Highlights of the Nation's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment (or price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symtwis, see introductory texQ 



All farms 



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1987 



Famis 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. 



Martlet value of agricultural 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 poultty 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 t)y days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator - years. 



Total farm production expenses^ $1,000. 



Selected fcum production expenses^: 



Livestock and poultiy purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and pouitiy $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer* $1,000. 



Agricultural chemicals* $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm \aboT $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: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton _ _ farms. 



acres. 

 Soyt>ean8 for beans farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for s^e (see text) _ farms. 



acres. 



Land in orchEirds farms. 



, acres. 



-6.8 



-2.3 



5.0 



-16.3 

 -20.0 



-2.3 

 -8.2 

 -9.4 

 -9.2 

 -1.9 

 4.8 

 3.4 



-9.2 



-13.5 



4.B 



-5.3 



3.1 

 10.7 

 -5.3 



-22.2 

 30.2 



-37.1 



12.4 

 13.3 

 21.2 

 51.1 



2o.e 



10.7 

 30.2 

 -1.B 

 13.4 

 .2 

 30.1 

 25.1 



-7.0 



-10.6 



12.0 



-3.0 



-7.8 

 -5.6 



-6.0 

 -4.S 



3.0 



(NA) 



12.6 



3.1 



-13.1 



9.5 



-33.1 



28.7 



-30.1 



-13.2 

 -8.3 



-27.3 

 -7.1 



-26.2 

 -5.6 



-33.1 

 3.1 



-12.2 

 -16.0 

 -21.0 

 -24.9 

 12.5 

 .5 

 -13.6 

 -14.7 



-S.4 

 2.2 

 -12.0 

 4.1 

 -2.6 

 -4.0 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



zData for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



UNITED STATES 1 



