Highlights of the State's Agricuiture: 1982 and 1978 



(Dollar ngures are In current dollars with no adjustment lor price changes. For meaning o( 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. 



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. 



Martlet value of agricultural products sold $1,000- 



Crops. including nursery and greenhouse products farms- 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Fanns 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) 



Uvestock, except dairy, poultry, end 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. 



Uvestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



numtier. 

 Milk cows farms- 

 number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



numtier. 



Crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Sorghum for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 



Rice farms- 

 acres. 



Cotton farms- 

 acres. 



Soyt>eans for beans farms. 



acres. 



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



(see text) farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



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



VIM MISSISSIPPI 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



