Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
_ 
- 
2 
1 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
365 
- 
2 
- 
5 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
480 
i 
3 
5 
27 
57 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
i 
1 
23 
61 
141 
$50,000 or more 
679 
71 
87 
143 
160 
86 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
5,171 
13 
20 
30 
97 
117 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
29,993 
1,115,776 
221,431 
149,742 
75,798 
88,603 
Less than $1 ,000 
329 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,275 
- 
1 
- 
5 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,083 
1 
1 
2 
2 
8 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,252 
3 
4 
3 
9 
20 
$25,000 to $49,999 
547 
- 
2 
3 
35 
17 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
685 
9 
12 
22 
44 
64 
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 
45 
61 
92 
177 
181 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
78,482 
3,804 
3,980 
4,733 
9,159 
2,195 
services 
farms 
381 
11 
20 
12 
34 
39 
$1,000 
4,671 
240 
1,552 
315 
744 
348 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
332 
7 
11 
12 
23 
24 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
1,614 
542 
116 
16 
216 
76 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
738 
5 
12 
10 
30 
40 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
4,486 
22 
36 
61 
333 
207 
(see text) 
farms 
287 
5 
11 
29 
32 
22 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
12,034 
(D) 
182 
1,234 
4,049 
184 
from cooperatives 
farms 
540 
19 
28 
50 
60 
49 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
7,381 
1,209 
1,317 
2,197 
1,134 
455 
payments received 
farms 
75 
6 
5 
7 
12 
8 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
3,268 
573 
58 
248 
213 
191 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
112 
7 
6 
9 
11 
24 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
1,455 
(D) 
208 
225 
172 
256 
sources (see text) 
farms 
887 
7 
12 
19 
31 
33 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
43,573 
273 
511 
435 
2,298 
479 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,249 
79 
112 
176 
315 
381 
acres 
160,789 
21,412 
18,557 
17,426 
17,197 
14,159 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,834 
78 
111 
175 
309 
379 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
137,039 
19,893 
17,278 
15,687 
15,696 
12,315 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
25 
27 
73 
214 
314 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
7 
31 
53 
53 
27 
100 to 199 acres 
179 
16 
19 
27 
27 
30 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
17 
28 
20 
15 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
11 
6 
2 
- 
1 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
1 
1 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
506 
4 
9 
16 
26 
29 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
5,689 
(D) 
(D) 
411 
416 
475 
were abandoned 
farms 
349 
7 
10 
7 
28 
28 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
3,763 
180 
165 
285 
215 
556 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
785 
12 
22 
32 
46 
57 
acres 
12,439 
716 
671 
900 
514 
693 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
248 
3 
9 
13 
29 
23 
acres 
1,859 
(□) 
(D) 
143 
356 
120 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,206 
45 
64 
95 
178 
208 
acres 
209,111 
7,302 
6,428 
8,874 
12,824 
13,656 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,093 
9 
8 
21 
44 
39 
acres 
17,837 
349 
242 
363 
696 
1,255 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,668 
43 
61 
88 
156 
188 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
191,274 
6,953 
6,186 
8,511 
12,128 
12,401 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
3,485 
17 
31 
52 
91 
114 
acres 
62,234 
1,774 
1,687 
1,834 
4,445 
3,867 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
88 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
