Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
10 or less stockholders farms 
139 
- 
25 
17 
20 
6 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
285 
1 
33 
40 
38 
36 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
1,663 
(D) 
2,008 
3,903 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
2,534 
11 
382 
381 
374 
423 
9 
workers 
15,649 
39 
2,808 
2,865 
3,543 
2,028 
297 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
1,500 
7 
230 
191 
211 
179 
6 
workers 
6,257 
(D) 
1,031 
725 
1,866 
480 
30 
Less than 150 days farms 
1,893 
7 
317 
304 
298 
338 
8 
workers 
9,392 
(D) 
1,777 
2,140 
1,677 
1,548 
267 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
124 
- 
30 
52 
14 
13 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
8 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
3,967 
10 
413 
407 
426 
792 
4 
workers 
9,760 
23 
1,026 
894 
1,041 
2,114 
10 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,322 
7 
408 
168 
379 
88 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,913 
9 
284 
284 
401 
561 
2 
50 to 69 acres 
570 
1 
69 
83 
62 
152 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
555 
1 
59 
47 
48 
194 
3 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
467 
7 
25 
67 
30 
164 
- 
140 to 179 acres 
241 
2 
19 
32 
19 
90 
3 
180 to 219 acres 
197 
3 
22 
35 
5 
77 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
108 
1 
7 
18 
1 
50 
1 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
5 
21 
26 
20 
92 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
81 
4 
8 
10 
3 
25 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
25 
1 
1 
7 
- 
8 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
41 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
923 
- 
923 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
779 
- 
- 
779 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
968 
- 
- 
- 
968 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,502 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,502 
11 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
11 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,491 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,491 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
620 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
147 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
135 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
380 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
365 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,887 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
1,423 
10 
84 
17 
23 
274 
1 
number 
35,703 
503 
806 
109 
263 
3,822 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
872 
2 
59 
14 
12 
171 
- 
1 0 to 49 
383 
3 
21 
3 
10 
86 
1 
50 to 99 
87 
4 
4 
- 
1 
13 
- 
100 to 199 
46 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
200 to 499 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
6 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
1,039 
8 
66 
14 
21 
216 
1 
number 
18,740 
160 
420 
80 
180 
1,823 
(D) 
Beef cows farms 
849 
8 
61 
14 
21 
192 
1 
number 
6,240 
160 
217 
(D) 
180 
1,631 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
647 
2 
56 
12 
15 
135 
- 
1 0 to 49 
188 
5 
5 
2 
5 
52 
1 
50 to 99 
13 
1 
- 
- 
1 
5 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
" 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
