Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in cun-ent dollars with no adjustment (or pnce changes, For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Percent change 

 from 1982 to 1987 



Farms --- ___ number.. 



Land in farms - -- acres- 

 Average size of farm _ acres.. 



Value of land and buildingsV 



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 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,Q00„ 



Fruits, nuts, and hemes -- $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 trust, 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 tor gram or seed farms. 



acres - 

 Wheat for gram farms. 



acres- 

 Barley for grain — farms. 



acres. 

 Cotton _ --- - farms. 



acres. 

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

 text) — - farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables han/ested for sale {see text) -- farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards _ farms. 



acres. 



7 334 



37 752 534 



5 148 



4.6 

 .3.9 

 .8.1 



-11.9 

 .3.5 



9.8 

 -6.2 



7.8 



8.5 

 13.0 

 -2.2 



2.8 



-«.0 

 -17.3 



-4.4 

 -18.8 



8.7 



2.0 



11.1 



-41.7 



1.0 



20.7 



19.1 



31.4 



171.4 



-28.9 



1.6 



-13.0 



11.0 



.8 



-8.6 



-22.6 



-16.4 



-1.5 



34.3 



7.4 



8.4 



8.0 

 1.4 



4.2 

 1.7 



2.0 



(NA) 



-2.3 



-12.3 



-14.3 



.6 



-28.9 



32.8 

 -25.6 



-7.1 

 -2.5 

 -34.8 

 5.5 

 -39.0 

 -15.8 

 -34.7 

 -34.4 



11.4 

 -4.8 

 -17.8 

 -27.1 

 -42.1 

 -58.7 

 1.9 

 -26.4 



-14.6 

 12.2 

 -3.2 

 40.5 

 .4.8 

 .5 



^Data are based on a sample of farms 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



^Oata for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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