Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
3,712 
24 
95 
328 
1,067 
1,242 
956 
acres 
192,836 
940 
4,072 
13,915 
47,671 
59,229 
67,009 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
178 
4 
- 
16 
44 
72 
42 
acres 
13,105 
88 
- 
795 
3,256 
5,378 
3,588 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
3,224 
18 
79 
277 
940 
1,077 
833 
acres 
(D) 
880 
3,992 
9,323 
41,394 
(D) 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms 
247 
6 
22 
27 
63 
73 
56 
acres 
13,771 
60 
74 
873 
4,210 
5,886 
2,668 
Registered under state law 
farms 
172 
6 
16 
16 
45 
52 
37 
acres 
11,094 
60 
68 
847 
3,904 
4,227 
1,988 
Corporation 
farms 
268 
- 
6 
33 
51 
107 
71 
acres 
(D) 
- 
18 
3,284 
2,135 
(D) 
20,663 
Family held 
farms 
212 
- 
6 
28 
41 
79 
58 
acres 
33,693 
- 
18 
3,276 
1,619 
8,613 
20,167 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
209 
- 
6 
28 
40 
79 
56 
Other than family held 
farms 
56 
- 
- 
5 
10 
28 
13 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
8 
516 
(D) 
496 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
56 
- 
- 
5 
10 
28 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
138 
12 
36 
54 
36 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
730 
2,013 
(D) 
(□) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
888 
4 
15 
80 
223 
306 
260 
workers 
3,666 
4 
24 
252 
1,081 
1,139 
1,166 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
435 
4 
2 
55 
104 
146 
124 
workers 
1,332 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
411 
418 
375 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
655 
- 
15 
43 
166 
232 
199 
workers 
2,334 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
670 
721 
791 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
25 
. 
2 
2 
2 
11 
8 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,073 
14 
59 
185 
621 
711 
483 
workers 
5,260 
36 
140 
499 
1,568 
1,947 
1,070 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,302 
6 
54 
146 
400 
459 
237 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,498 
12 
33 
124 
417 
496 
416 
50 to 69 acres 
247 
- 
- 
32 
55 
89 
71 
70 to 99 acres 
270 
- 
11 
10 
70 
81 
98 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
242 
6 
6 
13 
81 
67 
69 
140 to 1 79 acres 
94 
- 
- 
2 
26 
35 
31 
180 to 219 acres 
69 
- 
- 
11 
6 
28 
24 
220 to 259 acres 
37 
- 
2 
2 
4 
16 
13 
260 to 499 acres 
92 
- 
- 
8 
21 
36 
27 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
- 
- 
- 
10 
3 
7 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
21 
1 
8 
10 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
309 
- 
31 
60 
90 
84 
44 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
328 
- 
- 
23 
86 
119 
100 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
503 
_ 
17 
31 
135 
152 
168 
Other crop farming (1119) 
905 
6 
31 
52 
181 
315 
320 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
904 
6 
31 
52 
181 
315 
319 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
356 
6 
1 
26 
135 
87 
101 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
30 
- 
- 
4 
13 
10 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
77 
- 
- 
8 
38 
26 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
224 
- 
15 
25 
84 
88 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
209 
12 
- 
6 
49 
93 
49 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
910 
- 
12 
113 
268 
327 
190 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
710 
24 
80 
229 
210 
167 
number 
7,448 
- 
104 
1,009 
2,218 
2,212 
1,905 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
518 
23 
58 
163 
158 
116 
1 0 to 49 
172 
- 
1 
20 
59 
46 
46 
50 to 99 
14 
- 
- 
- 
7 
3 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Massachusetts 203 
