Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
33 
45 
26 
24 
3 
8 
acres 
241 
260 
84 
93 
8 
22 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
29 
55 
44 
37 
9 
12 
acres 
520 
479 
181 
168 
37 
151 
Nematodes 
farms 
6 
9 
5 
3 
- 
7 
acres 
(D) 
26 
22 
3 
- 
36 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
16 
25 
15 
8 
1 
8 
acres 
80 
63 
36 
17 
(D) 
66 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
3 
8 
1 
2 
- 
7 
acres on which used 
16 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
60 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
4 
2 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
36 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
5 
12 
13 
15 
9 
11 
acres 
(D) 
40 
43 
117 
48 
189 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
6 
7 
18 
9 
6 
25 
acres 
318 
282 
173 
293 
72 
1,821 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
3 
13 
12 
2 
1 
2 
acres 
34 
(D) 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
2 
21 
10 
21 
5 
- 
acres 
(D) 
41 
22 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
20 
18 
27 
28 
8 
11 
acres 
353 
119 
91 
56 
25 
90 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
11 
14 
29 
9 
3 
6 
acres 
25 
26 
72 
48 
3 
12 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
6 
11 
9 
4 
9 
18 
Solar panels 
farms 
5 
4 
7 
4 
- 
8 
Wind turbines 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
4 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
45 
136 
127 
135 
104 
284 
Part owners 
farms 
15 
28 
23 
32 
7 
35 
Tenants 
farms 
8 
15 
12 
19 
3 
18 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
60 
164 
150 
167 
111 
319 
acres 
2,876 
8,513 
7,735 
6,430 
5,446 
11,637 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
60 
164 
150 
167 
111 
319 
acres 
2,833 
8,138 
7,577 
6,365 
5,340 
1 1 ,553 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
23 
43 
35 
51 
10 
53 
acres 
3,351 
915 
525 
534 
242 
818 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
23 
43 
35 
51 
10 
53 
acres 
3,351 
903 
525 
534 
242 
818 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4 
8 
10 
7 
4 
9 
acres 
43 
387 
158 
65 
106 
84 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
111 
312 
282 
309 
169 
521 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
40 
80 
60 
85 
64 
165 
2 operators 
23 
72 
87 
82 
46 
160 
3 operators 
2 
20 
12 
18 
3 
12 
4 operators 
- 
7 
3 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
48 
107 
126 
129 
61 
204 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
31 
81 
100 
104 
55 
188 
2 operators 
3 
13 
7 
11 
3 
8 
3 operators 
1 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
47 
139 
115 
135 
80 
254 
Female 
21 
40 
47 
51 
34 
83 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
48 
78 
80 
75 
46 
142 
Other 
20 
101 
82 
111 
68 
195 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Rhode Island 89 
