Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Item 



Percent ot total in 1987 



Total sates {see text) farms. 



$1,000- 

 Average per farm _ dollars- 

 Value of sales' 

 Less than $1,000 (see text) - farms. 



$1,000-, 

 $1,000 to $2,499 - farms. 



$1,000. 

 $2,500 to $4.999 farms-. 



$1,000- 

 $5,000 to $9,999 farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 $10,000 to $19.999 farms- 



$1,000. 



$20,000 to $24.999 farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 $25,000 to $39,999 - farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 $40,000 to $49,999 farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 $50,000 to $99,999 - farms-. 



$1,000-. 



$100,000 to $249.999 farmS-. 



$1,000.. 

 $250,000 to $499.999 farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 $500,000 to $999.999^ farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 $1,000,000 or more farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Sales by commodity or commodity group: 



Crops, including nursery and greentiouse crops farms-. 



$1.000.. 



Grains farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Corn for grain farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Wlieat - - -. farms. 



$1,000-. 

 Soybeans farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sorgfium for grain farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Bariey farms-. 



$1,000-. 

 Oats farms-. 



$1,000.. 

 Other grains^ farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Tobacco farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Hay, silage, and field seeds farms-. 



$1,000-. 

 Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1,000. 



Uvestock. poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Poultry and poultry products farms-. 



$1.000.. 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Cattle and calves farms-. 



$1,000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Sheep, lambs, and wool farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.. 



$1,000. 



'Data for 1982 and 1978 exclude abnormal farms. 

 2Data for 1982 and 1978 are for $500,000 or more. 

 ^Data for 1982 include barley. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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