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) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
278 
24 
1 
_ 
30 
_ 
number 
12,500 
- 
203 
(D) 
- 
192 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
133 
- 
16 
1 
- 
23 
- 
1 0 to 49 
62 
- 
7 
- 
- 
7 
- 
50 to 99 
42 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,044 
8 
63 
9 
8 
198 
- 
number 
16,963 
343 
386 
29 
83 
1,999 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
870 
6 
64 
6 
6 
144 
1 
number 
13,691 
78 
333 
26 
70 
1,320 
(D) 
$1,000 
9,503 
66 
261 
19 
103 
1,094 
(D) 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds ... 
farms 
348 
2 
18 
2 
5 
44 
1 
number 
5,891 
(D) 
99 
(D) 
21 
271 
(D) 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
753 
5 
51 
6 
5 
131 
1 
number 
7,800 
(D) 
234 
(D) 
49 
1,049 
(D) 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
number 
290 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
478 
2 
47 
15 
16 
60 
- 
number 
11,151 
(D) 
299 
68 
55 
1,293 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
379 
- 
43 
15 
16 
46 
- 
25 to 49 
42 
- 
4 
- 
- 
8 
- 
50 to 99 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
100 to 199 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
200 to 499 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
500 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
256 
2 
16 
6 
7 
35 
- 
number 
2,392 
(D) 
55 
18 
9 
302 
- 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
407 
2 
37 
11 
14 
50 
- 
number 
8,759 
(D) 
244 
50 
46 
991 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
432 
2 
61 
13 
10 
44 
- 
number 
23,536 
(D) 
524 
105 
(D) 
1,959 
- 
$1,000 
2,898 
(D) 
151 
12 
(D) 
167 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
776 
6 
72 
26 
27 
105 
- 
number 
12,504 
1,194 
975 
310 
286 
1,419 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
622 
6 
49 
19 
16 
86 
- 
number 
7,110 
771 
532 
119 
151 
797 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
405 
5 
56 
10 
20 
31 
- 
number 
6,263 
647 
457 
216 
154 
425 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
1,804 
1 
72 
23 
36 
185 
- 
number 
20,337 
(D) 
338 
153 
136 
1,024 
- 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
1,739 
1 
62 
20 
32 
161 
- 
number 
12,663 
(D) 
206 
117 
116 
622 
- 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
520 
2 
1 
- 
11 
- 
number 
2,883 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
17 
" 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
813 
3 
81 
21 
27 
107 
- 
number 
8,599 
314 
536 
196 
213 
836 
- 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
322 
3 
28 
11 
10 
17 
- 
number 
4,342 
60 
274 
127 
77 
267 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,795 
2 
194 
67 
119 
247 
- 
number 
153,925 
(D) 
10,467 
1,335 
6,439 
7,408 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,773 
2 
189 
67 
117 
247 
- 
400 to 3,199 
21 
- 
5 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
192 
- 
24 
5 
20 
19 
- 
number 
7,375 
- 
619 
218 
(D) 
664 
" 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
354 
- 
65 
2 
41 
43 
- 
number 
110,454 
- 
4,354 
(D) 
3,396 
1,902 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
23 
- 
4 
- 
1 
1 
- 
number 
8,607 
- 
970 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
