Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



) adiustment for price changes- For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory 1 



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: 



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.. 



lularket value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm ..dollars- 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000. 



Grains $1,000. 



Cotton and cottonseed $1,000. 



Tobacco - $1,000. 



Hay, silage, and field seeds $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons — — $1,000. 



Fruits, nuts, and bemes - $1,000. 



Nursery and greenhouse crops $1.000_ 



Other crops - - $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products -. $1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products $1,000. 



Dairy products $1,000. 



Cattle and calves.... — - $1,000. 



Hogs and pigs $1,000. 



Sheep, lambs, and virool -. -. $1,000. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text)... $1,000. 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other-cooperative, estate or tnist. institutional, etc. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other - 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator .years. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000- 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry - $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer^ $1,000. 



Agncultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Interest expense' $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 

 Cattle and calves farms. 



t/ilk cows farms- 

 Hogs and pigs farms. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



Corn for silage or green chop.. farms. 



Wheat for grain .- farms. 



Barley for grain farms. 



Oats for grain farms. 



Sunflower seed farms. 



Hay-alfalfa, other Ume. small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop. etc. (see 



text) farms, 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



'Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



2 719 498 

 74 761 

 857 373 

 780 325 



1 862 125 

 35 638 



168 730 

 1 273 147 



316 951 



3 630 200 



3 940 



137 020 



7 906 



1 750 236 

 2 173 



1 762 361 



374 158 



15 273 



3 229 384 



2 478 111 

 66 709 

 842 980 



5 616 

 48.6 



79 742 

 53 836 



214 464 

 67 414 



296 609 



27 000 



3 925 131 



5 610 



158 180 



9 336 



1 764 654 



3 311 



1 795 254 



2 583 209 



11 145 

 685 580 

 13 530 



3 332 487 



5 105 



521 755 



19 743 



1 807 860 



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