Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Charactenstics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for- 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 75 percent of sales 



Farms number.. 



percent-. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1.000,. 



percent.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland .., acres.. 



Harvested cropland acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Grains farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Tobacco farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Fruits, nuts, and bernes farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Cattle and calves farms. . 



$1.000_. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Total farm production expenses^ farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Payments from government programs farms.. 



$1.000_. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 



24 568 



100.0 



60 203 993 



2 451 



24 565 



12 418 239 



505 526 



205 



1 488 238 

 100.0 



17 829 766 

 9 128 013 



1 547 286 

 62 980 



11 548 

 524 908 



53 



.2 



2 715 670 



51 239 



53 



373 748 



7 051 849 



138 



17 102 



11 



249 116 

 175 821 



155 314 

 2 930 460 



25 

 7 134 



438 



1.8 



9 509 867 



21 712 



438 

 1 415 992 

 3 232 858 



149 



106 381 



7.1 



1 386 400 

 911 440 



386 926 

 883 393 



269 

 50 940 



115 

 6 884 



2 141 



8.7 



22 189 805 



10 364 



2 145 



3 790 384 



1 767 079 



172 



379 823 

 25.5 



5 072 319 

 2 959 643 



773 733 

 361 389 



1 516 



192 346 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



38 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



