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Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982 [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) Farming Item Total farming and other Age of operator (years) occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms _________________________________ numbeL_ 2239300 1 233 703 41 159 161 077 195078 244675 318 240 273474 percenL_ 100.0 55.1 1.8 7.2 8.7 10.9 14.2 12.2 Land in tarms ____________________________ acres __ 932094559 763 713 712 11 893 903 86070828 139 259 471 188 830 492 207880 217 129778801 Average size of farm __________________ acres __ 416 619 289 534 714 772 653 475 Value of land and buildings' ______________ farms __ 2236625 1 239497 39351 160842 194823 245769 319 780 278932 $1,000 __ 763203461 599 817 746 10682406 76038719 118 702 171 151 611 682 158 103270 84679498 Average per farm ____________________ dollars __ 341 230 483 920 271 465 472754 609282 616887 494413 303 585 Average per acre ____________________ dollars __ 819 784 968 889 856 797 758 845 Farms by value of land and buildings: 6285 13468 13022 15561 24066 39870 $1 to $39,999 _______________________________ 327985 112272 $40,000 to $69,999 __________________________ 305286 109 755 3652 10535 12026 14693 26053 42796 $70,000 to $99,999 __________________________ 241 299 97454 3477 9827 11 096 14802 24405 33847 $100,000 to $149,999 ________________________ 282556 134281 4695 15899 17297 22650 34 195 39545 $150,000 to $199,999 ________________________ 198 183 109 040 3600 13701 15477 19451 29681 27130 $200,000 to $499,999 ________________________ 503447 349 807 11 976 51 284 57298 73089 96037 60123 $500,000 to $999,999 ________________________ -226980 192458 4290 29022 38405 47793 51 204 21 744 $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 ____________________ 103480 92261 1 121 12774 20770 25738 23159 8699 $2,000,000 or more __________________________ 47409 42169 255 4332 9432 11 992 10980 5178 Owned and rented land by operator. 258 724 Land owned __________________________ farms __ I 988602 1 073 783 18566 110632 169005 222 580 294276 acres __ 597699801 466 117 575 3 862 611 35559443 73 103046 112 638 715 138238296 102715464 Land rented or leased from others ______ farms __ 916951 630412 31 780 116094 122119 137657 149311 73451 acres __ 382335257 329 778991 8422 187 52873 118 70 031 402 81 703463 78591 904 38 156 917 Rented or leased land in farms _______ farms __ 911 898 627513 31 736 115907 121 792 137152 148 496 72430 acres __ 377 107561 325 733 690 8329 885 52322356 69439 111 80 939 612 77 625 894 37076832 Land rented or leased to others _________ farms __ 256810 135 983 1 868 9620 14170 21 540 37 137 51 648 acres __ 47 940499 32 182 854 390 895 2361 733 3874977 5 511 686 8 949 983 11 093 580 LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE Total cropland ___________________________ farms __ 2009410 1 152 366 37538 150589 183029 230504 300 003 250703 acres __ 444527030 375 558 288 8569 037 51 711 454 75 721 646 93 755 236 98 210 286 47 590 627 Harvested cropland ____________________ farms __ I 808626 1 092064 36490 145362 175196 221 118 285 520 228378 acres __ 325761 862 286 705 498 6889 840 41 384 126 60 251 640 73 123944 74071 855 30984093 Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres _____________________________ 828912 309 708 8182 26712 35682 47296 78 149 113687 50 to 99 acres ____________________________ 256081 155602 6812 19101 20631 26938 40969 41 151 100 to 199 acres __________________________ 262 175 202658 9674 31 272 32056 40689 55139 33828 200 to 499 acres __________________________ 293615 263993 9241 44 754 49077 62107 71 768 27046 500 to 999 acres __________________________ 118515 112720 2141 17799 25955 30293 27829 8703 1,000 to 1,999 acres _______________________ 39578 38082 390 4877 9580 10886 9286 3063 2,000 acres or more _______________________ 9750 9301 50 847 2215 2909 2380 900 Cropland: 115736 Pasture or grazing only _______________ farms __ 869 175 470557 10452 52604 71 816 93863 126086 acres __ 84 877 297 42 978 725 800 353 4659792 6823 012 9 247 116 11 693869 9 754 583 In cover crops, legumes, and soil- improvement grasses, not harvested 23339 16521 and not pastured ___________________ farms __ 135 936 87114 2305 11811 14473 18665 acres __ 5048450 3 861 226 81 496 514742 738 222 915 882 986669 624 215 On which all crops failed _____________ farms __ 82213 54 030 1 730 7808 9488 11 673 13855 9476 acres __ 4880607 3 921 874 91 167 527700 735 577 972 705 1 011 818 582 907 In cultivated summer fallow ___________ farms __ 139 127 111 198 3227 14909 17 690 24290 30945 20137 acres __ 30312334 27 705 371 488 797 3284938 5063438 6 936 375 7863 893 4067 930 Idle ________________________________ farms __ 286393 177 679 5463 25176 31 201 36952 45075 33812 acres __ 13 846 480 10 385 594 217 384 1 340 156 2 109 759 2 559 214 2582 182 1 576899 Total woodland __________________________ farms __ 916287 487 283 9549 50896 75201 97669 131 353 122615 acres __ 78663 490 49 769 981 610281 4482760 7893 178 11 124683 13 752 438 11 906641 Woodland pastured ____________________ farms __ 460 103 252 144 4493 24306 36231 49421 68625 69068 acres __ 35774489 23 038 953 262 374 1 974272 3 329 383 5 114850 6342 920 6015 154 Woodland not pastured ________________ farms __ 611831 334 572 6721 36529 54 238 68617 89959 78508 acres __ 42909001 26 731 028 347 907 2508488 4 563 795 6 009 833 7 409 518 5891 487 Pastureland and other than cropland and wood and pastured _________ farms __ 594234 354 377 7472 39102 55394 74062 96595 81 752 acres __ 374513926 312 558879 2304 075 27056417 50 958 144 77 710 687 88 822 139 65707417 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. _________________________ farms __ I 495 530 848205 20927 100300 134376 173498 228 227 190877 acres __ 34370 113 25826 564 410 510 2820 197 4686501 6 239 886 7 095 354 4574 116 Pastureland, all types ____________________ farms __ I 427860 782 185 17 495 88107 120 652 157383 208 930 189618 acres __ 475 165 712 378 576557 3 366 802 33690481 61 110539 92072653 106858 928 81 477 154 Irrigated land ____________________________ farms __ 277 713 180855 4459 25156 33297 40367 47 161 30415 acres __ 48647 729 44 054 866 695290 5657868 9 545 807 11 779275 11 324 888 5051 738 Harvested cropland irrigated ____________ farms __ 255955 173220 4361 24406 32067 38998 45110 28278 acres __ 44 221 984 40 512 393 661 162 5341 822 8952 810 10852218 10 353 044 4351 337 Pasture and other land irrigated _________ farms __ 55265 28854 378 3103 4854 6118 8016 6385 acres __ 4425 745 3 542473 34128 316046 592 997 927057 971 844 700401 Land set aside in federal farm programs in 1982 __________________________________ farms __ 182844 153511 5532 26329 29293 35079 39406 17 872 acres __ 8408684 7 724 103 185 788 1 227305 1 674454 1 986441 1 917 935 732 180 TENURE AND RACE OF OPERATOR All operators ____________________________________ 2239300 1 233 703 41 159 161 077 195078 244675 318 240 273 474 Full owners ___________________________________ 1 324667 604657 9399 45091 73128 107 294 169 368 200 377 Part owners ___________________________________ 655840 463838 9009 84 768 95116 114395 123 496 57054 Tenants ______________________________________ 258 793 165208 22751 51 218 26834 22986 25376 16043 White ________________________________________ 2 185 157 1 207431 40 839 159042 191 909 239829 310 707 265 105 Full owners _________________________________ 1 290902 590213 9269 44 327 71 707 104 928 165 392 194 590 Part owners _________________________________ 842766 456246 8945 84 209 94087 112730 121 011 55266 Tenants ____________________________________ 251 469 160970 22625 50506 26115 22171 24304 15249 Black and other races _________________________ 54 143 26272 320 2035 3169 4846 7533 8369 Full owners _________________________________ 33765 14444 130 784 1 421 2366 3976 5787 Part owners _________________________________ 13074 7590 84 559 1 029 1 665 2485 1 788 Tenants ____________________________________ 7304 4238 126 712 719 815 1 072 794 See footnotes at end of 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Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982 [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)

