Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
246 
85 
15 
6 
13 
15 
36 
$1,000 to $4,999 
454 
192 
- 
31 
15 
31 
43 
72 
$5,000 to $9,999 
365 
184 
- 
26 
21 
21 
61 
55 
$10,000 to $24,999 
480 
312 
5 
31 
7 
58 
114 
97 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
267 
- 
23 
15 
69 
78 
82 
$50,000 or more 
679 
522 
11 
24 
58 
109 
175 
145 
Operators reporting net losses 
.... farms 
5,171 
2,316 
20 
102 
184 
542 
618 
850 
Average net loss 
...dollars 
29,993 
44,888 
13,205 
38,458 
51,118 
48,998 
54,718 
35,288 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
329 
123 
13 
31 
19 
60 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,275 
439 
8 
18 
21 
100 
118 
174 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,083 
408 
- 
7 
37 
54 
119 
191 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,252 
574 
6 
19 
44 
119 
149 
237 
$25,000 to $49,999 
547 
306 
6 
26 
30 
75 
78 
91 
$50,000 or more 
685 
466 
- 
32 
39 
163 
135 
97 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,716 
1,618 
25 
76 
146 
369 
508 
494 
$1,000 
78,482 
55,021 
158 
637 
5,865 
14,041 
19,675 
14,645 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
381 
253 
19 
7 
82 
72 
73 
$1,000 
4,671 
2,978 
- 
105 
180 
1,390 
839 
464 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
332 
181 
6 
1 
11 
34 
60 
69 
$1,000 
1,614 
1,014 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
155 
424 
363 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
738 
363 
2 
12 
31 
71 
130 
117 
$1,000 
4,486 
2,605 
(D) 
(D) 
107 
223 
1,641 
562 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
287 
209 
15 
23 
37 
74 
60 
$1,000 
12,034 
7,726 
- 
40 
1,121 
668 
2,258 
3,640 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
540 
370 
5 
12 
34 
96 
121 
102 
$1,000 
7,381 
5,939 
(D) 
(D) 
238 
369 
2,210 
3,116 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
75 
60 
2 
2 
12 
24 
20 
$1,000 
3,268 
2,929 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,251 
1,063 
580 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
112 
99 
6 
6 
4 
22 
38 
23 
$1,000 
1,455 
1,348 
33 
(D) 
(D) 
310 
514 
391 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
887 
562 
6 
25 
63 
135 
175 
158 
$1,000 
43,573 
30,481 
60 
345 
4,144 
9,676 
10,727 
5,530 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,249 
2,759 
24 
207 
209 
563 
773 
983 
acres 
160,789 
113,400 
190 
3,976 
7,178 
25,542 
34,530 
41,984 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,834 
2,576 
24 
201 
178 
504 
732 
937 
acres 
137,039 
99,564 
190 
3,016 
5,945 
22,522 
30,512 
37,379 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,176 
2,068 
24 
190 
142 
386 
565 
761 
50 to 99 acres 
356 
264 
- 
9 
25 
59 
82 
89 
100 to 199 acres 
179 
141 
- 
- 
7 
36 
46 
52 
200 to 499 acres 
101 
82 
- 
- 
3 
18 
37 
24 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
19 
- 
2 
1 
4 
2 
10 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
1 
- 
" 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
506 
269 
35 
39 
77 
52 
66 
acres 
5,689 
3,716 
- 
172 
483 
1,046 
1,199 
816 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
349 
207 
18 
29 
56 
62 
42 
acres 
3,763 
1,784 
- 
68 
136 
596 
566 
418 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
785 
452 
55 
34 
104 
124 
135 
acres 
12,439 
7,081 
- 
527 
466 
1,189 
1,882 
3,017 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
248 
160 
- 
25 
17 
38 
40 
40 
acres 
1,859 
1,255 
- 
193 
148 
189 
371 
354 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,206 
2,087 
11 
82 
138 
491 
628 
737 
acres 
209,111 
113,975 
92 
2,332 
7,177 
21,487 
38,948 
43,939 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,093 
524 
6 
21 
36 
136 
154 
171 
acres 
17,837 
7,920 
6 
132 
402 
1,473 
2,593 
3,314 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,668 
1,831 
5 
68 
131 
411 
555 
661 
acres 
191,274 
106,055 
86 
2,200 
6,775 
20,014 
36,355 
40,625 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
194 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
