Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for pnce 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 bemes $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 tnjst, institutional, etc. 



Operators by pnncipal 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 farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000, 



Feed tor livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial ferlilizerz $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: 

 Com for silage or green chop farms, 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Barley for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain farms. 



acres. 

 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. 



2Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1987 



4.2 



-.6 



-4.6 



-25.4 

 -20.8 



25.1 

 2.7 



-2.0 

 7.0 

 3.7 

 3.4 

 2.3 



-.1 

 -2.5 



3.2 

 -1.3 



(Z) 



-4.1 



-15.8 



-21.1 



25.9 

 13.4 

 -24.8 

 26.1 

 20.8 



15.2 

 15.0 



4.8 

 14.5 



4.8 

 78.4 



7.3 



3.5 



2.3 



13.7 



-11.6 



3.0 

 7.4 



6.5 

 6.4 



1.8 

 (NA) 



15.9 



8.0 



-.5 



48.7 



-26.6 



21.3 



-23.8 



-6.0 

 -11.2 

 -33.2 



-8.7 



-14.4 



2.4 



-25.6 



-4.3 



-6.6 



-14.8 



3.9 



-9.8 



16.2 



17.7 



-24.8 



-21.3 



-2.3 



17.7 



-2.9 

 -4.6 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



MONTANA 1 



