Table 37. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[Totals may not add due to rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Crop 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Quantity 
Irrigated land 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
HAY, FORAGE, AND FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS - Con. 
All haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(tons, green) 
291 
14,862 
97,033 
9 
37 
272 
15,822 
88,299 
1 
(D) 
Haylage or greenchop from alfalfa or alfalfa 
mixtures (tons, green) 
83 
4,432 
34,071 
2 
(D) 
137 
5,416 
34,766 
- 
- 
Other haylage, grass silage, and greenchop, 
excluding corn and sorghum silage (tons, green) 
232 
10,430 
62,962 
7 
(D) 
183 
10,406 
53,533 
1 
(D) 
OTHER SPECIFIED CROPS 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
1,404 
17,260 
(X) 
540 
4,794 
1,001 
15,560 
(X) 
380 
5,004 
Land in orchards (see text) 
456 
4,146 
(X) 
84 
765 
458 
5,416 
(X) 
86 
766 
Land in berries (see text) 
1,137 
15,727 
(X) 
599 
14,207 
1,027 
14,804 
(X) 
617 
13,673 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
417 
127 
(X) 
103 
31 
240 
86 
(X) 
56 
(D) 
1 .0 to 4.9 acres 
347 
767 
(X) 
172 
402 
347 
734 
(X) 
165 
392 
5.0 to 14.9 acres 
173 
1,495 
(X) 
143 
1,193 
239 
2,038 
(X) 
205 
1,703 
15.0 to 24.9 acres 
72 
1,360 
(X) 
59 
1,052 
88 
1,670 
(X) 
85 
1,577 
25.0 to 49.9 acres 
64 
2,166 
(X) 
61 
1,965 
59 
1,925 
(X) 
53 
1,720 
50.0 to 99.9 acres 
39 
2,712 
(X) 
36 
2,489 
33 
2,334 
(X) 
32 
2,249 
100.0 acres or more 
25 
7,099 
(X) 
25 
7,076 
21 
6,018 
(X) 
21 
(D) 
28 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
