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 (continued) 
[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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
...farms 
291 
45 
77 
98 
24 
9 
6 
- 
32 
$1,000 
32,831 
832 
2,988 
3,228 
3,716 
3,278 
11,390 
- 
7,400 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
102 
3 
19 
30 
21 
8 
6 
- 
15 
$1,000 
30,500 
(D) 
2,393 
2,321 
(D) 
(D) 
11,390 
- 
7,277 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
51 
15 
16 
14 
2 
1 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
439 
65 
151 
127 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
...farms 
48 
15 
16 
11 
2 
1 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
438 
65 
151 
126 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
...farms 
208 
47 
89 
45 
7 
5 
1 
- 
14 
$1,000 
1,401 
264 
331 
497 
164 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
73 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
3 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
180 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maple syrup (see text) 
...farms 
18 
1 
14 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
...farms 
161 
34 
77 
34 
7 
3 
1 
_ 
5 
$1,000 
1,180 
119 
490 
239 
80 
152 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
5 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
366 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) 
...farms 
14 
2 
3 
- 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
3,902 
(D) 
510 
- 
701 
1,268 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
13 
1 
3 
- 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
510 
- 
701 
1,268 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
Hogs and pigs 
...farms 
66 
3 
36 
21 
2 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
601 
(D) 
(D) 
214 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
...farms 
111 
21 
72 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
257 
33 
170 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
...farms 
64 
15 
24 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
382 
76 
103 
203 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
...farms 
253 
32 
140 
68 
4 
2 
- 
- 
7 
$1,000 
2,177 
43 
173 
278 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,788 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Aquaculture 
...farms 
28 
- 
6 
11 
2 
- 
- 
9 
$1,000 
1,917 
- 
(D) 
250 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
1,066 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
12 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
7 
$1,000 
1,736 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
...farms 
104 
24 
49 
28 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
256 
94 
111 
46 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
...farms 
190 
28 
88 
43 
9 
4 
1 
- 
17 
$1,000 
2,345 
296 
1,046 
425 
193 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
258 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
...farms 
6 
1 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
26 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
...farms 
376 
66 
150 
121 
14 
6 
1 
- 
18 
$1,000 
6,253 
587 
746 
1,371 
1,368 
1,743 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
...farms 
1,243 
272 
476 
355 
35 
20 
7 
_ 
78 
$1,000 
68,335 
6,682 
11,382 
15,774 
7,107 
8,814 
7,671 
- 
10,904 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
54,976 
24,567 
23,912 
44,434 
203,055 
440,692 
1,095,841 
" 
139,801 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
...farms 
674 
142 
248 
185 
30 
17 
7 
- 
45 
$1,000 
2,960 
218 
374 
360 
223 
687 
437 
- 
662 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
577 
132 
226 
173 
17 
1 
2 
- 
26 
$5,000 to $24,999 
74 
9 
21 
12 
12 
9 
1 
- 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
546 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
