Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



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



Percent 

 ctiange from 

 1978 to 1982 



Farms witfi sales of $10,000 

 or more 



Percent 

 ctiange from 

 1978 to 1962 



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 srze: 



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. 



tvlarket 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 (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, pnmarily 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 phncipal 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: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for gram farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



acres. 

 Tobacco farms- 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) farms. 



acres. 



90 565 



12 474 931 



138 



139 141 

 1 014 



9 481 



26 965 



35 998 



13 757 



3 065 



995 



304 



74 518 



4 548 895 



1 141 



17 745 



1 683 852 



56 935 



848 819 



62 531 



835 033 



10 997 



29 517 



770 



355 



701 



2 539 

 39 342 



3 238 

 714 



1 408 

 984 



80 881 



8 910 



511 



263 



64 182 

 19 864 

 6 519 



36 802 

 53 763 



228 199 

 124 921 

 57 848 

 128 069 

 109 251 



60 924 



2 242 905 



8 098 

 217 234 



12 963 

 866 226 



9 655 



3 578 895 



18 711 



563 467 



8 357 



720 123 



1 850 



241 998 



36 515 



82 390 



14 359 



2 104 123 



43 737 

 1 127 138 



86 910 



12 680 809 



146 



125 238 

 856 



7 611 



23 141 



37 057 



14 806 



3 037 



993 



265 



73 823 



4 409 331 



1 254 



13 163 



1 395 535 



56 418 



658 403 



63 491 



737 132 



11 265 



25 307 



656 



286 



651 



2 517 

 40 539 



3 262 

 821 

 652 

 954 



77 317 



8 868 



590 



135 



61 666 

 19 112 

 6 132 



36 209 

 50 701 



209 886 



107 441 



40 824 



79 569 



81 407 



56 962 



2 056 341 



9 662 



204 084 



19 535 



1 016 050 



11 567 



4 856 685 



21 871 



615 553 



3 885 



145 777 



2 308 



227 995 



33 938 



66 813 



15 433 



2 105 885 



45 584 



1 146 423 



4,2 

 -1.6 

 -5.5 



11.1 

 18.5 



24.6 

 16.5 

 -2.9 

 -7.1 

 ,9 

 ,2 

 14.7 



.9 



3.2 



-9.0 



34.8 



207 



,9 

 28.9 

 -1.5 

 13.3 



-2,4 



16.6 



17.4 



24.1 



7.7 



.9 



-3.0 



-.7 



-13.0 



116.0 



3.1 



4.6 



.5 



-13.4 



94.8 



4.1 

 3.9 

 6,3 



1.6 

 6.0 



8.7 

 16.3 

 41.7 

 61.0 

 342 



7.0 

 9.1 

 -16.2 

 6.4 

 -33.6 

 -14,7 

 -16.5 

 -26.3 



-14.4 



-8,5 



115.1 



394.0 



-19,8 



6.1 



7.6 



23,3 



-70 



- 1 



-4,1 

 -1.7 



25 444 



7 686 437 



302 



291 347 

 965 



851 

 2 421 

 9 516 

 8 701 

 2 718 

 944 

 293 



23 978 



3 787 102 



491 



15 170 



1 456 316 



21 178 



733 427 



19 527 



722 890 



5 948 



6 506 

 238 



37 

 373 



1 066 



7 234 



2 997 

 533 

 182 

 330 



20 992 



4 028 



347 



77 



12 451 

 10 692 

 2 301 



17 084 

 8 360 



204 063 

 105 889 

 53 398 

 98 938 

 92 424 



17 397 

 1 342 323 



4 368 

 205 414 



5 502 

 751 547 



1 957 

 3 356 704 



9 662 



490 567 



6 452 



681 793 



1 461 



236 529 



11 419 



49 079 



9 457 



1 965 551 



14 887 

 649 611 



23 882 



7 546 570 



316 



269 723 

 850 



663 



1 677 



8 568 



9 119 



2 658 

 943 

 254 



22 330 



3 530 894 



470 



9 429 



1 163 456 



19 184 



553 783 



19 161 



609 673 



5 675 

 3 974 



222 

 55 



322 



1 108 

 8 529 



2 800 

 676 

 127 

 394 



19 531 



3 841 



478 



32 



11 656 

 10 112 

 2 114 



16 277 

 7 605 



181 404 

 84 933 

 35 407 

 57 582 

 68 650 



16 385 



1 239 297 



4 413 



185 659 



7 150 



769 551 



2 283 



4 557 454 



9 975 

 502 380 



3 052 

 136 187 



1 751 

 221 557 



8 918 

 35 856 



9 396 

 1 923 424 



14 471 

 622 314 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



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



VIM TENNESSEE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



