Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Cen. 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops farms 
51 
41 
5 
5 
$1,000 
439 
282 
33 
33 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees farms 
48 
38 
5 
5 
$1,000 
438 
281 
33 
33 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) farms 
208 
160 
35 
15 
$1,000 
1,401 
894 
404 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
180 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Maple syrup (see text) farms 
18 
18 
- 
- 
$1,000 
11 
11 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves farms 
161 
134 
18 
12 
$1,000 
1,180 
763 
206 
55 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
5 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
366 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Milk from cows (see text) farms 
14 
8 
5 
2 
$1,000 
3,902 
(D) 
1,743 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
13 
8 
4 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs farms 
66 
47 
15 
14 
$1,000 
601 
558 
(D) 
35 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) farms 
111 
95 
11 
7 
$1,000 
257 
227 
12 
8 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Florses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys farms 
64 
47 
7 
- 
$1,000 
382 
295 
31 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs farms 
253 
206 
30 
25 
$1,000 
2,177 
(D) 
(D) 
69 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
5 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
1,788 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Aquaculture farms 
28 
12 
- 
$1,000 
1,917 
231 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
12 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,736 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other animals and ether animal 
products (see text) farms 
104 
93 
1 
1 
$1,000 
256 
213 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more farms 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments farms 
190 
148 
23 
7 
$1,000 
2,345 
(D) 
(D) 
75 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
$1,000 
26 
26 
- 
- 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) farms 
376 
298 
42 
33 
$1,000 
6,253 
2,840 
1,386 
1,170 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses ' farms 
1,243 
919 
144 
69 
$1,000 
68,335 
31,050 
9,787 
5,557 
Average per farm dollars 
54,976 
33,787 
67,963 
80,539 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased farms 
674 
472 
99 
50 
$1,000 
2,960 
1,014 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
577 
437 
81 
34 
$5,000 to $24,999 
74 
30 
15 
14 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13 
1 
2 
1 
$50,000 or more 
10 
4 
1 
1 
Chemicals purchased farms 
460 
313 
57 
36 
$1,000 
1,760 
634 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
399 
290 
46 
26 
$5,000 to $24,999 
44 
18 
7 
6 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5 
1 
3 
3 
$50,000 or more 
12 
4 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
126 Rhode Island 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
