Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
454 
160 
157 
47 
24 
23 
$5,000 to $9,999 
365 
117 
137 
18 
31 
15 
$10,000 to $24,999 
480 
112 
178 
43 
40 
42 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
71 
150 
28 
16 
26 
$50,000 or more 
679 
95 
209 
48 
52 
46 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
5,171 
1,639 
2,011 
375 
381 
310 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
29,993 
20,971 
27,226 
35,867 
30,912 
24,840 
Less than $1 ,000 
329 
113 
117 
18 
32 
22 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,275 
458 
522 
69 
101 
62 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,083 
366 
429 
86 
87 
41 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,252 
405 
479 
99 
71 
75 
$25,000 to $49,999 
547 
152 
189 
39 
33 
77 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
685 
145 
275 
64 
57 
33 
Total 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
2,716 
532 
962 
234 
259 
221 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
78,482 
7,850 
34,096 
5,289 
7,850 
4,870 
services 
... farms 
381 
70 
125 
16 
29 
37 
$1,000 
4,671 
632 
1,433 
82 
187 
1,188 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
332 
46 
99 
14 
34 
46 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
1,614 
(D) 
229 
42 
125 
155 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
738 
81 
226 
78 
90 
63 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
4,486 
(D) 
458 
271 
364 
446 
(see text) 
... farms 
287 
32 
112 
31 
37 
25 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
12,034 
(D) 
3,726 
1,044 
2,258 
426 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
540 
98 
127 
48 
47 
54 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
7,381 
(D) 
886 
718 
299 
888 
payments received 
... farms 
75 
7 
18 
11 
6 
11 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
3,268 
123 
1,724 
483 
133 
92 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
112 
21 
30 
12 
7 
10 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
1,455 
98 
252 
103 
92 
295 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
887 
232 
397 
64 
74 
47 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
43,573 
5,957 
25,388 
2,547 
4,392 
1,380 
Total cropland 
... farms 
5,249 
1,194 
1,937 
458 
457 
381 
acres 
160,789 
3,173 
21,821 
10,071 
12,271 
14,511 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
4,834 
1,092 
1,756 
425 
432 
356 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
137,039 
2,582 
16,949 
7,890 
10,487 
12,774 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
1,092 
1,756 
385 
371 
258 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
- 
- 
40 
61 
76 
100 to 199 acres 
179 
- 
- 
- 
- 
22 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
1 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
506 
93 
204 
54 
41 
29 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
5,689 
233 
1,109 
725 
572 
326 
were abandoned 
... farms 
349 
42 
142 
39 
33 
19 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
3,763 
(D) 
935 
360 
232 
221 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
785 
104 
348 
63 
73 
53 
acres 
12,439 
213 
2,595 
766 
840 
1,027 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
248 
44 
67 
34 
35 
16 
acres 
1,859 
(D) 
233 
330 
140 
163 
Total woodland 
... farms 
4,206 
463 
1,752 
411 
451 
365 
acres 
209,111 
1,232 
22,341 
13,005 
19,657 
24,040 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
1,093 
133 
503 
81 
110 
96 
acres 
17,837 
279 
3,520 
1,001 
1,154 
2,500 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
3,668 
365 
1,459 
371 
414 
333 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
191,274 
953 
18,821 
12,004 
18,503 
21,540 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
3,485 
658 
1,484 
266 
315 
253 
acres 
62,234 
2,087 
13,090 
4,892 
6,902 
6,811 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
62 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
