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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
- 
5 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
7 
56 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
36 
19 
1 
4 
2 
10 
4 
97 
acres 
- 
3,903 
2,494 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
646 
783 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
414 
71 
6 
90 
19 
58 
56 
663 
workers 
- 
1,731 
137 
29 
486 
76 
217 
169 
3,252 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
173 
37 
2 
79 
7 
36 
31 
490 
workers 
- 
450 
50 
(D) 
309 
18 
106 
76 
1,571 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
- 
330 
43 
5 
60 
16 
36 
39 
430 
workers 
- 
1,281 
87 
(D) 
177 
58 
111 
93 
1,681 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
_ 
9 
1 
3 
. 
2 
. 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
788 
331 
5 
66 
81 
215 
209 
1,012 
workers 
- 
2,104 
803 
22 
147 
179 
520 
475 
2,516 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
88 
128 
20 
29 
135 
150 
810 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
559 
296 
1 
6 
46 
157 
132 
736 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
152 
42 
2 
4 
24 
17 
12 
102 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
191 
47 
1 
8 
21 
15 
18 
96 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
164 
46 
- 
11 
7 
26 
29 
55 
140 to 1 79 acres 
- 
87 
16 
2 
9 
5 
9 
12 
26 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
77 
7 
1 
8 
1 
8 
4 
26 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
49 
8 
- 
9 
- 
5 
1 
8 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
90 
26 
1 
42 
- 
8 
5 
23 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
25 
3 
- 
21 
2 
- 
- 
5 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
8 
1 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
2 
" 
2 
" 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
1,491 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ... 
- 
- 
620 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
147 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
273 
580 
7 
147 
36 
90 
33 
122 
number 
- 
(D) 
6,759 
454 
20,656 
398 
439 
268 
1,226 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
171 
390 
18 
29 
80 
22 
75 
10 to 49 
- 
85 
167 
3 
20 
4 
10 
11 
45 
50 to 99 
- 
13 
18 
3 
39 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
4 
4 
- 
37 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
1 
1 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
_ 
215 
374 
4 
146 
23 
68 
18 
81 
number 
- 
(D) 
2,867 
57 
12,048 
216 
255 
118 
516 
Beef cows 
farms 
_ 
191 
358 
4 
25 
23 
64 
14 
65 
number 
- 
(D) 
2,751 
57 
271 
(D) 
224 
(□) 
403 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
135 
271 
1 
19 
19 
60 
10 
47 
10 to 49 
- 
51 
81 
3 
5 
4 
4 
4 
18 
50 to 99 
- 
5 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Massachusetts 177 
