Table 4. Farm Production Expenses: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Expenses 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Expenses 
($1,000) 
Total farm production expenses ' farms 
1,243 
(X) 
1,219 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
68,335 
(X) 
65,062 
Average per farm dollars 
(X) 
54,976 
(X) 
53,373 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
170 
500 
212 
623 
$5,000 to $9,999 
222 
1,677 
243 
1,799 
$10,000 to $24,999 
379 
5,999 
321 
5,002 
$25,000 to $49,999 
189 
6,542 
196 
6,897 
$50,000 to $99,999 
126 
8,277 
120 
8,516 
$100,000 to $249,999 
107 
17,104 
82 
12,428 
$250,000 to $499,999 
27 
8,926 
26 
8,930 
$500,000 or more 
23 
19,309 
19 
20,868 
$500,000 to $999,999 
17 
10,903 
13 
9,056 
$1 ,000,000 to $2,499,999 
6 
8,405 
4 
(D) 
$2,500,000 or more 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil conditioners 
purchased farms 
674 
(X) 
707 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
2,960 
(X) 
3,175 
percent of total 
(X) 
4.3 
(X) 
4.9 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $499 
231 
47 
271 
53 
$500 to $999 
137 
89 
138 
91 
$1,000 to $4,999 
209 
472 
208 
425 
$5,000 to $9,999 
42 
301 
46 
304 
$10,000 to $24,999 
32 
475 
22 
329 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
403 
5 
197 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5 
337 
10 
669 
$100,000 or more 
5 
837 
7 
1,108 
Chemicals purchased farms 
460 
(X) 
399 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
1,760 
(X) 
1,441 
percent of total 
(X) 
2.6 
(X) 
2.2 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $499 
259 
46 
200 
37 
$500 to $999 
62 
(D) 
64 
43 
$1,000 to $4,999 
78 
184 
79 
168 
$5,000 to $9,999 
21 
138 
24 
160 
$10,000 to $24,999 
23 
360 
17 
236 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
(D) 
6 
213 
$50,000 or more 
12 
839 
9 
585 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
$100,000 or more 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Seeds, plants, vines, and trees purchased farms 
542 
(X) 
499 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
3,661 
(X) 
3,319 
percent of total 
(X) 
5.4 
(X) 
5.1 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $499 
214 
47 
189 
42 
$500 to $999 
69 
47 
73 
48 
$1,000 to $4,999 
143 
293 
120 
241 
$5,000 to $9,999 
22 
153 
40 
269 
$10,000 to $24,999 
60 
931 
36 
553 
$25,000 or more 
34 
2,189 
41 
2,166 
$25,000 to $49,999 
22 
788 
27 
855 
$50,000 or more 
12 
1,401 
14 
1,312 
Livestock and poultry purchased 
or leased farms 
349 
(X) 
203 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
1,023 
(X) 
748 
percent of total 
(X) 
1.5 
(X) 
1.1 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
190 
(D) 
102 
(D) 
$1,000 to $4,999 
101 
244 
74 
152 
$5,000 to $9,999 
31 
215 
10 
64 
$10,000 to $24,999 
21 
261 
15 
206 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
(D) 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
2 
(D) 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased 
or leased farms 
136 
(X) 
90 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
314 
(X) 
214 
percent of total 
(X) 
0.5 
(X) 
0.3 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
71 
29 
45 
18 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
43 
82 
33 
71 
$5,000 to $9,999 
13 
106 
5 
36 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9 
96 
7 
89 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$100,000 to $249,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other livestock and poultry purchased 
or leased (see text) farms 
287 
(X) 
143 
(X) 
$1,000 
(X) 
709 
(X) 
534 
percent of total 
(X) 
1.0 
(X) 
0.8 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
180 
(D) 
83 
(D) 
$1,000 to $4,999 
75 
185 
48 
91 
$5,000 to $9,999 
14 
77 
2 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Rhode Island 11 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
