Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



IDollar Ipgures are in current dollars wilh no ad|ustmenl (or price changes, For meaning of abbreviations and symtiols. see introductory text) 



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 10 499 acres - - 



500 to 999 acres - 



1.000 to 1.999 acres - 



2.000 acres or rrrore 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms- 

 acres. 



Market value of agncuttural 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 com. 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 o( organization: 



Individual or family (sole propnetorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation ., 



Other— cooperative, estate or tnjst. 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' _ $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 (arm 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 han/ested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Com for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Sorghum for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain _ farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain farms. 



Soybeans for beans .,_ farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Dala tor 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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