Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar ligures 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 1 : 



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 99S 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 (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits 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 or trust, institutional, etc 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ _._ 



Selected farm production expenses 1 : 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer _ $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals 2 $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 harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



Corn for silage or green chop __ farms. 



Oats for grain _ _ farms. 



Irish potatoes farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) __ __ farms. 



acres- 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ___ farms. 



Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



*Data for 1978 include the cost of lime whicn was not collected in 1982 



VIII NEW YORK 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



