Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



[Data for 1987 include abnormal (arms For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



Operators by days ol work oil farm — Con. 

 Any— Con. 



150 to 199 days 1987. 



1982. 



200 days or more 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



1 967 operators by years on present famt: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years -- 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported _ 



1 987 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole propnelorsfiip) farms, 



acres. 



Partnership farms, 



acres, 



Corporation: 

 Family field farms, 



acres, 



Olfier tfian family field _-- farms, 



acres. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 



1987 FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES' 



Total farm production expenses farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Livestock and poultry purctiased farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms 



$1,000.. 

 Agncultural cfiemicals farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Electncity farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Contract labor _ _. farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Repair and maintenance -.. _. farms. - 



$1,000.. 

 Customwork. machine hire, and rental of 

 machinery and equipment farms— 



$1,000-. 



Interest fanns.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cash rent farms.. 



$1,000-- 

 Property taxes farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 All other farm production expenses farms.. 



$1,000.. 



See footnotes at end of table 



250 



338 



128 129 



168 323 



273 

 1 008 



267 

 3 342 



255 

 3 399 



305 



1 638 



229 



1 309 

 299 

 326 



405 



426 



53 400 



62 758 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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