Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
7,755 
89 
117 
201 
370 
450 
percent 
100.0 
1.1 
1.5 
2.6 
4.8 
5.8 
Land in farms 
acres 
523,517 
50,677 
31,913 
35,837 
43,110 
37,823 
Average size of farm 
acres 
68 
569 
273 
178 
117 
84 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,755 
89 
117 
201 
370 
450 
$1,000 
500,336 
222,109 
79,939 
67,518 
57,951 
31,047 
Average per farm 
dollars 
64,518 
2,495,603 
683,241 
335,908 
156,624 
68,994 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,629 
. 
. 
_ 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
933 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
748 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
835 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
890 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
493 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
450 
- 
- 
- 
- 
450 
$100,000 to $249,999 
370 
- 
- 
- 
370 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
201 
- 
- 
201 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
117 
- 
117 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
89 
89 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
67 
67 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
15 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
7,755 
89 
117 
201 
370 
450 
$1,000 
492,211 
221,447 
78,970 
66,511 
55,832 
29,654 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
187 
13 
26 
31 
33 
16 
$1,000 
7,466 
1,643 
2,783 
1,403 
773 
522 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33 
7 
11 
6 
4 
5 
$1,000 
5,706 
1,521 
2,547 
871 
446 
320 
Corn 
farms 
164 
12 
25 
30 
31 
15 
$1,000 
6,869 
(D) 
2,556 
1,168 
763 
461 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
32 
7 
11 
6 
4 
4 
$1,000 
5,219 
1,521 
2,329 
667 
446 
254 
Wheat 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
10 
- 
2 
2 
1 
2 
$1,000 
451 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
370 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
17 
1 
3 
2 
3 
1 
$1,000 
66 
(D) 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
21 
3 
4 
4 
4 
5 
$1,000 
5,174 
(D) 
(D) 
1,319 
211 
181 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
3 
2 
4 
2 
1 
$1,000 
4,967 
(D) 
(D) 
1,319 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,428 
22 
46 
60 
131 
165 
$1,000 
81,209 
27,557 
16,507 
11,787 
12,638 
6,453 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
257 
19 
38 
45 
94 
61 
$1,000 
71,286 
(D) 
16,391 
11,570 
11,967 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,223 
24 
53 
80 
158 
187 
$1,000 
125,585 
57,330 
21,353 
17,100 
15,712 
7,498 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
317 
22 
40 
54 
107 
94 
$1,000 
116,511 
(D) 
21,201 
16,731 
14,971 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
358 
5 
22 
25 
49 
54 
$1,000 
22,146 
(D) 
7,301 
5,306 
3,917 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
81 
2 
16 
18 
31 
14 
$1,000 
19,212 
(D) 
7,227 
5,218 
3,563 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
1,017 
23 
44 
63 
134 
156 
$1,000 
103,440 
(D) 
14,053 
11,794 
11,795 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
239 
21 
26 
39 
77 
76 
$1,000 
96,600 
54,979 
13,796 
1 1 ,492 
11,208 
5,125 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,039 
37 
48 
57 
101 
170 
$1,000 
144,188 
92,813 
19,120 
11,151 
8,645 
6,582 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
244 
37 
41 
37 
56 
73 
$1,000 
135,260 
92,813 
19,014 
10,572 
7,738 
5,123 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
106 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
