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 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,751 
73 
104 
148 
275 
332 
acres treated 
86,121 
18,546 
14,104 
11,394 
11,309 
8,623 
Manure used 
farms 
1,155 
11 
31 
43 
77 
76 
acres treated 
24,374 
2,593 
4,206 
3,090 
3,004 
2,416 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,775 
64 
83 
125 
244 
271 
acres 
44,407 
14,383 
7,353 
6,215 
7,091 
4,062 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,873 
73 
104 
146 
261 
273 
acres 
58,478 
16,625 
11,613 
8,584 
8,434 
5,405 
Nematodes 
farms 
333 
34 
25 
23 
52 
37 
acres 
15,359 
8,417 
2,358 
1,265 
1,230 
956 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
921 
50 
66 
82 
171 
135 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
28,054 
10,419 
5,732 
3,799 
3,873 
2,050 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
240 
25 
25 
24 
51 
28 
acres on which used 
10,086 
5,693 
1,259 
1,049 
1,117 
361 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
244 
13 
17 
27 
40 
29 
acres 
4,863 
802 
452 
1,017 
663 
668 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
832 
22 
28 
49 
97 
105 
acres 
17,569 
4,359 
2,046 
2,216 
2,534 
1,474 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
773 
14 
11 
35 
46 
52 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
51,619 
1,087 
2,100 
6,619 
2,269 
4,801 
used 
farms 
406 
16 
16 
20 
33 
45 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
5,379 
1,100 
654 
1,124 
604 
392 
used 
farms 
247 
14 
21 
22 
25 
25 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
7,815 
2,058 
2,803 
926 
972 
441 
practices were used 
farms 
1,430 
42 
67 
87 
147 
153 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
27,417 
7,221 
5,736 
3,914 
4,036 
2,294 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
973 
26 
40 
54 
109 
135 
acres 
17,085 
4,033 
3,755 
1,807 
2,831 
1,181 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
465 
13 
17 
26 
39 
16 
Solar panels 
farms 
392 
11 
16 
17 
32 
13 
Wind turbines 
farms 
59 
1 
3 
9 
11 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
18 
3 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
5,754 
30 
43 
92 
188 
259 
Part owners 
farms 
1,202 
45 
63 
85 
136 
120 
Tenants 
farms 
799 
14 
11 
24 
46 
71 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,958 
75 
106 
177 
324 
379 
acres 
446,103 
40,013 
21,391 
27,729 
33,560 
28,180 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,956 
75 
106 
177 
324 
379 
acres 
435,233 
39,437 
20,802 
27,166 
32,587 
27,711 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,012 
59 
75 
109 
182 
191 
acres 
90,860 
13,352 
11,169 
8,671 
10,611 
10,112 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,001 
59 
74 
109 
182 
191 
acres 
88,284 
1 1 ,240 
11,111 
8,671 
10,523 
10,112 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
458 
11 
12 
14 
34 
30 
acres 
13,446 
2,688 
647 
563 
1,061 
469 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
12,595 
213 
243 
394 
662 
732 
1 operator 
3,937 
29 
44 
67 
155 
238 
2 operators 
3,116 
33 
35 
98 
164 
173 
3 operators 
518 
15 
25 
23 
36 
33 
4 operators 
124 
7 
11 
8 
11 
3 
5 or more operators 
60 
5 
2 
5 
4 
3 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
5,243 
50 
46 
116 
204 
248 
1 operator 
4,110 
23 
33 
74 
148 
197 
2 operators 
394 
8 
5 
10 
20 
19 
3 operators 
89 
- 
1 
6 
4 
1 
4 operators 
9 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
1 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
