Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[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) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor 
farms 
946 
1 
100 
272 
109 
125 
1 
$1,000 
20,919 
(D) 
1,651 
10,997 
2,982 
912 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
132 
- 
17 
22 
17 
19 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
309 
1 
34 
86 
62 
37 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
328 
- 
34 
96 
7 
61 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
110 
- 
6 
25 
14 
8 
- 
$50,000 or more 
67 
- 
9 
43 
9 
- 
- 
Customwork and custom hauling 
farms 
741 
11 
61 
184 
39 
125 
2 
$1,000 
8,592 
50 
165 
4,582 
525 
604 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
231 
- 
34 
25 
20 
53 
1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
267 
7 
19 
60 
14 
48 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
172 
4 
6 
70 
3 
18 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
35 
- 
2 
12 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
36 
" 
- 
17 
2 
6 
- 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
farms 
1,186 
15 
340 
68 
103 
185 
7 
$1,000 
9,502 
158 
2,867 
1,287 
1,217 
852 
149 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
799 
4 
232 
34 
64 
144 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
192 
3 
60 
11 
19 
24 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
103 
8 
26 
6 
10 
8 
1 
$25,000 or more 
92 
- 
22 
17 
10 
9 
2 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles ... 
farms 
398 
1 
73 
87 
55 
47 
2 
$1,000 
1,799 
(D) 
173 
718 
323 
57 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
184 
1 
39 
39 
15 
30 
1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
114 
- 
23 
26 
22 
14 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
87 
- 
11 
15 
13 
3 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10 
- 
- 
4 
5 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
3 
" 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Interest expense 
farms 
1,971 
12 
185 
255 
233 
344 
4 
$1,000 
22,182 
(D) 
1,420 
3,759 
3,042 
2,890 
53 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
957 
8 
111 
109 
107 
207 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
822 
4 
63 
104 
106 
116 
3 
$25,000 to $99,999 
171 
- 
11 
37 
12 
19 
- 
$100,000 or more 
21 
- 
5 
8 
2 
- 
Secured by real estate 
farms 
1,442 
8 
109 
200 
152 
256 
3 
$1,000 
18,522 
25 
1,055 
3,168 
2,525 
2,466 
42 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
163 
3 
21 
24 
7 
36 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
396 
2 
27 
59 
40 
97 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
721 
3 
51 
83 
86 
105 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
95 
- 
8 
17 
5 
14 
- 
$50,000 or more 
67 
- 
2 
17 
14 
4 
- 
Not secured by real estate 
farms 
1,189 
9 
129 
117 
148 
209 
3 
$1,000 
3,660 
(D) 
365 
591 
516 
424 
11 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
459 
1 
40 
23 
63 
73 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
562 
8 
76 
55 
53 
121 
2 
$5,000 to $24,999 
150 
- 
13 
32 
31 
15 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
16 
- 
- 
7 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Property taxes paid 
farms 
6,989 
40 
662 
741 
879 
1,444 
10 
$1,000 
37,954 
339 
3,100 
4,240 
3,966 
6,207 
66 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,537 
23 
447 
496 
621 
1,016 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,673 
7 
141 
149 
180 
317 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
626 
8 
64 
76 
64 
97 
1 
$25,000 or more 
153 
2 
10 
20 
14 
14 
1 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
farms 
4,158 
18 
433 
413 
445 
622 
10 
$1,000 
50,473 
328 
4,134 
9,144 
11,067 
3,023 
380 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
2,665 
10 
251 
223 
266 
493 
3 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,075 
5 
142 
121 
117 
114 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
203 
- 
25 
37 
16 
9 
1 
$50,000 to $99,999 
135 
2 
8 
17 
24 
3 
1 
$100,000 or more 
80 
1 
7 
15 
22 
3 
1 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
farms 
61 
- 
9 
13 
16 
3 
- 
$1,000 
460 
" 
18 
(D) 
28 
12 
- 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
farms 
2,997 
14 
445 
398 
440 
530 
9 
$1,000 
47,700 
378 
5,032 
10,370 
8,992 
4,635 
172 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
164 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
