Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



All farms 



1987 



1978 



Farms number. _ 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of 

 all machinery and 



equipment' $1.000.. 



Average per farm 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 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Harvested cropland farms. - 

 acres-- 



Irrigated land.. farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agricultural 



products sold2 $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery 

 and greenhouse crops .. $1.000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and 

 their products $1.000.. 



Farms by value of sales^: 



Less than $2.500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $24,999'» 



$25,000 to $49,9995 



$50,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more __ 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



propnetorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other — cooperative, 

 estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



Operators by days worked 

 off farm^: 



None 



Any 



200 days or more 



Operators by principal 

 occupation^: 



Farming 



Other 



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.. 



Petroleum products $1.000.. 



Hired farm labor $1,000.. 



Interest expense^ $1,000.. 



Agncultural chemicals' ... $1,000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Beef cows farms. - 

 number-_ 



Milk cows farms-- 



number-- 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory... farms., 

 number.. 



Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or 



older inventory^ farms. , 



number-. 

 Broilers and other meat- 

 type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



60 502 



45 305 441 



749 



344 253 

 457 



3 549 159 

 58 799 



5 090 

 4 296 



11 166 

 17 320 



12 153 



6 494 

 3 983 



53 500 



23 320 162 



51 175 

 15 276 151 



22 596 



5 681 835 



6 667 132 

 110 197 



2 139 116 

 4 528 016 



4 694 

 3 405 



5 515 

 10 923 



10 681 



11 305 



12 700 

 1 279 



51 749 

 5 212 

 3 209 



60 243 



44 961 371 

 746 



532 741 

 701 



4 088 785 

 68 007 



4 162 

 4 062 

 11 100 

 19 128 

 11 847 

 6 036 

 3 908 



54 475 

 22 434 059 



52 497 

 17 075 625 



22 190 

 6 039 292 



6 625 742 

 109 984 



2 379 811 

 4 245 931 



3 839 

 2 963 



4 615 



10 096 



11 517 



12 508 



13 370 

 1 301 



51 323 

 5 608 

 3 013 



30 786 

 21 933 

 10 764 



47 549 

 12 694 



(NA) 



63 768 



46 113 973 



723 



382 902 

 523 



3 461 586 

 54 354 



3 832 

 3 592 

 12 042 



22 010 

 12 369 



6 050 

 3 873 



58 594 

 22 274 197 



56 644 

 16 371 595 



23 862 

 5 682 931 



5 149 297 

 80 750 



1 718 714 

 3 430 583 



3 431 

 3 550 

 5 985 



13 108 



14 083 

 13 243 



9 555 

 769 



54 968 

 6 280 

 2 330 



35 246 

 23 660 

 10 531 



51 036 

 12 732 



(NA) 



} 



67 597 



46 172 012 



683 



192 574 

 282 



2 018 175 

 31 084 



3 350 



3 384 



13 720 



25 117 



12 586 



5 721 



3 719 



63 040 

 22 212 756 



60 660 

 16 309 434 



20 331 

 3 966 930 



3 732 982 

 55 224 



1 565 899 



2 166 946 



5 459 

 4 084 

 7 531 



6 589 

 453 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



72 257 



45 833 953 



634 



97 931 

 154 



926 666 



13 210 



3 968 



3 113 



14 468 



29 380 



12 324 



5 495 



3 509 



67 197 

 22 222 858 



64 669 

 14 022 810 



19 440 

 2 857 247 



2 147 860 

 29 725 



536 263 

 1 611 460 



9 229 

 6 733 

 12 114 



2 271 

 243 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 27 970 

 10 307 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



49,3 

 1 759 085 



> 



80 163 



47 792 663 



596 



65 268 

 109 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



2 441 



3 911 



17 124 

 35 812 

 12 198 



5 248 

 3 429 



75 386 

 22 099 510 



73 758 

 15 229 112 



18 833 

 2 169 317 



1 334 395 

 16 646 



371 444 

 962 659 



12 029 

 11 322 

 20 130 



} 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



26 182 



7 588 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



49.2 

 (NA) 



90 475 



47 755 708 



528 



46 796 

 89 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



2 478 



4 696 



22 144 



41 854 



11 266 



8 037 



85 744 

 22 827 985 



84 105 

 18 057 090 



18 936 

 2 077 926 



1 197 501 

 13 236 



393 215 

 804 194 



12 846 

 15 263 

 26 485 

 35 582 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



25 691 



7 118 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



48.2 

 (NA) 



100 846 



47 486 580 



471 



33 713 

 72 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



4 325 



4 704 



28 158 



45 363 



10 685 



7 611 



95 570 



22 867 514 



94 580 



18 874 341 



12 500 

 1 171 369 



880 842 

 8 735 



308 526 

 572 247 



21 174 

 24 452 

 32 050 

 18 846 

 4 171 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



67 809 



29 922 



6 294 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



47.1 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



NEBRASKA 7 



