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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
475 
105 
174 
44 
52 
19 
acres 
42,611 
364 
4,609 
2,636 
4,309 
2,072 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
6,168 
1,958 
2,354 
474 
437 
372 
acres 
(D) 
8,241 
56,033 
27,447 
36,252 
42,816 
Partnership 
farms 
583 
140 
175 
31 
48 
40 
acres 
(D) 
461 
4,464 
1,816 
4,041 
4,629 
Registered under state law 
farms 
388 
81 
120 
26 
32 
28 
acres 
(D) 
313 
3,092 
1,532 
2,673 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
719 
159 
248 
54 
51 
46 
acres 
105,800 
707 
6,075 
3,177 
4,173 
5,208 
Family held 
farms 
578 
98 
197 
52 
47 
41 
acres 
82,550 
447 
4,677 
(D) 
3,825 
4,613 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
1 
- 
1 
1 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
568 
97 
197 
52 
46 
40 
Other than family held 
farms 
141 
61 
51 
2 
4 
5 
acres 
23,250 
260 
1,398 
(D) 
348 
595 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
139 
61 
51 
2 
4 
5 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
285 
65 
136 
11 
19 
9 
acres 
(D) 
207 
3,270 
603 
1,466 
986 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,534 
558 
895 
230 
191 
156 
workers 
15,649 
2,299 
4,452 
1,611 
1,596 
989 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,500 
302 
507 
111 
124 
100 
workers 
6,257 
1,011 
1,727 
341 
509 
383 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,893 
401 
667 
196 
151 
102 
workers 
9,392 
1,288 
2,725 
1,270 
1,087 
606 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
124 
7 
17 
14 
20 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
7 
- 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,967 
1,047 
1,563 
353 
305 
270 
workers 
9,760 
2,421 
3,807 
808 
880 
764 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
2,322 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
- 
2,913 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
570 
- 
- 
570 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
555 
- 
- 
- 
555 
- 
100 to 139 acres 
467 
- 
- 
- 
- 
467 
140 to 179 acres 
241 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
197 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
81 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41 
7 
9 
1 
1 
7 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
923 
408 
284 
69 
59 
25 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
779 
168 
284 
83 
47 
67 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
968 
379 
401 
62 
48 
30 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,502 
88 
561 
152 
194 
164 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) . 
1,491 
88 
559 
152 
191 
164 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
128 
296 
42 
47 
46 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
147 
20 
6 
4 
8 
11 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
135 
29 
46 
24 
21 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
380 
135 
157 
17 
15 
26 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
365 
150 
132 
12 
18 
29 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,887 
810 
736 
102 
96 
55 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,423 
220 
468 
108 
154 
150 
number 
35,703 
890 
3,691 
1,294 
2,106 
2,165 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
872 
203 
357 
65 
96 
81 
1 0 to 49 
383 
17 
101 
41 
47 
59 
50 to 99 
87 
- 
9 
1 
10 
10 
100 to 199 
46 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,039 
129 
298 
91 
135 
113 
number 
18,740 
433 
1,590 
747 
1,144 
1,039 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
