Highlights of the State's Agricuiture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Farms - _ number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Fanns 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 



Han/ested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Uvestock. poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Reld crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Frurts 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 peti-oleum 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. 



numt>er. 



Crops harvested: 



Ci)m for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain _ farms. 



Barley for grain farms. 



Oats for grain farms] 



Sugar beets for sugar _ farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) _ farms. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII MONTANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



