Table 10. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



Atl farms 



Irrigated farms 



Any land irrigated 



All harvested cropland 

 irrigated 



1987 



Nonirrigated farms 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Land set aside in federal fami programs farms.. 



acres. . 

 Owned and rented land in farms; 



Owned land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres., 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Total farm production expenses^ $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms,. 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer'' farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Agricultural chemicals^ famis.. 



$1,000.. 

 Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Contract labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Repairs and maintenance farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery 

 and equipment^ _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest* farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cash rent paid for land and buildings farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Pnjperty taxes paid farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 All other farm production expenses farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Commodity Credit Corporation loans farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Government payments received farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other farm-related income' farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment' famns.. 



$1,000.. 

 Average per fann dollars.. 



Inventory of livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 

 Sheep and lambs farms.. 



number.. 



59 284 

 9 447 705 



199 781 

 1 263 



54 972 

 5 716 256 



50 108 

 3 779 164 



29 130 

 1 256 218 



11 762 

 453 993 



53 538 

 670 207 



24 620 

 777 498 



3 541 419 

 59 737 



39 469 



1 436 988 



31 330 



2 104 430 



2 779 353 

 46 879 



13 173 

 323 978 



24 926 

 921 654 



38 327 

 68 811 

 46 980 



179 396 



39 867 

 107 655 



56 379 

 143 686 

 36 010 



49 161 

 26 952 



287 037 



7 109 

 42 089 

 46 551 



129 943 



19 512 



32 864 

 23 735 



130 580 

 18 588 



116 952 

 56 178 



50 725 



51 596 

 194 822 



3 642 

 48 830 

 16 624 

 91 619 

 12 447 

 48 263 



59 188 



1 799 492 



30 403 



24 985 



784 136 



2 336 



110 127 



6 921 



2 547 127 



542 



15 820 



72 792 

 10 320 832 



187 840 

 1 314 



68 439 

 5 950 155 



63 392 

 4 659 283 



32 219 

 1 255 472 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



31 767 



3 738 128 



500 750 

 48 093 



52 662 

 1 898 109 



35 592 

 1 602 642 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



15 953 

 229 516 



30 193 

 702 666 



47 053 



63 473 



57 984 



238 315 



42 611 

 111 631 



72 076 

 235 621 



40 703 



41 413 



31 866 

 245 364 



4 042 



20 747 



(NA) 



(NA) 



23 861 



35 936 



27 720 



206 549 



(NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



1 997 

 40 579 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



72 503 



2 097 628 



28 932 



30 485 



890 480 



4 353 



126 832 



11 390 



2 047 098 



447 



11 506 



6 445 

 1 604 479 



318 321 

 1 304 



6 429 

 946 172 



6 401 

 628 193 



2 550 

 147 941 



1 648 

 78 729 



5 598 

 827 750 



3 749 

 776 729 



638 868 

 99 126 



6 238 

 481 602 



2 108 

 157 266 



456 847 

 70 295 



927 



20 787 



1 730 



61 880 



5 286 

 18 367 



6 267 

 36 830 



6 003 

 25 941 



6 399 

 36 627 



5 210 



10 910 



4 655 

 85 700 



1 392 



11 939 



5 761 

 27 121 



2 372 



5 389 



3 646 

 27 559 



3 037 

 29 563 



6 168 



7 850 



6 118 

 50 383 



568 



7 392 

 2 161 



13 649 

 1 539 

 9 154 



6 499 



345 675 

 53 189 



1 766 



70 950 



114 



8 499 



541 



335 281 



46 



1 199 



4 026 

 859 763 



298 910 

 1 312 



4 017 

 474 295 



4 002 

 372 877 



1 498 

 73 455 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



348 839 

 86 647 



3 912 



288 915 



1 251 



59 925 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 056 

 25 223 



2 955 

 7 251 



3 650 

 23 413 



3 372 

 11 355 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 2 699 

 39 230 



424 



4 334 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 2 233 

 22 825 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



3 785 



194 449 



51 374 



1 176 



42 356 



144 



4 524 



470 



176 475 



19 



306 



2 189 

 167 576 



147 771 

 1 992 



2 189 

 69 551 



2 189 

 28 381 



566 

 18 328 



1 509 



1 835 

 124 700 



862 

 42 876 



135 650 

 61 969 



2 118 

 115 387 



326 

 20 263 



94 783 

 42 753 



162 

 5 704 



296 

 8 599 



1 555 

 5 888 



2 027 

 4 094 



1 973 



3 347 



2 153 

 7 611 



1 565 



2 364 

 1 359 



22 593 



389 



3 126 



1 798 



4 957 



456 

 855 

 986 



5 552 

 586 



2 722 

 2 050 

 1 526 

 1 992 



15 847 



28 

 121 

 158 

 329 

 389 

 1 590 



2 217 

 65 911 

 29 730 



247 



3 720 



6 



11 



74 



41 191 



8 



75 



1 407 

 84 378 



125 305 

 2 113 



1 407 

 32 570 



1 407 

 16 903 



324 

 8 263 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



85 300 

 60 625 



1 367 

 76 909 



161 

 8 391 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



146 

 3 708 



734 



2 247 

 1 113 

 1 839 



975 

 964 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 669 

 12 281 



145 

 983 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 520 



3 332 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 213 

 34 019 

 28 045 



178 



2 074 



24 



38 



79 



29 562 



5 



91 



52 839 

 7 843 226 



185 187 

 1 255 



(X) 



48 543 

 4 770 084 



43 707 



3 150 971 



26 580 



1 108 277 



10 114 

 375 264 



47 940 



4 842 457 



20 871 

 3 000 769 



2 902 551 



54 932 



33 231 

 955 387 



29 222 



1 947 165 



2 322 506 



43 996 



12 246 

 303 191 

 23 196 

 859 774 

 33 041 

 50 444 

 40 713 

 142 566 



33 864 

 81 714 



49 980 

 107 059 



30 800 



38 251 

 22 297 



201 337 



5 717 

 30 150 



40 790 



102 823 



17 140 



27 474 

 20 089 



103 020 

 15 551 

 87 390 



50 010 

 42 875 

 45 478 



144 439 



3 074 



41 439 

 14 463 

 77 970 

 10 908 



39 108 



52 689 



1 453 817 



27 592 



23 219 



713 186 



2 222 



101 628 



6 380 



2 211 846 



496 



14 621 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Data for 1 987 exclude cost of custom applications for commercial fertilizer and agricultural chemicals. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



NORTH CAROLINA 17 



