Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



(Dollar figures are In current dollars with no adjustment (or price changes. For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text) 



Farms __ number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildingsV 



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. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) __. 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fnjfts and tree nuts (017) ^ 



Horticultural specialties (018) _ 



General farms, pnmarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily 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 agncuttural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and caives farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs ar>d pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Sorghum for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 



Rice _ _ __ farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for tteans 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 1976 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII TEXAS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



