Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1987 



Farms - number. 



Land in farms _ .acres. 



Average size of farm acres- 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Average per acre dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres '. 



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. 



Irrigated land _ farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold Si. 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 ot 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: 



Any - _ 



200 days or more _ 



Average age ot operator years. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer^ $1,000. 



Agncultural 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. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Barley for gram farms. 



acres, 

 Oats for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Irish potatoes farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. (see 

 text) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 



7 

 -22.4 

 -23-0 



19.2 



54.5 



5.5 

 -1.7 

 -6.5 

 10.2 



4,3 



84.6 



-14.3 



.5 



12,7 



60.9 



173,8 



57,7 

 56.6 

 79.2 

 22.0 



(D) 



20.1 



-23.5 



829 



(D) 



33.7 



(D) 



888 



79.4 



-85,4 



(D) 



(D) 



-2.2 

 23.6 



7.4 

 -3.8 



-7.1 

 -9.0 



6.8 



(NA) 



-23.9 

 29.9 



26.4 



266 1 



2.5 



37.5 

 -13.0 



-17.9 



8.1 



-21.9 



77.9 



-48.9 



-84.7 



-25.5 



(D) 



-22.2 



-18.5 



-16.0 



-5.4 



45.4 



-5.5 

 23.2 



12.2 

 41.1 



'Data are based on a sample of farms 



2Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



3Data for 1982 do not include imputation for Item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



ALASKA 1 