Farming

Item Total farming and other

Age of operator (years)

occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms _________________________________ numbeL_ 2239300 1 233 703 41 159 161 077 195078 244675 318 240 273474

percenL_ 100.0 55.1 1.8 7.2 8.7 10.9 14.2 12.2 Land in tarms ____________________________ acres __ 932094559 763 713 712 11 893 903 86070828 139 259 471 188 830 492 207880 217 129778801

Average size of farm __________________ acres __ 416 619 289 534 714 772 653 475

Value of land and buildings' ______________ farms __ 2236625 1 239497 39351 160842 194823 245769 319 780 278932 $1,000 __ 763203461 599 817 746 10682406 76038719 118 702 171 151 611 682 158 103270 84679498

Average per farm ____________________ dollars __ 341 230 483 920 271 465 472754 609282 616887 494413 303 585 Average per acre ____________________ dollars __ 819 784 968 889 856 797 758 845

Farms by value of land and buildings: 6285 13468 13022 15561 24066 39870 $1 to $39,999 _______________________________ 327985 112272

$40,000 to $69,999 __________________________ 305286 109 755 3652 10535 12026 14693 26053 42796 $70,000 to $99,999 __________________________ 241 299 97454 3477 9827 11 096 14802 24405 33847 $100,000 to $149,999 ________________________ 282556 134281 4695 15899 17297 22650 34 195 39545 $150,000 to $199,999 ________________________ 198 183 109 040 3600 13701 15477 19451 29681 27130 $200,000 to $499,999 ________________________ 503447 349 807 11 976 51 284 57298 73089 96037 60123 $500,000 to $999,999 ________________________ -226980 192458 4290 29022 38405 47793 51 204 21 744 $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 ____________________ 103480 92261 1 121 12774 20770 25738 23159 8699 $2,000,000 or more __________________________ 47409 42169 255 4332 9432 11 992 10980 5178

Owned and rented land by operator. 258 724 Land owned __________________________ farms __ I 988602 1 073 783 18566 110632 169005 222 580 294276

acres __ 597699801 466 117 575 3 862 611 35559443 73 103046 112 638 715 138238296 102715464 Land rented or leased from others ______ farms __ 916951 630412 31 780 116094 122119 137657 149311 73451

acres __ 382335257 329 778991 8422 187 52873 118 70 031 402 81 703463 78591 904 38 156 917 Rented or leased land in farms _______ farms __ 911 898 627513 31 736 115907 121 792 137152 148 496 72430

acres __ 377 107561 325 733 690 8329 885 52322356 69439 111 80 939 612 77 625 894 37076832 Land rented or leased to others _________ farms __ 256810 135 983 1 868 9620 14170 21 540 37 137 51 648

acres __ 47 940499 32 182 854 390 895 2361 733 3874977 5 511 686 8 949 983 11 093 580

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE

Total cropland ___________________________ farms __ 2009410 1 152 366 37538 150589 183029 230504 300 003 250703 acres __ 444527030 375 558 288 8569 037 51 711 454 75 721 646 93 755 236 98 210 286 47 590 627

Harvested cropland ____________________ farms __ I 808626 1 092064 36490 145362 175196 221 118 285 520 228378 acres __ 325761 862 286 705 498 6889 840 41 384 126 60 251 640 73 123944 74071 855 30984093

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres _____________________________ 828912 309 708 8182 26712 35682 47296 78 149 113687 50 to 99 acres ____________________________ 256081 155602 6812 19101 20631 26938 40969 41 151 100 to 199 acres __________________________ 262 175 202658 9674 31 272 32056 40689 55139 33828 200 to 499 acres __________________________ 293615 263993 9241 44 754 49077 62107 71 768 27046 500 to 999 acres __________________________ 118515 112720 2141 17799 25955 30293 27829 8703 1,000 to 1,999 acres _______________________ 39578 38082 390 4877 9580 10886 9286 3063 2,000 acres or more _______________________ 9750 9301 50 847 2215 2909 2380 900

Cropland: 115736 Pasture or grazing only _______________ farms __ 869 175 470557 10452 52604 71 816 93863 126086

acres __ 84 877 297 42 978 725 800 353 4659792 6823 012 9 247 116 11 693869 9 754 583 In cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses, not harvested

23339 16521 and not pastured ___________________ farms __ 135 936 87114 2305 11811 14473 18665 acres __ 5048450 3 861 226 81 496 514742 738 222 915 882 986669 624 215

On which all crops failed _____________ farms __ 82213 54 030 1 730 7808 9488 11 673 13855 9476 acres __ 4880607 3 921 874 91 167 527700 735 577 972 705 1 011 818 582 907

In cultivated summer fallow ___________ farms __ 139 127 111 198 3227 14909 17 690 24290 30945 20137 acres __ 30312334 27 705 371 488 797 3284938 5063438 6 936 375 7863 893 4067 930

Idle ________________________________ farms __ 286393 177 679 5463 25176 31 201 36952 45075 33812 acres __ 13 846 480 10 385 594 217 384 1 340 156 2 109 759 2 559 214 2582 182 1 576899

Total woodland __________________________ farms __ 916287 487 283 9549 50896 75201 97669 131 353 122615 acres __ 78663 490 49 769 981 610281 4482760 7893 178 11 124683 13 752 438 11 906641

Woodland pastured ____________________ farms __ 460 103 252 144 4493 24306 36231 49421 68625 69068 acres __ 35774489 23 038 953 262 374 1 974272 3 329 383 5 114850 6342 920 6015 154

Woodland not pastured ________________ farms __ 611831 334 572 6721 36529 54 238 68617 89959 78508 acres __ 42909001 26 731 028 347 907 2508488 4 563 795 6 009 833 7 409 518 5891 487

Pastureland and ran~eland other than cropland and wood and pastured _________ farms __ 594234 354 377 7472 39102 55394 74062 96595 81 752

acres __ 374513926 312 558879 2304 075 27056417 50 958 144 77 710 687 88 822 139 65707417 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. _________________________ farms __ I 495 530 848205 20927 100300 134376 173498 228 227 190877

acres __ 34370 113 25826 564 410 510 2820 197 4686501 6 239 886 7 095 354 4574 116

Pastureland, all types ____________________ farms __ I 427860 782 185 17 495 88107 120 652 157383 208 930 189618 acres __ 475 165 712 378 576557 3 366 802 33690481 61 110539 92072653 106858 928 81 477 154

Irrigated land ____________________________ farms __ 277 713 180855 4459 25156 33297 40367 47 161 30415 acres __ 48647 729 44 054 866 695290 5657868 9 545 807 11 779275 11 324 888 5051 738

Harvested cropland irrigated ____________ farms __ 255955 173220 4361 24406 32067 38998 45110 28278 acres __ 44 221 984 40 512 393 661 162 5341 822 8952 810 10852218 10 353 044 4351 337

Pasture and other land irrigated _________ farms __ 55265 28854 378 3103 4854 6118 8016 6385 acres __ 4425 745 3 542473 34128 316046 592 997 927057 971 844 700401

Land set aside in federal farm programs in 1982 __________________________________ farms __ 182844 153511 5532 26329 29293 35079 39406 17 872 acres __ 8408684 7 724 103 185 788 1 227305 1 674454 1 986441 1 917 935 732 180

TENURE AND RACE OF OPERATOR

All operators ____________________________________ 2239300 1 233 703 41 159 161 077 195078 244675 318 240 273 474 Full owners ___________________________________ 1 324667 604657 9399 45091 73128 107 294 169 368 200 377 Part owners ___________________________________ 655840 463838 9009 84 768 95116 114395 123 496 57054 Tenants ______________________________________ 258 793 165208 22751 51 218 26834 22986 25376 16043 White ________________________________________ 2 185 157 1 207431 40 839 159042 191 909 239829 310 707 265 105

Full owners _________________________________ 1 290902 590213 9269 44 327 71 707 104 928 165 392 194 590 Part owners _________________________________ 842766 456246 8945 84 209 94087 112730 121 011 55266 Tenants ____________________________________ 251 469 160970 22625 50506 26115 22171 24304 15249

Black and other races _________________________ 54 143 26272 320 2035 3169 4846 7533 8369 Full owners _________________________________ 33765 14444 130 784 1 421 2366 3976 5787 Part owners _________________________________ 13074 7590 84 559 1 029 1 665 2485 1 788 Tenants ____________________________________ 7304 4238 126 712 719 815 1 072 794

See footnotes at end of table.

