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 
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- 
Less than $1 ,000 
246 
- 
1 
- 
4 
4 
$1,000 to $4,999 
454 
- 
- 
2 
1 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
365 
- 
2 
- 
9 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
480 
i 
3 
5 
27 
70 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
i 
3 
21 
68 
137 
$50,000 or more 
679 
74 
86 
145 
161 
89 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
5,171 
13 
22 
28 
100 
123 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
29,993 
1,115,776 
217,325 
147,848 
74,380 
85,645 
Less than $1 ,000 
329 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,275 
- 
1 
- 
6 
5 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,083 
1 
1 
2 
2 
8 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,252 
3 
5 
2 
9 
23 
$25,000 to $49,999 
547 
- 
2 
3 
36 
22 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
685 
9 
13 
21 
45 
63 
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 
47 
62 
91 
185 
197 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
78,482 
3,810 
4,100 
4,674 
9,242 
2,525 
services 
farms 
381 
11 
21 
11 
36 
45 
$1,000 
4,671 
240 
1,553 
315 
744 
389 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
332 
9 
10 
11 
25 
24 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
1,614 
548 
115 
11 
219 
75 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
738 
5 
12 
10 
32 
43 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
4,486 
22 
36 
61 
362 
181 
(see text) 
farms 
287 
5 
11 
29 
34 
21 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
12,034 
(D) 
182 
1,234 
4,055 
215 
from cooperatives 
farms 
540 
19 
30 
49 
65 
45 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
7,381 
1,209 
1,337 
2,179 
1,162 
473 
payments received 
farms 
75 
6 
5 
8 
11 
11 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
3,268 
573 
58 
314 
147 
207 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
112 
7 
7 
8 
17 
26 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
1,455 
(D) 
308 
125 
249 
262 
sources (see text) 
farms 
887 
7 
12 
19 
36 
39 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
43,573 
273 
511 
435 
2,304 
723 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,249 
82 
115 
173 
327 
391 
acres 
160,789 
22,270 
18,978 
16,577 
17,588 
14,403 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,834 
81 
114 
172 
321 
389 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
137,039 
20,751 
17,589 
14,907 
15,841 
12,652 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
25 
27 
73 
226 
320 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
7 
32 
54 
52 
31 
100 to 199 acres 
179 
16 
21 
25 
29 
30 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
20 
28 
18 
14 
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 
10 
15 
28 
33 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
5,689 
(D) 
(D) 
351 
499 
452 
were abandoned 
farms 
349 
7 
11 
8 
26 
30 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
3,763 
180 
175 
294 
196 
570 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
785 
12 
24 
31 
54 
55 
acres 
12,439 
716 
711 
882 
676 
609 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
248 
3 
9 
13 
30 
24 
acres 
1,859 
(D) 
(D) 
143 
376 
120 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,206 
46 
69 
91 
184 
228 
acres 
209,111 
7,380 
7,483 
7,948 
13,929 
14,554 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,093 
9 
8 
21 
46 
43 
acres 
17,837 
349 
242 
363 
1,106 
890 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,668 
44 
66 
84 
161 
203 
acres 
191,274 
7,031 
7,241 
7,585 
12,823 
13,664 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
114 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
