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Norfolk County

Farmland

  • Norfolk County has 208 farms maintaining 12,645 acres of open space.
  • The average Norfolk County farm is 61 acres.

Economics & Employment

  • Norfolk County's farms produced more than $11.3 million in farm products in 2002.
  • 478 workers are employed on 85 farms in Norfolk County. 207 of those workers worked on farms 150 days or more during the year.
  • Norfolk County farms paid more than $4 million in wages to workers in 2002.
  • About half of Norfolk County farm operators report farming as their principle occupation. The remainder report principle occupations off the farm.
  • The average Norfolk County farmer is 54 years old and has operated his or her farm for 21 years.
  • The vast majority of Norfolk County farms are family owned and operated, including sole proprietorships, partnerships and family-held corporations.

Crops

  • The major commodity group in Norfolk County is nursery and greenhouse crops.
  • The second largest commodity group is vegetables and the third is dairy products.
  • Other crops are fruits and berries.

Sources: New England Agricultural Statistics, 2006; and U.S. Census of Agriculture, 2002
Compiled by: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
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