Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
3,485 
2,655 
660 
170 
1,629 
1,856 
acres 
62,234 
38,964 
19,428 
3,842 
32,389 
29,845 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
5,698 
4,382 
925 
391 
2,700 
2,998 
acres 
91,383 
71,651 
16,063 
3,669 
45,688 
45,695 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,746 
1,169 
295 
282 
863 
883 
acres 
23,433 
13,683 
8,204 
1,546 
12,107 
1 1 ,326 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,692 
1,124 
288 
280 
841 
851 
acres 
23,119 
13,520 
(D) 
(D) 
11,985 
11,134 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
65 
50 
12 
3 
24 
41 
acres 
314 
163 
(D) 
(D) 
122 
192 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
19 
16 
3 
8 
11 
acres 
459 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
518 
290 
177 
51 
251 
267 
acres 
31,025 
11,342 
17,860 
1,823 
13,545 
17,480 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
198 
109 
56 
33 
87 
111 
$1,000 
26,238 
7,120 
16,715 
2,403 
3,277 
22,961 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
7,755 
5,754 
1,202 
799 
3,937 
3,818 
$1,000 
5,460,071 
3,559,976 
1,578,937 
321,158 
2,635,942 
2,824,130 
Average per farm 
dollars 
704,071 
618,696 
1,313,592 
401,950 
669,531 
739,688 
Average per acre 
dollars 
10,430 
10,670 
9,441 
14,186 
10,784 
10,119 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
626 
293 
31 
302 
392 
234 
$50,000 to $99,999 
360 
245 
30 
85 
206 
154 
$100,000 to $199,999 
803 
629 
70 
104 
415 
388 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,840 
2,449 
269 
122 
1,416 
1,424 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,863 
1,420 
320 
123 
910 
953 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
756 
456 
265 
35 
358 
398 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
392 
199 
173 
20 
182 
210 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
99 
56 
37 
6 
52 
47 
$10,000,000 or more 
16 
7 
7 
2 
6 
10 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
7,751 
5,750 
1,202 
799 
3,933 
3,818 
$1,000 
418,149 
243,556 
141,003 
33,590 
178,203 
239,946 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
1,214 
919 
62 
233 
721 
493 
$5,000 to $9,999 
738 
571 
82 
85 
402 
336 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,296 
1,108 
94 
94 
708 
588 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,132 
1,647 
276 
209 
1,078 
1,054 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,181 
863 
235 
83 
537 
644 
$100,000 to $199,999 
735 
444 
220 
71 
308 
427 
$200,000 to $499,999 
375 
179 
181 
15 
155 
220 
$500,000 or more 
80 
19 
52 
9 
24 
56 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
5,484 
3,903 
1,052 
529 
2,620 
2,864 
number 
10,324 
6,535 
2,874 
915 
4,604 
5,720 
Tractors, all 
farms 
5,826 
4,373 
1,066 
387 
2,797 
3,029 
number 
13,383 
8,457 
4,049 
877 
6,204 
7,179 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
4,100 
3,168 
690 
242 
1,900 
2,200 
number 
6,704 
4,739 
1,530 
435 
3,097 
3,607 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,247 
2,180 
848 
219 
1,612 
1,635 
number 
5,683 
3,277 
2,048 
358 
2,686 
2,997 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
653 
340 
263 
50 
298 
355 
number 
996 
441 
471 
84 
421 
575 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
47 
20 
26 
1 
15 
32 
number 
54 
(D) 
31 
(D) 
15 
39 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
120 
52 
56 
12 
54 
66 
number 
146 
65 
67 
14 
64 
82 
Hay balers 
farms 
1,540 
898 
573 
69 
793 
747 
number 
1,884 
1,019 
776 
89 
946 
938 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
216 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
