Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are In current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see tntroductory 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 $1,000, 



Average per (arm 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: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total farm production expenses' farms. 



$1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses': 



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 catves__ farms. 



number. 



Milk cows ___ farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Selected crops haa-ested: 

 Corn tor grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain .__ farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. 

 Insh potatoes farms. 



acres. 

 Hay -alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass siiage, green chop, etc. (see 

 text) - - (arms- 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



261 923 

 667 669 



262 517 

 90 030 



264 315 

 279 154 

 531 636 



62 836 

 4 458 683 



44 093 

 1 852 784 



11 940 



1 479 028 



7 373 



4 926 499 



52 645 



3 257 104 



38 731 



994 862 



40 594 



890 503 



5 667 



332 235 



766 



68 340 



64 770 



4 491 368 



4 262 

 280 326 



-8.6 



-3.6 



5.2 



-21.3 

 -25.8 



-5.7 

 -14.4 

 -11.9 



-6.6 



5.1 



18.4 



-.6 



-8.7 

 -7.2 

 9.1 

 9.B 



1.1 



10.7 



-.7 



-18.8 



-59.3 



42.4 

 27.3 

 42.7 

 31.4 



12.6 



1.6 



3.5 



-.9 



16.B 



-5.1 



28.2 



-15.8 



-8.8 



-11,5 



5.9 



13.7 



-7.9 



-10.2 



-10.2 

 -7.0 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



12.3 

 1.1 



-9.9 



16.6 

 -33.4 



11.9 

 -24.7 



-15.2 



-7,2 



-15,3 



-5,9 



-26,B 



-11.2 



-36,8 



4,7 



-7,6 

 -14,4 

 -24,9 

 -33,0 

 -23,5 

 -23,7 

 -,7 

 -10,5 

 -38,6 

 5,6 



-6.7 

 6.5 

 -2.0 



17,3 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1987 mclude cost of custom applications 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



WISCONSIN 1 



