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] 



Farms number. 



Land In iarms 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. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Uvestock, poOltry, and their products _ _ farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) _ 



Field 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: 



Fanning 



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 latwr $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves... farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



numt>er. 



Hogs and pigs _ farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain _ _ farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



Soyt>ean8 for beans farms. 



acres. 

 Peanuts for nuts farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, smalt 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. 



Vlll ALABAMA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



