Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Massachusetts 
Barnstable 
Berkshire 
Bristol 
Dukes 
Essex 
Franklin 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,834 
143 
320 
426 
43 
271 
487 
acres 
137,039 
1,362 
16,622 
10,040 
478 
(D) 
18,679 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,692 
113 
65 
151 
19 
97 
129 
acres 
23,119 
(D) 
223 
1,609 
129 
591 
(D) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
9 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
56 
- 
4 
4 
1 
2 
10 
acres 
2,810 
- 
(D) 
26 
(D) 
(D) 
577 
bushels 
401,986 
- 
(D) 
2,556 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
54 
" 
" 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
35 
- 
2 
4 
1 
2 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
163 
- 
17 
21 
1 
7 
29 
acres 
11,872 
- 
2,577 
1,527 
(D) 
549 
2,337 
tons 
220,172 
- 
50,686 
28,247 
(D) 
9,975 
43,032 
Irrigated 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
87 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
61 
- 
5 
9 
1 
2 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
56 
- 
3 
6 
- 
3 
12 
1 00 to 249 acres 
38 
- 
5 
5 
- 
2 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
8 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
8 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
28 
- 
3 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
cwt 
669 
- 
54 
- 
- 
(D) 
(□) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
(D) 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
Forage - land used for all hay and 
all haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
2,200 
7 
202 
205 
18 
104 
283 
acres 
76,519 
(D) 
12,708 
4,951 
362 
3,404 
9,795 
tons, dry equivalent 
167,667 
(D) 
33,903 
10,729 
475 
7,340 
20,196 
Irrigated 
farms 
42 
2 
4 
7 
3 
1 
2 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
197 
(D) 
6 
33 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 acres 
1,381 
6 
91 
146 
12 
73 
177 
25 to 99 acres 
622 
1 
75 
49 
6 
21 
79 
1 00 to 249 acres 
171 
- 
25 
10 
- 
9 
24 
250 to 499 acres 
20 
- 
9 
- 
- 
1 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
6 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
Oats for grain 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
92 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
6,995 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
751 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
32,722 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
' 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
22 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
5 
acres 
413 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
621,181 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
106 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Massachusetts 265 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
