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 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
494 
324 
79 
36 
acres treated 
13,974 
5,833 
2,023 
(D) 
Manure used 
farms 
226 
193 
17 
12 
acres treated 
2,424 
1,827 
(D) 
235 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
264 
156 
36 
28 
acres 
7,387 
(D) 
695 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
313 
197 
45 
30 
acres 
10,645 
3,189 
(D) 
(D) 
Nematodes 
farms 
69 
40 
10 
9 
acres 
1,780 
(D) 
104 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
149 
95 
17 
15 
acres 
(D) 
1,562 
357 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
39 
28 
3 
3 
acres on which used 
(D) 
(D) 
20 
20 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
20 
12 
1 
1 
acres 
(D) 
89 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
79 
61 
7 
2 
acres 
695 
579 
78 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
87 
67 
12 
5 
acres 
3,905 
2,905 
439 
90 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
51 
34 
7 
6 
acres 
836 
351 
110 
(D) 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
81 
61 
5 
3 
acres 
630 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
Cropiand on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
198 
129 
32 
20 
acres 
7,202 
2,286 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
126 
83 
18 
10 
acres 
2,537 
(D) 
304 
278 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy preducing systems 
farms 
63 
53 
4 
4 
Solar panels 
farms 
33 
23 
4 
4 
Wind turbines 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geeexchange systems 
farms 
9 
6 
2 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
929 
715 
97 
50 
Part owners 
farms 
202 
145 
30 
14 
Tenants 
farms 
112 
59 
17 
5 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,131 
860 
127 
64 
acres 
57,870 
38,154 
8,108 
(D) 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,131 
860 
127 
64 
acres 
56,988 
37,540 
8,098 
4,457 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
314 
204 
47 
19 
acres 
12,613 
5,792 
3,218 
2,593 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
314 
204 
47 
19 
acres 
12,601 
5,792 
3,218 
2,593 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
45 
39 
2 
_ 
acres 
894 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
2,055 
1,473 
261 
139 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
581 
457 
46 
13 
2 operators 
547 
383 
86 
46 
3 operators 
91 
67 
7 
6 
4 operators 
18 
11 
4 
4 
5 or more operators 
6 
1 
1 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
773 
572 
94 
49 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
638 
479 
74 
40 
2 operators 
53 
39 
7 
3 
3 operators 
7 
5 
2 
1 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
136 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
