Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



(Dollar figures are in ( 



) adiustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Landin}arrnVIi;;;";";";iIII--i;i;;iIir"Ii;;-------i;--"-I-I--I--IIIII"--acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm - — dollars.. 



Average per acre - — dollars.. 



Farms by size: 



10 to 49 acres — - 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres. 



500 to 999 acres ■ 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more — 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Irngaled land farms.. 



acres.. 



tvlarket value of agricultural products sold $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000. 



Grains $1,000., 



Cotton and cottonseed $1.000., 



Tobacco -- $1.000., 



Hay, silage, and field seeds $1,000., 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons $1,000. 



Fruits, nuts, and berries $1,000. 



Nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000. 



Other crops $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products $1,000. 



Dairy products - $1,000. 



Cattle and calves $1,000. 



Hogs and pigs $1,000. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool $1,000. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text) $1,000. 



Farms by type of organization; 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other -cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total farm production expenses' farms. 



$1,000. 



Selected farm production exptnses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer^ $1,000. 



Agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Interest expense^ $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 

 fVlilk cows farms- 

 number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for gram or seed farms. 



Wheat for gram farms. 



Barley for gram farms. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. 

 Hay -alfalfa, other tame, small gram. wild, grass silage, green chop, etc, (see 

 text) farms. 



Vegetables han/ested for sale (see text) farms 



acres 



'Data are based on a sample of farms, 



'Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications 



•'Data for 1982 do not include imputation tor item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



347 456 

 304 075 

 16 049 

 14 938 

 10 055 



16 929 

 2 320 

 7 984 

 7 252 



260 286 

 220 963 

 15 571 



37 202 

 508 

 9 993 



33 951 



1 991 



264 971 



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