Massachusetts Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Agriculture=== {{ Main | Agriculture in Massachusetts }} As of 2012, there were 7,755 farms in Massachusetts encompassing a total of {{convert|523,517|acre|km2|-1}}, averaging {{convert|67.5|acre|hectare}} apiece.<ref>{{cite web |title=Number of Farms Numbers Continue Slight Rise in 2012 |url=https://ag.umass.edu/ma-agricultural-data/number-of-farms/numbers-continue-slight-rise-in-2012 |publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] Center for Agriculture, Food, and the environment |access-date=April 27, 2015}}</ref> [[Greenhouse]], [[floriculture]], and [[sod]] products {{endash}} including [[ornamental plant|the ornamental market]] {{endash}} make up more than one third of the state's agricultural output.<ref name="census-2017">{{cite web | access-date=July 29, 2022 |year=2017 | title=National Agricultural Statistics Service - 2017 Census of Agriculture - Volume 1, Chapter 1: State Level Data | website=USDA, [[National Agricultural Statistics Service]] | url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_State_Level/Massachusetts/}}</ref><ref name="Facts-Stats" /> Particular agricultural products of note also include [[Cranberry|cranberries]], sweet corn and apples are also large sectors of production.<ref name="Facts-Stats">{{cite web | access-date=September 30, 2022 | website=[[Massachusetts Government]] | url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/agricultural-resources-facts-and-statistics | title=Agricultural Resources Facts and Statistics}}</ref> Fruit cultivation is an important part of the state's agricultural revenues,<ref name="fruit-UMassExt">{{cite web | title=UMass Extension Fruit Program | website=[[UMass Extension Fruit Program]] | date=February 26, 2015 | url=http://ag.umass.edu/fruit | access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> and Massachusetts is the second-largest cranberry-producing state after [[Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 26, 2007 |url=http://www.nass.usda.gov/nh/jan07cran.pdf |title=Massachusetts Cranberries |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |access-date=May 23, 2010}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page