Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 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 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. 



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) .__ 



Fnjits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily 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 ortnjst. institutional, 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. 



numt>er. 



Milk cows farms. 



numt)er. 



Hogs and pigs _ farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops han/ested: 



Wheat for grain farms, 



acres. 

 Barley for grain farms. 



Oats for grain _ _ farms] 



acres. 

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

 (see text) _ _ farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables han/ested for sale (see text) __ (arms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards __ _ „ farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII OREGON 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



