Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 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 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. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) _. 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fnjits 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: 



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 i $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $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- 

 Crops harvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 



Corn for silage or green chop farms- 



acres- 



Wheat for grain __ _ farms. 



acres- 

 Tobacco ' farms. 



Soybeans 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. 



VIII KENTUCKY 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



