Highlights of the Nation's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures 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': 



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. 



Inigated 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 specialbes (018) 



General farms, pnmarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultty, 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, institutionaJ. 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. 



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. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton _ farms. 



acres. 

 Soyt)eans for beans larms- 



acres. 

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

 (see text) farms- 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 l.and in orchards ___ farms. 



VIII UNITED STATES 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE- UNITED STATES DATA 



