12,472 
1,005 
8,717 
Nematodes 
....farms 
333 
46 
89 
96 
15 
28 
31 
2 
26 
acres 
15,359 
526 
1,802 
758 
(D) 
2,150 
5,448 
(D) 
3,680 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
921 
140 
220 
252 
95 
85 
45 
2 
82 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
28,054 
1,193 
2,585 
(D) 
2,684 
6,247 
7,478 
(D) 
5,306 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
240 
46 
54 
41 
32 
30 
22 
- 
15 
acres on which used 
10,086 
405 
633 
487 
888 
1,458 
3,743 
- 
2,472 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
244 
35 
69 
58 
31 
26 
9 
2 
14 
acres 
4,863 
644 
667 
957 
773 
575 
(D) 
(D) 
755 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
832 
185 
203 
250 
58 
53 
17 
3 
63 
acres 
17,569 
1,897 
1,993 
3,540 
(D) 
2,808 
2,068 
(D) 
3,016 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
773 
226 
255 
160 
33 
36 
14 
49 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
51,619 
15,195 
14,158 
9,829 
1,568 
3,332 
1,087 
6,450 
used 
....farms 
406 
90 
101 
124 
25 
21 
16 
- 
29 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
5,379 
656 
838 
532 
756 
1,009 
1,114 
474 
used 
....farms 
247 
35 
51 
80 
16 
29 
13 
- 
23 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
7,815 
702 
334 
524 
739 
2,589 
1,989 
“ 
938 
practices were used 
....farms 
1,430 
265 
401 
432 
97 
87 
37 
1 
110 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
27,417 
2,192 
2,184 
3,616 
(D) 
6,045 
6,266 
(D) 
3,491 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
973 
164 
224 
331 
81 
54 
23 
2 
94 
acres 
17,085 
1,460 
1,354 
2,317 
2,394 
3,439 
4,433 
(D) 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
465 
118 
118 
132 
27 
24 
13 
- 
33 
Solar panels 
....farms 
392 
107 
99 
111 
18 
22 
11 
- 
24 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
59 
9 
17 
7 
13 
4 
- 
- 
9 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
18 
3 
4 
8 
" 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
17 
- 
8 
7 
1 
1 
" 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
300 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