44 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms' see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory textl

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Totel Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms _________________________________ number __

1 005597 21 166 132 546 247979 260 210 217 683 126 013 percent._ 44.9 .9 5.9 11.1 11.6 9.7 5.6

Land In farms ____________________________ acres __ 168 380 847 2073 378 16 040 340 33880652 44 931 099 43 780 971 27 674 407 Average size of farm __________________ acres __ 167 98 121 137 173 201 220

Value of land and buildings' ______________ farms __ 997 128 20450 131 511 246480 259777 215 221 123 689 $1,000 __ 163385715 2 133 290 17 345 016 38 211 163 45477290 38 561 320 21 657 636

Average per farm ____________________ dollars __ 163 856 104317 131 890 155027 175063 179 171 175 098 Average per acre ____________________ dollars __ 979 1 031 1 082 1 148 1006 895 795

Farms by value of land and buildings: 35924 51259 47842 30149 $1 to $39,999 _______________________________ 215713 8358 42181

$40,000 to $69,999 __________________________ 195531 3584 28191 47774 48961 41 246 25775 $70,000 to $99,999 __________________________ 143 845 2245 18392 36640 38005 3t 951 16 612 $100,000 to $149,999 ________________________ 148 275 2130 18 168 38521 40734 32289 16433 $150,000 to $199,999 ________________________ 89143 1 321 9 410 23198 24993 20261 9960 $200,000 to $499,999 ________________________ 153640 2288 16676 37950 44 543 34 753 17430 $500,000 10 $999,999 ________________________ 34522 378 3419 7844 9856 8304 4721 $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 ____________________ 11 219 102 924 2305 3299 2872 1717 $2,000,000 or more __________________________ 5240 44 407 989 1 544 1364 892

Owned and rented land by operator: 105 124 207 066 Land owned __________________________ farms __ 914819 10897 226629 244 945 120 158

acres __ 131 582 226 871 441 8573 704 23921 007 34968119 36 825 909 26 422 046 Land rented or leased from others ______ farms __ 286539 13285 59926 80474 67823 45744 19287

acres __ 52556266 1 320078 8455 584 12590710 13 628 237 11 079880 5 481 777 Rented or leased land in farms _______ farms __ 284385 13256 59724 80000 67319 45206 18880

acres __ 51 373871 1 305010 8323 347 12328339 13 326 292 10 786 518 5 304 365 Land rented or leased to others _________ farms __ 120827 1 117 10 135 24184 30412 30962 24017

acres __ 15757645 118141 988 948 2631 065 3665257 4 124 818 4 229 416

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE

Totel cropland ___________________________ farms __ 857044 16789 110 177 209809 223 949 188 934 107 386 acres __ 68 968 742 1 241 277 8359 283 15643633 18614 508 16 175 501 8 934 540

Harvested cropland ____________________ farms __ 716562 14999 94001 175278 187 416 157 624 87244 acres __ 39056364 858 032 5351 178 9327273 10 506 337 8676 752 4 336 792

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres _____________________________ 519204 9601 64 671 127398 135 237 115401 66896 50 to 99 acres ____________________________ 100 479 2769 14080 24035 26467 22209 10 919 100 to 199 acres __________________________ 59517 1 874 9700 14716 15530 12035 5662 200 to 499 acres __________________________ 29622 654 4702 7345 7970 6087 2864 500 to 999 acres __________________________ 5795 83 700 1 404 1634 1 344 630 1,000 to 1,999 acres _______________________ 1 496 18 112 306 462 406 192 2,000 acres or more _______________________ 449 - 36 74 116 142 81

Cropland: 51 509 Pasture or grazing only _______________ farms __ 398618 4897 44321 98279 108 099 91 513

acres __ 21 898572 251 050 2065684 4674479 5 950 710 5530 157 3426 492 In cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured ___________________ farms __ 48822 688 5871 12238 13449 11 027 5549

acres __ I 187224 14238 118073 262248 325 396 302 568 164 701 On which all crops failed _____________ farms __ 28183 545 4043 7340 7588 5771 2896

acres __ 958733 19383 124859 214 042 256687 216614 127148 In cultivated summer fallow ___________ farms __ 27929 598 3709 5929 7 154 6777 3762

acres __ 2606963 54 724 340 587 483 663 698 256 644 530 385203 Idle ________________________________ farms __ 108714 1 822 13644 25901 28898 24480 13969

acres __ 3260886 43850 358902 681 928 877 122 804880 494204

Totel woodland __________________________ farms __ 429004 5015 46437 103128 116 444 100 633 57347 acres __ 28913509 256 152 2411 581 5762808 7 732 971 7698824 5051 173

Woodland pastured ____________________ farms __ 227959 2646 23314 52567 62045 55170 32217 acres __ 12735536 125 239 1 119621 2 543 752 3 379 064 3344012 2223 846

Woodland not pastured ________________ farms __ 277 259 3178 30475 67894 75398 64 296 36018 acres __ 16 177 973 130913 1 291 960 3 219 056 4353 907 4354 812 2827325

Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and wood and pastured _________ farms __ 239857 3738 28536 57479 64 454 54523 31 127

acres __ 61 955047 481 502 4444 194 10 663 422 18 332 913 17794250 12238 766 Land In house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. _________________________ farms __ 647325 10139 79891 161 723 170510 143 107 81 955

acres __ 8 543 549 94447 825282 1 810 789 2250 707 2 112396 1 449928

Pastureland, all types ____________________ farms __ 645675 8873 74572 158 239 173 509 146449 84033 acres __ 96569 155 857 791 7629499 17 881 653 25682 687 26668419 17889 106

Irrigated land ____________________________ farms __ 96858 1 068 10687 24788 27635 22317 10363 acres __ 4 592 863 44 284 442843 983 160 1 319 655 1 194320 608601

Harvested cropland irrigated ____________ farms __ 82735 947 9 141 20697 23575 19280 9095 acres __ 3 709 591 38887 373836 791 033 1 076 416 945784 483 635

Pasture and other land irrigated _________ farms __ 28411 218 2875 7458 7688 5718 2254 acres __ 883272 5397 69007 192 127 243 239 246536 124966

Land set aside in federal farm programs In 1982 __________________________________ farms __ 29333 849 4762 7368 7717 6055 2582

acres __ 684 781 15829 100367 163 818 183 396 153066 68305

TENURE AND RACE OF OPERATOR

AI~~r~~~:rs-::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 005597 21 168 132546 247 979 260 210 217683 126 013 720010 7897 72715 187 755 192602 172 172 106669 Part owners ___________________________________ 192002 2931 31 966 58 192 51 682 34337 12694 Tenants ______________________________________ 93585 10338 27865 22 032 15926 11 174 6250 Whne ________________________________________

977 726 20857 129893 242 402 253 500 210987 120 087 Full owners _________________________________ 700 689 7716 71 299 164 232 168 121 167325 101 996 Par! owners _________________________________ 186518 2888 31 358 56898 50152 33045 12177 Tenants ____________________________________ 90519 10253 27236 21 272 15227 10617 5914

Black and other races _________________________ 27871 309 2653 5577 6710 6696 5926 Full owners _________________________________ 19321 181 1 416 3523 4481 4847 4673 Part owners _________________________________ 5484 43 608 1 294 1 530 1 292 717 Tenants ____________________________________ 3066 85 629 760 699 557 336

See footnotes at end of table.

