Highlights of the State's Agricuiture: 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. 



I_and 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 agncultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



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) 



Fnjfts 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. 



aaes. 

 Bartey for grain farms- 



acres- 

 Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas farms. 



acres- 

 Irish potatoes f€irms- 



Sugar beets for sugar 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. 



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1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



