Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hampden 
Hampshire 
Middlesex 
Nantucket 
Norfolk 
Plymouth 
Suffolk 
Worcester 
Farms 
number 
582 
799 
739 
20 
245 
825 
20 
1,560 
Land in farms 
acres 
38,705 
53,951 
28,230 
1,232 
9,448 
64,032 
24 
101,808 
Average size of farm 
acres 
67 
68 
38 
62 
39 
78 
1 
65 
Median size of farm 
acres 
27 
33 
16 
18 
15 
20 
1 
26 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
488,323 
544,950 
730,976 
1,642,174 
936,186 
893,369 
245,989 
609,428 
Average per acre 
dollars 
7,343 
8,071 
19,135 
26,659 
24,277 
11,510 
204,991 
9,338 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
26,618 
42,524 
37,381 
419 
11,733 
54,271 
154 
73,938 
Average per farm 
dollars 
45,735 
53,221 
50,584 
20,938 
47,889 
65,783 
7,700 
47,518 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
134 
190 
272 
8 
93 
264 
20 
453 
1 0 to 49 acres 
231 
309 
289 
9 
98 
346 
- 
552 
50 to 1 79 acres 
159 
218 
152 
1 
46 
159 
- 
405 
180 to 499 acres 
52 
71 
25 
1 
6 
40 
- 
135 
500 to 999 acres 
6 
11 
1 
1 
2 
7 
- 
12 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
3 
Total cropland 
farms 
382 
557 
535 
11 
148 
599 
17 
1,117 
acres 
11,066 
21,494 
10,684 
621 
3,405 
17,268 
(D) 
32,203 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
344 
525 
506 
11 
125 
568 
17 
1,048 
acres 
9,335 
19,263 
9,672 
(D) 
2,765 
15,587 
(D) 
27,333 
Irrigated land 
farms 
94 
133 
234 
9 
58 
376 
15 
232 
acres 
864 
861 
1,655 
(D) 
582 
11,994 
(D) 
1,322 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
23,608 
49,229 
76,555 
1,656 
12,498 
108,063 
162 
57,478 
Average per farm 
dollars 
40,563 
61,613 
103,592 
82,786 
51,014 
130,985 
8,112 
36,845 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
17,377 
37,203 
68,696 
1,391 
9,473 
99,671 
156 
39,575 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
6,231 
12,026 
7,858 
264 
3,025 
8,391 
7 
17,903 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
298 
379 
336 
1 
112 
346 
10 
810 
$2,500 to $4,999 
66 
85 
68 
2 
21 
44 
- 
170 
$5,000 to $9,999 
64 
91 
71 
6 
30 
48 
2 
184 
$10,000 to $24,999 
65 
79 
73 
- 
34 
102 
7 
159 
$25,000 to $49,999 
15 
42 
68 
7 
6 
53 
1 
82 
$50,000 to $99,999 
36 
42 
48 
1 
11 
74 
- 
46 
$100,000 or more 
38 
81 
75 
3 
31 
158 
- 
109 
Government payments 
farms 
53 
95 
69 
- 
17 
102 
_ 
127 
$1,000 
480 
682 
482 
- 
(D) 
1,306 
- 
690 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
193 
301 
245 
8 
84 
295 
2 
514 
$1,000 
2,103 
3,440 
11,170 
(D) 
3,051 
12,966 
(D) 
12,023 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
23,749 
44,810 
81,868 
1,486 
18,980 
91,856 
811 
68,660 
Average per farm 
dollars 
40,806 
56,083 
110,783 
74,287 
77,470 
111,340 
40,539 
44,013 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
582 
799 
739 
20 
245 
825 
20 
1,560 
$1,000 
2,442 
8,540 
6,339 
325 
-3,372 
30,479 
-642 
1,532 
Average per farm 
dollars 
4,195 
10,689 
8,578 
16,245 
-13,764 
36,944 
-32,107 
982 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
242 
404 
385 
3 
143 
410 
13 
677 
Other 
number 
340 
395 
354 
17 
102 
415 
7 
883 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
360 
531 
477 
10 
149 
550 
14 
1,044 
200 days or more 
number 
250 
320 
291 
9 
102 
289 
5 
722 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
135 
176 
62 
1 
40 
67 
- 
340 
number 
2,528 
4,541 
2,101 
(D) 
408 
670 
- 
6,899 
Beef cows 
farms 
73 
91 
51 
23 
47 
- 
203 
number 
335 
680 
495 
- 
(D) 
197 
- 
1,619 
Milk cows 
farms 
21 
48 
7 
- 
1 
10 
- 
72 
number 
1,066 
1,677 
810 
- 
(D) 
196 
- 
1,882 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
82 
115 
50 
1 
17 
28 
- 
207 
number 
1,044 
1,647 
1,267 
(D) 
(D) 
174 
- 
2,649 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
32 
40 
38 
1 
1 
37 
- 
103 
number 
(D) 
2,066 
556 
(D) 
(D) 
1,035 
- 
3,127 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
15 
46 
41 
6 
28 
- 
87 
number 
(D) 
7,786 
943 
- 
42 
(D) 
- 
4,995 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
61 
65 
76 
1 
17 
62 
- 
191 
number 
781 
1,961 
1,196 
(D) 
309 
674 
- 
2,723 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
137 
179 
143 
2 
62 
142 
1 
413 
number 
4,119 
6,398 
9,301 
(D) 
1,737 
4,693 
(D) 
97,946 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
7 
16 
25 
6 
16 
59 
number 
(D) 
15,827 
6,896 
- 
361 
(D) 
- 
15,814 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2 
19 
7 
- 
- 
3 
- 
4 
acres 
(D) 
1,472 
164 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
71 
bushels 
(D) 
229,266 
26,887 
- 
- 
908 
- 
11,584 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
17 
16 
15 
- 
- 
4 
- 
36 
acres 
1,159 
1,238 
630 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
1,740 
tons 
21,397 
22,855 
12,550 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
29,212 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
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