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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
29 
8 
16 
4 
1 
500 or more 
6 
5 
1 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,039 
17 
29 
41 
68 
52 
number 
18,740 
3,929 
3,485 
2,940 
2,106 
1,153 
Beef cows 
farms 
849 
4 
10 
11 
37 
39 
number 
6,240 
46 
260 
115 
530 
718 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
647 
2 
5 
6 
19 
17 
1 0 to 49 
188 
2 
3 
5 
15 
18 
50 to 99 
13 
- 
1 
- 
3 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
278 
15 
25 
37 
41 
18 
number 
12,500 
3,883 
3,225 
2,825 
1,576 
435 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
133 
1 
3 
4 
1 0 to 49 
62 
- 
1 
4 
28 
12 
50 to 99 
42 
2 
4 
25 
9 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
26 
1 
18 
6 
1 
- 
200 to 499 
15 
12 
2 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,044 
14 
28 
39 
60 
61 
number 
16,963 
3,082 
2,596 
2,304 
2,086 
1,282 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
870 
16 
29 
43 
67 
61 
number 
13,691 
3,431 
2,163 
2,298 
1,495 
912 
$1,000 
9,503 
1,646 
1,073 
1,976 
1,064 
1,014 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
348 
16 
26 
31 
39 
19 
number 
5,891 
1,958 
1,324 
1,019 
593 
200 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
753 
15 
27 
40 
65 
56 
number 
7,800 
1,473 
839 
1,279 
902 
712 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
number 
290 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
44 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
478 
2 
3 
10 
33 
32 
number 
11,151 
(D) 
1,610 
576 
1,112 
2,211 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
379 
2 
1 
4 
25 
14 
25 to 49 
42 
- 
- 
4 
- 
5 
50 to 99 
31 
- 
- 
- 
4 
1 
100 to 199 
14 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
200 to 499 
10 
- 
- 
2 
2 
4 
500 or more 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
256 
1 
2 
5 
18 
21 
number 
2,392 
(D) 
(D) 
180 
154 
422 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
407 
2 
3 
9 
30 
32 
number 
8,759 
(D) 
(D) 
396 
958 
1,789 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
432 
1 
5 
10 
34 
50 
number 
23,536 
(D) 
7,064 
2,473 
3,367 
3,793 
$1,000 
2,898 
(D) 
490 
500 
478 
643 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
776 
- 
2 
10 
27 
28 
number 
12,504 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
928 
651 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
622 
- 
2 
9 
19 
28 
number 
7,110 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
378 
430 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
405 
- 
2 
8 
22 
31 
number 
6,263 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,001 
626 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
1,804 
4 
1 
19 
35 
43 
number 
20,337 
(D) 
(D) 
397 
392 
1,129 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
1,739 
4 
18 
33 
41 
number 
12,663 
15 
- 
287 
300 
759 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
520 
- 
- 
14 
19 
23 
number 
2,883 
- 
- 
914 
272 
433 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
813 
2 
3 
5 
22 
39 
number 
8,599 
(D) 
218 
(D) 
1,835 
403 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
322 
1 
2 
1 
11 
27 
number 
4,342 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
935 
369 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,795 
3 
4 
14 
48 
88 
number 
153,925 
(D) 
3,280 
2,124 
(D) 
8,223 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,773 
2 
1 
12 
42 
84 
400 to 3,199 
21 
- 
3 
2 
6 
4 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
192 
- 
- 
7 
7 
14 
number 
7,375 
- 
- 
642 
289 
1,657 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
