Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
211 
11 
5 
$1,000 to $4,999 
454 
414 
18 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
365 
281 
40 
29 
$10,000 to $24,999 
480 
401 
37 
27 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
248 
42 
25 
$50,000 or more 
679 
329 
114 
77 
Operators reporting net losses farms 
5,171 
4,284 
321 
216 
Average net loss dollars 
29,993 
20,341 
42,715 
45,748 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
329 
284 
17 
6 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,275 
1,127 
79 
42 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,083 
976 
62 
46 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,252 
1,070 
73 
57 
$25,000 to $49,999 
547 
428 
34 
24 
$50,000 or more 
685 
399 
56 
41 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) farms 
2,716 
2,070 
262 
178 
$1,000 
78,482 
33,386 
1 1 ,423 
8,993 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services farms 
381 
285 
39 
27 
$1,000 
4,671 
2,000 
436 
396 
Gross cash rent or share payments farms 
332 
237 
31 
17 
$1,000 
1,614 
624 
274 
72 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products farms 
738 
633 
45 
28 
$1,000 
4,486 
2,607 
456 
137 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) farms 
287 
177 
33 
26 
$1,000 
12,034 
1,690 
2,526 
2,463 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms 
540 
399 
81 
62 
$1,000 
7,381 
3,298 
1,008 
602 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received farms 
75 
48 
16 
11 
$1,000 
3,268 
2,028 
(D) 
603 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms 
112 
67 
29 
25 
$1,000 
1,455 
561 
(D) 
395 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) farms 
887 
660 
89 
58 
$1,000 
43,573 
20,578 
5,402 
4,325 
LAND USE 
Total cropland farms 
5,249 
4,088 
466 
307 
acres 
160,789 
92,846 
(D) 
23,314 
Harvested cropland farms 
4,834 
3,762 
443 
287 
acres 
137,039 
77,095 
27,280 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
3,371 
330 
205 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
236 
47 
29 
100 to 199 acres 
179 
109 
32 
22 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
44 
21 
19 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
2 
12 
11 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
- 
1 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
506 
385 
47 
35 
acres 
5,689 
(D) 
570 
285 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 
349 
267 
31 
22 
acres 
3,763 
2,308 
454 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) farms 
785 
596 
55 
41 
acres 
12,439 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 
248 
181 
33 
19 
acres 
1,859 
1,233 
343 
206 
Total woodland farms 
4,206 
3,388 
335 
247 
acres 
209,111 
142,634 
26,653 
19,379 
Woodland pastured farms 
1,093 
881 
106 
77 
acres 
17,837 
11,633 
1,588 
1,132 
Woodland not pastured farms 
3,668 
2,945 
290 
209 
acres 
191,274 
131,001 
25,065 
18,247 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
140 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
