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. 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
588 
523 
516 
65 
65 
143 
acres 
80,210 
77,547 
64,753 
2,663 
2,663 
9,630 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,657 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
“ 
" 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
719 
578 
568 
141 
139 
- 
acres 
105,800 
82,550 
68,911 
23,250 
(D) 
- 
Family held 
farms 
578 
578 
568 
- 
- 
acres 
82,550 
82,550 
68,911 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
10 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
568 
568 
568 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
141 
- 
- 
141 
139 
- 
acres 
23,250 
- 
- 
23,250 
(D) 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
139 
- 
139 
139 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
285 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
558 
460 
450 
98 
96 
175 
workers 
6,055 
5,067 
4,984 
988 
(D) 
1,330 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
446 
369 
361 
77 
75 
146 
workers 
2,916 
2,359 
2,324 
557 
(D) 
560 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
402 
344 
335 
58 
57 
126 
workers 
3,139 
2,708 
2,660 
431 
(D) 
770 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
46 
42 
41 
4 
4 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
294 
246 
242 
48 
48 
94 
workers 
703 
541 
535 
162 
162 
306 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
159 
98 
97 
61 
61 
65 
10 to 49 acres 
248 
197 
197 
51 
51 
136 
50 to 69 acres 
54 
52 
52 
2 
2 
11 
70 to 99 acres 
51 
47 
46 
4 
4 
19 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
46 
41 
40 
5 
5 
9 
140 to 1 79 acres 
26 
16 
16 
10 
10 
5 
180 to 219 acres 
43 
43 
43 
- 
- 
11 
220 to 259 acres 
18 
17 
16 
1 
1 
3 
260 to 499 acres 
35 
33 
30 
2 
2 
14 
500 to 999 acres 
24 
21 
21 
3 
3 
8 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
10 
9 
8 
1 
- 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
5 
4 
2 
1 
- 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2 
2 
2 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
74 
49 
48 
25 
25 
33 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
150 
131 
126 
19 
17 
40 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
119 
99 
99 
20 
20 
38 
Other crop farming (1119) 
72 
66 
66 
6 
6 
36 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
71 
66 
66 
5 
5 
36 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
16 
9 
9 
7 
7 
19 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
24 
24 
23 
- 
- 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
26 
26 
- 
- 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
9 
2 
- 
7 
7 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
225 
169 
168 
56 
56 
97 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
70 
58 
55 
12 
12 
64 
number 
6,356 
5,981 
5,748 
375 
375 
1,732 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
17 
10 
10 
7 
7 
34 
10 to 49 
28 
24 
22 
4 
4 
19 
50 to 99 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
6 
1 00 to 1 99 
7 
6 
5 
1 
1 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Massachusetts 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
