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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
656 
169 
236 
176 
21 
5 
- 
- 
49 
50 to 99 acres 
43 
5 
12 
11 
5 
4 
1 
- 
5 
100 to 199 acres 
25 
4 
4 
1 
5 
7 
1 
- 
3 
200 to 499 acres 
19 
- 
2 
4 
1 
2 
3 
- 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) 
...farms 
83 
8 
36 
30 
5 
- 
- 
- 
4 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
1,377 
(D) 
777 
257 
92 
“ 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
were abandoned 
...farms 
43 
14 
11 
9 
3 
4 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
414 
67 
72 
123 
(D) 
96 
(D) 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
...farms 
125 
30 
31 
36 
4 
5 
1 
- 
18 
acres 
1,726 
195 
275 
632 
(D) 
153 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
27 
8 
9 
7 
1 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
143 
(D) 
46 
29 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
(D) 
Total woodland 
...farms 
666 
154 
287 
178 
13 
6 
2 
- 
26 
acres 
(D) 
5,532 
(D) 
(D) 
886 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
198 
52 
91 
43 
6 
2 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
2,281 
487 
(D) 
(D) 
152 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
31 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
583 
132 
256 
154 
11 
4 
1 
- 
25 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
(D) 
5,045 
11,278 
(D) 
734 
204 
(D) 
(D) 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
521 
135 
215 
146 
10 
- 
1 
- 
14 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
6,440 
(D) 
2,118 
2,221 
137 
(D) 
(D) 
wasteland, etc 
...farms 
917 
209 
367 
243 
25 
18 
3 
- 
52 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
199 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
Irrigated land 
...farms 
325 
50 
90 
107 
27 
12 
6 
- 
33 
acres 
3,954 
114 
275 
375 
328 
605 
1,211 
- 
1,046 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
298 
45 
74 
101 
27 
12 
6 
- 
33 
acres 
3,778 
(D) 
195 
305 
(D) 
605 
1,211 
- 
1,046 
Pastureland and other land 
...farms 
30 
5 
17 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
176 
(D) 
80 
70 
(D) 
Programs 
...farms 
11 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
503 
- 
- 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
...farms 
47 
8 
5 
12 
7 
8 
2 
- 
5 
acres 
2,621 
64 
35 
(D) 
82 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
...farms 
26 
2 
- 
13 
1 
- 
- 
- 
10 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
778 
(D) 
467 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
...farms 
1,243 
272 
476 
355 
35 
20 
7 
- 
78 
$1,000 
977,114 
177,555 
290,652 
249,691 
45,480 
65,026 
28,858 
- 
119,851 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
786,093 
652,776 
610,614 
703,355 
1,299,440 
3,251,318 
4,122,542 
- 
1 ,536,556 
Average per acre 
. dollars 
14,041 
14,968 
14,091 
14,217 
15,624 
21,348 
10,869 
" 
10,970 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
46 
14 
19 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
70 
8 
33 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$100,000 to $199,999 
84 
22 
26 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
$200,000 to $499,999 
442 
87 
201 
124 
8 
2 
- 
- 
20 
$500,000 to $999,999 
369 
92 
141 
105 
10 
1 
2 
- 
18 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
125 
30 
33 
40 
5 
7 
_ 
_ 
10 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
84 
17 
18 
19 
10 
7 
2 
- 
11 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
20 
2 
4 
5 
- 
2 
3 
- 
4 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
3 
1 
1 
1 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
...farms 
1,243 
272 
476 
355 
35 
20 
7 
- 
78 
$1,000 
69,689 
11,781 
15,450 
18,470 
4,768 
4,820 
4,534 
- 
9,866 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
550 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