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA UNITED STATES 45

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)

Farming

Item Total farming and other

Ags of operator (years)

occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS

Operators by place of residence: 1 560446 On farm operated _____________________________ 934398 23 329 113527 148 177 189750 249 731 209 864

Not on farm operated __________________________ 428 452 175245 15289 34 488 26389 29 161 37685 32233 Not reported __________________________________ 230402 124060 2541 13062 20 512 25764 30824 31 357

Operators by principal occupation:

~:n~_====================================== 1 233 703 1 233703 41 159 181 077 195078 244 675 318240 273 474 1 005 597 - - - - - - -

Operators by days of work off farm: None _________________________________________ 860 855 743 076 18815 83 862 107743 143 713 202625 186 318 Any __________________________________________ 1 186780 298962 18965 60 860 60 701 64 648 64853 28915

1 to 99 days ________________________________ 223 561 169572 11 149 34 645 31 725 34 591 38135 19127 100 to 199 days _____________________________ 168 698 65547 3835 13032 14496 14973 14020 5191 200 days or more ___________________________ 774 501 83 843 4001 12983 14480 15064 12698 4597 Not reported __________________________________ 191 685 191 685 3359 18355 28834 36314 50762 58 241

Operators by years on present farm: 2 years or less ________________________________ 127049 54 487 11943 18306 9834 6465 5465 2674 3 or 4 years __________________________________ 192592 80915 12916 29259 15797 10144 8592 4207

5 to 9 years ___________________________________ 360 239 156 122 7440 57772 37960 23294 19067 10569 10 years or more ______________________________ 1 097 175 697075 - 29764 94562 156660 224275 191 794

Average years on present farm _______________ 17.3 20.7 3.3 6.5 11.9 19.4 26.4 33.2 Not reported __________________________________ 482245 245 104 8860 25956 37105 48 112 60 641 64 230

Operators by age group: Under 25 years ________________________________ 62325 41 159 41 159 - - - - -25 to 34 years ________________________________ 293623 161 077 - 161 077 - - - -35 to 44 years ________________________________

443 057 195078 - - 195078 - - -45 to 54 years ________________________________ 504885 244 675 - - - 244 675 - -55 to 64 years ________________________________ 535923 318240 - - - - 318240 -65 years and over _____________________________ 399487 273474 - - - - - 273474 Average age ________________________________ 50.5 51.9 22.0 29.8 39.6 49.8 59.5 71.4

Operators by sex: Male _________________________________________ 2 117 722 1 171 181 40 410 156 465 186 859 234307 302396 250 742 Female _______________________________________

121 578 62522 749 4612 8219 10368 15842 22732

Operators of Spanish origln _______________________ 16172 7428 132 825 1 211 1 786 1 840 1 634

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

Individual or family _______________________ farms __ 1 945639 1 037693 34 348 132297 164536 205428 264 318 236768 acres __ 642380423 514021 202 9290 227 59395490 97424221 127460402 136010 794 64 440 068 Partnership _____________________________ farms __ 223274 144 855 6162 22 755 20 568 26855 40029 28486 acres __ 151 860 157 128067 186 2 117 438 15677645 20428065 28 789 921 37325 106 23 729 013

Corporation: Family held ___________________________ farms __ 52652 41 398 406 4602 8094 10232 11 572 6492 acres __ 112858 160 101 929873 351 249 9482689 16812698 26 909 013 29616973 18 757 251

More than 10 stockholders ___________ farms __ 1 810 1 351 9 145 235 308 397 257 10 or less stockholders ______________ farms __ 50 642 40 047 397 4457 7859 9924 11 175 6235

Other than family held _________________ farms __ 7140 4529 80 690 1082 1 125 1026 526 acres __ 14450606 11 531 656 37555 821 814 3 119993 3 764 321 3079850 708 123

More than 10 stockholders ___________ farms __ 1 143 750 7 106 193 224 183 57 10 or less stockholders ______________ farms __ 5997 3779 73 564 889 901 863 469

Other-cooperative. estate or trust, institutional, etc. ________________________ farms __ 10595 5228 165 733 798 1 035 1 295 1 202

8cres __ 10545213 8 163 793 97434 693 190 1 474494 1 906 835 1 847 494 2 144 346

FARMS BY SIZE 1 to 9 acres ____________________________________

187843 60 955 3932 9464 9545 10413 12628 14953 10 to 49 acres __________________________________ 449 164 134 119 4731 14441 18285 21 197 31 639 43 826 50 to 69 acres __________________________________

142525 52892 1 893 5442 6450 7641 12874 18392 70 to 99 acres __________________________________ 201 190 86770 3499 9270 10122 12767 21 393 29719 100 to 139 acres ________________________________ 195246 96569 3979 11 130 11 647 15457 24572 29604 140 to 179 acres ________________________________ 172488 100 368 4456 12750 12810 16865 26749 26738 180 to 219 acres ________________________________ 114 336 72895 2790 9964 10403 13553 19 511 16474 220 to 259 acres ________________________________ 97048 67985 2611 9837 10221 13263 18652 13401 260 to 499 acres ________________________________ 314813 244 399 7658 36562 41 315 53 536 66 824 38504 500 to 999 acres ________________________________ 203668 173483 3881 25356 34706 42697 45120 21 723 1,000 to 1,999 acres _____________________________ 97225 88 261 1 287 11300 18192 21 894 22 705 10863 2,000 acres or more _____________________________ 63 934 57187 442 5541 11 182 15192 15573 9257

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION

Cash grains (011) _______________________________ 576369 386438 18799 59641 61 689 76768 101 503 68038 Reid crops, except cash grains (013) ______________ 253 093 128999 4356 15982 20 024 24959 32083 31 595 Cotton (0131) _________________________________ 21 041 17 099 893 2834 3069 3766 4328 2409 Tobacco (0132) _______________________________ 131 281 66 331 2413 7728 10148 13100 16390 16552

Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay, peanuts, and other field crops (0133, 0134, 0139) __________________________________ 100771 45569 1 250 5420 6807 8093 11 365 12634

V"ljetables and melons (016) _____________________ 30664 17 394 420 2028 2664 3283 4766 4253 Fruits and tree nuts (017) ________________________ 64 304 37955 337 3153 5383 6897 10960 11 225 Horticultural specialties (018) _____________________ 29176 14894 160 1 932 3034 3451 3667 2650 General farms, primarily crop (019) ________________ 56 457 29550 692 3501 4744 5755 7800 7058

Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) _________________________ 905963 405783 10202 40786 52045 71 557 105 827 125366 Beef cattie, except feedlots (0212) ______________ 618270 246607 3850 16697 24828 38220 66400 96 612

Dai~arms (024) ________________________________ 164 472 152428 4983 26254 32764 37918 37013 13496 Pou and ::lms (025) ___________________________ 41 953 26 202 488 3180 5541 6803 6763 3429 Animal speci es (027) __________________________ 65004 18015 336 2690 4537 3701 3632 3119

General farms, primarily livestock (029) ____________ 29825 16045 388 1 930 2653 3603 4226 3245

See footnotes at end of table.

