Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



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



Farms with irngation 



1974 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms number. _ 



Proportion of farms ...percent.. 



Irrtgated land acres.. 



Average per farm acres.. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres farms.. 



acres. . 

 10 to 49 acres farms.. 



acres, - 

 50 to 99 acres farms.- 



acres.. 

 100 to 199 acres farms-- 



acres— 



200 to 499 acres farms. - 

 ac^es-- 



500 to 999 acres __ farms.. 



acres., 



1,000 acres or more farms-- 



acres.. 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



966 



19.5 



16 753 



17 



613 



1 910 

 289 



6 149 

 39 



2 734 



19 

 2 564 



4 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



879 



19.5 



16 512 



21 



482 

 (NA) 

 316 

 (NA) 

 53 

 (NA) 

 20 

 (NA) 



6 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1 



(NA) 



Irrigated land use: 

 Harvested cropland farms- 

 acres . 



Pastureland and ottier land farms. 



acres. 



Land in irrigated farms acres. 



Cropland acres. 



Harvested cropland ..acres. 



Principal source of Irrigation water 

 (see text): 



Wells on farm farms. 



irrigated acres. 



Wells as only source farms. 



irrigated acres. 



On-farm surface supply farms. 



irrigated acres. 

 On-farm surface supply as only 

 source farms- 

 irrigated acres.. 



Off-farm water suppliers farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source farms.. 



irrigated acres-. 



989 



17 012 



31 



319 

 90 084 

 30 394 

 25 283 



209 

 (D) 

 169 

 1 642 

 625 

 13 470 



551 



9 967 



166 



(D) 



150 

 1 177 



959 



16 588 



(NA) 



165 

 91 080 

 31 014 

 25 721 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



97 444 

 (NA) 



27 787 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1982 and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Irrigated farms 



Any land irrigated 



All harvested cropland 

 irrigated 



Nonirrigated farms 



Farms number. _ 



Land in farms .acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Imgated land ...acres.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Han/ested cropland farms.. 



acres. _ 



Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Inventory of livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms., 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 



Sheep and lambs farms.. 



number.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment' farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1.000., 



Average per farm ..dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms 



$1.000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms. 



$1.000.. 



Selected farm production expenses': 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms 



$1.000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms 



$1,000.. 

 Other agricultural chemicals^ ___ farms 



$1.000.. 



Energy and petroleum products farms. 



$1.000., 

 Hired farm labor _ farms 



$1.000.. 

 Contract labor __ farms 



$1.000.. 

 Interest expense farms 



$1.«00.- 



4 946 

 617 359 



183 339 



1 443 



16 753 



4 645 

 276 686 



4 397 

 197 405 



2 238 

 91 240 



2 073 



96 951 



1 156 



49 728 



628 



54 586 



327 



6 515 



4 943 

 121 137 

 24 507 



211 994 



42 862 



3 077 



100 079 



2 631 



111 915 



458 



18 504 



2 629 

 39 491 



2 726 

 7 737 



3 585 

 7 148 

 3 260 

 3 882 



4 907 



15 685 



2 573 



40 380 



460 



1 552 



(NA) 



(NA) 



1 000 

 90 084 



275 900 

 3 263 

 17 331 



30 394 

 996 



25 283 



171 



4 746 



82 



1 137 



14 



382 



54 



1 273 



38 



385 



1 073 

 45 334 

 42 250 



102 411 



102 411 



984 



100 572 



145 



1 840 



54 



626 



158 

 856 

 418 



4 143 

 948 



2 220 

 908 



2 692 



1 058 

 9 208 



563 

 19 036 



223 



1 746 

 424 



2 881 



966 

 91 080 



200 241 

 2 057 

 16 753 



966 

 31 014 



966 

 25 721 



127 

 3 250 



81 



1 867 



29 



669 



42 



2 386 



31 

 464 



883 

 27 850 

 31 540 



69 596 



72 045 



953 



67 061 



146 



2 535 



48 



973 



112 

 927 

 478 



5 152 

 797 



1 582 



804 



1 373 



876 



6 385 

 569 



19 050 

 155 

 725 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



748 

 60 620 



271 437 

 3 515 

 13 704 



748 

 15 709 



748 

 13 506 



100 

 2 822 



30 

 (D) 

 5 

 40 

 23 

 416 

 24 

 146 



756 

 31 148 

 41 200 



77 986 



104 259 



741 



77 510 



77 



476 



31 



286 



63 



(D) 



193 



2 244 



673 



1 314 



648 



1 987 



741 



6 937 



334 



13 044 



156 



1 268 

 265 



2 003 



706 

 61 997 



169 073 



1 940 



13 143 



706 



15 936 



706 



13 047 



62 



1 326 



21 



114 



7 



14 



14 

 429 



16 

 172 



680 

 18 219 

 26 793 



49 882 



70 654 



701 



49 189 



66 



693 



18 



406 



41 

 338 

 294 

 3 868 

 601 

 845 

 625 

 937 



678 

 5 241 

 435 

 12 405 

 122 

 552 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



4 401 

 522 735 



188 243 



1 715 



(X) 



3 942 

 235 472 



3 612 

 172 486 



2 326 

 78 958 



2 229 



101 229 



1 097 



49 509 



565 



38 297 



414 



9 461 



4 321 

 108 012 

 24 997 



179 024 



40 678 



2 276 



38 856 



2 759 



140 168 



454 



24 830 



2 789 



46 348 



1 650 



1 803 



2 336 

 4 934 



1 548 



2 194 



4 276 



13 785 



1 849 



24 073 



206 



858 



1 379 



7 259 



3 980 

 526 279 



179 656 



1 346 



(X) 



3 679 

 245 672 



3 431 

 171 684 



2 111 

 87 990 



1 992 



95 084 



1 127 



49 059 



586 



52 200 



296 



6 051 



4 060 

 93 287 

 22 977 



142 398 



35 778 



2 124 



33 018 



2 485 



109 380 



410 



17 530 



2 517 

 38 565 

 2 248 

 2 585 

 2 788 

 5 566 

 2 456 

 2 509 



4 031 



9 300 



2 004 



21 330 



305 



927 



(NA) 



(NA) 



^Data are based on a sample of farms, see text. 



^Data for 1978 include ttie cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



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