Table 10 



meaning of abbreviations 



Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1987 and 1982 



lis. see introductorv text] 



Ctiaracteristics 



Nonirrigated farms 



Land in farms acres. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Irrigated land ...acres. 



Land in farms according to use: 

 Total cropland farms. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



Pastureland, excluding v^oodland pastured farms 



Land set aside in federal farm programs farms 



acres 

 Owned and rented land in farms: 

 Owned land in farms farms 



Rented or leased land in farms farms. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops farms. 



$1,000 

 Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$ 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



Average per farm ..dollars. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms 



$1,000 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms 



$1,000 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms. 



$1,000 

 Commercial fertilizer^ farms. 



$1,000. 



Agricultural chemicals^ farms. 



$■ 

 Petroleum products farms. 



$ --- 

 Electricity __ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. 



Contract labor farms. 



Repairs and maintenance I 



Customwork. machine hire, and rental of machinery 

 and equipment^ _ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Interest^ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cash rent paid for land and buildings farms. 



$1,000. 

 Property taxes paid farms. 



$1,000. 

 All other farm production expenses farms. 



$1,000. 



Commodity Credit Corporation loans farms. 



$1,000. 

 Government payments received farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other farm-related income' farms. 



$1,000. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment' farms. 



$1,000. 

 Average per farm ..dollars 



Inventory of livestock: 

 Cattle and calves farms 



number 



Hogs and pigs farms 



number 

 Sheep and lambs farms 



325 313 

 282 932 



2 692 

 8 787 

 2 195 



5 798 

 2 481 

 11 739 



11 089 

 2 724 

 2 591 

 2 813 



15 758 



3 338 

 655 465 



364 843 



3 322 

 13 435 

 2 244 



2 606 

 1 433 

 16 948 



175 518 



944 350 



143 651 



320 



140 247 



230 

 3 570 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 193 

 7 544 



13 634 

 273 545 



2 221 

 (0) 



6 022 



15 



2 073 



180 724 

 307 246 



2 525 

 102 493 

 40 591 



'Data are based on a sample of farm 

 2Data for 1987 include cost of custor 

 'Data for 1987 exclude cost of cuslo 

 *Data for 1982 do not include imputa 



I agncultural chemicals. 



I nonresponse 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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