Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
17 
11 
11 
6 
6 
7 
$1,000 to $4,999 
17 
13 
13 
4 
4 
5 
$5,000 to $9,999 
36 
22 
22 
14 
14 
8 
$10,000 to $24,999 
32 
30 
30 
2 
2 
10 
$25,000 to $49,999 
49 
35 
34 
14 
14 
21 
$50,000 or more 
215 
184 
180 
31 
29 
21 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
353 
283 
278 
70 
70 
213 
Average net loss 
dollars 
119,484 
115,592 
114,673 
135,222 
135,222 
56,640 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
18 
$1,000 to $4,999 
38 
30 
30 
8 
8 
31 
$5,000 to $9,999 
28 
25 
25 
3 
3 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
61 
47 
47 
14 
14 
48 
$25,000 to $49,999 
65 
59 
59 
6 
6 
20 
$50,000 or more 
151 
112 
107 
39 
39 
79 
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 
314 
271 
268 
43 
41 
70 
$1,000 
32,426 
29,939 
(D) 
2,488 
(D) 
1,246 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
49 
42 
41 
7 
7 
8 
$1,000 
2,130 
1,936 
(D) 
194 
194 
105 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
38 
33 
32 
5 
5 
26 
$1,000 
577 
571 
(D) 
6 
6 
139 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
50 
44 
44 
6 
6 
10 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,325 
1,325 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
63 
55 
53 
8 
7 
14 
$1,000 
7,544 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
273 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
52 
44 
43 
8 
8 
8 
$1,000 
2,971 
(D) 
2,839 
(D) 
(D) 
103 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
9 
8 
8 
1 
1 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
13 
12 
12 
1 
1 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
314 
314 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
128 
117 
117 
11 
10 
10 
$1,000 
17,359 
15,817 
15,817 
1,541 
(□) 
234 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
507 
422 
415 
85 
83 
188 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
463 
382 
375 
81 
79 
166 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
338 
266 
265 
72 
72 
137 
50 to 99 acres 
55 
50 
47 
5 
5 
18 
100 to 199 acres 
31 
31 
29 
- 
- 
7 
200 to 499 acres 
32 
29 
28 
3 
2 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
" 
1 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
51 
37 
37 
14 
14 
23 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
36 
36 
(D) 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
46 
35 
35 
11 
11 
5 
acres 
908 
636 
636 
272 
272 
93 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
95 
73 
73 
22 
22 
39 
acres 
2,584 
2,370 
2,370 
214 
214 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
23 
18 
18 
5 
5 
11 
acres 
236 
231 
231 
5 
5 
47 
Total woodland 
farms 
353 
292 
285 
61 
60 
130 
acres 
30,321 
26,767 
20,189 
3,554 
(D) 
9,503 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
74 
60 
57 
14 
14 
32 
acres 
4,317 
4,062 
657 
255 
255 
299 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
319 
265 
258 
54 
53 
114 
acres 
26,004 
22,705 
19,532 
3,299 
(D) 
9,204 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Massachusetts 141 
