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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
29 
1 
27 
1 
10 
19 
500 or more 
6 
- 
6 
1 
5 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,039 
625 
353 
61 
523 
516 
number 
18,740 
4,371 
(D) 
(D) 
6,944 
11,796 
Beef cows 
farms 
849 
547 
253 
49 
443 
406 
number 
6,240 
2,933 
(D) 
(D) 
3,374 
2,866 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
647 
456 
162 
29 
326 
321 
1 0 to 49 
188 
89 
80 
19 
110 
78 
50 to 99 
13 
2 
10 
1 
7 
6 
100 to 199 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
278 
125 
138 
15 
114 
164 
number 
12,500 
1,438 
10,305 
757 
3,570 
8,930 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
133 
95 
32 
6 
58 
75 
1 0 to 49 
62 
23 
37 
2 
30 
32 
50 to 99 
42 
6 
31 
5 
14 
28 
100 to 199 
26 
- 
24 
2 
10 
16 
200 to 499 
15 
1 
14 
- 
2 
13 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
1,044 
639 
350 
55 
493 
551 
number 
16,963 
4,189 
(D) 
(D) 
7,026 
9,937 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
870 
500 
320 
50 
424 
446 
number 
13,691 
3,096 
9,789 
806 
4,935 
8,756 
$1,000 
9,503 
2,528 
6,441 
533 
3,495 
6,008 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
348 
166 
157 
25 
180 
168 
number 
5,891 
846 
4,632 
413 
1,951 
3,940 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
753 
414 
293 
46 
348 
405 
number 
7,800 
2,250 
5,157 
393 
2,984 
4,816 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
7 
- 
5 
2 
- 
7 
number 
290 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
290 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
478 
351 
100 
27 
208 
270 
number 
11,151 
6,685 
4,051 
415 
4,928 
6,223 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
379 
281 
75 
23 
158 
221 
25 to 49 
42 
26 
14 
2 
15 
27 
50 to 99 
31 
30 
1 
- 
23 
8 
100 to 199 
14 
8 
4 
2 
6 
8 
200 to 499 
10 
6 
4 
- 
6 
4 
500 or more 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
256 
192 
51 
13 
141 
115 
number 
2,392 
1,376 
948 
68 
1,058 
1,334 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
407 
290 
90 
27 
156 
251 
number 
8,759 
5,309 
3,103 
347 
3,870 
4,889 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
432 
286 
116 
30 
163 
269 
number 
23,536 
11,531 
11,114 
891 
6,291 
17,245 
$1,000 
2,898 
1,759 
944 
195 
850 
2,047 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
776 
608 
129 
39 
340 
436 
number 
12,504 
7,589 
4,086 
829 
4,837 
7,667 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
622 
484 
107 
31 
270 
352 
number 
7,110 
4,057 
2,524 
529 
2,707 
4,403 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
405 
276 
87 
42 
181 
224 
number 
6,263 
3,414 
2,391 
458 
2,290 
3,973 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
1,804 
1,445 
245 
114 
794 
1,010 
number 
20,337 
15,002 
3,012 
2,323 
8,863 
1 1 ,474 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
1,739 
1,398 
229 
112 
758 
981 
number 
12,663 
9,452 
1,818 
1,393 
5,841 
6,822 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
520 
391 
71 
58 
226 
294 
number 
2,883 
1,614 
187 
1,082 
811 
2,072 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
813 
651 
114 
48 
350 
463 
number 
8,599 
6,458 
1,878 
263 
3,229 
5,370 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
322 
249 
45 
28 
119 
203 
number 
4,342 
3,146 
943 
253 
1,541 
2,801 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,795 
1,441 
258 
96 
789 
1,006 
number 
153,925 
132,620 
16,047 
5,258 
26,644 
127,281 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
1,773 
1,427 
252 
94 
780 
993 
400 to 3,199 
21 
13 
6 
2 
9 
12 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
192 
148 
33 
11 
86 
106 
number 
7,375 
4,448 
1,077 
1,850 
3,356 
4,019 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
