Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
7,755 
100.0 
7,691 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
523,517 
100.0 
517,879 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
5,249 
67.7 
5,508 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
160,789 
30.7 
187,406 
summer fallow 
farms 
248 
3.2 
167 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
4,834 
62.3 
4,792 
acres 
1,859 
0.4 
1,437 
acres 
137,039 
26.2 
153,993 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,206 
54.2 
4,259 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
53.8 
3,956 
acres 
209,111 
39.9 
212,539 
1 to 9 acres 
2,506 
32.3 
2,136 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,093 
14.1 
1,160 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
868 
11.2 
904 
acres 
17,837 
3.4 
21,853 
20 to 29 acres 
408 
5.3 
435 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,668 
47.3 
3,670 
30 to 49 acres 
394 
5.1 
481 
acres 
191,274 
36.5 
190,686 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
4.6 
466 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
179 
2.3 
241 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
1.3 
113 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
3,485 
44.9 
3,359 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
0.3 
14 
acres 
62,234 
11.9 
48,120 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
(Z) 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
(Z) 
- 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
5,698 
73.5 
5,005 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
91,383 
17.5 
69,814 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
506 
6.5 
1,184 
acres 
5,689 
1.1 
16,219 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
1,134 
14.6 
1,080 
acres 
18,061 
3.4 
17,194 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
19 
(X) 
30 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
459 
(X) 
580 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
785 
10.1 
812 
acres 
12,439 
2.4 
13,305 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops tailed 
programs 
farms 
518 
(X) 
722 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
349 
4.5 
264 
acres 
31,025 
(X) 
32,811 
acres 
3,763 
0.7 
2,452 
16 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
