Table 2. Selected Summary Items: 1982 and 1978 



All fwm* 



1982 



All farms 



1982 



1978 



Maiket value of aghcultural products add $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



products $1,000. 



Grains $1,000. 



Cotton and cottonseed $1,000. 



Tobacco $1,000. 



Hay, silage, and fie4d saeda $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet com, and melons $1,000. 



FnJis. nuts, and berres $1,000. 



Nursery and greenhouse products... $1,000. 



Other crops $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their producli $1,000. 



Poultry and poultty product* $1,000. 



Dairy products $1,000. 



Cattle and calves $1,000. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool $1,000. 



Hogs and pigs $1,000. 



Other livestock and tvestock products $1,000. 



Fanns t>y value of sales: 



$250,000 or more' 



$100,000 to $249,999' 



$40,000 to $99,999 



$20,000 to $39,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$5,000 to $9.999 - 



Less ttian $5.000 



Value of agncultural products so(d drecDy to 



indivkJ'jals for human consumption farms. 



$1,000. 



Farm-related income: 

 Income from madWie worli, custorrmaiK and 



other agricultural services farms.. 



Si ,000. 



Farms by type of organdaliorv 



IndividuaJ or family number.. 



aaes. 



Partnership number. 



acres. 

 Corporation: 



Famify held number,. 



acres.. 



Ottier than family held number.. 



aaes. 

 Other— cooperatrve, estate or trust 



institutional, etc number.. 



acres.. 



Terture of operator 



Full owners farms., 



acres- 

 Pan owners farms.. 



aoes.. 



Owned land in farms acres.. 



Rented land in farnia acres.. 



Tenants farms.. 



Operators by principal occupation and 

 residence: 



Farming 



Residence on farm operated 



Residence not on farm operated 



Other than fanning 



Residence on farm operated 



ResiderxM not on (arm operated 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years - 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years — 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Female operators: 



Farms manber. 



Land in farms aaes. 



Operators by race: 



White 



Black and otfwr races 



Operators reporting days of work oft farm: 

 too days or more 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Livestock and poultry purctiased $1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercially mixed TormuiJa feeds $1,000. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees $1,000. 



Commerciai fertilizer $1,000. 



Other agncultural ct>emicals> $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Workers worltirig ISO days or more farms. 



number. 



Contract labor $1,000. 



Customwork, machine hire, and rental of 



machinery and equipment $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Gasoline and gasohol $1,000. 



Diesel tuel $1,000. 



Electhcity $1,000. 



Interest expense $1,000. 



Macfunery and equipment': 

 Estimated market value of all machinery arxl 



equipment $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms. 



numbet. 



Wheel tractors farms. 



number. 

 Grain and t>ean combines, self-propelled 



only... - -. farms. 



number. 



'Retabulated 1978 daU for 1982 con^iarability. 



'Data are t>ased on a sample of farms. 



>Oata for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not coUscted in 1982. 



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