Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are In current dollars with no adjustment tor price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Item 



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1987 



Farms - number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm -..acres- 



Value of land and butldingsV 



Average per farm doHars. 



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 agncultural 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 corn, and melons $1,000. 



Faiits. nuts, and berries $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 farm: 



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; 

 Com for gram or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Corn lor silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for gram ._ farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans (or beans _ farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) , ___ farms. 



acres. 



-8.9 

 .3.0 

 6.4 



-39.8 

 -43.8 



.8 



-10.9 



-11.0 



-15.5 



6.8 



21.6 



4.5 



-10.4 



-15.1 



38.1 



.9.2 



..3 



-11.7 



-11.9 



-19.4 



76.7 



25.8 



9.4 



19.2 



-7.4 

 17.2 

 -8.1 

 -15.0 

 -2.2 

 72.9 

 -3.2 



-8.6 



-16.1 



7.2 



4.2 



-12.5 

 1.8 



-4.6 

 2.7 



3.6 



(NA) 



-11.6 

 -9.3 



-17.0 

 -6.6 



-41.3 

 27.2 



-43.0 



-20.7 

 -26.1 

 -26.1 

 -13.2 

 -19.9 

 -9.4 

 -35.9 

 (2) 



-9.9 

 -21.2 

 -54.4 

 -61.8 

 -50.8 

 -68.5 

 -29.0 

 -32.9 

 -6.7 

 -1.8 



-14.4 

 -3.3 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



IOWA 1 



