Table 40. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Rhode Island: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
1,243 
272 
476 
355 
35 
20 
7 
78 
percent 
100.0 
21.9 
38.3 
28.6 
2.8 
1.6 
0.6 
- 
6.3 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
69,589 
11,862 
20,627 
17,563 
2,911 
3,046 
2,655 
- 
10,925 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
56 
44 
43 
49 
83 
152 
379 
- 
140 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
1,243 
272 
476 
355 
35 
20 
7 
78 
$1,000 
61,997 
3,277 
7,297 
7,402 
7,417 
10,136 
14,690 
- 
11,780 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
49,877 
12,048 
15,329 
20,850 
211,907 
506,777 
2,098,544 
- 
151,026 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
297 
97 
111 
81 
8 
$1,000 to $2,499 
105 
36 
52 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
178 
33 
81 
55 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
168 
29 
85 
47 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
200 
45 
79 
59 
1 
- 
- 
- 
16 
$25,000 to $49,999 
86 
9 
33 
41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$50,000 to $99,999 
101 
18 
22 
47 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
$100,000 to $249,999 
57 
5 
11 
8 
24 
1 
- 
- 
8 
$250,000 to $499,999 
26 
- 
2 
- 
10 
10 
- 
- 
4 
$500,000 to $999,999 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
7 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
2 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
2 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Total sales 
.... farms 
1,243 
272 
476 
355 
35 
20 
7 
_ 
78 
$1,000 
59,652 
2,982 
6,251 
6,976 
7,223 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1 1 ,522 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
35 
12 
2 
7 
4 
3 
1 
. 
6 
$1,000 
848 
98 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
105 
(D) 
- 
476 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
8 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Corn 
... farms 
31 
12 
2 
7 
4 
3 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
98 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
105 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
Wheat 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Soybeans 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
238 
33 
81 
81 
16 
8 
1 
18 
$1,000 
9,331 
588 
572 
1,322 
1,383 
2,899 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
34 
4 
- 
6 
8 
8 
1 
- 
7 
$1,000 
7,448 
391 
- 
494 
1,231 
2,899 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
136 
37 
42 
29 
8 
5 
_ 
_ 
15 
$1,000 
4,131 
(D) 
294 
475 
(D) 
1,022 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
16 
2 
- 
5 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
3,397 
(D) 
- 
331 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
58 
13 
16 
15 
6 
3 
- 
- 
5 
$1,000 
1,758 
(D) 
190 
429 
434 
(D) 
- 
- 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
9 
1 
- 
3 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,169 
(D) 
- 
229 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
... farms 
97 
25 
32 
21 
6 
3 
- 
- 
10 
$1,000 
2,373 
(D) 
103 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
5 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,071 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 545 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
