Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



(Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Farms - - number. 



Land in farms _ acres. 



Average size of farm. acres. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre deltas. 



Farms by size; 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres ■ 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1.999 acres 



2.000 acres or more 



Harvested cropland... - farms. 



acres. 

 Irrigated land - farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



Livestock, pouitrv. and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industnal classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons {016) 



Fnjits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General fanns, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy (arms (024) _ 



Poultry and eggs (025) _ 



Animal specialties (027) -. 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other -cooperative, estate or trust institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator 



Full owners 



Part owners-- - 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor _ $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory; 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



numt>er. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops harvested; 

 Com for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Insh potatoes - farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop. etc. 

 (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



1982 



674 

 66 233 



236 436 

 2 335 



120 



206 



252 



82 



10 



3 



1 



560 



23 704 



78 



2 801 



25 757 



392 



15 211 



374 



10 546 



1 



112 



88 



41 

 91 

 20 

 164 

 93 

 28 

 29 

 7 



571 

 54 

 44 



5 



443 

 185 

 46 



373 

 301 



4 941 

 1 094 

 580 

 1 672 

 4 462 



294 



9 431 



135 



4 677 



89 



6 141 



105 



256 021 



101 



3 106 



35 



3 535 



318 



10 623 



135 



2 208 



62 



702 



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 10 1982 



8.0 



-5.7 



-12.2 



.3 

 18.2 



-5.8 



32.5 



-.4 



-100.0 



2.9 



-10.3 

 7.7 

 -20.6 

 17.9 

 -6.4 

 19.2 

 4.3 

 16.0 



-22.3 



-4.5 

 56.1 

 -5.5 

 95.0 

 23.2 

 -19.4 

 32.1 

 55.2 

 14.3 



8.6 



-3.7 

 15.9 



10.2 

 -6.5 

 45.7 



-7.2 

 26.9 



82 



28 

 11.5 

 42.1 

 24.6 



15.6 



-4.6 



-8.9 



-17.2 



-18.0 



-50.7 



20.0 



51.6 



1.0 



-.9 



-40.0 



-18.6 



6.9 

 -12.5 

 -11.1 

 -13.6 

 27.4 

 17.7 



Farms with sales o( $10,000 

 or more 



288 



38 304 



133 



334 777 

 2 394 



30 



67 



122 



60 



8 



1 



250 



18 970 



57 



2 760 



24 636 



168 



14 566 



162 



10 070 



217 



35 



35 



1 



131 

 130 

 27 



246 

 42 



4 610 



998 



523 



1 468 



4 308 



123 



7 425 



98 



4 577 



32 



5 068 



30 

 250 303 



71 



2 801 



24 



3 510 



120 



6 717 



69 



1 905 



27 



589 



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 10 1982 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



zData for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIM RHODE ISLAND 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



