Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



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



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 to 1982 



Farms with sales of $10,000 

 or more 



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 to 1982 



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. 



lalarket value of agricultural products sold __ $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) ,.- 



General farms, pnmanly crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or tmst, insbtutionai, etc. ._ 



Tenure of operator; 



Full owners 



Part owners-- -.- 



Tenants - 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Selected farm production expenses^ 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products - $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $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. 



Crops han/ested: 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



aCTes. 

 Rice farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton-- 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. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



82 463 



32 156 894 



390 



746 577 

 1 918 



22 951 

 28 203 

 14 873 

 7 636 

 3 635 

 2 435 

 2 730 



59 048 

 8 764 808 



58 389 

 8 460 508 

 12 491 442 



48 371 

 8 158 494 



33 458 

 4 332 948 



3 309 



4 955 

 2 613 



35 165 

 2 847 



1 254 

 21 227 



2 716 

 1 472 

 6 410 



495 



65 482 



11 360 



4 849 



772 



60 556 

 12 692 

 9 215 



40 633 



41 830 



1 721 393 

 427 823 

 468 604 

 740 089 



1 819 323 



26 579 



4 612 967 



4 638 



946 201 



4 800 



184 577 



7 768 



44 840 552 



3 429 

 928 713 



1 322 

 566 914 



3 002 

 1 312 569 



313 

 49 414 



11 815 



1 415 969 



4 053 

 894 573 



39 801 



2 158 404 



73 194 



32 727 202 



447 



521 240 

 1 161 



16 423 

 25 639 

 14 761 

 7 737 

 3 546 

 2 319 

 2 769 



56 253 



8 804 374 



55 627 



8 505 824 



9 274 495 



47 373 

 5 851 902 



29 087 

 3 422 592 



3 334 

 5 812 

 2 673 

 32 139 

 2 604 



1 157 

 16 921 



2 712 

 1 327 



3 964 

 551 



57 916 



10 815 



3 871 



592 



51 729 

 12 702 

 8 763 



38 060 

 35 134 



1 330 184 

 335 444 

 288 968 

 437 430 



1 370 770 



22 090 



4 446 512 



4 829 



836 675 



4 317 



178 132 



6 184 



45 676 940 



2 300 

 590 373 



1 236 

 484 822 



3 819 

 1 517 980 



339 

 53 255 



12 776 

 t 501 143 



4 081 

 900 401 



36 164 

 1 892 077 



12.7 



-1.7 



-12.8 



38.5 

 59.8 



39.7 



10.0 

 .8 



-1.3 

 2.5 

 5.0 



-1.4 



5.0 



-.4 



5.0 



-.5 



34.7 



2.1 



39.4 



15.0 



26.6 



-.7 



-14.7 



-2.2 



9.4 



9.3 



84 



25.4 



.1 



10.9 



61.7 



-10.2 



13.1 



5.0 



25.3 



30.4 



17.1 

 -.1 

 5.2 



6.8 

 19.1 



294 

 27.5 

 62.2 

 69.2 

 32.7 



20.3 

 3.7 

 -4.0 

 13.1 

 11.2 

 3.6 

 256 

 -1.8 



49.1 



57.3 



7.0 



16.9 



-21.4 



-13.5 



-7.7 



-7.2 



-7.5 

 -5.7 

 -.7 

 -.6 

 10.1 

 14.1 



39 484 



28 656 813 



726 



1 310 738 

 1 824 



3 621 

 12 058 



10 340 

 5 800 

 2 968 

 2 157 

 2 540 



33 559 

 8 435 431 



32 513 

 8 122 190 

 12 364 264 



31 232 

 8 098 184 



12 897 

 4 266 081 



2 632 



3 476 

 2 007 



18 142 



2 089 



907 



5 474 



2 644 



911 



1 170 



32 



26 644 



8 042 



4 397 



401 



24 193 

 9 272 

 6 019 



28 416 

 11 068 



1 683 427 

 420 558 

 459 263 

 711 919 



1 794 876 



10 039 



4 304 071 



3 126 



940 234 



927 



139 511 



1 481 



44 564 754 



3 174 

 920 726 



1 261 

 565 530 



2 859 

 1 310 027 



277 

 49 309 



7 361 



1 315 711 



3 130 

 891 893 



20 195 

 1 960 713 



38 029 



29 394 748 



773 



840 689 

 1 087 



3 142 



11 193 

 10 363 



5 854 

 2 875 

 2 Oil 

 2 591 



32 671 



8 422 249 



32 101 



8 104 443 



9 150 407 



30 299 

 5 785 169 



12 318 

 3 365 238 



2 533 



3 751 

 2 109 



17 139 



1 937 

 890 



5 128 



2 633 

 1 008 



853 

 48 



26 462 



7 645 



3 607 



315 



22 484 

 9 604 

 5 941 



27 977 

 10 052 



1 303 198 

 327 436 

 281 521 

 418 291 



1 351 161 



9 697 



4 148 560 



3 266 



830 128 



969 



128 537 



1 558 



45 444 432 



2 081 

 581 095 



1 174 

 482 758 



3 430 

 1 509 526 



299 

 53 139 



7 767 



1 365 734 



3 252 



897 243 



19 043 



1 705 499 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1978 include the cost of time which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII CALIFORNIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



