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 ] 



Item 



1987 



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- 

 Irrigated land farms. 



acres- 



Market value of agricultural 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, 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 pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off fami: 



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. 



Agricultural 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 grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



acres. 

 Tobacco—. .-. _ farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans , farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms. 



acres. 



-12.0 



-6.0 



6.5 



6.0 

 -1.3 



-22.9 

 -13.9 

 -10.4 

 -7.7 

 -5.2 

 -1.1 

 12.8 



-14.4 

 -15.3 

 66.4 

 112.9 



-3.9 

 9.1 

 -17.3 

 .43.9 

 107.9 

 -45.8 



33.8 

 18.5 

 83.1 

 91.1 

 -39.0 



9.7 

 38.7 

 -9.0 

 24.4 

 -3.1 

 116.3 

 -9.8 



-11.0 



-22.0 



-2.9 



11.0 



-16.5 

 -8.9 



-11.1 

 -7.9 



2.9 

 (NA) 



11.8 



4.1 



-4.4 



.1 



-32.2 



7.2 



-28.7 



-13.1 

 -10.4 

 .41.0 

 -17.0 

 -34.7 

 -10.6 

 -39.8 

 -8.7 



-26.7 

 -1.7 

 -45.2 

 -54.9 

 37.6 

 69.9 

 -31.4 

 -37.4 

 -45.7 

 .43.7 



1.3 



21.8 



'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 



TENNESSEE 1 



