Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment tor 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, pouitry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) _ 



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': 



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 han/ested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheal (or grain _ farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms, 



acres- 



Tobacco farms, 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. 

 Peanuts for nuts farms. 



acres- 

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

 (see text) (arms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIM NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



