Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for pnce 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 _ 



Harvested 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, silage, and field seeds $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet com, and melons $1,000, 



Fruits, nuts, and bemes $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 woof $1,000. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text) $1,000. 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole propnetorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ _ 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total farm production expenses' farms. 



$1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses V 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1.0(X). 



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 feirms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 

 Hogs and pigs farms- 

 number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms, 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Com for silage or green chop farms, 



acres. 

 Oats for grain farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms, 



acres. 

 Land in orchards __ farms, 



acres. 



-6.9 



-10.6 



-3.6 



25.2 

 33.5 



3.3 

 10.6 

 -6.5 

 -12.0 

 -11.8 

 -16.5 

 33.3 



-9.2 



-10.9 



48.3 



45.4 



1.7 



9.2 



25.6 



-36.7 



27,6 

 58.3 

 12,1 

 67.3 

 -28.1 



.3 

 -15.1 

 -1.8 

 17.2 

 32.3 

 117.3 

 19.5 



-8.8 



1.0 



31 8 



-13.3 



-8.1 

 -4,8 



-5,9 

 -6.5 



2.6 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



21.9 



-14.1 



1.1 



39.6 



-32,4 

 9.8 



-10.7 



-16.9 

 -9.8 



-20.6 

 -6.3 



-49.5 

 21.3 



-27.2 



-18.7 



-19.5 

 -10.0 

 -24 

 -19.0 

 -57.1 

 -58.3 



-10.7 

 -7.4 

 .9 

 24.8 

 -9.4 

 -3.7 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications, 



^Data tor 1982 do not include imputation lor item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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