Table 16 Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982 



[Data (or 1987 include abnormal farms For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see mtroduclory tex^ 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Land in farms farms. 



acres. 

 Average size of (arm acres, 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars, 



Total cropland farms. 



Harvested cropland... _ farms. 



Irrigated land... farms. 



MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL- 

 TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales (see text) $1,000, 1987. 



1982. 



Average per farm dollars. 1987. 



1982. 



1 987 sales by commodity or commodity 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops. -- farms, 



$1,000. 



Grains farms. 



$1,000. 

 Corn for grain farms. 



$1,000. 

 Wfieat farms. 



$1,000. 

 Soybeans. farms. 



$1,000, 



Sorghum for gram farms. 



$1,000. 

 Barley (arms. 



$1,000. 

 Oats farms. 



$1,000, 

 Other grains farms, 



$1,000, 



Cotton and cottonseed _ farms, 



$1,000 

 Tobacco farms 



$1,000 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds farms 



$1,000 

 Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons farms 



$1,000 



Fruits, nuts, and berries farms. 



$1,000. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms. 



$ 

 Other crops farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products I 



Poultry and poultry products I 



$i.uuu. 



Dairy products farms. 



$1,000. 



Cattle and calves.. farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hogs and pigs farms. 



$1,000. 

 Sheep, lambs, and wool farms, 



$1,000, 

 Other livestock and livestock products 

 (see text) farms 



$1,000 



See footnotes at end of table 



440 018 

 366 669 

 236 696 

 168 197 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



DELAWARE 159 



