Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



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



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. 

 Irngated land farms. 



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, sitage, and field seeds --- $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, 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 wool $1,000. 



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



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



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



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off fann: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total farm production expenses^ farms. 



$1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



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 farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Barley tor grain. farms. 



acres. 

 Tobacco farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans _ farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms, 



acres. 



1 838 

 4 400 

 4 865 



2 591 

 712 

 284 



66 



11 960 



1 346 913 



1 074 



50 762 



66 937 

 253 056 

 123 049 



15 731 



10 116 

 28 205 



8 473 

 63 869 



3 612 



736 006 

 425 871 

 187 216 

 56 718 

 37 032 

 1 274 

 27 894 



12 738 



1 323 



619 



102 147 

 300 284 

 50 516 

 26 447 

 30 365 

 81 230 

 40 272 



5 780 

 308 052 



1 694 

 110 463 



1 322 

 197 214 



1 337 

 060 760 



432 409 

 3 112 

 146 081 

 1 541 

 59 268 

 1 357 

 10 780 

 3 697 

 405 170 



2 015 



4 822 



5 263 



2 978 

 789 

 252 



64 



13 672 



1 528 994 



845 



38 556 



1 029 244 

 63 600 

 339 430 

 204 388 



41 990 



7 456 

 23 819 

 12 945 

 45 789 



3 043 



689 815 

 366 495 

 204 228 

 54 539 

 33 824 

 779 

 29 949 



98 291 

 275 819 

 72 146 

 27 401 

 45 329 

 68 545 

 58 509 



7 002 

 355 418 



2 218 

 128 183 



1 861 

 179 149 



1 926 

 4 404 290 



7 281 

 620 198 



3 153 

 138 204 



1 806 

 72 491 



2 489 

 24 840 



3 965 

 413 137 



6 709 

 229 046 



1 403 

 38 331 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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