Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



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



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1987 



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 



Han/ested cropland farms. 



acres. 

 Irrigated land famns. 



acres- 



Market 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 benies $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 of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming — 



Other - - 



Operators by days worked off (arm: 



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. 



Agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm 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 harvested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Com (or silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for gran farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Soyt>eans for beans 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) farms. 



acres. 



-8.6 

 -.8 

 8.5 



-21.6 

 -28.1 



-3.6 

 -13.6 



-9.4 



-11.7 



1.6 



22.4 



18.3 



-9.3 



-11.8 



22.8 



28.6 



-3.8 



5.3 



-12.8 



-14.2 



-43.3 



4.3 



20.8 



-6.6 



42.7 



-10.4 



8.6 

 26.9 

 -8.1 

 6.2 

 7.7 

 25.0 

 14.5 



-8.5 

 -16.1 



16.6 

 -15.1 



-8.8 

 -8.5 



-7.6 

 -7.1 



2.9 



(NA) 



9.3 



10.4 



-21.9 



5.6 



-37.6 



29.0 



-28.0 



-17.8 

 -14.0 

 -23.4 

 -13.2 

 -16.0 

 1.7 

 -33.3 

 21.4 



-9.8 



-18.3 

 -26.3 

 -29.6 

 -23.0 

 -33.8 

 -20.3 

 -27.2 

 -5.8 

 (Z) 



-6.5 



-1.5 



-15.8 



6.8 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



INDIANA 1 



