Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning ol abbrevtations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for- 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 



75 percent of sales 



Farms number.. 



percent. _ 



Land in farms acres. . 



Average size of farm acres__ 



Value of land and buildings' farms. 



$1,000-. 



Average per farm _ dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1,000.. 



percent.. 



Land in farms according to use; 



Total cropland acres.. 



Harvested cropland acres.. 



Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. _ 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Grains farms. - 

 S1,000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Tobacco _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.. 



$1.000,. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other crops _ _ _ farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000.- 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms,. 



$1.000.. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Total farm production expenses' farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased -. _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000_. 

 Commercial fertilizer ___ farms.. 



$1,000.- 

 Agricultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Electricity farms,. 



$1,000.. 

 Hired farm labor _ _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Payments from government programs farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms., 



number.- 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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