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 ) 



Percent change 

 from 1982 lo 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. 

 Irrigated land __ farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agncultural products sold S1,CX)0. 



Average per farm dollars. 



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



Grains _ $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 bernes _ $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 propnetorship) 



Partnership _ __ __ 



Corporation _ 



Other -cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Operators by phncipal 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^ $1,000. 



Agncultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor _ _. $1,000. 



Interest expense^ $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. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for gram farms. 



acres. 

 Barley for grain, _ farms. 



acres. 

 Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas farms. 



acres. 

 Sugar beets for sugar farms. 



acres. 

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

 text). farms. 



acres. 



9 205 



33 595 135 



3 650 



533 284 

 147 



3.9 



.3 



-3.5 



-27.2 

 -23.8 



20.1 

 6.6 

 3.1 

 -.8 

 5.8 

 1.0 

 2.2 



-1.3 

 -5.3 

 -1.2 

 -3.0 



11.6 



7.4 



-2.7 



-17.3 



1.7 

 42.3 

 188.8 



9.4 

 25.0 



15.4 

 -59.6 

 -29.0 

 16.2 

 -9.6 

 29.2 

 10.5 



4.4 



3.3 



3.9 



-17.1 



2.5 

 6.4 



9.4 

 5.6 



2.4 



(NA) 



.9 



-7.1 



.7 



44.5 



-26.2 



24.0 



-37.0 



-6.8 

 -6.4 

 -38.1 

 -30.3 

 -16.4 

 -6.4 

 -28.8 

 -49.8 



-26.2 



-33.0 



-15.6 



-29.0 



-9.2 



-6.9 



-13.0 



-2.6 



-9.9 



41.2 



-1.0 

 1.2 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Dala for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation tor item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



WYOMING 1 



