Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
under 
state law 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
3,485 
2,855 
259 
180 
acres 
62,234 
(D) 
4,796 
(D) 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
5,698 
4,571 
407 
296 
acres 
91,383 
40,757 
8,179 
4,877 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,746 
1,134 
183 
120 
acres 
23,433 
8,308 
3,308 
2,106 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,692 
1,102 
181 
119 
acres 
23,119 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
65 
38 
2 
1 
acres 
314 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
19 
14 
3 
1 
acres 
459 
278 
(D) 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
518 
265 
84 
59 
acres 
31,025 
9,860 
8,237 
6,622 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
198 
148 
18 
16 
$1,000 
26,238 
7,888 
6,535 
(D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
7,755 
6,168 
583 
388 
$1,000 
5,460,071 
3,520,232 
621,535 
425,540 
Average per farm 
dollars 
704,071 
570,725 
1,066,098 
1,096,754 
Average per acre 
dollars 
10,430 
10,946 
8,961 
8,323 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
626 
506 
61 
27 
$50,000 to $99,999 
360 
292 
28 
22 
$100,000 to $199,999 
803 
682 
52 
37 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,840 
2,450 
117 
74 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,863 
1,475 
151 
107 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
756 
509 
83 
62 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
392 
205 
75 
47 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
99 
45 
13 
10 
$10,000,000 or more 
16 
4 
3 
2 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
7,751 
6,164 
583 
388 
$1,000 
418,149 
259,712 
56,914 
43,227 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
1,214 
1,042 
71 
18 
$5,000 to $9,999 
738 
650 
31 
19 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,296 
1,121 
74 
47 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,132 
1,742 
149 
113 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,181 
920 
86 
56 
$100,000 to $199,999 
735 
465 
96 
76 
$200,000 to $499,999 
375 
203 
50 
39 
$500,000 or more 
80 
21 
26 
20 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
5,484 
4,249 
462 
324 
number 
10,324 
7,063 
1,124 
820 
Tractors, all 
farms 
5,826 
4,604 
454 
330 
number 
13,383 
9,827 
1,435 
1,034 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
4,100 
3,288 
324 
234 
number 
6,704 
5,183 
615 
399 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,247 
2,482 
281 
202 
number 
5,683 
4,095 
620 
468 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
653 
407 
95 
78 
number 
996 
549 
200 
167 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
47 
28 
11 
6 
number 
54 
29 
15 
10 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
120 
79 
19 
14 
number 
146 
93 
23 
17 
Hay balers 
farms 
1,540 
1,239 
169 
116 
number 
1,884 
1,520 
194 
134 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
142 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
