Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



tDollar figures are in current dollars with no adiustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symt>ols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Farms numtwr. 



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. 



Inigated land - farms. 



acres. 



Mwket value of agricultural 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 (011) .., 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fnjits 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 specialtres (027) _._ 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation _ 



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



Tenure of operator 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Selected farm production expenses^ 



Feed for livestock and poulti^ $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer _, $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and peb^oleum products . $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms. 



number. 



Milk cows famis. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Soyt}eans for beans farms. 



acres. 

 Sugarcane for sugar farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



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



VIM FLORIDA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



