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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,168 
15 
33 
75 
201 
300 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
19,078 
26,108 
Partnership 
farms 
583 
20 
20 
40 
49 
40 
acres 
(D) 
11,481 
(D) 
10,638 
7,800 
4,876 
Registered under state law 
farms 
388 
17 
15 
32 
36 
19 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8,830 
5,358 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
719 
45 
58 
70 
92 
56 
acres 
105,800 
32,132 
13,323 
9,063 
1 1 ,534 
3,006 
Family held 
farms 
578 
38 
53 
61 
74 
36 
acres 
82,550 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
10,630 
2,490 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
1 
3 
2 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
568 
37 
50 
59 
72 
36 
Other than family held 
farms 
141 
7 
5 
9 
18 
20 
acres 
23,250 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
904 
516 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
139 
5 
5 
9 
18 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
285 
6 
3 
18 
13 
36 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
1,020 
(D) 
2,862 
2,368 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,534 
86 
113 
185 
297 
253 
workers 
15,649 
2,733 
1,569 
1,644 
2,598 
1,193 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,500 
79 
102 
151 
201 
161 
workers 
6,257 
1,743 
642 
720 
627 
445 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,893 
66 
85 
139 
241 
194 
workers 
9,392 
990 
927 
924 
1,971 
748 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
124 
17 
28 
25 
20 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,967 
7 
33 
61 
162 
211 
workers 
9,760 
16 
75 
125 
370 
526 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
9 
10 
24 
49 
100 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
15 
10 
35 
100 
156 
50 to 69 acres 
570 
1 
3 
22 
35 
47 
70 to 99 acres 
555 
4 
4 
21 
28 
35 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
467 
4 
11 
8 
47 
26 
140 to 179 acres 
241 
5 
11 
13 
26 
11 
180 to 219 acres 
197 
4 
10 
29 
18 
15 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
6 
9 
9 
14 
8 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
9 
29 
27 
29 
21 
500 to 999 acres 
81 
15 
14 
12 
8 
11 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
13 
3 
1 
- 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41 
3 
2 
3 
8 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
923 
14 
21 
41 
80 
101 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
779 
18 
31 
50 
103 
101 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
968 
32 
27 
33 
57 
94 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,502 
2 
4 
9 
24 
52 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
2 
1 
4 
1 
3 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,491 
. 
3 
5 
23 
49 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
- 
- 
1 
2 
7 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
147 
12 
23 
37 
33 
16 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
135 
- 
- 
2 
1 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
380 
2 
2 
1 
7 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
365 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,887 
6 
3 
26 
43 
40 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,423 
14 
29 
47 
70 
76 
number 
35,703 
6,494 
5,955 
5,805 
3,773 
2,601 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
872 
2 
1 
11 
27 
1 0 to 49 
383 
1 
2 
4 
20 
27 
50 to 99 
87 
2 
2 
10 
29 
19 
100 to 199 
46 
- 
5 
27 
10 
2 
200 to 499 
29 
6 
17 
5 
- 
1 
500 or more 
6 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,039 
14 
28 
44 
65 
56 
number 
18,740 
3,524 
3,514 
3,234 
2,095 
1,246 
Beef cows 
farms 
849 
3 
9 
12 
35 
42 
number 
6,240 
(D) 
240 
136 
507 
745 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
647 
1 
5 
6 
18 
19 
1 0 to 49 
188 
2 
2 
6 
14 
19 
50 to 99 
13 
- 
1 
- 
3 
4 
100 to 199 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
