Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes 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. 

 Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural 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 corn, and melons --. $1,000. 



Fruits, nuts, and berries $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 principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ _ 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



Selected larm 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: 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Barley for gram farms. 



acres. 

 Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas farms. 



acres. 

 Irish potatoes farms. 



acres. 

 Sugar beets for sugar farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) _ farms. 



acres. 



394 684 

 230 572 

 148 396 

 65 098 

 83 022 

 181 790 

 158 965 



13 481 



1 772 756 



2 769 



157 665 



1 258 



76 882 



1 839 



1 425 572 



7 706 

 1 239 480 



7 852 

 833 225 



2 043 

 160 078 



1 792 

 352 670 



1 397 

 168 352 



2 953 



5 296 



6 129 

 4 887 

 2 562 

 1 568 

 1 319 



19 596 

 4 887 805 



17 355 

 3 450 443 



2 231 605 



90 297 



1 160 742 



554 691 



118 536 

 28 168 

 14 786 

 18 041 



426 521 



1 070 863 

 14 240 

 255 988 

 721 743 

 12 373 

 25 788 

 40 733 



20 950 



2 312 



1 175 



277 



49.6 

 (NA) 



326 442 

 233 142 

 160 602 

 52 652 

 118 529 

 147 584 

 218 310 



4 19 

 178 082 



1 648 

 80 957 



2 731 

 1 131 996 



7 870 

 1 507 775 



9 379 

 1 090 81 1 



2 061 

 152 516 



1 892 

 320 019 



1 206 

 137 902 



39,1 

 47,1 

 37,6 

 13,3 



14,8 

 -3,8 

 -6,5 

 26,9 



23,6 

 -30,0 



232 

 -27,2 



-17,8 

 -16,3 

 -23,6 



10,2 

 15,8 

 22,1 



'Data are based on a sample of farms, 



^Dala for 1 987 include cost of custom applications, 



^Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



IDAHO 1 