46 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Item

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS

Operators by place of residence: On farm operated ____________________________ _ Not on farm operated _________________________ _ Not reported _________________________________ _

Operators by principal occupation:

~:n~_====================================== Operators by days of work off farm: None ________________________________________ _

Any _________________________________________ _ I to 99 days _______________________________ _ 100 to 199 days ____________________________ _ 200 days or more __________________________ _

Not reported _________________________________ _

Operators by years on present farm: 2 years or less _______________________________ _ 3 or 4 years _________________________________ _ 5 to 9 years __________________________________ _ 10 years or more _____________________________ _

Average years on present farm ______________ _ Not reported _________________________________ _

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 _______________________________ _

Operators by sex: Male ________________________________________ _ Female ______________________________________ _

Operators of Spanish origln ______________________ _

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

Individual or family _______________________ farms __ acres __

Partnership _____________________________ farms __ acres __

Corporation: Family held ___________________________ farms __ acres __

More than 10 stockholders ___________ farms __ 10 or less stockholders ______________ farms __

Other than family held _________________ farms __ acres __

More than 10 stockholders ___________ farms __ 10 or less stockholders ______________ farms __

Other-cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. ________________________ farms __

acres __

FARMS BY SIZE 1 to 9 acres ___________________________________ _ 10 to 49 acres _________________________________ _ 50 to 69 acres _________________________________ _ 70 to 99 acres _________________________________ _ 100 to 139 acres _______________________________ _ 140 to 179 acres _______________________________ _ 180 to 219 acres _______________________________ _ 220 to 259 acres _______________________________ _ 260 to 499 acres _______________________________ _ 500 to 999 acres _______________________________ _ 1,000 to 1,999 acres ____________________________ _ 2,000 acres or more ____________________________ _

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION

Cash grains (011) ______________________________ _ Field crops, except cash grains (013) _____________ _

Cotton (0131) ________________________________ _ Tobacco (0132) ______________________________ _ Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay, peanuts, and other field crops (0133, 0134, 0139) _________________________________ _

V911etables and melons (016) ____________________ _ Fruits and tree nuts (017) _______________________ _ Horticultural specialties (018) ____________________ _ General farms, primarily crop (019) _______________ _

Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) ________________________ _ Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) _____________ _

Dairy farms (024) _______________________________ _ Poultry and egl1s (025) __________________________ _ Animal specialties (027) _________________________ _ General farms, primarily livestock (029) ___________ _

See footnotes at end of table.

Total

646048 253207 106342

1 005597

117779 887818

54 009 123151 710 658

72562 111 677 204117 400 100

13.2 217141

21 166 132546 247979 260210 217683 126013

48.8

946541 59056

8744

907946 128 359 221

78419 23 792 969

11 254 10 928 287

459 10795 2611

2 918 950 393

2218

5367 2 381 420

126688 315065 89633

114420 98657 72120 41 641 29063 70414 30185 10964 6747

189931 124094

3942 64 950

55202 13290 46349 14282 28907

500 180 371 663

12044 15751 46989 13780

Under 25

9718 9739 1 709

21 166

1 497 19669

1 900 3335

14434

6339 5751 2920

3.1 6156

21 166

21.8

20194 972

140

18433 1 722 965

2475 306 500

81 17 809

5 76 30

2 128 6

24

147 23976

4935 6241 1 793 2 192 1 704 1 491

726 488

1 069 393

96 38

7 106 2852

144 1 961

747 278 262 166 320

8943 5090

328 237 543 131

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

25 to 34

83781 38 110 10655

132 546

5 131 127415

5749 16899

104 767

21 885 31 403 43 671 13212

5.3 22375

132546

30.4

127133 5413

1 174

117979 12663 634

12434 2485 003

1 078 567499

42 1 036

305 85518

59 246

750 218686

23692 44 389 10773 13658 11419 8492 4670 3158 7639 3142 1 023

491

31 802 17290

557 10128

6605 1 805 3826 1 869 3469

59595 38602

1 673 2231 7456 1 530

Other occupations

Age of operator (years)

35 to 44

171 867 55912 20200

247979

9091 238888

9806 30240

198842

21 499 36622 72473 75624

8.4 41 761

247979

39.6

237 983 9996

2298

226 174 27 100 718

17712 4606511

2358 1 304089

91 2267

682 478 750

108 574

1 053 390 584

35334 85169 21 812 26446 22555 15684 9308 6454

15436 6454 2116 1 211

47031 30 612

853 16080

13679 3 414

10481 3359 7345

118766 81 775 2906 4559

16 113 3393

45 to 54

173 707 63901 22602

260 210

13 193 247 017

11 424 30881

204 712

13515 22940 51 125

124 324 12.9

48 306

260 210

49.5

248 525 11 685

2472

237 192 34 554 185

18 152 5 820 193

2904 2 662 076

98 2806

750 1 310 262

101 649

1 212 584 383

28409 81 367 23764 29973 26162 18944 11 293 7861

19326 8306 3021 1784

46694 30813

999 15606

14208 3433

13 177 3691 7751

131 742 99328

3 154 4 145

12 211 3399

55 to 64

137 993 55248 24442

217683

24930 192 753 12737 28035

151 981

7227 11 817 26902

122214 18.9

49523

217683

59.0

203 163 14520

1 791

195962 32042300

16980 6366 260

2919 3908208

114 2805

564 643299

92 472

1 258 818904

21 278 62922 19792 26654 23289 17243 9882 7052

17 285 7563 2860 1 863

37609 25697

874 12490

12333 2878

12082 3344 6270

113543 90771 2643 3137 7494 2986

65 and over

68 982 30297 26734

126 013

63 937 82076 12393 13761 35922

2097 3144 7026

64 726 27.4

49020

126 013 71.6

109 543 16470

869

112 206 20275 419

10666 4206 502

1 914 2448606

109 1 805

280 398 993

27 253

947 344887

13040 34977 11 699 15497 13528 10268 5762 4050 9659 4327 1 848 1360

19689 16830

515 8885

7630 1 482 6521 1853 3752

67591 56097

1 340 1 442 3 172 2341

UNITED STATES 47

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)

Farming

Item Total farming and other

Age of operator (years)

occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD

Total sales (see text) ____________________ farms __ 2 239 300 1 233 703 41 159 161 077 195078 244 675 318240 273474 $1,000 __ 131 589 615 114236 970 2001 644 15 425 305 25457075 30 772 700 29 147 405 11 432641

Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ____________________________ 536327 121 821 2320 8617 12673 16283 29172 52756 $2,500 to $4,999 ____________________________ 278208 93406 2453 6194 8689 12065 22703 41 302 $5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 281 802 117103 4 166 9497 11 353 15934 28976 47177 $10,000 to $19,999 __________________________ 259 007 148 836 6771 16321 16829 23321 39582 46012 $20,000 to $39,999 __________________________ 248 825 178 879 9 103 25390 24423 33328 50952 35683 $40,000 to $99,999 __________________________ 332 751 293 438 11 654 52124 53916 66210 79026 30508 $100,000 to $249,999 ________________________ 215912 200324 4032 33183 47526 54 192 47925 13466 $250,000 to $499,999 ________________________ 58668 54586 522 7265 13676 15822 13266 4035 $500,000 or more ___________________________ 27800 25310 138 2486 5993 7520 6638 2535

Grains ________________________________ farms __ 950 686 680054 28012 103 055 114341 142 787 178 562 113297 $1,000 __ 36 378 089 32 919 444 836 703 5 079 421 7 302 476 8 475 371 8343324 2882 149

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 253 069 236 198 6555 39684 50781 59829 61 257 18092 $1,000 __ 28 435 933 26 942 770 527045 4 116398 6 384 366 7 276 720 6720441 1 917799

Corn for grain _______________________ farms __ 505 467 370 468 16033 58760 63624 79 121 98023 54907 $1,000 __ 13 506 557 12 175 306 337 947 1 967685 2 751 734 3 144 501 3 015 908 957 530

Wheat _ __ __ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ ___ ______ ______ farms __ 435 929 336 090 12103 48811 56977 71 649 90011 56539 $1,000 __ 7 747 912 7 059 061 147910 950264 1 438 937 1 823 166 1 889 069 809 715

Soybeans_ _ ____ _ _ _ ___ __ ___ ____ _ __ ___ farms __ 507 605 372068 16072 59191 65036 80 151 98453 53165 $1,000 __ 10 375 652 9 246 502 248 571 1 469972 2 091 812 2 375 615 2326 956 733 575

