Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1982-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



SIC code 



Livestock (02) _ 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle feedlols (0211) 



Beef cattle, except feedlols (0212) 



Hogs (0213) 



Stieep and goats (0214) 



General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Broiler, fryer, and roaster ctiickens (0251) 



Chicken eggs (0252) 



Turkeys and turkey eggs (0253) 



Poultry hatcfieries (0254) 



Poultry and eggs, n.e.c. (0259)... __. 



Animal specialties (027) 



Fur-bearing animals and rabbits (0271) 



Horses and other equines (0272) 



Animal specialties, n.e.c. (0279) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms 



49 446 



8 614 



10 080 



21 708 



1 334 



7 710 



625 



27 



432 



114 



13 



39 



1 280 



72 



1 107 



101 



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



12 585 581 



3 123 838 



1 663 896 



4 759 839 



52 897 



2 985 111 



1 166 525 



74 566 



506 



36 557 



31 014 



113 



6 376 



46 607 

 4 693 



40 422 

 1 492 



613 942 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



8 291 346 



2 197 447 

 593 030 



3 465 997 



16 337 



2 018 535 



50 830 



71 



24 285 



21 704 



8 



4 762 



9 320 



3 098 



5 998 



224 



Value of selected capital 



assets \ average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



397 074 

 597 298 

 179 555 

 378 812 

 97 409 



559 098 



366 339 



545 318 



Machinery and 

 equipment 



53 321 

 73 586 

 24 754 

 55 486 

 12 960 



68 071 



53 279 

 7 278 



51 323 

 76 908 



52 528 

 22 858 



13 599 

 30 082 

 11 444 

 22 668 



Market value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



5 248 865 



1 850 307 

 284 495 



2 226 213 



11 166 



876 684 



164 404 



46 



85 673 



65 486 



7 562 



5 637 



13 740 



5 010 



6 599 

 2 131 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenhouse 



products 



947 687 



843 113 



191 328 



44 859 



353 633 



1 094 



252 198 



9 442 



3 



4 124 



4 490 



825 



852 



645 



180 



27 



Livestock, 



poultry, and 



their products 



4 405 752 



1 658 979 



239 636 



1 872 579 



10 072 



624 486 



375 101 



154 962 



43 



81 549 



60 996 



7 562 



4 812 



12 887 

 4 364 

 6 419 

 2 104 



120 345 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



Table 16. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1982 and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



'Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



10 IOWA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



