Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



IDollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment (or 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 industnal classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmarily 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': 



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. 



Uvestock 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: 

 Ck)m for grain or seed (arms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Barley for grain _. farms. 



acres. 



Oats for grain _ ___ farms. 



acres. 

 Sunflower seed farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans (arms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) ._ _ (arms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample o( farms. 



^Data for 1976 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIM MINNESOTA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