Sorghum for grain ___________________ farms __ 75674 61 649 2702 10436 10819 13222 15725 8745 $1,000 __ 1 402 245 1 289439 32751 204431 282005 333 200 320742 116309

Oats _______________________________ farms __ 113188 88063 3210 13434 14672 18337 23699 14711 $1,000 __ 320 568 279291 8772 41 016 55966 66465 73418 33653

Other grains ________________________ farms __ 108 070 92182 3592 15772 17823 20751 23518 10726 $1,000 __ 3 025 155 2 869 846 60752 446052 682021 732423 717231 231 367

Cotton and cottonseed _________________ farms __ 38063 31 870 1 170 5034 5789 7272 8161 4444 $1,000 __ 3 220 380 3 051 180 36785 339001 756416 766 658 815531 336 790

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 14858 14 113 253 2175 3 175 3689 3522 1 299 $1,000 __ 2 905 584 2 787 196 24100 292869 712482 708 436 746 671 302638

Tobacco ______________________________ farms __ 178 585 97945 3383 11 971 15657 19778 24217 22939 $1,000 __ 2 772 644 2 202 193 59591 333 172 470624 553 960 528 089 256 756

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 15922 14476 344 2491 3385 3838 3331 1 087 $1,000 __ 1 464 130 1 352 692 24317 217871 328 095 372 694 313 733 95982

Hay, silage, and field seeds ____________ farms __ 299 493 177 810 5089 24322 28379 34287 45386 40347 $1,000 __ 2 296353 1 894 164 35 151 250647 411 123 486 395 458 913 251 936

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 9350 8605 125 1 246 2003 2239 2146 846 $1,000 __ 1 121 973 1 045 676 11 771 121 063 256 701 303 436 245 943 106761

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____ farms __ 68515 43581 1 104 5606 7571 9000 11 504 8796 $1,000 __ 4 134 897 3 854 673 25559 333 708 752 578 964 986 1 250 736 527 105

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 10083 9375 144 1 204 1 941 2433 2690 963 $1,000 __ 3 748 451 3 563 504 16886 292490 698 772 900 339 1 174044 480 973

Fruits, nuts, and berries ________________ farms __ 90069 47465 465 4202 7073 8921 13522 13282 $1,000 __ 5 841 709 4 863 289 15119 359 189 961 642 1 230 062 1 472455 824822

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 20873 16567 116 1 540 3065 3957 4979 2910 $1,000 __ 5 296 021 4 557 966 11 175 329 701 918201 1 173 862 1 383 290 741 737

Nursery and greenhouse products _______ farms __ 35426 19010 239 2492 3847 4284 4739 3409 $1,000 __ 3 820 207 3 182 059 10112 305 520 815496 857 972 786 686 406 275

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 10397 8002 58 1 001 1944 2185 1 960 854 $1,000 __ 3 596 516 3 060 867 8214 287387 792 672 830 433 755 844 386317

Other crops ___________________________ farms __ 54002 42271 1 226 6239 7821 9246 11 172 6567 $1,000 __ 3 709 994 3 517 557 39925 376400 775 581 990282 1 020237 315131

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 16994 16183 288 2507 3773 4234 4158 1 223 $1,000 __ 3 332 676 3 202 942 26900 322001 719 004 923 242 935 752 276042

Poultry and poultry products ____________ farms __ 113 902 66381 1 310 7819 11 869 14146 16990 14247 $1,000 __ 9 788 371 7 647 632 103773 959014 1 744 277 2283 578 1 940 322 616669

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 30864 22692 431 2861 5026 6307 5911 2156 $1,000 __ 9 634 114 7 542 212 101 794 947 412 1 725 391 2260 551 1 910 956 596 108

Dairy products ________________________ farms __ 199 336 182059 5936 30524 38335 45217 44689 17358 $1,000 __ 16 264 898 15 475 456 303 823 2 356 554 3 599 297 4 296 854 3 762 898 1 156028

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 120 602 116292 3054 20768 27658 31 054 26859 6899 $1,000 __ 14 815 673 14 170718 246539 2 153 537 3 379 077 3 998 503 3402683 990379

Cattle and calves ______________________ farms __ 1 277 774 745 186 18863 87257 115140 151 465 197481 174 980 $1,000 __ 31 515 662 25 543 489 248 847 2821 524 5 420 286 7 265 964 6 564 780 3 222 088

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 92624 82660 1 168 9755 16561 22311 22498 10367 $1,000 __ 23 751 102 19 974 906 118981 2 139 993 4 501 203 6 047 889 5037624 2 129 216

Hogs and pigs ________________________ farms __ 314 742 212501 9212 36513 40993 47772 51 151 26860 $1,000 __ 9 841 126 8 672 410 273 714 1 719016 2 124854 2 224 793 1 871 073 458 959

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 63938 58600 2014 12318 14279 15040 12355 2594 $1,000 __ 7 579 793 6 929 970 181 539 1 397003 1 798013 1 827 107 1 439118 287 189

Sheep, lambs, and wooL _______________ farms __ 99 186 55687 1 633 7138 10189 11 293 13563 11 871 $1,000 __ 599 955 484355 5677 57222 86896 128 662 122197 83702

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 2025 1 838 14 217 333 462 508 304 $1,000 __ 369 051 317 569 1 341 33854 56729 91 385 79543 54717

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) ____________________________ farms __ 121 348 50245 1 007 7510 11 162 10384 11 033 9149 $1,000 __ 1 405 330 929069 6865 134 917 235 528 247 164 210 164 94431

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 4543 3249 32 424 817 894 722 360 $1,000 __ 1 052 416 757 521 3909 112025 195 275 208 920 171 645 65747

FARM-RELATED INCOME AND DIRECT SALES

Income from machine work, customwork, and other agricultural services ___________ farms __ 165 385 131 978 6512 28193 27698 29391 29385 10799

$1,000 __ 686 942 617 355 20332 125 332 150 347 148405 134 481 38457 Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human consumption (see text) ______________________________ farms __ 143 353 65523 1 777 9241 11 224 11 670 16084 15527

$1,000 __ 498 162 369 581 7032 41 784 69661 91 728 101 261 58116

See footnotes at end of table.

48 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD

Total sales (see text) ____________________ farms __ I 005 597 21 166 132546 247 979 260 210 217683 126013 $1,000 __ 17 352 645 261 970 2343 527 4 152 523 4867 504 3832324 1 894797

Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ____________________________ 414506 6488 51 733 105 493 106669 88311 55812 $2,500 to $4,999 ____________________________ 164 802 4085 22746 43 650 47986 41 696 24639 $5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 164 699 4254 21 514 38507 42038 36843 21 543 $10,000 to $19,999 __________________________ 110171 3206 16603 27 151 28360 23452 11 399 $20,000 to $39,999 __________________________ 69946 2005 11 324 17609 18150 14159 6699 $40,000 to $99,999 __________________________ 39313 873 6043 10041 10643 8112 3601 $100,000 to $249,999 ________________________ 15588 210 1 938 3999 4458 3470 1 513 $250,000 to $499,999 ________________________ 4082 29 411 997 1 205 985 455 $500,000 or more ___________________________ 2490 16 234 532 701 655 352

Grains ________________________________ farms __ 270632 9046 43481 67308 67757 54 862 28178 $1,000 __ 3 458 645 94369 553 141 871 414 918659 703722 317339

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 16871 342 2629 4546 4667 3332 1 355 $1,000 __ 1 493 163 21 522 205274 377 722 427918 322473 138256

Corn for grain _______________________ farms __ 134999 4560 22461 34701 33803 26355 13119 $1,000 __ 1 331 251 38138 220983 342 841 357 110 260 562 111 616

WheaL _____________________________ farms __ 99839 3281 16009 23934 25085 20849 10681 $1,000 __ 688850 17 935 102045 155 464 182312 154 992 76102

