Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar (igures 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 - 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 agncultural 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- 



FruJts. nuts, and berries .._ $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 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 famns, 



number. 



Milk cows farms, 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms, 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms, 



number. 



Selected crops harvested; 

 Com for gram or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Com for silage or green chop _.. farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain -- farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms- 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications 



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



-88 

 -2.6 

 6.8 



-15.1 

 -20,3 



-3.5 

 -11.1 

 -10.8 



-9.0 

 -.5 



17,8 



42,1 



-99 



-10,6 



35.6 



17.3 



1.4 



11.2 



-6.1 



-12.2 



-51.2 



20.6 

 18,4 

 7,0 

 43,8 

 56,8 



10.5 

 52.4 

 -1.5 

 13.6 

 3.4 

 20,4 

 12.8 



-8.5 



-12.7 



2.2 



-16.8 



-8.3 

 -9.3 



-9.5 

 -7,5 



2.6 

 (NA) 



16,8 



7.6 



-22,7 



9.3 



-34.6 



31.2 



-32.2 



-16.8 

 -9.3 



-19.6 

 -5.8 



-17,1 

 -.8 



-31,7 

 57,2 



-13.2 

 -19.5 

 -24.7 

 -29,7 

 -20,1 

 -27.2 

 -26.2 

 -320 

 -6.4 

 2,2 



-7,3 



2,4 



-13,8 



10,3 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



OHIO 1 



