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. 
Contract labor - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
- 
- 
8 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Customwork and custom hauling farms 
92 
7 
24 
38 
7 
5 
3 
- 
8 
$1,000 
1,041 
47 
72 
108 
69 
(D) 
173 
- 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
36 
2 
16 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16 
- 
1 
14 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
32 
5 
7 
10 
6 
2 
- 
- 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
5 
- 
" 
- 
1 
2 
" 
2 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms 
147 
7 
29 
56 
20 
12 
5 
- 
18 
$1,000 
1,263 
17 
45 
209 
205 
250 
325 
- 
211 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
102 
6 
27 
44 
10 
2 
- 
- 
13 
$5,000 to $9,999 
13 
1 
1 
5 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
20 
- 
1 
7 
6 
4 
1 
- 
1 
$25,000 or more 
12 
- 
- 
" 
2 
3 
4 
- 
3 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles .farms 
57 
7 
9 
23 
4 
3 
3 
- 
8 
$1,000 
269 
2 
58 
72 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
29 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
16 
7 
- 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
21 
- 
3 
12 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
$5,000 to $24,999 
19 
- 
6 
4 
3 
1 
1 
- 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Interest expense farms 
312 
57 
77 
116 
17 
18 
7 
_ 
20 
$1,000 
2,649 
253 
574 
738 
281 
245 
398 
- 
159 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
188 
37 
44 
78 
6 
7 
2 
- 
14 
$5,000 to $24,999 
97 
19 
26 
33 
7 
8 
- 
- 
4 
$25,000 to $99,999 
24 
1 
7 
4 
4 
3 
3 
- 
2 
$100,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
" 
2 
- 
- 
Secured by real estate farms 
205 
32 
58 
74 
11 
12 
6 
_ 
12 
$1,000 
1,933 
165 
493 
526 
144 
181 
328 
- 
95 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
31 
10 
10 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 
$1,000 to $4,999 
85 
8 
18 
47 
3 
3 
2 
- 
4 
$5,000 to $24,999 
69 
13 
23 
19 
5 
7 
- 
- 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
15 
1 
6 
3 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
5 
- 
1 
1 
" 
1 
2 
" 
" 
Not secured by real estate farms 
169 
32 
30 
69 
10 
10 
5 
_ 
13 
$1,000 
716 
88 
81 
212 
137 
64 
70 
- 
64 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
46 
11 
3 
20 
3 
2 
1 
- 
6 
$1,000 to $4,999 
90 
15 
26 
39 
3 
2 
1 
- 
4 
$5,000 to $24,999 
31 
6 
1 
10 
2 
6 
3 
- 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Property taxes paid farms 
1,135 
266 
445 
314 
31 
18 
6 
- 
55 
$1,000 
7,365 
1,732 
2,457 
2,092 
202 
248 
224 
- 
410 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
649 
141 
281 
179 
16 
6 
1 
- 
25 
$5,000 to $9,999 
306 
81 
103 
94 
6 
4 
1 
- 
17 
$10,000 to $24,999 
149 
36 
56 
32 
9 
4 
1 
- 
11 
$25,000 or more 
31 
8 
5 
9 
- 
4 
3 
- 
2 
All other production 
expenses (see text) farms 
727 
136 
252 
236 
26 
20 
5 
- 
52 
$1,000 
5,250 
480 
770 
1,635 
497 
692 
508 
- 
669 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
497 
106 
204 
147 
7 
3 
- 
- 
30 
$5,000 to $24,999 
174 
25 
42 
67 
15 
10 
1 
- 
14 
$25,000 to $49,999 
44 
5 
6 
22 
3 
3 
- 
- 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
2 
$100,000 or more 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
- 
1 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 farms 
16 
2 
3 
3 
4 
2 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
7 
(D) 
- 
" 
(D) 
Depreciation expenses claimed farms 
425 
87 
114 
138 
27 
20 
7 
- 
32 
$1,000 
6,851 
627 
1,041 
1,200 
549 
580 
2,006 
- 
849 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations farms 
1,243 
272 
476 
355 
35 
20 
7 
- 
78 
$1,000 
-1,009 
-2,642 
-3,079 
-6,029 
849 
1,798 
7,033 
- 
1,061 
Average per farm dollars 
-812 
-9,714 
-6,469 
-16,982 
24,251 
89,907 
1,004,732 
- 
13,602 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
548 Farm Typology 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
