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Massachusetts Ag Facts & Statistics
- Fingertip Facts - quick facts and national ranks of Massachusetts agriculture.
Across the state, see how the preservation of working landscapes and the Department of Agricultural Resources’ work is a win/win for local communities everywhere:
Statewide Across Massachusetts (PDF)
- Eastern Massachusetts -- Norfolk, Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk Counties (PDF)
- Cape Cod and the Islands -- Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket (PDF)
- Pioneer Valley – Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties (PDF)
- Southeast Massachusetts – Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, and Plymouth Counties (PDF)
- Western Massachusetts -- Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties (PDF)
- Worcester County (PDF)
Bet you didn't know that...
- Massachusetts is 2nd in New England for direct sales of farm products to consumers. At $42M
in direct sales, Massachusetts farmers were responsible for 40 percent
of New England's total.
- Massachusetts ranks 9th nationally in total value of direct sales, following states such as California,
New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, and Washington.
- Massachusetts ranks 2nd nationally in value of average direct market sales at $25,356 per farm.
- More than 80% of Massachusetts farms are family-owned. Over 95% t fit the
category of "small farms" according to the USDA definition of
sales below $250,000.
- Massachusetts ranks 1st in the U.S. for farmland value at $12,202 per acre.
- Female farm operators account for 29% of the farm operators in MA, up from
21% in 2002.
- Massachusetts increased number of organic farms from 129 in 2002 to 295
in 2007, and organic sales from $7.8M in sales in 2002 to $17.5M in 2007.
- Agritourism income totaled $5.3M, up from $665,000 in 2002.
Sources: New England Agricultural Statistics 2007 and U.S. Census of Agriculture
2007.
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