Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for- 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sates 50 percent of sales 75 percent of sales 



Farms-- number.. 



percent.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm --- -acres-. 



Value of land and buildings^ farms,. 



$1,000-. 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all macfiinery and equipment --. $1,000-. 



percent-. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland acres- . 



Harvested cropland -- acres- . 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agricultursll products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm - dollars.. 



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 melon farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Fruits, nuts, and bemes farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other crops - farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000- 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000- 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Hogs and pigs farms- 



$1,000- 



Sheep, tambs, and wool farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms. 



$1,000. 



Total farm production expenses' farms- 



$1,000- 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms- 



$1,000. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms. 



$1,000- 

 Commercial fertilizer farms- 



$1,000- 

 Agricultural chemicals farms. 



$1,000. 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000- 

 Electncity --- farms- 



$1,000- 

 Hired farm labor farms- 



$1,000. 

 Interest farms. 



$1,000. 



Payments from government programs farms. 



$1,000. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



IVIilk cows -- farms. 



number - 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number- 



344 



5 



500 100 



1 454 



344 



610 858 



775 750 



1 221 



136 447 

 3.4 



358 844 

 299 976 



21 406 



28.5 



8 712 980 



407 



21 232 



7 465 411 



351 611 



864 



2 357 556 

 58.2 



6 695 058 

 5 674 051 



3 682 432 

 172 028 



11 082 

 315 345 



291 



3 455 



3 131 



32 941 



1 558 



93 068 



238 



78 541 



182 



56 952 



395 



103 668 



657 

 141 864 



18 238 

 2 071 581 



19 618 

 534 127 



3 121 

 168 580 



446 



1 082 



464 



61 228 



21 232 

 2 612 772 



10 030 

 220 338 



19 497 

 522 427 



20 017 

 170 043 



19 745 

 73 283 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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