Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



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



Ctiaractenstics 



Fewest number ot farms accounting i 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 



75 percent of sales 



Farms number.. 



percent,. 



Land in farms acres. - 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars. - 



Estimated market value ol all machinery and equipment $1,000.. 



percent.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland acres.. 



Han/ested cropland acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agncuHural products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Grains _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Tobacco farms. _ 



$1,000.. 

 Hay, silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms.. 



$1,000.- 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries. farms., 



$1,000.. 

 Nursery and greentiouse crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1,000., 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000-, 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Total farm production expenses' farms,. 



$1,000.- 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Agncultural chemicals _ farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Petroleum products.. farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms,. 



$1.000,, 

 Interest farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Payments from government programs farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.- 



number-- 



14 776 



100.0 



2 396 629 



14 774 



5 418 920 



366 788 



2 261 



1 356 

 15 731 



2 503 

 10 116 



8 473 



578 



63 869 



2 181 

 425 871 

 1 476 

 187 216 

 5 368 

 56 718 

 1 265 

 37 032 



627 

 1 274 

 1 271 

 27 894 



5 250 

 102 147 

 7 995 

 300 284 

 10 292 

 50 516 

 9 362 

 26 447 



13 824 

 30 365 

 10 585 

 16 592 



5 958 

 81 230 



5 843 

 40 272 



5 780 

 308 052 



1 694 

 110 463 



1 322 

 197 214 



41 247 



2 291 500 



3 532 



275 947 



1 692 926 



2 231 



906 471 



1 186 480 



2 147 



7 047 



685 



48 366 



32 532 

 98 



97 774 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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