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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
7,362 
73 
100 
163 
333 
417 
acres 
469,987 
31,217 
27,657 
24,318 
38,743 
35,655 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
475 
19 
18 
27 
38 
27 
acres 
42,611 
6,524 
5,211 
4,206 
4,236 
2,509 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
6,168 
15 
35 
74 
214 
310 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
7,798 
(D) 
21,426 
26,950 
Partnership 
farms 
583 
20 
22 
40 
51 
45 
acres 
(D) 
11,481 
9,575 
(D) 
7,726 
5,016 
Registered under state law 
farms 
388 
17 
17 
32 
34 
24 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,144 
(D) 
Corporation 
farms 
719 
48 
56 
70 
91 
60 
acres 
105,800 
33,085 
12,520 
9,513 
10,934 
3,651 
Family held 
farms 
578 
41 
51 
61 
73 
40 
acres 
82,550 
(D) 
(D) 
8,417 
10,030 
3,135 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
1 
3 
2 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
568 
40 
48 
59 
71 
40 
Other than family held 
farms 
141 
7 
5 
9 
18 
20 
acres 
23,250 
(D) 
(D) 
1,096 
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 
4 
17 
14 
35 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
2,020 
(D) 
3,024 
2,206 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,534 
89 
116 
181 
308 
266 
workers 
15,649 
2,775 
1,601 
1,574 
2,685 
1,191 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,500 
82 
105 
146 
211 
169 
workers 
6,257 
1,752 
671 
684 
656 
450 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,893 
69 
88 
134 
253 
197 
workers 
9,392 
1,023 
930 
890 
2,029 
741 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
124 
18 
29 
23 
21 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,967 
7 
33 
64 
171 
225 
workers 
9,760 
16 
75 
132 
387 
561 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
9 
10 
24 
49 
103 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
15 
10 
36 
108 
160 
50 to 69 acres 
570 
1 
3 
22 
39 
44 
70 to 99 acres 
555 
4 
4 
22 
27 
36 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
467 
4 
11 
9 
48 
28 
140 to 179 acres 
241 
5 
12 
12 
27 
11 
180 to 219 acres 
197 
4 
10 
29 
18 
26 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
8 
8 
8 
14 
8 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
10 
30 
25 
30 
23 
500 to 999 acres 
81 
15 
15 
12 
9 
9 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
13 
4 
- 
- 
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 
15 
21 
40 
84 
97 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
779 
18 
31 
52 
102 
106 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
968 
32 
28 
32 
61 
96 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,502 
2 
5 
8 
27 
58 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
2 
1 
4 
2 
2 
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 
. 
4 
4 
25 
56 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
- 
- 
1 
6 
7 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
147 
14 
24 
35 
34 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
135 
- 
- 
2 
1 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
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 
27 
42 
52 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,423 
17 
30 
44 
77 
73 
number 
35,703 
7,011 
6,081 
5,244 
4,192 
2,435 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
872 
1 
1 
1 
12 
26 
10 to 49 
383 
1 
2 
4 
20 
28 
50 to 99 
87 
2 
2 
11 
35 
16 
100 to 199 
46 
- 
8 
24 
10 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
