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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain farms 
56 
4 
13 
12 
7 
14 
1 
- 
5 
acres 
2,810 
(D) 
(D) 
197 
600 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
624 
bushels 
401,986 
(D) 
(D) 
24,292 
65,805 
176,559 
(D) 
- 
117,544 
Irrigated farms 
9 
2 
4 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
54 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
35 
4 
12 
9 
3 
6 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
- 
1 
3 
1 
3 
1 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
163 
22 
26 
19 
24 
37 
16 
- 
19 
acres 
11,872 
857 
572 
543 
1,221 
3,224 
4,201 
- 
1,254 
tons 
220,172 
14,333 
8,375 
7,866 
21,503 
62,400 
82,250 
- 
23,445 
Irrigated farms 
7 
1 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
87 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
61 
9 
22 
10 
9 
6 
- 
- 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
56 
10 
2 
8 
13 
13 
4 
- 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
38 
3 
2 
1 
2 
18 
4 
- 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
8 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
28 
- 
5 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
669 
- 
90 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
92 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
6,995 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(□) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
10 
- 
3 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
751 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
32,722 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Tobacco farms 
22 
2 
1 
8 
1 
6 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
413 
(D) 
(D) 
31 
(D) 
218 
138 
- 
- 
pounds 
621,181 
(D) 
(D) 
53,528 
(D) 
254,928 
264,113 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
8 
- 
1 
4 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
106 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
4 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
6 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
" 
- 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
7 
- 
2 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 305 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
