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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1 
- 
1 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
236 
192 
26 
14 
number 
2,656 
1,585 
748 
282 
Beef cows farms 
212 
174 
22 
12 
number 
1,447 
1,106 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
168 
142 
16 
7 
1 0 to 49 
43 
31 
6 
5 
50 to 99 
1 
1 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows farms 
30 
22 
6 
3 
number 
1,209 
479 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
15 
13 
1 
1 
1 0 to 49 
6 
5 
1 
- 
50 to 99 
4 
3 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
4 
1 
2 
1 
200 to 499 
1 
- 
1 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
195 
156 
30 
11 
number 
2,011 
1,383 
382 
128 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
161 
134 
18 
12 
number 
1,578 
922 
358 
130 
$1,000 
1,180 
763 
206 
55 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
57 
43 
11 
6 
number 
543 
260 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
145 
121 
16 
11 
number 
1,035 
662 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
8 
8 
number 
132 
132 
- 
- 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
77 
59 
15 
14 
number 
1,830 
1,311 
(D) 
390 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
59 
46 
12 
11 
25 to 49 
8 
6 
1 
1 
50 to 99 
8 
6 
1 
1 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
1 
1 
1 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
40 
32 
6 
5 
number 
578 
510 
(D) 
36 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
68 
50 
15 
14 
number 
1,252 
801 
(D) 
354 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
66 
47 
15 
14 
number 
4,477 
4,136 
(D) 
210 
$1,000 
601 
558 
(D) 
35 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
122 
97 
14 
9 
number 
1,823 
1,524 
112 
44 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
111 
87 
14 
9 
number 
1,188 
950 
88 
32 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
69 
56 
9 
5 
number 
852 
711 
51 
30 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
285 
223 
33 
8 
number 
2,417 
1,673 
234 
57 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
272 
212 
33 
8 
number 
1,756 
1,204 
(D) 
41 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
64 
47 
7 
- 
number 
204 
170 
14 
- 
Goats, all inventory farms 
117 
94 
11 
11 
number 
886 
732 
87 
87 
Goats, all sold farms 
45 
40 
2 
2 
number 
354 
318 
(D) 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
327 
272 
34 
23 
number 
69,662 
(D) 
(D) 
2,294 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
320 
270 
31 
21 
400 to 3,199 
5 
2 
2 
2 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
1 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
51 
42 
8 
8 
number 
3,565 
(D) 
225 
225 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
142 Rhode Island 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
