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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
1 
1 
_ 
1 
1 
2 
- 
7 
$50,000 or more 
10 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
- 
2 
Chemicals purchased farms 
460 
89 
155 
132 
29 
17 
7 
- 
31 
$1,000 
1,760 
83 
81 
208 
209 
517 
280 
- 
383 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
399 
85 
154 
121 
15 
3 
2 
- 
19 
$5,000 to $24,999 
44 
4 
1 
10 
13 
7 
2 
- 
7 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
3 
" 
3 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased farms 
542 
81 
196 
173 
28 
14 
7 
- 
43 
$1,000 
3,661 
(D) 
408 
687 
735 
592 
(D) 
- 
459 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
283 
45 
146 
81 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
$1,000 to $4,999 
143 
27 
32 
66 
5 
- 
- 
- 
13 
$5,000 to $24,999 
82 
9 
15 
18 
14 
8 
2 
- 
16 
$25,000 to $49,999 
22 
- 
2 
8 
7 
2 
2 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
12 
- 
1 
- 
2 
4 
3 
- 
2 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms 
349 
66 
157 
108 
6 
3 
- 
- 
9 
$1,000 
1,023 
138 
355 
364 
(D) 
95 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
291 
59 
133 
88 
3 
- 
- 
- 
8 
$5,000 to $24,999 
52 
7 
23 
17 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
6 
- 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms 
136 
26 
64 
38 
3 
1 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
314 
88 
144 
47 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) farms 
287 
42 
137 
94 
4 
2 
- 
- 
8 
$1,000 
709 
50 
211 
318 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
" 
37 
Feed purchased farms 
693 
165 
284 
205 
11 
5 
1 
- 
22 
$1,000 
6,287 
920 
1,419 
1,899 
(D) 
513 
(D) 
- 
893 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
445 
122 
220 
86 
4 
- 
- 
- 
13 
$5,000 to $24,999 
202 
39 
55 
102 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$25,000 to $99,999 
38 
4 
9 
17 
2 
4 
- 
- 
2 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
1 
- 
2 
$250,000 or more 
1 
- 
" 
" 
" 
" 
- 
1 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms 
1,180 
259 
444 
345 
35 
20 
7 
- 
70 
$1,000 
5,296 
396 
756 
1,563 
541 
621 
392 
- 
1,027 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
993 
246 
411 
280 
8 
2 
- 
- 
46 
$5,000 to $24,999 
141 
11 
30 
59 
20 
8 
2 
- 
11 
$25,000 to $49,999 
26 
2 
2 
1 
7 
7 
2 
- 
5 
$50,000 or more 
20 
- 
1 
5 
" 
3 
3 
- 
8 
Utilities farms 
753 
147 
237 
254 
34 
20 
7 
_ 
54 
$1,000 
2,133 
230 
295 
484 
305 
303 
173 
- 
344 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
370 
84 
171 
89 
4 
- 
- 
- 
22 
$1,000 to $4,999 
286 
52 
52 
150 
10 
7 
1 
- 
14 
$5,000 to $24,999 
82 
11 
14 
14 
17 
9 
2 
- 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
- 
- 
1 
3 
2 
4 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
" 
2 
- 
" 
2 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance 
costs farms 
987 
214 
357 
292 
35 
20 
7 
- 
62 
$1,000 
6,234 
546 
808 
1,593 
525 
826 
854 
- 
1,082 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
764 
205 
323 
191 
8 
2 
- 
- 
35 
$5,000 to $24,999 
165 
5 
31 
85 
22 
8 
1 
- 
13 
$25,000 to $49,999 
34 
2 
2 
16 
4 
3 
2 
- 
5 
$50,000 or more 
24 
2 
1 
“ 
1 
7 
4 
- 
9 
Hired farm labor farms 
394 
69 
101 
119 
34 
20 
7 
_ 
44 
$1,000 
19,889 
1,351 
2,848 
3,195 
2,676 
2,813 
2,972 
- 
4,034 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
92 
28 
31 
28 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
$5,000 to $24,999 
114 
13 
36 
43 
5 
1 
- 
- 
16 
$25,000 to $99,999 
141 
28 
29 
42 
20 
7 
1 
- 
14 
$100,000 to $249,999 
32 
- 
5 
6 
8 
8 
1 
- 
4 
$250,000 or more 
15 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
5 
- 
6 
Contract labor farms 
119 
17 
24 
56 
8 
5 
2 
_ 
7 
$1,000 
1,255 
(D) 
63 
566 
(D) 
219 
(D) 
- 
111 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
18 
5 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
43 
8 
13 
19 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$5,000 to $24,999 
43 
4 
5 
23 
5 
2 
1 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 547 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
