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



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



All farms 



1987 



Percent of total in 1 987 



Farms _ number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres. - 

 Harvested cropland farms. - 

 acres._ 



Farms Dy 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.. 



Ottier cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

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



harvested and not pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Cropland on which all crops failed 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 reserve program farms. . 



acres.. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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