Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[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. 



Vatue 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 vatue of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) --- 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) __ 



Horticultural specialties (018) --- 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) _-_ 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



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



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming _ 



Other ._ 



Selected farm production expenses^: 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer _ _ $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ _ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor _ $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. 



Crops harvested: 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Barley for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Irish potatoes _ farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



''Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



Vlil NEVADA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



