Highlights of the State's Agricuiture: 1982 and 1978 



(Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment (or phce changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text] 



Item 



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. 



Famis by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fnjits 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, pnmarily 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 labor $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: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Com for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Sorghum for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 



Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Bariey for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) __ _ farms. 



acres. 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1 978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1 982. 



Vlll COLORADO 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



