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) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
17 
_ 
2 
1 
- 
6 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
15 
- 
2 
1 
3 
4 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
8 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
5,754 
23 
461 
662 
783 
1,129 
2 
Part owners 
.... farms 
1,202 
16 
201 
80 
81 
306 
8 
Tenants 
.... farms 
799 
2 
261 
37 
104 
67 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
6,958 
39 
662 
742 
864 
1,435 
10 
acres 
446,103 
4,833 
29,743 
76,499 
31,483 
139,264 
1,074 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
6,956 
39 
662 
742 
864 
1,435 
10 
acres 
435,233 
4,659 
28,365 
75,185 
30,614 
135,726 
1,050 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
2,012 
18 
470 
117 
185 
374 
9 
acres 
90,860 
2,737 
15,883 
5,438 
4,438 
25,011 
647 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
2,001 
18 
462 
117 
185 
373 
9 
acres 
88,284 
2,716 
13,783 
5,383 
4,272 
24,950 
622 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
458 
7 
73 
44 
33 
157 
4 
acres 
13,446 
(D) 
3,478 
1,369 
1,035 
3,599 
49 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
12,595 
60 
1,474 
1,264 
1,585 
2,400 
20 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,937 
27 
478 
413 
504 
806 
5 
2 operators 
3,116 
11 
366 
298 
379 
554 
4 
3 operators 
518 
1 
56 
41 
57 
113 
1 
4 operators 
124 
2 
19 
17 
14 
21 
1 
5 or more operators 
60 
“ 
4 
10 
14 
8 
" 
Total women operators 
. number 
5,243 
14 
629 
385 
597 
865 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,110 
12 
475 
319 
495 
691 
- 
2 operators 
394 
1 
58 
20 
42 
71 
- 
3 operators 
89 
- 
11 
7 
1 
3 
- 
4 operators 
9 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
" 
1 
1 
1 
2 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,248 
33 
606 
661 
710 
1,164 
11 
Female 
2,507 
8 
317 
118 
258 
338 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,878 
20 
614 
451 
465 
597 
10 
Other 
3,877 
21 
309 
328 
503 
905 
1 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,038 
23 
578 
519 
677 
1,219 
8 
Not on farm operated 
1,717 
18 
345 
260 
291 
283 
3 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,736 
15 
355 
294 
362 
494 
9 
Any 
5,019 
26 
568 
485 
606 
1,008 
2 
1 to 49 days 
743 
4 
152 
66 
103 
124 
- 
50 to 99 days 
447 
- 
71 
45 
68 
102 
- 
100 to 199 days 
759 
2 
89 
89 
136 
104 
- 
200 days or more 
3,070 
20 
256 
285 
299 
678 
2 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
328 
- 
100 
27 
23 
42 
- 
3 or 4 years 
507 
1 
176 
39 
59 
66 
1 
5 to 9 years 
1,119 
1 
169 
97 
101 
145 
- 
1 0 years or more 
5,801 
39 
478 
616 
785 
1,249 
10 
Average years on present farm 
21.6 
27.6 
15.7 
22.7 
23.0 
26.6 
26.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
223 
- 
63 
22 
21 
31 
- 
3 or 4 years 
433 
- 
145 
28 
50 
57 
1 
5 to 9 years 
993 
1 
184 
85 
89 
121 
- 
10 years or more 
6,106 
40 
531 
644 
808 
1,293 
10 
Average years operating any farm 
23.6 
30.0 
18.0 
24.9 
24.5 
28.5 
30.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
60 
- 
11 
5 
6 
6 
- 
25 to 34 years 
359 
- 
177 
12 
40 
44 
- 
35 to 44 years 
655 
3 
125 
71 
63 
68 
1 
45 to 49 years 
797 
2 
91 
51 
79 
103 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
