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 
POULTRY - Con. 
Layers sold (see text) farms 
74 
59 
4 
2 
number 
45,108 
2,916 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets tor laying flock replacement 
sold farms 
7 
2 
4 
4 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
100 
100 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold farms 
57 
48 
5 
5 
number 
(D) 
3,120 
340 
340 
Farms with- 
1 to 1 ,999 
56 
48 
5 
5 
2,000 to 59,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) farms 
24 
22 
1 
1 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) farms 
42 
34 
6 
6 
number 
9,802 
8,259 
(D) 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Corn for grain farms 
15 
12 
2 
2 
acres 
240 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
35,570 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
12 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
27 
18 
7 
3 
acres 
(D) 
637 
675 
(D) 
tons 
(D) 
12,661 
12,649 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
13 
11 
2 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
5 
3 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
2 
1 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans fer beans farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,024 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
48,332 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) farms 
285 
223 
44 
19 
acres 
8,220 
(D) 
1,875 
961 
tons, dry 
15,426 
9,640 
4,462 
2,977 
Irrigated farms 
7 
7 
- 
- 
acres 
20 
20 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
182 
148 
21 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
88 
65 
19 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
8 
4 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Alfalfa hay farms 
51 
41 
10 
2 
acres 
668 
568 
100 
(D) 
tons, dry 
1,366 
1,013 
353 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other tame hay farms 
160 
121 
26 
11 
acres 
4,930 
(D) 
1,266 
657 
tons, dry 
10,002 
5,633 
3,203 
2,421 
Irrigated farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
