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) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
5,249 
41 
923 
779 
968 
1,396 
11 
acres 
160,789 
(D) 
22,425 
23,578 
10,522 
51,679 
860 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
4,834 
41 
923 
779 
968 
1,293 
11 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
137,039 
5,088 
18,813 
20,114 
8,475 
42,896 
509 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
20 
834 
682 
939 
1,073 
7 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
4 
54 
67 
18 
125 
3 
100 to 199 acres 
179 
9 
21 
17 
8 
61 
1 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
7 
9 
12 
3 
31 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
1 
5 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
1 
1 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
506 
2 
44 
41 
31 
108 
2 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
5,689 
(D) 
715 
755 
192 
1,400 
(D) 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
349 
1 
96 
62 
37 
99 
2 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
3,763 
(D) 
542 
740 
212 
1,923 
(□) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
785 
1 
160 
102 
155 
213 
6 
acres 
12,439 
(D) 
1,818 
1,662 
1,487 
4,820 
271 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
248 
2 
92 
29 
36 
60 
- 
acres 
1,859 
(D) 
537 
307 
156 
640 
" 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
4,206 
16 
367 
391 
444 
1,111 
5 
acres 
209,111 
1,439 
12,809 
22,889 
16,105 
78,625 
(D) 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
1,093 
2 
69 
39 
52 
216 
acres 
17,837 
(D) 
978 
421 
382 
5,335 
- 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
3,668 
16 
344 
373 
426 
1,018 
5 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
191,274 
(D) 
11,831 
22,468 
15,723 
73,290 
(D) 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
3,485 
12 
197 
71 
156 
658 
1 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
62,234 
453 
2,009 
2,639 
1,516 
15,004 
(D) 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
5,698 
28 
510 
590 
605 
1,096 
9 
acres 
91,383 
(D) 
4,905 
31,462 
6,743 
15,368 
433 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
1,746 
1 
478 
491 
526 
147 
5 
acres 
23,433 
(D) 
4,406 
14,950 
2,839 
761 
96 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
1,692 
1 
478 
491 
526 
141 
5 
acres 
23,119 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
731 
96 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
65 
2 
2 
4 
6 
- 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
314 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
Programs 
.. farms 
19 
- 
1 
1 
1 
11 
- 
acres 
459 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
316 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
518 
14 
79 
291 
28 
39 
7 
acres 
31,025 
2,547 
5,112 
13,088 
500 
1,918 
354 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
198 
- 
98 
28 
34 
11 
- 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
26,238 
11,930 
349 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
7,755 
41 
923 
779 
968 
1,502 
11 
$1,000 
5,460,071 
61,749 
572,814 
770,544 
532,575 
1,145,831 
15,127 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
704,071 
1,506,067 
620,600 
989,145 
550,181 
762,870 
1,375,218 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
10,430 
8,373 
13,591 
9,564 
15,266 
7,131 
9,047 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
626 
2 
206 
40 
87 
78 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
360 
- 
42 
38 
66 
41 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
803 
- 
75 
83 
151 
140 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,840 
17 
300 
280 
333 
530 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,863 
7 
156 
166 
213 
430 
4 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
756 
5 
70 
74 
71 
185 
5 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
392 
8 
63 
71 
44 
74 
2 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
99 
1 
11 
24 
2 
21 
- 
$10,000,000 or more 
16 
1 
- 
3 
1 
3 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
168 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
