Table 7. Land Use and Acres Diverted: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



All farms 



Percent of total in 1987 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms _-_ -- .acres.. 



Total cropland-- farms.. 



acres, - 



Harvested cropland farms-. 



acres-. 



Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 49 acres 



1 to 9 acres --- 



10 to 19 acres 



20 to 29 acres 



30 to 49 acres _ 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 199 acres 



200 to 499 acres --- 



500 to 999 acres -- 



1.000 acres or more 



1.000 to 1.999 acres- 



2.000 acres or more 



Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms.. 



acres.. 



Other cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses, not 



harvested and not pastured - farms.. 



acres.. 



Cropland on which all crops tailed farms.. 



acres.. 



Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms., 



acres. 



Cropland idle farms.. 



acres.. 



Total woodland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres - 

 Woodland not pastured farms-. 



acres-. 



Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured farms. 



acres. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. farms. 



acres. 



Cropland under federal acreage reduction programs: 

 Annual commodity acreage adjustment programs farms. 



acres- 

 Conservation resen/e program farms- 



acres. 



100.0 

 100.0 



92.7 

 60.5 

 84.5 

 40.0 



60.8 



25.5 



16.1 



9.5 



9.6 



9.4 



6.6 



5.4 



1.7 



.7 



.6 



.1 



36.9 



8.3 



43.8 



12.2 



11.8 



1.9 



7.3 



.9 



3.8 



.6 



33.5 



8.8 



60.8 

 29.1 

 28.2 

 5.9 

 47.7 

 23.2 



19.0 

 5.0 



66.0 

 5.3 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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