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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Tobacco - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
8 
1 
5 
4 
acres 
106 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
4 
4 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
3 
2 
1 
1 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
6 
3 
2 
2 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
2 
- 
2 
1 
25.0 acres or more 
5 
3 
1 
1 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
7 
5 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
4 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) farms 
2,200 
1,788 
222 
158 
acres 
76,519 
52,179 
13,876 
1 1 ,226 
tons, dry 
167,667 
96,027 
40,512 
33,296 
Irrigated farms 
42 
20 
12 
9 
acres 
197 
71 
89 
73 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,381 
1,174 
108 
75 
25 to 99 acres 
622 
498 
78 
52 
100 to 249 acres 
171 
108 
22 
18 
250 to 499 acres 
20 
8 
9 
8 
500 acres or more 
6 
- 
5 
5 
Alfalfa hay farms 
305 
228 
35 
26 
acres 
8,585 
5,325 
1,412 
895 
tons, dry 
18,789 
12,238 
3,328 
2,082 
Irrigated farms 
3 
2 
1 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other tame hay farms 
1,249 
993 
139 
100 
acres 
38,857 
27,759 
6,491 
5,333 
tons, dry 
77,651 
53,144 
14,554 
11,969 
Irrigated farms 
16 
10 
4 
3 
acres 
77 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in vegetables (see text) farms 
1,404 
1,053 
148 
73 
acres 
17,260 
8,674 
3,548 
2,835 
Irrigated farms 
540 
370 
56 
37 
acres 
4,794 
2,613 
945 
802 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
1,004 
806 
88 
39 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
259 
161 
37 
17 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
107 
73 
12 
8 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
23 
10 
8 
6 
250.0 acres or more 
11 
3 
3 
3 
Beans, snap farms 
576 
428 
36 
22 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
76 
67 
Harvested for processing farms 
20 
17 
- 
- 
acres 
7 
7 
- 
- 
Peas, green farms 
73 
52 
8 
6 
acres 
81 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
Harvested for processing farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Potatoes farms 
437 
288 
56 
36 
acres 
3,898 
913 
1,045 
1,035 
Harvested for processing farms 
18 
13 
- 
- 
acres 
283 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
414 
279 
49 
30 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
10 
3 
4 
3 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
7 
5 
1 
1 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
6 
1 
2 
2 
Sweet corn farms 
422 
308 
52 
25 
acres 
4,985 
2,913 
836 
490 
Harvested for processing farms 
33 
23 
6 
2 
acres 
150 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes farms 
64 
33 
14 
9 
acres 
17 
10 
3 
3 
Harvested for processing farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
759 
555 
68 
37 
acres 
685 
477 
75 
53 
Harvested for processing farms 
37 
33 
1 
1 
acres 
10 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in orchards farms 
456 
308 
42 
28 
acres 
4,146 
1,746 
605 
513 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
154 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
