Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



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



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 to 1982 



Farms with sales of $10,000 

 or more 



Percent 

 change from 

 1978 to 1982 



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. 



acres. 



Market value of aghcultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) — - 



Vegetables and melons (016). -- 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) -_ 



Horticultural specialties (018) --- 



General farms, primarily crop (019) --- 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) — - 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



Genera! farms, primarily livestock (029) 



FariTis by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation _ 



Other— cooperative, estate or tnjst, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Teriarits 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other - - 



Selected farm production expenses^: 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000- 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000- 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000- 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number- 



Milk cows farms- 



number. 



Hogs and pigs -_ (arms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms- 



number- 



Crops han/ested: 

 Corn for silage or green chop. farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain __ farms. 



acres. 

 Barley for grain farms. 



acres- 

 Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas farms. 



acres- 

 Sugar beets for sugar -. farms- 



acres. 

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

 (see text) - farms. 



acres. 



8 861 



33 500 453 



3 781 



732 875 

 193 



662 



928 



1 315 



1 549 



1 031 

 945 



2 431 



6 473 

 1 813 830 



5 284 



1 564 576 



606 327 



3 639 

 128 106 



7 269 

 478 221 



959 



880 



4 



5 



39 



369 



5 640 



188 



42 



584 



151 



6 976 

 907 

 826 

 152 



4 301 

 3 433 

 1 127 



5 805 

 3 056 



65 166 

 17 752 

 6 311 

 53 636 

 40 613 



6 428 



1 509 913 



1 273 



13 315 



567 



30 375 



1 304 



58 221 



587 



44 611 



1 095 



355 938 



1 311 



136 748 



453 



34 761 



444 



40 327 



5 741 

 1 119 546 



8 040 



33 627 257 



4 182 



598 623 

 142 



439 



521 



1 178 



1 509 



1 024 

 994 



2 375 



6 444 

 1 780 333 



4 995 



1 661 558 



530 308 



3 661 

 89 110 



6 668 

 441 198 



823 



947 



7 



9 



23 



314 



5 387 



161 



25 



220 



124 



6 344 

 829 

 759 

 108 



3 647 

 3 371 

 1 022 



5 270 

 2 770 



53 145 

 15 996 

 4 779 

 30 741 

 32 271 



5 933 



1 477 080 



1 442 



12 511 



689 



29 812 



1 225 



57 201 



700 



52 026 



1 158 



289 495 



1 591 



144 801 



393 



25 262 



519 



50 281 



5 809 

 1 141 496 



102 



-.4 



-9.6 



22.4 

 35.9 



50.8 

 78.1 

 11.6 



2.7 



.7 



-4.9 



2.4 



.5 



1.9 



5.8 



-5.8 



14.3 



-.6 



43.8 



9.0 



8.4 



16.5 



-7.1 



-42.9 



-44.4 



69.6 



17.5 



4.7 



16.8 



68.0 



165.5 



21.8 



10.0 

 9.4 

 8.8 



40.7 



17.9 



1.8 



10.3 



10.2 

 10.3 



22.6 

 11.0 

 32.1 

 74.5 

 25.8 



8.3 

 2.2 



-11.7 

 6.4 



-17.7 

 1,9 

 6.4 

 1.8 



-16,1 



-14.3 



-5.4 



23.0 



-17.6 



-5.6 



15.3 



37.6 



-14.5 



-19.8 



-1.2 

 -1.9 



5 375 



28 013 159 



5 212 



1 020 183 

 194 



159 

 82 

 401 

 969 

 771 

 767 



2 226 



4 568 



1 698 338 



3 511 

 1 447 361 



593 212 



2 718 



125 179 



4 778 

 468 033 



745 

 456 



23 



203 



3 679 



175 



3 



73 



18 



3 914 



673 



724 



64 



1 886 



2 764 

 725 



4 563 

 812 



62 084 

 17 325 

 6 115 

 50 433 

 39 807 



4 418 



1 440 454 



880 



12 438 



302 



26 980 



710 



39 576 



566 



43 946 



958 



347 642 



1 137 



132 145 



439 



34 518 



442 



(D) 



4 051 

 1 022 330 



5 259 



28 495 736 



5 418 



778 729 

 144 



123 

 59 

 359 

 966 

 743 

 811 



2 198 



4 630 

 1 649 870 



3 503 

 1 524 748 



517 839 



2 676 



85 925 



4 634 

 431 914 



573 



494 



1 



10 



209 



3 744 



149 



3 



56 



20 



3 888 



635 



710 



26 



1 800 



2 795 

 664 



4 258 

 1 001 



50 828 

 15 406 

 4 599 

 28 378 

 31 055 



4 230 



409 995 



1 044 



11 552 



439 



26 179 



752 



39 193 



667 



50 794 



959 



272 434 



1 360 



136 728 



373 



24 756 



511 



50 199 



4 219 

 1 043 473 



'Data are based on a sample ot farms. 



^Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



Vlil WYOMING 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



