Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



(Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for pnce changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Item 



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- 



Irrtgated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000. 



Grams $1,000. 



Cotton and cottonseed $1,000. 



Tobacco _ - $1,000. 



Hay, silage, and field seeds $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons $1,000. 



Fruits, 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 tnjst. 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^ __ $i,000. 



Agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor _ $1,000. 



Interest expense^ ,,_ $i,ooo. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



f^ilk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs _ farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Corn for silage or green chop farms, 



acres- 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Irish potatoes farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms- 



acres. 

 Land in orchards _ farms. 



acres. 



-7.2 



-S.2 



2.7 



6.0 

 3.9 



-1.5 

 -8.4 

 -8.1 

 -7.6 

 .4 



e.o 



26.9 



-8.5 

 -6.5 

 42.6 

 62.7 



8.1 



16.4 



9.9 



-16.3 



-49.3 



12.4 

 31.0 

 8.6 

 28.7 

 23.0 



7.4 

 11.2 



2.3 

 16.0 

 10.7 

 34.0 

 11.8 



-7.6 



-5.4 



9.2 



-8.2 



-4.1 

 -11.1 



-9.7 

 -9.7 



2.2 



(NA) 



4.6 



3.0 



-10.0 



25.4 



-30.0 



30.3 



-19.8 



-13.7 



-5.5 



-15.6 



-2.6 



-24.3 



5.8 



-29.2 



4.8 



-14.9 



-16.5 

 -13.4 

 -8.0 

 -19.5 

 -16.0 

 -22.6 

 -20,9 

 -31.8 

 6.3 



-7.7 



2.9 



-10.0 



-2.3 



^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. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



PENNSYLVANIA 1 



