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. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Potatoes 
. farms 
69 
2 
32 
16 
3 
5 
- 
- 
11 
acres 
558 
(D) 
8 
7 
(D) 
517 
- 
- 
(D) 
Harvested for processing 
. farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
64 
2 
32 
16 
3 
1 
- 
- 
10 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sweet corn 
. farms 
73 
18 
21 
17 
8 
5 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
831 
78 
25 
(D) 
164 
191 
(D) 
- 
40 
Harvested for processing 
. farms 
4 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(Z) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sweet potatoes 
. farms 
7 
1 
- 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2 
(D) 
- 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Harvested for processing 
. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Tomatoes in the open 
. farms 
167 
15 
59 
66 
9 
2 
1 
- 
15 
acres 
113 
(D) 
19 
31 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3 
Harvested for processing 
. farms 
8 
- 
1 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
. farms 
74 
18 
25 
17 
6 
3 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
378 
84 
49 
92 
61 
87 
- 
- 
4 
Irrigated 
. farms 
15 
4 
1 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
98 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
49 
10 
22 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
23 
8 
3 
6 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples 
. farms 
57 
14 
22 
15 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
230 
65 
(D) 
75 
49 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Grapes 
. farms 
13 
3 
4 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
102 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Peaches, all 
. farms 
35 
10 
9 
9 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
39 
14 
(D) 
12 
10 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries (see text) 
. farms 
110 
32 
32 
27 
6 
3 
- 
- 
10 
acres 
339 
56 
33 
19 
35 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 557 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
