Table 10. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrlgated Farms: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



Farms number. _ 



Land in farms _-acres__ 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars,. 



Average per acre dollars.- 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms. . 



acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Land set aside in federal farm programs farms.. 



acres.. 

 Owned and rented land in farms: 



Owned land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



Rented or leased land in fanns farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops farms. . 



$1.000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1,000.- 



Total farm production expenses' $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars,. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees 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., 



Contract labor. farms.. 



$1.000._ 

 Repairs and maintenance farms__ 



$1.000.. 

 Customwork. machine hire, and rental of machinery 

 and equipment^ . farms 



$1.000.. 

 Interest* farms. . 



$1.000.. 

 Cash rent paid for land and buildings ___ farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Property taxes paid farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 All other farm production expenses farms,, 



$1.000.. 



Commodity Credit Corporation loans .. farms 



$1,000.. 



Government payments received farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Other farm-related income' farms.. 



$1,000-- 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment' _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



Inventory of livestock: 

 Cattle and calves farms, - 

 number,- 



Milk cows farms., 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number. - 

 Sheep and lambs farms.. 



number.. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Dala for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data tor 1987 exclude cost of custom applications for commercial fertilizer and agricultural chemicals. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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