Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



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



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 



Han/ested cropland farms. 



acres. 

 Imgated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agncultural products sold ___ _ _ $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



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



Grains - $1,000. 



Cotton and cottonseed _ $1,000. 



Tobacco - $1,000. 



Hay, sitage. 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 trust, institutional, etc. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ _ 



Operators by days vrorked 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 fertilizers $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 gram or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Sorghum for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Rice farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



acres. 

 Soyt>eans for beans farms. 



acres. 

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

 text). _ farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 



2.0 



-.6 



-2.7 



17.2 



10.1 



-.9 



-2.7 



-3.2 



4.8 



2.0 



(Z) 



-20.4 



.2 



-23.4 



18.0 

 15.7 

 -2.1 

 -41.5 

 78.6 



6.9 



4.2 



-36.0 



37.4 



15.6 



28.3 

 48.3 

 15.0 

 29.2 

 -6.0 

 37.4 

 -5.3 



2.0 

 -1.9 

 21.1 



3.0 



4.7 

 (Z) 



.4 

 -2.8 



2.8 



(NA) 



33.1 

 .2 



-7.7 



18.0 

 -30.8 



31.2 

 -20.0 



-.9 



3.2 



-32.4 



10.4 



-18.6 



-5.7 



-21.8 



30.1 



-.7 



11.8 



-21.7 



-44.6 



-14.4 



-28.3 



4.8 



-42.5 



1.6 



-3.8 



-65.5 



-76.1 



7.1 

 14.1 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Oata for 1987 Include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1982 do not Include Imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



TEXAS 1 



