Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



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



All farms 



Farms with sales of $10,000 

 or more 



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. 



f^arket 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) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



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



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) - 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, pnmarily 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 agricultural chemicals^. $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



Ivlilk cows. _ _ farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs - farms. 



_ number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops harvested: 

 Barley for grain _ __ famis. 



„ acres. 



Oats for gram ._ _ __ _ farms. 



. ^ acres. 



Insh potatoes __ farms. 



acres. 

 Hay -alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc 

 (see text) _ (arms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) __ farms. 



acres. 



108 



393 975 



3 648 



806 287 

 221 



12 

 6 



31 



28 

 8 

 6 



17 



100 



16 514 



26 



(D) 



10 146 



82 



5 380 



54 



4 765 



1 733 



812 



40 



1 034 



1 697 



41 

 4 679 



18 

 894 



16 

 2 957 



11 



(D) 



24 



6 650 



8 



582 



19 



398 



61 



(D) 



19 



222 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIM ALASKA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



