USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New England Field Office 53 Pleasant

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office

USDANational Agricultural

Statistics Service New England Field Office

53 Pleasant St, Rm 2100

Concord, NH 03301

Telephone:603-224-9639800-642-9571

Fax 603-225-1434www.nass.usda.gov/nh


Washington 85

Kent 20

Providence 95

Newport 42

Bristol 7

Number of Farms by County

WithDirect Market Sales

2007 Census of Agriculture


Washington

Kent

Providence

Newport

Bristol

US County Rankings

Providence County, 50th

Value of Direct Market Sales 2007 Census of Agriculture

$196,000

$412,000

$1,271,000

$3,270,000

$1,143,000


New England States’ National Rankings• Percentage of all Farms that have Direct Sales

– New Hampshire, 1st

– Connecticut, 2nd

– Massachusetts, 4th,– Vermont, 5th

– Maine, 6th

– Rhode Island, 7th

• Direct Market Sales as a Percentage of all Farm Sales– Rhode Island, 1st

– Massachusetts, 2nd

– Connecticut, 4th

– New Hampshire, 3rd

– Vermont, 5th

– Maine, 7th


New England States’ National Rankings

• Average Direct Market Sales per farm– Connecticut, $27,072 per farm, 1st

– Massachusetts, $25,356 per farm, 2nd

– Rhode Island, $25,270 per farm, 3rd

– New Hampshire, $13,615 per farm, 5th

– Vermont, $15,541 per farm, 8th– Maine, $10,803 per farm, 12th


Source: 2007 Census of Agriculture



Percentage of Farms with Organic Sales, New England and U.S. 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture


Organic Sales as Percent of all Agricultural Sales, New England States and U. S., 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture


Percentage of Farms with Women Principal Operators,New England States and U.S., 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture


Total Rhode Island Cash

Receipts = $67.5 million

Total Rhode Island Cash

Receipts = $67.5 million


Rhode Island Agricultural Cash Receipts, 2000-2008


2008 Organic Production Survey Highlights, Rhode Island

Total

Organic Farms 28

Organic Land

Total 205 acres

Cropland 174 acres

Harvested Cropland 159 acres

Pasture 31 acres

Value of sales $1,117,000


Selected Characteristics of Rhode Island Farm Principal, Second, and Third Operators

All operators 1/

Principal operator

Second operator

Third operator

Operators (number) 1,872 1,219 549 104Sex of operator \ Male 1,213 922 225 66Sex of operator \ Female 659 297 324 38Primary occupation \ Farming 898 621 236 41Primary occupation \ Other 974 598 313 63Place of residence \ On farm operated 1,443 972 413 58Place of residence \ Not on farm operated 429 247 136 46Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture


Selected Characteristics of Rhode Island Farm Principal, Second, and Third OperatorsYears on present

farm All

operators 1/

Principal operator

Second operator

Third operator

2 years or less 103 56 39 8

3 or 4 years 121 73 42 6

5 to 9 years 315 172 116 27

10 years or more 1,333 918 352 63

Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture


Selected Characteristics of Rhode Island Farm Principal, Second, and Third Operators

Age groupAll

operators 1/

Principal operator

Second operator

Third operator

Under 25 years 25 5 11 9

25 to 34 years 114 52 49 13

35 to 44 years 302 173 109 20

45 to 54 years 545 336 175 34

55 to 64 years 469 310 140 19

65 to 74 years 282 236 42 475 years and

over 135 107 23 5

Average age 54.1 56.3 50.6 46.7



Rhode Island Farms by Number of Households Sharing in Net Income of Farm, 2007 and 2002

2007 2002

1 household 1,005 702

2 households 135 75

3 households 56 20

4 households 15 8

5 or more households 8 9



Rhode Island Farms by Share of Principal Operator's Total Household income from Farming

2007 2002

Less than 25 percent 907 534

25 to 49 percent 108 94

50 to 74 percent 90 73

75 to 99 percent 63 40

100 percent 51 73



Rhode Island Farms by Number of Persons Living in Operator's Household

Number in Household Farms

1 person 162

2 people 515

3 people 229

4 people 199

5 or more people 114


Documents

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