Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price 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 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. 



fi^arket 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 $1,000. 



Fruits, nuts, and benies $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' farms. 



$1,000. 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer^ _ _ $1,000. 



Agncultural 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 for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Irish potatoes 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. 



15.1 



.4 



-12.4 



68.5 

 81.0 



20.1 

 28.6 

 11.1 

 -5.0 

 -3.1 

 23.8 

 -37.5 



10.3 

 -1.5 

 31.6 

 16.3 



21.0 



5.1 



54.8 



-6.2 



83 9 



38.7 

 31.1 

 51.6 

 74.0 

 10.3 



-12.3 

 -9.1 



-21.7 

 -7.5 

 -6.1 

 98.8 

 17.2 



12.8 

 27.6 

 31.7 

 -4.3 



7.9 

 23.7 



21.4 

 24.2 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



-.2 



-29.0 

 25.1 

 498 



-27.6 

 54.4 

 36.0 



-86 

 -18.9 

 -24.6 

 -26.0 

 -19.5 

 -34.8 

 1.5 



17.7 



-7.9 

 -6.5 

 -31.8 

 -23.7 

 -31.6 

 -30.1 



7.9 

 4.1 

 -.3 

 6.7 

 17.0 

 .5 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications. 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



MASSACHUSETTS 1 



