Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



(Dollar figures are In current dollars with no adjustment (or price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text ] 



Farms number. 



Land in (arms acres. 



Average size of (arm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per (arm ..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 o( agncultural products sold SI.OtKI. 



Average per iarm dollars. 



Crops. Includlrig nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000. 



Grains $1,000. 



Cotton and cottonseed $1,000. 



Tobacco $1,000. 



Hay. silage, and (leld seeds $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons $1,000. 



Frxiits. nuts, and bemes $1,000. 



Nursery and greenhouse crops... $1,000. 



Other crops $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products 31.000. 



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 o( organization: 



Individual or family (sole propnetorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. _-_ 



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other __ 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total fami production expenses^ $1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Ljvestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer^ $1,000. 



Agncultural 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: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



acres. 

 Soytjeans for beans _ farms. 



acres. 

 Peanuts for nuts famis. 



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



text) farms. 



acres. 



2 602 

 12 356 

 16 514 

 7 776 

 2 469 

 1 111 

 490 



28 509 



2 231 623 



1 344 



84 054 



1 908 303 

 44 053 

 497 992 

 98 192 

 123 137 

 567 



17 217 

 19 395 

 8 138 

 103 596 

 127 751 



1 410 311 

 950 942 

 69 213 

 304 469 

 61 869 

 176 

 23 642 



39 553 



3 014 



570 



53.1 

 1 610 833 



290 518 

 570 084 

 86 491 

 64 530 

 64 535 

 123 018 

 81 110 



29 844 

 1 450 416 



1 336 

 45 994 



3 585 

 353 062 



2 785 

 15 107 005 



7 413 

 234 669 



1 914 

 156 466 



1 820 

 346 013 



4 124 

 575 370 



2 655 

 207 963 



3 043 

 14 132 

 18 277 

 8 471 

 2 786 

 1 186 

 553 



33 351 



3 265 361 



1 040 



66 020 



1 704 160 

 35 175 

 606 916 

 268 956 

 113 086 

 1 003 



1 097 244 

 685 475 

 75 221 

 242 615 

 78 714 

 110 

 15 108 



51.8 

 (NA) 



203 688 

 467 749 

 110 580 

 63 014 

 95 501 

 87 505 

 110 691 



33 671 



1 652 524 



2 361 



58 946 



6 061 



463 840 



4 580 



17 734 581 



10 390 

 310 680 



4 090 

 474 467 



1 458 

 294 792 



9 897 

 1 589 247 



3 291 

 170 931 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



ALABAMA 1 



