Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rhode Island 
Bristol 
Kent 
Newport 
Providence 
Washington 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage. 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
285 
12 
40 
38 
103 
92 
acres 
8,220 
634 
1,215 
1,892 
1,706 
2,773 
tons, dry 
15,426 
686 
2,203 
4,299 
2,286 
5,952 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
243 
14 
12 
60 
83 
74 
acres 
2,397 
129 
61 
982 
723 
502 
Potatoes 
farms 
69 
- 
8 
19 
27 
15 
acres 
558 
- 
1 
542 
6 
10 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
acres 
2 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
74 
- 
2 
16 
38 
18 
acres 
378 
- 
(D) 
129 
219 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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