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) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
7,751 
41 
923 
779 
968 
1,502 
11 
$1,000 
418,149 
6,487 
49,173 
60,200 
45,984 
76,506 
1,563 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
1,214 
13 
263 
69 
202 
174 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
738 
- 
96 
75 
128 
108 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,296 
- 
129 
66 
163 
302 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,132 
7 
179 
216 
271 
415 
3 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,181 
5 
114 
150 
104 
265 
1 
$100,000 to $199,999 
735 
5 
90 
126 
49 
168 
4 
$200,000 to $499,999 
375 
5 
40 
67 
37 
58 
3 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
80 
6 
12 
10 
14 
12 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
5,484 
27 
667 
549 
618 
1,058 
11 
number 
10,324 
64 
1,479 
1,469 
1,242 
1,884 
53 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
5,826 
35 
681 
609 
674 
1,296 
11 
number 
13,383 
145 
2,128 
1,379 
1,480 
3,493 
79 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
4,100 
25 
544 
432 
521 
869 
10 
number 
6,704 
(D) 
1,147 
673 
928 
1,551 
44 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
3,247 
27 
425 
337 
264 
931 
11 
number 
5,683 
79 
850 
626 
427 
1,701 
29 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
653 
18 
74 
61 
79 
174 
4 
number 
996 
(D) 
131 
80 
125 
241 
6 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
47 
11 
12 
_ 
_ 
5 
2 
number 
54 
(D) 
14 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
120 
4 
8 
24 
5 
27 
- 
number 
146 
5 
8 
37 
5 
28 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
1,540 
19 
134 
32 
42 
762 
1 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
1,884 
24 
163 
36 
50 
930 
(D) 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
2,751 
31 
683 
605 
404 
516 
11 
acres treated 
86,121 
4,009 
16,936 
17,932 
5,410 
18,458 
523 
Manure used 
... farms 
1,155 
18 
237 
63 
96 
241 
2 
acres treated 
24,374 
937 
1,505 
(D) 
394 
5,312 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
1,775 
8 
572 
597 
326 
165 
10 
acres 
44,407 
615 
15,372 
18,419 
4,284 
2,884 
502 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
1,873 
32 
495 
544 
359 
228 
11 
acres 
58,478 
3,439 
15,427 
17,445 
4,648 
5,056 
509 
Nematodes 
... farms 
333 
1 
131 
120 
40 
33 
5 
acres 
15,359 
(D) 
6,673 
6,817 
731 
919 
140 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
921 
3 
286 
400 
128 
76 
7 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
28,054 
48 
9,214 
14,478 
1,875 
1,864 
344 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
240 
- 
42 
145 
21 
26 
5 
acres on which used 
10,086 
- 
3,465 
5,943 
204 
444 
150 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
244 
2 
24 
105 
16 
54 
3 
acres 
4,863 
(D) 
368 
2,164 
100 
1,414 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
832 
7 
89 
319 
66 
140 
2 
acres 
17,569 
74 
1,203 
10,272 
588 
2,953 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
773 
7 
92 
73 
133 
194 
1 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
51,619 
254 
4,229 
4,799 
5,650 
17,795 
(D) 
used 
... farms 
406 
10 
134 
65 
70 
69 
1 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
5,379 
572 
1,325 
570 
211 
824 
(D) 
used 
... farms 
247 
10 
92 
11 
28 
54 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
7,815 
1,866 
1,221 
100 
275 
613 
“ 
practices were used 
... farms 
1,430 
30 
698 
73 
266 
194 
11 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
27,417 
1,167 
13,784 
504 
2,542 
3,223 
463 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
973 
15 
419 
69 
144 
189 
10 
acres 
17,085 
475 
8,233 
446 
1,485 
2,764 
475 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
465 
- 
76 
64 
38 
87 
1 
Solar panels 
... farms 
392 
- 
65 
49 
31 
70 
1 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
59 
- 
6 
21 
6 
9 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
18 
- 
3 
3 
- 
5 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
170 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
