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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
136 
34 
56 
34 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
$5,000 to $9,999 
140 
30 
63 
45 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$10,000 to $19,999 
235 
45 
98 
72 
3 
1 
- 
- 
16 
$20,000 to $49,999 
358 
95 
162 
83 
5 
2 
- 
- 
11 
$50,000 to $99,999 
198 
42 
60 
69 
9 
3 
- 
- 
15 
$100,000 to $199,999 
109 
13 
35 
35 
8 
5 
1 
- 
12 
$200,000 to $499,999 
53 
13 
2 
12 
10 
7 
3 
- 
6 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
14 
5 
2 
3 
4 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
887 
208 
293 
279 
35 
20 
7 
- 
45 
number 
1,672 
306 
462 
496 
120 
81 
54 
- 
153 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
954 
218 
353 
285 
30 
20 
7 
_ 
41 
number 
2,147 
463 
613 
646 
134 
83 
58 
- 
150 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
694 
161 
261 
214 
22 
12 
4 
- 
20 
number 
1,115 
259 
352 
357 
58 
31 
14 
- 
44 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
504 
112 
177 
140 
22 
16 
6 
- 
31 
number 
867 
189 
242 
235 
54 
35 
27 
- 
85 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
106 
12 
14 
40 
12 
10 
6 
- 
12 
number 
165 
15 
19 
54 
22 
17 
17 
- 
21 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
4 
1 
- 
- 
_ 
2 
- 
- 
1 
number 
4 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
22 
1 
15 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
number 
22 
(D) 
15 
4 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
223 
75 
78 
44 
10 
5 
1 
- 
10 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
258 
81 
94 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
494 
108 
166 
125 
29 
17 
7 
- 
42 
acres treated 
13,974 
1,577 
1,826 
2,252 
1,051 
1,998 
2,293 
- 
2,977 
Manure used 
....farms 
226 
42 
94 
75 
8 
2 
1 
- 
4 
acres treated 
2,424 
516 
696 
828 
107 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
48 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
264 
46 
65 
83 
23 
13 
6 
- 
28 
acres 
7,387 
358 
387 
771 
698 
1,477 
1,993 
- 
1,703 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
313 
58 
88 
90 
25 
16 
7 
- 
29 
acres 
10,645 
653 
631 
1,402 
890 
1,941 
2,277 
- 
2,851 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
69 
11 
19 
15 
7 
5 
2 
- 
10 
acres 
1,780 
57 
(D) 
97 
267 
731 
(D) 
- 
179 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
149 
31 
37 
34 
16 
11 
3 
- 
17 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
(D) 
221 
(D) 
273 
406 
1,274 
496 
“ 
818 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
39 
14 
8 
4 
5 
2 
2 
- 
4 
acres on which used 
(D) 
103 
27 
45 
141 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
12 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
20 
6 
2 
5 
1 
3 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
43 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
79 
22 
9 
43 
1 
3 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
695 
305 
90 
261 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
87 
16 
31 
30 
4 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
3,905 
185 
1,989 
1,092 
(D) 
415 
- 
_ 
(D) 
used 
.... farms 
51 
12 
13 
16 
4 
3 
1 
- 
2 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
836 
(D) 
47 
204 
124 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
.... farms 
81 
11 
37 
21 
6 
2 
1 
- 
3 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
630 
32 
60 
45 
18 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
practices were used 
.... farms 
198 
31 
57 
57 
18 
13 
4 
- 
18 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
7,202 
304 
423 
669 
632 
1,465 
1,310 
2,399 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
126 
20 
20 
47 
12 
8 
3 
- 
16 
acres 
2,537 
76 
54 
256 
283 
898 
385 
585 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
63 
6 
26 
26 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
33 
5 
5 
18 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
4 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
9 
- 
6 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
3 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
3 
2 
1 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 551 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
