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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Corn for grain - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
8 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
27 
4 
2 
8 
6 
4 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
19 
(D) 
346 
196 
418 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
tons 
(D) 
372 
(D) 
7,094 
3,156 
8,475 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
4 
1 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
- 
1 
2 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
“ 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Soybeans for beans farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
1,024 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,024 
bushels 
48,332 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
48,332 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) farms 
285 
85 
106 
59 
10 
6 
1 
- 
18 
acres 
8,220 
2,004 
2,686 
(D) 
568 
170 
(D) 
- 
482 
tons, dry 
15,426 
3,718 
(D) 
4,676 
958 
426 
(D) 
- 
925 
Irrigated farms 
7 
- 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
20 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
182 
57 
72 
35 
3 
3 
- 
- 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
88 
25 
28 
21 
5 
3 
1 
- 
5 
100 to 249 acres 
13 
3 
5 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
“ 
- 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Alfalfa hay farms 
51 
15 
29 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
668 
275 
313 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
tons, dry 
1,366 
534 
575 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
“ 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Other tame hay farms 
160 
46 
48 
49 
5 
2 
- 
- 
10 
acres 
4,930 
1,206 
1,343 
(D) 
239 
(D) 
- 
- 
216 
tons, dry 
10,002 
2,415 
(D) 
4,152 
539 
(D) 
- 
- 
350 
Irrigated farms 
4 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
3 
(D) 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Land in vegetables (see text) farms 
243 
34 
85 
81 
16 
8 
1 
- 
18 
acres 
2,217 
141 
127 
247 
365 
879 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
91 
6 
24 
45 
5 
2 
1 
- 
8 
acres 
612 
11 
(D) 
86 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
9 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
189 
24 
80 
69 
2 
- 
- 
- 
14 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
37 
8 
5 
10 
9 
1 
- 
- 
4 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
12 
2 
- 
2 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
2 
" 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Beans, snap farms 
83 
11 
38 
22 
5 
1 
1 
- 
5 
acres 
66 
4 
7 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
6 
Harvested for processing farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
“ 
- 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
Peas, green farms 
9 
- 
6 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Harvested for processing farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
556 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
