Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbots. see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for- 



Farms _ number.. 



percent- . 



Land in farms — acres.. 



Average size of farm - acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms.. 



SI. 000.. 



Average per farm _ _ ..dollars.. 



Average per acre .dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1,000_. 



percent-. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland acres.. 



Harvested cropland acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Grains farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1.000., 

 Tobacco farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1,000- 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



S1.000-. 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000., 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1.000,, 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms., 



$1.000.. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.. 



$1,000-, 



Total farm production expenses' farms., 



$1,000.. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms,, 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Petroleum products , farms.. 



$1.000., 

 Electricity farms,. 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000. 

 Interest farms., 



$1.000., 



Payments from government programs farms., 



$1,000- 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms,. 



number- 

 Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number- 



^ Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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