Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
17 
29 
38 
29 
83 
185 
$1,000 
(D) 
267 
156 
65 
121 
74 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
farms 
17 
29 
37 
28 
79 
179 
$1,000 
(D) 
267 
(D) 
(D) 
116 
70 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
4 
6 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
4 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
farms 
143 
237 
273 
227 
290 
387 
$1,000 
2,610 
2,305 
1,169 
633 
352 
206 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
farms 
26 
44 
46 
34 
50 
31 
$1,000 
333 
320 
153 
82 
39 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
farms 
60 
99 
181 
162 
112 
40 
$1,000 
937 
612 
638 
373 
147 
23 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
65 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs 
farms 
37 
61 
82 
59 
61 
32 
$1,000 
198 
283 
138 
81 
70 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
farms 
32 
96 
93 
129 
142 
157 
$1,000 
254 
325 
257 
237 
149 
61 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
farms 
73 
100 
113 
129 
26 
37 
$1,000 
1,735 
1,399 
623 
372 
33 
20 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
farms 
61 
170 
160 
185 
235 
314 
$1,000 
237 
345 
191 
149 
166 
110 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Aquaculture 
farms 
19 
23 
16 
10 
22 
39 
$1,000 
624 
329 
100 
35 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
farms 
40 
96 
55 
44 
109 
87 
$1,000 
522 
399 
82 
59 
126 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
farms 
92 
125 
61 
44 
49 
29 
$1,000 
895 
687 
239 
79 
(□) 
(D) 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
farms 
13 
7 
26 
8 
5 
6 
$1,000 
22 
12 
15 
4 
2 
1 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
farms 
167 
374 
344 
234 
296 
301 
$1,000 
2,227 
2,402 
863 
400 
280 
96 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
farms 
493 
890 
835 
748 
933 
2,629 
$1,000 
30,699 
25,065 
21,957 
14,286 
12,703 
73,393 
Average per farm 
dollars 
62,270 
28,162 
26,296 
19,100 
13,615 
27,917 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
farms 
308 
563 
414 
310 
340 
562 
$1,000 
759 
790 
406 
319 
221 
673 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
269 
531 
399 
299 
338 
533 
$5,000 to $24,999 
37 
31 
15 
10 
2 
27 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
" 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Chemicals purchased 
farms 
279 
428 
273 
179 
183 
317 
$1,000 
563 
410 
114 
70 
61 
273 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
258 
415 
272 
178 
183 
300 
$5,000 to $24,999 
19 
13 
1 
1 
- 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Massachusetts 109 
