Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment tor price ctianges. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



All farms 



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 to 1982 



Farms with sales of $10,000 

 or more 



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) 



Fruits 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 $1,000. 



Hired farm latrar $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: 

 Sorghum for gram or seed farms. 



acres- 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Rice farms. 



acres. 



Cotton farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. 

 Sugarcane for sugar farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) farms. 



acres. 



31 628 



8 928 827 



282 



381 817 

 1 351 



2 461 

 9 411 

 9 565 

 5 632 



2 617 

 1 343 



599 



21 991 

 4 699 323 



3 693 

 693 698 



1 406 458 

 14 049 



994 976 

 19 944 



411 482 



7 365 



3 569 

 636 

 411 

 404 

 454 

 15 567 



1 065 

 589 



1 231 

 337 



28 255 



2 402 



724 



247 



18 524 

 9 226 

 3 878 



14 629 

 16 999 



169 501 

 95 050 

 117 109 

 139 294 

 107 345 



20 049 



1 003 833 



2 652 

 100 159 



2 188 

 55 657 



3 891 



2 679 741 



619 

 115 847 



1 962 

 379 289 



2 508 

 572 919 



2 371 



562 581 



8 047 



2 638 249 



709 



251 237 



10 441 

 348 497 



31 370 



9 295 029 



296 



290 454 

 981 



1 698 

 8 416 



10 322 



6 163 



2 798 

 1 383 



590 



23 528 



4 838 520 



3 799 

 681 056 



1 211 920 



15 842 



839 265 



20 483 



372 655 



8 749 



3 785 



532 



426 



365 



447 



14 618 



1 207 



525 



478 



238 



27 813 



2 643 



748 



166 



17 291 

 9 827 

 4 252 



15 283 



16 087 



140 153 



81 354 



76 231 



85 579 



101 312 



19 532 



1 052 216 



3 134 



112 316 



3 047 

 73 475 



4 429 

 3 875 182 



136 



12 958 

 132 



13 030 

 2 690 



599 432 



2 531 

 510 107 



9 777 

 : 969 049 



1 013 

 297 361 



10 607 

 366 272 



.8 

 -39 

 -4.7 



31.5 

 37.7 



44.9 

 11.8 

 -7.3 

 -8.6 

 -6.5 

 -2.9 

 1.5 



-6.5 

 -2.9 

 -2.8 

 1.9 

 16.1 

 -11.3 

 18.6 

 -2.6 

 10.4 



-15.8 

 -5.7 

 19.5 

 -3.5 

 10.7 

 1.6 

 6.5 



-11.8 

 12.2 



157.5 

 41.6 



1.6 

 -9.1 

 -32 

 48.8 



7.1 

 -6.1 

 -8.8 



-4.3 

 5.7 



209 

 168 

 53.6 

 62.8 

 60 



2.6 

 -4.6 

 -15.4 

 -108 

 -28.2 

 -24.3 

 -12.1 

 -30.8 



355.1 

 794.0 



1 386.4 



2 810.9 



-6.8 

 -4.4 



-6.3 

 10.3 

 -17.7 

 -11.1 

 -30.0 

 -15.5 



-1.6 

 -4.9 



11 480 



172 375 



625 



815 194 

 1 299 



245 

 614 



2 624 



3 825 

 2 338 



1 262 

 572 



10 444 

 445 830 



2 918 

 684 538 

 349 391 



8 715 

 976 792 



5 274 

 372 600 



5 268 



2 320 



110 



42 



204 



74 



1 783 



1 026 



429 



212 



12 



9 339 



1 473 



593 



75 



3 776 

 5 309 

 2 395 



9 074 

 2 406 



155 848 

 88 101 

 114 632 

 128 524 

 102 233 



4 786 



611 732 



1 255 



95 687 



444 



37 486 



586 



2 582 180 



544 

 113 151 



1 679 

 369 675 



2 279 

 567 997 



1 992 



554 493 



6 081 



2 562 573 



623 



249 771 



3 146 

 212 597 



12 446 

 7 437 463 



573 263 

 960 



202 

 545 



3 038 



4 298 

 2 513 



1 299 

 551 



11 394 

 550 167 



2 886 

 663 838 

 150 725 



9 608 

 816 960 



6 130 

 333 765 



6 116 



2 258 



82 



56 



151 



162 



1 915 



1 143 



426 



117 



20 



10 018 



1 699 



680 



49 



3 715 

 6 101 

 2 630 



9 844 

 2 602 



128 004 

 74 814 

 73 117 

 76 960 

 95 982 



5 584 



673 259 



1 510 



106 817 



702 



42 527 



850 



I 772 388 



96 



12 227 



108 



12 421 



2 376 

 590 239 



1 942 



496 574 



7 093 



2 868 746 



833 



291 771 



3 598 

 234 086 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



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



VIM LOUISIANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



