Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for- 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 75 percent of 



Farms number.. 



percent- - 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^ farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1,000.. 



percent.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland acres.. 



Harvested cropland acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000_. 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Grains farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms. . 



$1,000.. 

 Tobacco farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hay, silage, and field seeds farms. . 



$1.000.. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms. . 



$1,000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms. . 



$1.000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms,, 



$1,000.. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms,. 



$1.000,. 



Total farm production expenses' farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Selected farm production expenses^: 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Feed tor livestock and poultry farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms,, 



$1.000., 

 Agricultural chemicals farms,, 



$1,000., 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1.000., 

 Electricity farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms. 



$1.000,. 

 Interest farms. 



$1,000. 



Payments from government programs farms. 



$1,000. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



109 



.1 



181 167 



1 662 



109 



176 873 



1 622 688 



976 



33 986 

 1.9 



142 922 



114 894 



613 



.8 



879 154 



1 434 



613 

 784 930 

 280 473 



893 



126 559 

 7,0 



695 232 

 561 643 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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