Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
- 
196 
154 
7 
13 
20 
88 
54 
244 
$1,000 
- 
8,612 
6,283 
811 
1,422 
983 
2,813 
1,924 
10,326 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
- 
9 
3 
- 
- 
- 
19 
10 
28 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
24 
26 
- 
1 
2 
23 
- 
20 
$10,000 to $19,999 
- 
51 
32 
- 
2 
- 
15 
13 
58 
$20,000 to $49,999 
- 
61 
59 
- 
- 
11 
9 
19 
83 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
29 
13 
6 
2 
7 
8 
8 
26 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
16 
17 
- 
7 
- 
14 
4 
22 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
4 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
7 
$500,000 or more 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
- 
128 
93 
7 
11 
20 
71 
35 
183 
number 
- 
228 
167 
9 
38 
63 
97 
53 
258 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
_ 
168 
133 
7 
13 
17 
83 
30 
154 
number 
- 
434 
254 
24 
52 
45 
109 
54 
247 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
122 
85 
5 
4 
7 
70 
25 
131 
number 
- 
225 
101 
(D) 
8 
13 
89 
34 
188 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
102 
93 
7 
12 
17 
19 
12 
42 
number 
- 
175 
135 
(D) 
25 
29 
20 
(D) 
45 
1 00 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
- 
20 
15 
1 
9 
3 
- 
1 
11 
number 
- 
34 
18 
(D) 
19 
3 
- 
(D) 
14 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
number 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
10 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
- 
85 
42 
2 
10 
2 
10 
10 
22 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
(D) 
55 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
25 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
- 
83 
37 
6 
10 
8 
15 
14 
40 
acres treated 
- 
2,631 
630 
125 
997 
78 
120 
209 
454 
Manure used 
... farms 
- 
27 
41 
6 
5 
3 
20 
8 
37 
acres treated 
- 
542 
379 
55 
301 
75 
139 
(D) 
460 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
- 
18 
1 
- 
1 
5 
1 
1 
6 
acres 
- 
255 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
- 
27 
9 
- 
10 
9 
7 
3 
17 
acres 
- 
809 
111 
- 
(D) 
93 
(D) 
(D) 
136 
Nematodes 
... farms 
- 
10 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
113 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
- 
13 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
■ 
163 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres on which used 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
_ 
1 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
- 
5 
13 
1 
- 
9 
6 
2 
17 
acres 
- 
109 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
21 
60 
(D) 
218 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
- 
19 
6 
1 
1 
6 
5 
4 
14 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
- 
1,444 
459 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
98 
222 
603 
used 
... farms 
- 
9 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
88 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
... farms 
- 
13 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
“ 
27 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
practices were used 
... farms 
- 
24 
9 
- 
8 
1 
- 
1 
10 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
■ 
695 
34 
" 
824 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
- 
12 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
- 
132 
(D) 
- 
217 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
- 
7 
13 
5 
- 
- 
5 
4 
7 
Solar panels 
... farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
7 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Rhode Island 161 
