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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
394 
69 
101 
119 
34 
20 
7 
_ 
44 
workers 
1,869 
174 
349 
480 
237 
276 
102 
- 
251 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
248 
33 
53 
76 
28 
16 
7 
- 
35 
workers 
783 
56 
123 
187 
95 
83 
76 
- 
163 
Less than 150 days farms 
277 
52 
76 
82 
24 
13 
4 
- 
26 
workers 
1,086 
118 
226 
293 
142 
193 
26 
- 
88 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
6 
- 
1 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
598 
135 
230 
188 
14 
4 
- 
- 
27 
workers 
1,474 
320 
594 
446 
35 
10 
- 
69 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
433 
75 
174 
146 
9 
- 
- 
- 
29 
1 0 to 49 acres 
451 
117 
181 
126 
12 
5 
- 
- 
10 
50 to 69 acres 
83 
29 
26 
19 
- 
1 
- 
- 
8 
70 to 99 acres 
97 
29 
29 
24 
2 
3 
1 
- 
9 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
63 
5 
23 
23 
4 
3 
- 
- 
5 
140 to 179 acres 
35 
3 
22 
2 
2 
2 
1 
- 
3 
180 to 219 acres 
20 
8 
4 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
20 
3 
7 
1 
4 
2 
- 
- 
3 
260 to 499 acres 
30 
3 
10 
4 
1 
4 
2 
- 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
7 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
3 
- 
" 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
139 
18 
41 
55 
4 
6 
1 
- 
14 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
65 
26 
17 
10 
4 
3 
- 
- 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
256 
51 
72 
79 
18 
6 
5 
- 
25 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
196 
32 
109 
39 
2 
- 
- 
- 
14 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
196 
32 
109 
39 
2 
- 
- 
- 
14 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
154 
50 
76 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
13 
1 
3 
- 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
20 
2 
6 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
88 
19 
46 
18 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
54 
23 
28 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1 1 25, 1 1 29) 
244 
48 
71 
113 
2 
- 
- 
- 
10 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
300 
85 
128 
62 
7 
3 
1 
- 
14 
number 
4,667 
727 
1,584 
858 
485 
484 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
209 
56 
99 
43 
1 
- 
- 
- 
10 
1 0 to 49 
65 
28 
19 
14 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 99 
15 
1 
6 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
10 
- 
4 
1 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
236 
68 
101 
44 
6 
3 
1 
_ 
13 
number 
2,656 
444 
801 
438 
253 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
120 
Beef cows farms 
212 
68 
91 
37 
4 
1 
_ 
_ 
11 
number 
1,447 
(D) 
590 
(D) 
52 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
168 
51 
78 
26 
3 
1 
- 
- 
9 
1 0 to 49 
43 
17 
12 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
50 to 99 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows farms 
30 
1 
12 
7 
4 
3 
1 
- 
2 
number 
1,209 
(D) 
211 
(D) 
201 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
15 
- 
8 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 to 49 
6 
1 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
4 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
195 
55 
88 
35 
7 
3 
1 
_ 
6 
number 
2,011 
283 
783 
420 
232 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
161 
34 
77 
34 
7 
3 
1 
_ 
5 
number 
1,578 
208 
508 
261 
132 
332 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
$1,000 
1,180 
119 
490 
239 
80 
152 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
554 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
