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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in orchards - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
84 
52 
20 
12 
34 
50 
acres 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
765 
470 
272 
24 
427 
338 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
295 
233 
29 
33 
146 
149 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
114 
86 
24 
4 
55 
59 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
46 
34 
11 
1 
14 
32 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples 
farms 
339 
258 
51 
30 
148 
191 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
3,200 
2,444 
669 
87 
1,274 
1,926 
Grapes 
farms 
100 
72 
16 
12 
39 
61 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
214 
186 
26 
1 
86 
128 
Peaches, all 
farms 
207 
159 
35 
13 
88 
119 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
454 
297 
140 
17 
190 
265 
Land in berries (see text) 
farms 
1,137 
838 
191 
108 
555 
582 
acres 
15,727 
11,192 
3,806 
729 
8,795 
6,932 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Massachusetts 223 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
