Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
7,755 
41 
923 
779 
968 
1,502 
11 
percent 
100.0 
0.5 
11.9 
10.0 
12.5 
19.4 
0.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
523,517 
7,375 
42,148 
80,568 
34,886 
160,676 
1,672 
Average size of farm 
acres 
68 
180 
46 
103 
36 
107 
152 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,755 
41 
923 
779 
968 
1,502 
11 
$1,000 
500,336 
3,790 
81,697 
124,111 
147,234 
26,439 
5,121 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
64,518 
92,438 
88,513 
159,321 
152,102 
17,602 
465,522 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,629 
12 
88 
112 
216 
431 
$1,000 to $2,499 
933 
- 
97 
36 
112 
247 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
748 
3 
92 
33 
35 
204 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
835 
2 
157 
63 
105 
219 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
890 
4 
168 
130 
166 
195 
$25,000 to $49,999 
493 
4 
64 
96 
85 
106 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
450 
8 
97 
106 
96 
58 
2 
$100,000 to $249,999 
370 
3 
84 
102 
61 
27 
2 
$250,000 to $499,999 
201 
2 
40 
52 
32 
8 
4 
$500,000 to $999,999 
117 
3 
21 
31 
28 
5 
1 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
89 
- 
15 
18 
32 
2 
2 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
67 
- 
12 
13 
22 
2 
2 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
15 
- 
3 
3 
6 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
7 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
7,755 
41 
923 
779 
968 
1,502 
11 
$1,000 
492,211 
3,708 
80,838 
122,560 
146,352 
24,799 
5,103 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
187 
41 
25 
3 
12 
34 
1 
$1,000 
7,466 
2,752 
(D) 
16 
41 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33 
13 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
5,706 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Corn 
farms 
164 
31 
19 
3 
9 
32 
1 
$1,000 
6,869 
2,426 
110 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
32 
12 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
5,219 
2,180 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
7 
1 
3 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
10 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
451 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
370 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
9 
6 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
17 
4 
7 
. 
4 
1 
. 
$1,000 
66 
22 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
21 
_ 
8 
_ 
1 
11 
11 
$1,000 
5,174 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
4,890 
4,890 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
12 
- 
1 
- 
1 
10 
10 
$1,000 
4,967 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,428 
3 
918 
80 
175 
161 
3 
$1,000 
81,209 
13 
71,283 
1,506 
5,367 
2,534 
183 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
257 
- 
221 
6 
18 
11 
2 
$1,000 
71,286 
- 
64,588 
(D) 
4,167 
1,472 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,223 
_ 
247 
717 
136 
95 
_ 
$1,000 
125,585 
- 
2,734 
119,965 
1,617 
1,081 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
317 
- 
13 
297 
3 
4 
- 
$1,000 
116,511 
- 
(D) 
113,769 
(D) 
368 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
358 
- 
47 
211 
41 
44 
- 
$1,000 
22,146 
- 
894 
20,210 
361 
557 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
81 
- 
6 
71 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
19,212 
- 
529 
18,409 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Berries 
farms 
1,017 
- 
222 
585 
113 
78 
- 
$1,000 
103,440 
- 
1,840 
99,755 
1,255 
524 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
158 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
