Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,795 
1,354 
846 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
153,925 
139,764 
319,358 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
204 
94 
81 
62 
41 
45 
37 
48 
number 
80,913 
17,330 
29,424 
(D) 
(D) 
125,283 
(D) 
162,904 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
56 
50 
49 
111 
99 
111 
152 
165 
acres 
2,810 
2,432 
2,573 
5,091 
4,951 
4,893 
5,681 
6,077 
bushels 
401,986 
372,853 
346,592 
594,115 
590,748 
488,921 
626,829 
591,680 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
163 
230 
297 
431 
403 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
11,872 
13,895 
17,365 
22,960 
22,813 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
220,172 
275,194 
333,411 
449,583 
445,811 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
7 
7 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
7 
7 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
5 
2 
8 
15 
12 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
92 
(D) 
64 
107 
96 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
6,995 
(D) 
2,880 
4,370 
3,890 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
9 
1 
2 
2 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
5 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
105 
105 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,382 
1,382 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
10 
5 
8 
8 
7 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
751 
247 
127 
222 
214 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
32,722 
10,530 
2,632 
8,510 
8,270 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
8 
1 
2 
13 
12 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
28 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
37 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
669 
(D) 
(D) 
311 
297 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Tobacco 
farms 
22 
60 
50 
67 
68 
27 
21 
46 
acres 
413 
1,324 
1,113 
1,168 
1,176 
400 
458 
352 
pounds 
621,181 
2,328,982 
1,792,954 
1,866,820 
1,881,034 
624,961 
618,971 
574,990 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
2,200 
2,424 
2,017 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
76,519 
93,811 
93,745 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
167,667 
198,593 
209,771 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
1 
3 
7 
5 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
- 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 7 
farms 
1,404 
1,001 
866 
1,010 
935 
995 
1,008 
1,011 
acres 
17,770 
15,764 
14,757 
16,338 
16,039 
16,577 
16,325 
15,307 
Potatoes 
farms 
437 
205 
103 
106 
93 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3,898 
2,616 
3,220 
2,975 
2,964 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
64 
9 
4 
4 
4 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
17 
2 
(D) 
1 
1 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
456 
458 
384 
457 
431 
525 
572 
489 
acres 
4,146 
5,416 
5,426 
6,201 
6,546 
7,848 
9,379 
9,332 
Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
