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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
2,534 
414 
621 
764 
192 
205 
74 
6 
258 
workers 
15,649 
1,441 
1,788 
3,383 
1,912 
2,532 
1,937 
501 
2,155 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more farms 
1,500 
188 
273 
429 
147 
188 
65 
6 
204 
workers 
6,257 
403 
544 
1,210 
460 
1,150 
941 
444 
1,105 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
1,893 
304 
475 
566 
158 
145 
61 
6 
178 
workers 
9,392 
1,038 
1,244 
2,173 
1,452 
1,382 
996 
57 
1,050 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
124 
2 
20 
23 
20 
34 
18 
- 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
8 
- 
4 
3 
1 
" 
" 
" 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
3,967 
932 
1,677 
1,056 
85 
74 
8 
- 
135 
workers 
9,760 
2,038 
4,378 
2,595 
183 
130 
18 
" 
418 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
449 
1,045 
652 
27 
25 
7 
1 
116 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
728 
1,162 
758 
64 
45 
12 
1 
143 
50 to 69 acres 
570 
168 
186 
167 
32 
8 
1 
- 
8 
70 to 99 acres 
555 
160 
184 
147 
12 
25 
3 
- 
24 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
467 
128 
182 
106 
19 
10 
3 
1 
18 
140 to 1 79 acres 
241 
70 
63 
50 
15 
17 
3 
- 
23 
180 to 219 acres 
197 
46 
48 
54 
15 
17 
3 
1 
13 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
25 
32 
19 
5 
11 
8 
- 
8 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
53 
70 
56 
22 
34 
11 
- 
23 
500 to 999 acres 
81 
12 
10 
9 
9 
16 
11 
1 
13 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
3 
- 
3 
- 
5 
12 
1 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
3 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41 
6 
19 
9 
2 
1 
- 
- 
4 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
923 
157 
267 
332 
45 
30 
15 
- 
77 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
779 
165 
252 
209 
45 
46 
15 
1 
46 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
968 
239 
334 
241 
36 
35 
22 
4 
57 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,502 
462 
687 
283 
18 
13 
3 
- 
36 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
11 
2 
- 
2 
1 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,491 
460 
687 
281 
17 
9 
1 
- 
36 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
195 
279 
136 
1 
- 
- 
- 
9 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
8 
1 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
147 
11 
24 
20 
31 
34 
15 
- 
12 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
135 
42 
66 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
380 
67 
189 
98 
1 
2 
1 
1 
21 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
365 
93 
182 
83 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,887 
405 
683 
583 
41 
52 
3 
- 
120 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
1,423 
358 
570 
335 
40 
43 
18 
- 
59 
number 
35,703 
4,397 
5,060 
5,293 
3,695 
7,026 
7,582 
- 
2,650 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
872 
239 
412 
189 
3 
1 
1 
- 
27 
1 0 to 49 
383 
98 
149 
116 
2 
3 
1 
- 
14 
50 to 99 
87 
15 
9 
26 
22 
7 
2 
- 
6 
1 00 to 1 99 
46 
6 
- 
3 
11 
16 
- 
- 
10 
200 to 499 
29 
- 
- 
1 
2 
16 
8 
- 
2 
500 or more 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
1,039 
249 
380 
264 
40 
40 
18 
_ 
48 
number 
18,740 
1,958 
2,340 
2,722 
2,133 
4,009 
4,146 
- 
1,432 
Beef cows farms 
849 
222 
347 
217 
14 
12 
4 
_ 
33 
number 
6,240 
1,493 
2,063 
1,840 
234 
268 
33 
- 
309 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
647 
174 
283 
151 
8 
7 
2 
- 
22 
10 to 49 
188 
45 
62 
62 
4 
3 
2 
- 
10 
50 to 99 
13 
3 
2 
4 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows farms 
278 
34 
61 
75 
33 
35 
16 
- 
24 
number 
12,500 
465 
277 
882 
1,899 
3,741 
4,113 
- 
1,123 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
133 
26 
53 
46 
1 
- 
- 
- 
7 
10 to 49 
62 
4 
8 
26 
15 
2 
- 
- 
7 
50 to 99 
42 
4 
- 
3 
13 
13 
2 
- 
7 
100 to 199 
26 
- 
- 
- 
3 
19 
1 
- 
3 
200 to 499 
15 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
13 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
" 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
1,044 
251 
419 
238 
35 
39 
16 
- 
46 
number 
16,963 
2,439 
2,720 
2,571 
1,562 
3,017 
3,436 
" 
1,218 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
870 
203 
282 
251 
38 
41 
17 
_ 
38 
number 
13,691 
1,383 
1,601 
2,104 
1,253 
2,675 
3,573 
- 
1,102 
$1,000 
9,503 
1,116 
1,836 
1,616 
694 
1,685 
1,667 
- 
889 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 303 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
