Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



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



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1987 



Farms - number. 



Land in farms aores- 



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 _-_ - 



Han/ested cropland farms- 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres - 



Market 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 hemes $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 wool - $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 trust, Institutional, etc. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ — 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



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 fertilizer2 _ $1,000. 



Agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor _ $1,000. 



Interest expense^ $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. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Wheat for grain _ farms. 



acres. 

 Bariey for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Rice farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) _ farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sate (see text) farms, 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms, 



acres. 



-4.8 

 -5.6 



-21.8 

 -17.9 



-1.1 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 5.1 

 46 

 4.5 



-3.7 



.4 

 -12.4 



.8 

 -10.2 



11.5 

 10.4 

 13.6 

 -35.0 

 -1.6 



9.5 



3.7 



26.2 



47.6 



21.9 



7.4 

 28.2 



7.9 



-5.1 



10.6 



.9 



14.8 



-.8 



6,8 



10.7 



3.0 



3.1 

 -1.2 



-.6 

 -2.0 



3.5 

 (NA) 



-9.2 



-.8 



(Z) 



16.3 



-26.1 



31.1 



-25.7 



-16.8 



-.9 



-21.7 



13.1 



-43.8 



-18.2 



-31.1 



1.2 



-17.1 

 -39.5 

 -36.7 

 -53.7 

 25.1 

 -29.6 

 1.2 

 -17.4 



-10.0 



8.2 



-6.6 



-1.3 



3.1 



-.3 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



CALIFORNIA 1 



