Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
- 
1,385 
272 
4 
130 
35 
144 
93 
464 
acres 
- 
50,819 
7,628 
(D) 
26,755 
1,015 
(D) 
1,424 
7,603 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
1,282 
205 
4 
124 
23 
93 
62 
319 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
42,387 
6,572 
321 
26,190 
555 
737 
1,160 
6,118 
1 to 49 acres 
- 
1,066 
160 
1 
16 
18 
93 
55 
285 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
122 
32 
2 
24 
3 
- 
5 
22 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
- 
60 
10 
1 
36 
2 
- 
2 
12 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
31 
3 
- 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
3 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
106 
73 
- 
25 
14 
18 
27 
123 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
499 
300 
(D) 
130 
911 
were abandoned 
..farms 
- 
97 
11 
- 
4 
- 
15 
4 
20 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
57 
(D) 
62 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
207 
16 
2 
1 
8 
53 
16 
58 
acres 
- 
4,549 
269 
(D) 
(D) 
160 
1,576 
108 
496 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
- 
60 
1 
- 
14 
2 
12 
acres 
- 
640 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
89 
(D) 
16 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
_ 
1,106 
357 
5 
94 
88 
211 
248 
874 
acres 
- 
(D) 
14,848 
215 
11,195 
3,771 
9,207 
13,417 
24,591 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
- 
216 
189 
3 
42 
45 
64 
82 
290 
acres 
- 
5,335 
1,846 
(D) 
1,013 
342 
323 
3,806 
3,245 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
- 
1,013 
277 
2 
76 
58 
184 
196 
698 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
(D) 
13,002 
(D) 
10,182 
3,429 
8,884 
9,611 
21,346 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
657 
478 
5 
112 
75 
216 
291 
1,214 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
(D) 
10,398 
(D) 
6,094 
1,572 
(D) 
2,393 
18,009 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
- 
1,087 
450 
7 
116 
115 
316 
294 
1,571 
acres 
- 
14,935 
4,078 
(D) 
6,323 
770 
2,167 
7,044 
12,070 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
- 
142 
16 
- 
7 
- 
13 
15 
52 
acres 
- 
665 
(D) 
- 
124 
- 
27 
27 
191 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
- 
136 
13 
- 
7 
- 
9 
9 
17 
acres 
- 
635 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
18 
12 
67 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
- 
6 
3 
- 
2 
- 
4 
7 
35 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
15 
124 
Programs 
.. farms 
- 
11 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
316 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
..farms 
- 
32 
2 
2 
48 
1 
2 
- 
12 
acres 
- 
1,564 
(D) 
(D) 
7,562 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
105 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
11 
8 
- 
7 
3 
6 
2 
1 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
(D) 
30 
1,375 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
- 
1,491 
620 
8 
147 
135 
380 
365 
1,887 
$1,000 
- 
1,130,704 
341,494 
10,669 
272,578 
67,936 
164,996 
249,921 
1,268,964 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
- 
758,353 
550,797 
1,333,636 
1,854,274 
503,233 
434,199 
684,714 
672,477 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
- 
7,111 
9,242 
10,511 
5,412 
9,531 
10,409 
10,294 
20,377 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
- 
78 
51 
- 
6 
- 
21 
19 
116 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
41 
22 
- 
7 
2 
26 
22 
94 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
140 
58 
- 
3 
13 
47 
46 
187 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
530 
284 
4 
25 
55 
171 
163 
678 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
426 
128 
- 
39 
58 
91 
90 
485 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
_ 
180 
51 
2 
36 
5 
19 
17 
221 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
72 
23 
2 
23 
2 
5 
- 
77 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
- 
21 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
6 
28 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
3 
- 
5 
- 
- 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Massachusetts 169 