SOybeans ___________________________ farms __ 135537 4744 22647 34 482 33865 26799 13000 $1,000 __ 1 129151 30605 183615 297 989 298 192 222955 95794

Sorghum for grain ___________________ farms __ 14025 573 2629 3330 3295 2749 1 449 $1,000 __ 112807 2966 18407 26182 27710 23671 13870

Oats _______________________________ farms __ 25125 736 4202 6529 6240 5002 2416 $1,000 __ 41 277 1 288 6754 10383 10414 8089 4349

Other grains ________________________ farms __ 15888 493 2609 4007 4104 3174 1 501 $1,000 __ 155309 3437 21 337 38553 42922 33453 15608

Cotton and cottonseed _________________ farms __ 6193 208 890 1 342 1 517 1415 821 $1,000 __ 169200 3662 20145 32982 50755 43013 18643

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 745 12 87 172 212 179 83 $1,000 __ 118388 1 753 12212 22015 37697 31 893 12817

Tobacco ______________________________ farms __ 80640 2244 12088 19934 19653 15891 10830 $1,000 __ 570452 13 218 81 706 143 208 145 526 118094 68 699

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ I 446 22 160 339 398 341 186 $1,000 __ 111 438 1 213 10513 26272 30914 27142 15383

Hay, silage, and field seeds ____________ farms __ 121 683 1 885 15993 31 459 31 992 25779 14575 $1,000 __ 402 188 6064 48001 98597 109 613 89773 50 141

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 745 12 86 167 201 182 97 $1,000 __ 76298 830 7882 17 838 21 074 17719 10954

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____ farms __ 24934 483 3461 6794 6532 5152 2512 $1,000 __ 280224 4206 24735 69827 86086 51 081 44 288

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 708 7 72 160 200 177 92 $1,000 __ 164 947 1 735 11 213 45 173 60667 30362 35797

Fruits, nuts, and berries ________________ farms __ 42604 275 3567 9743 12008 11069 5942 $1,000 __ 978420 3180 61416 181 676 294290 286 173 151 684

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 4306 18 242 800 1 273 1 281 692 $1,000 __ 738055 1 476 42207 129 171 226259 220622 118320

Nursery and greenhouse products _______ farms __ 16416 187 2136 3931 4293 3808 2061 $1,000 __ 638 148 3752 69762 149 236 185 189 151 390 78821

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 2395 23 307 586 647 560 272 $1,000 __ 535649 2405 55785 124 403 157721 128246 67090

Other crops ___________________________ farms __ II 731 236 1 431 2735 3082 2687 1 560 $1,000 __ 192437 2283 17821 35991 49046 61 892 25404

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 811 12 87 167 216 218 111 $1,000 __ 129 734 1 008 9531 20321 32640 48227 18008

Poultry and poultry products ____________ farms __ 47521 627 7340 15 208 11 844 8257 4245 $1,000 __ 2 140 739 26162 254 258 527 706 642653 510354 179605

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 8172 133 1 093 2285 2325 1742 594 $1,000 __ 2 091 903 25278 247604 514 161 630 136 500395 174330

Dairy products ________________________ farms __ 17277 435 2458 4494 4418 3577 1 895 $1,000 __ 789442 13365 92029 175 545 221 678 193236 93589

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 4310 84 523 995 1 257 1 028 423 $1,000 __ 644 956 9272 70558 140 000 184459 162 177 78490

Cattle and calves ______________________ farms __ 532588 8531 60718 124 633 142377 123835 72494 $1,000 __ 5 972 173 43 778 816000 1 365 792 1 691 209 1 321 640 733754

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 9964 110 986 2106 2805 2515 1442 $1,000 __ 3 776 196 8840 575260 876 884 1 092390 789 156 433665

Hogs and pigs ________________________ farms __ 102241 3566 19259 30742 24821 16167 7686 $1,000 __ 1 168 716 43600 238673 343 937 298377 177096 66 835

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 5338 190 1 238 1 591 1 332 744 243 $1,000 __ 649 824 18692 122781 195 116 176187 100123 36924

Sheep, lambs, and wooL _______________ farms __ 43499 968 6105 13711 11 308 7414 3993 $1,000 __ 115600 1 793 17120 27447 36559 22512 10168

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ 187 1 18 44 51 41 32 $1,000 __ 51 482 142 7348 9 515 19977 10885 3614

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) ____________________________ farms __ 71 103 919 11 563 24713 18428 10971 4509 $1,000 __ 476261 2338 48722 129 165 137862 102348 55827

Sales of $40,000 or more ____________ farms __ I 294 7 137 345 370 287 148 $1,000 __ 294895 404 23367 66 338 88978 70930 42877

FARM-RELATED INCOME AND DIRECT SALES

Income from machine work, customwork, and other agricultural services ___________ farms __ 33407 1360 7244 10 069 7972 4862 1 900

$1,000 __ 69587 2368 14649 20 174 17261 11 250 3886 alue of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human consumption (see text) ______________________________ farms __ 77 830 1 194 11 682 24421 20590 14016 5927

$1,000 __ 128 580 1 539 14992 35798 36861 29455 9936

V

See footnotes at end of table.

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA UNITED STATES 49

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms' see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]

Farming

Item Total farming Age of operator (years)

and other occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS

Amount received ________________________ farms __ 188 750 163 706 7 191 32627 34122 38680 38564 12522 $1,000 __ 6 610 956 6 191 054 153 958 1 103828 1 537 750 1 661 895 1 393 717 339 905

Feed grains ___________________________ farms __ 109041 96102 3909 19536 20922 23181 22 372 6182 $1,000 __ 3 537 999 3 303 165 82343 602720 836298 889291 735962 156551

WheaL _______________________________ farms __ 59923 52185 2037 9180 10006 12406 13306 5250 $1,000 __ 1 389 511 1 305 197 28424 198258 290 516 358 733 329636 99631

COtton ________________________________ farms __ 13258 11 542 495 2063 2160 2640 2962 1222 $1,000 __ 407 174 387591 8304 58380 86168 106098 94517 34124

Soybeans, peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, 53357 2357 11 097 10885 2264 and honey ___________________________ farms __ 46711 10914 9194

$1,000 __ 1 276 272 1 195 101 34887 244 469 324 768 307 774 233 602 49600

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'

Livestock and poultry purchased __________ farms __ 754 863 437264 14651 66225 80843 94028 106544 74973 $1,000 __ 17 130011 13 765 908 179 292 1 760493 3 215 593 4114951 3238 278 1 257301

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $4,999 ________________________________ 504203 242430 7880 33698 39408 45758 61 523 54163 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 144 170 103933 4283 17876 20399 23890 24165 13320 $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ 61 865 51 495 1 868 9074 11 767 12962 11 544 4280 $50,000 or more ____________________________ 44 625 39406 620 5577 9269 11 418 9 312 3210

Feed for livestock and poultry ____________ farms __ 1 359399 764301 20466 97884 126 792 157 508 197193 164 458 $1,000 __ 18 535 346 15 381 752 239 677 2 134 820 3 577 086 4 326 864 3744 057 1 359248

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $4,999 ________________________________ 992 539 451 659 11 566 46130 59707 78719 121 651 133886 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 217199 180253 6128 30189 35705 42687 44 924 20420 $20,000 to $79,999 __________________________ 113727 101 707 2368 17477 23989 26983 23059 7831 $80,000 or more ____________________________ 35934 30682 404 4088 7391 8919 7559 2321

Commercially mixed formula feeds ______ farms __ 602 934 397670 11 624 58475 76147 90651 98987 61 786 tons __ 50 903 413 50819668 797 018 6626286 11 633 374 14804929 12673 986 4 284 077

$1,000 __ 10 391 700 8 728 779 142 826 1 182451 2015843 2504 507 2 170 080 713 072 Farms by tons purchased:

