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. 



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. 



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) 



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: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres- 



Corn tor silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 



Soybeans for beans __ farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) _ farms. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) __. farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards ___ _ farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms, 



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



VIII NEW JERSEY 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



