Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



All farms 



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1967 



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. 



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 berries $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 principal 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 for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer^' $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: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton farms. 



acres. 

 Tobacco farms. 



acres. 

 Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres- 

 Peanuts for nuts farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) farms. 



acres. 



-18.6 

 -8.5 

 12.0 



6.4 

 -3.9 



-21.4 



-22.3 



-19.3 



-14.4 



-.5 



14.0 



12.6 



-21.0 



-18.9 



60.1 



70.0 



1.2 

 24.2 

 -24.3 

 -38.2 

 20.4 

 -33.3 



19.2 

 25.0 

 95.8 

 79.6 

 8.3 



31.3 

 40.8 

 -e.1 

 21.8 

 3Z3 

 98.0 

 49.9 



-18.3 



-26.1 



10.6 



-9.8 



-22.9 

 -13.3 



-14.4 

 -12.2 



3.1 



(NA) 



41.2 



31.2 

 -24.7 



-3.6 

 -39.0 



17.0 

 -36.8 



-18.0 

 -11.9 

 -46.3 

 -12.5 

 -39.2 

 24.4 

 -37.7 

 6.6 



-30.4 



-24.2 



-35.2 



-36.6 



58.2 



37.0 



-24.5 



-29.1 



-33.9 



-27.1 



-20.2 



-3.0 



-1.5 

 21.4 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



3Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



NORTH CAROLINA 1 



