Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Hem 



1982 



1978 



Total farm production expenses tarms. 



$1,000. 

 Average per (arm dollars. 



Farms with expenses of — 



$1 to $4,999 __ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 to $249,999 



$260,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 or more __ 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms. 



$1,000. 

 percent of total. 

 Farms with expenses of — 



$1 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999' 



$25,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 10 $249,999 



$250,000 or more _ 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms. 



$1,000. 

 percent of total. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $999 _ 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999' 



$25,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 to $79,999 



$80,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 or more 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms. 



$1,000. 

 percent of total. 



Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $999 _ 



$1,000 to $4,999 _. _ _ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999' _ 



$25,000 to $49,999 ._ _ _._ _ 



$50,000 to $79,999 



$80,000 or more __ _ 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms. 



$1,000. 

 percent of total. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499. 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24.999 



$25,000 or more 



Commercial fertilizer^ farms. 



$1,000. 

 percent of total. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499_.. _ _ 



$500 to $999 __ 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999' 



$25,000 to $29,999 _ 



$30,000 10 $49,999 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 or more _ _ 



Agricultural chemicals^ farms. 



$1,000. 

 percent of total. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499. ___ 



$500 to $999 ._ 



$1,000 to $4,999 .__ _ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999 _._ 



$25,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 or more 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 

 percent of total. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $999. 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999' 



$25,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 or more 



See footnotes at end of table. 



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(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



15 953 



229 516 



(NA) 



7 175 

 3 889 

 1 390 



30 193 



702 666 



(NA) 



17 505 

 5 911 



1 149 



3 538 



2 090 



15 274 



510 814 



(NA) 



6383 



2 685 



790 



5 416 



59 412 



83 869 



(NA) 



32 690 

 9 791 



13 339 

 2 133 



1 459 



80 864 



161 702 



(NA) 



47 146 



25 307 



5 781 



2630 



10 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



