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 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,751 
1,961 
315 
200 
acres treated 
86,121 
40,319 
21,116 
17,029 
Manure used 
farms 
1,155 
915 
137 
101 
acres treated 
24,374 
13,103 
7,913 
6,799 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,775 
1,190 
206 
118 
acres 
44,407 
18,253 
8,960 
6,644 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,873 
1,264 
226 
142 
acres 
58,478 
23,048 
13,065 
10,157 
Nematodes 
farms 
333 
218 
34 
19 
acres 
15,359 
5,573 
1,958 
1,457 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
921 
580 
106 
65 
acres 
28,054 
10,439 
5,057 
3,831 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
240 
135 
29 
22 
acres on which used 
10,086 
3,146 
878 
508 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
244 
152 
34 
27 
acres 
4,863 
2,608 
762 
504 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
832 
546 
92 
60 
acres 
17,569 
7,558 
2,587 
1,754 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
773 
573 
65 
49 
acres 
51,619 
34,228 
4,415 
3,932 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
406 
284 
40 
27 
acres 
5,379 
2,419 
1,656 
1,076 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
247 
152 
38 
26 
acres 
7,815 
1,998 
3,353 
2,821 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
1,430 
1,052 
181 
100 
acres 
27,417 
13,034 
6,750 
5,811 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
973 
670 
127 
84 
acres 
17,085 
7,499 
4,155 
3,096 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
465 
337 
45 
37 
Solar panels 
farms 
392 
288 
32 
28 
Wind turbines 
farms 
59 
27 
13 
9 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
18 
16 
1 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
17 
15 
1 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
15 
14 
1 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
8 
7 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
5,754 
4,713 
349 
240 
Part owners 
farms 
1,202 
916 
136 
94 
Tenants 
farms 
799 
539 
98 
54 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,958 
5,631 
485 
334 
acres 
446,103 
277,928 
52,714 
37,340 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,956 
5,629 
485 
334 
acres 
435,233 
(D) 
51,499 
(D) 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,012 
1,464 
235 
148 
acres 
90,860 
51,304 
17,884 
14,229 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,001 
1,455 
234 
148 
acres 
88,284 
51,066 
(D) 
(D) 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
458 
341 
42 
25 
acres 
13,446 
7,640 
1,241 
438 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
12,595 
9,493 
1,190 
834 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,937 
3,372 
136 
73 
2 operators 
3,116 
2,405 
326 
218 
3 operators 
518 
297 
93 
74 
4 operators 
124 
63 
21 
16 
5 or more operators 
60 
31 
7 
7 
Total women operators 
number 
5,243 
4,007 
461 
315 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,110 
3,330 
298 
186 
2 operators 
394 
261 
56 
39 
3 operators 
89 
41 
13 
13 
4 operators 
9 
3 
3 
3 
5 or more operators 
7 
4 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
