Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
2,507 
2,226 
Land in farms acres 
94,598 
84,923 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
960 
899 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
338 
272 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,023 
875 
50 to 1 79 acres 
435 
372 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
138 
149 
180 to 499 acres 
79 
69 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
10 
500 acres or more 
10 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
21 
57 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
29 
15 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
169 
187 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,194 
2,042 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
175 
147 
acres 
84,489 
74,930 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
545 
384 
production (1125, 1129) 
936 
890 
acres 
10,109 
9,993 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,962 
1,842 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
73,362 
67,284 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
232 
200 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
17,155 
14,773 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
2,330 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
313 
184 
acres 
4,081 
2,866 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
165 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,982 
1,882 
Total farms 
2,507 
2,226 
Partnerships 
169 
130 
$1,000 
52,347 
40,534 
Corporations 
237 
165 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
119 
49 
sold farms 
2,507 
2,226 
$1,000 
51,136 
40,180 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,254 
1,186 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,067 
800 
2 operators 
1,016 
836 
$1,000 
40,798 
30,818 
3 operators 
164 
157 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
44 
41 
their products farms 
1,114 
963 
5 or more operators 
29 
6 
$1,000 
10,338 
9,362 
Government payments farms 
155 
83 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,211 
355 
1 operator 
2,160 
1,935 
2 operators 
262 
251 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
76 
29 
4 operators 
4 
11 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,055 
1,033 
5 or more operators 
5 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
320 
288 
$2,500 to $4,999 
293 
227 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
281 
194 
Internet access 
2,163 
1,635 
$10,000 to $24,999 
283 
267 
Dial-up service 
125 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
101 
86 
DSL service 
463 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
174 
131 
Cable modem service 
1,054 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
312 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
266 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
124 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
110 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
23 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
214 
92 
Programs payments farms 
3 
6 
acres 
7,909 
4,208 
$1,000 
(D) 
5 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
153 
81 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
(D) 
350 
1 household 
2,276 
1,972 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
190 
176 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
28 
48 
4 households 
8 
11 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8 
- 
5 or more households 
5 
19 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
317 
159 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
118 
151 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
258 
188 
Less than 25 percent 
1,918 
1,783 
25 to 49 percent 
168 
137 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
338 
273 
50 to 74 percent 
192 
117 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
81 
79 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
100 percent 
148 
110 
42 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