46753 1 to 99 tons ______________________________ 511 789 319180 10212 57711 68899 80430 55175 100 to 499 tons ___________________________ 67604 59134 1 123 9226 13779 16056 13795 5155 500 tons or more __________________________ 23541 19356 289 2496 4657 5696 4762 1 456

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $4,999 ______________________________ 388335 209372 6913 27078 33 198 41 430 54781 45972 $5,000 to $19,999 _________________________ 125035 110580 3356 19551 24365 27634 25969 9705 $20,000 to $49,999 ________________________ 49407 44358 892 7434 10596 11 989 9970 3477 $50,000 or more __________________________ 40157 33360 463 4412 7988 9598 8267 2632

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ___________ farms __ 1 266249 860 179 30938 126322 146688 183 532 224478 148221 $1,000 __ 3 166218 2 819 363 64 501 422082 633 559 738609 708221 252 391

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 667 821 345346 13244 39651 44 874 58756 91 135 97686 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 438283 364039 14684 61 906 65931 82780 97955 40783 $5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 102512 96055 2265 16677 21 869 26406 22661 6177 $10,000 or more ____________________________ 57633 54739 745 8088 14014 15590 12727 3575

Commercial fertilizer _____________________ farms __ 1 442 752 909 187 29718 125486 149 525 188014 238610 177834 $1,000 __ 7 672 249 6797234 128 903 983 150 1 507643 1 790580 1 738339 648619

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 618447 266024 8716 26483 31 457 41 167 67906 90295 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 462 203 315003 13309 45103 47517 62327 86064 60683 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 275 505 246 163 6699 41 974 50428 61 290 64721 21 051 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 86597 81 997 994 11926 20123 23230 19919 5805

Other agricultural chemicals ______________ farms __ 1 124 433 776065 28217 115980 134171 165 778 203472 128 447 $1,000 __ 4 274 295 3840844 72789 549332 877316 990 787 983443 367 178

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 561 203 302301 12115 36631 41 818 53906 79756 78075 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 363 632 289539 12219 48 196 49828 63343 79528 36425 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 164 103 150625 3591 26574 33927 39354 36025 11 154 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 35495 33600 292 4579 8598 9175 8163 2793

Hired farm labor _________________________ farms __ 868 510 581 628 13713 78626 106611 133485 150333 98860 $1,000 __ 8 398 371 7404298 51 235 698 184 1 584 054 2 033 436 2 102 369 935 020

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $4,999 ________________________________ 633833 372677 11 097 53477 61 490 75734 95196 75683 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 160 287 141 400 2140 18081 30242 38591 36688 15658 $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ 49382 45022 391 5057 10028 12920 11 945 4681 $50,000 or more ____________________________ 25008 22529 85 2011 4851 6240 6504 2838

Workers by days worked: 150 days or more ___________________ farms __ 311 661 260 521 3541 30474 53854 70465 68919 33268

workers __ 944826 826 106 6523 77 665 173491 228 814 229 613 110000 Less than 150 days __________________ farms __ 737 666 475795 12220 67043 85975 104 666 121 281 84 610

workers __ 3 900 051 2938 110 58774 379 144 566 142 686822 782523 464 705

COntrac1labor ___________________________ farms __ 139229 84 328 1 565 11 285 15706 17 869 21 849 16054 $1,000 __ 1 102670 915531 6407 84 014 182616 223 669 284 496 134 329

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 60256 29178 650 3789 4399 5271 7639 7430 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 50847 32604 593 4591 6458 7059 8220 5683 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 19718 15409 260 2172 3283 3706 4015 1 973 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 8408 7137 62 733 1 566 1 833 1 975 968

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _______________ farms __ 786 058 496028 15256 68 594 80291 101011 131 812 99064

$1,000 __ 2 021 172 1 650082 33987 208936 325624 400 616 449 279 231 640 Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 427 528 225211 7410 29220 32120 41 391 58772 56298

$1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 276794 200 621 6136 28699 34266 42753 54 837 33930 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 70420 60 000 1566 9510 11 625 14145 15518 7636 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 11 316 10196 144 1 165 2280 2722 2685 1200

See footnotes at end of table.

50 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS

Amount received ________________________ farms __ 25044 1026 5 118 6788 6287 4333 1 492 $1,000 __ 419 902 10699 71 377 117 026 122327 76875 21 599

Feed grains ___________________________ farms __ 12939 503 2639 3706 3326 2 138 627 $1,000 __ 234834 5918 38334 68 135 71 040 40370 11 037

Wheat ________________________________ farms __ 7738 296 1 434 1902 1 978 1 534 594 $1,000 __ 84314 2 118 13424 19241 24151 19793 5587

COtton ________________________________ farms __ I 716 62 293 405 423 381 152 $1,000 __ 19583 378 2604 4913 5594 4045 2050

Soybeans, peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey ___________________________ farms __ 6646 310 1 609 1 977 1 525 915 310 $1,000 __ 81 170 2286 17014 24736 21 542 12668 2925

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'

Livestock and pouHry purchased __________ farms __ 317 599 6347 51 268 92643 82740 57201 27400 $1,000 __ 3 364 103 31 564 539021 851 163 992860 647 946 301 549

Fa;r~Ow:.9e:c~~~~~_~~=:. ______________________ 261 773 4885 42176 76833 67554 47 174 23 151 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 40237 1 159 6744 11 432 10848 7092 2962 $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ 10370 247 1 699 3015 2794 1 877 738 $50,000 or more ____________________________ 5219 56 649 1363 1544 1 058 549

Feed for livestock and poultry ____________ farms __ 595098 10016 78881 156611 159039 125 199 65352 $1,000 __ 3 153 594 37908 434874 814608 902 748 673 848 289 808

Farms with expenses of-70697 114301 $1 to $4,999 ________________________________ 540880 8746 142112 144 206 60 818

$5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 36946 993 5904 9682 10000 7 316 3051 $20,000 to $79,999 __________________________ 12020 220 1 681 3363 3340 2363 1053 $80,000 or more ____________________________ 5252 57 599 1454 1 493 1 219 430

Commercially mixed formula feeds ______ farms __ 205 264 3603 28947 56556 56 375 41 414 18369 tons __ 10 083 745 123 483 1 191 544 2621 852 2 916 965 2 344 674 885 227

$1,000 __ 1 662921 21 523 198909 430923 477 110 388 056 146 400 Farms by tons purchased: 1 to 99 tons ______________________________ 192 609 3392 27382 53155 52702 38687 17 291

100 to 499 tons ___________________________ 8470 176 1 056 2204 2465 1 789 780 500 tons or more __________________________ 4185 35 509 1 197 1 208 938 298

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $4,999 ______________________________ 178963 3052 24976 49453 49197 36027 16258 $5,000 to $19,999 _________________________ 14455 356 2480 3802 3822 2842 1 153 $20,000 to $49,999 ________________________ 5049 98 657 1 409 1 399 1 049 437 $50,000 or more __________________________ 6797 97 834 1 892 1 957 1 496 521

Seeds, bulbs, plants. and trees ___________ farms __ 406070 10567 61 030 104053 106 074 83780 40566 $1,000 __ 346855 8359 52297 86850 94751 71 492 33 105

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 322475 8056 46 906 82302 63 956 67593 33662 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 74244 2341 12848 19410 19382 14267 5996 $5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 6457 133 949 1 689 1 905 1 231 550 $10,000 or more ____________________________ 2894 37 327 652 831 689 356

Commercial fertilizer _____________________ farms __ 533 565 11 246 71 249 131 734 141 200 117436 60 700 $1,000 __ 875014 15525 114 000 211 859 245 209 195 488 92933

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 352423 7 105 46 016 86931 91 073 78 198 43 100 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 147 200 3523 20435 36150 40742 31 922 14428 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 29342 593 4331 7517 8052 6226 2623 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 4600 25 467 1 136 1 333 1 090 549

Other agricultural chemicals ______________ farms __ 348368 8832 52402 89400 90618 72494 34622 $1,000 __ 433451 8621 59546 102588 115 973 97888 48 834

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 258902 6622 37850 66 496 66 738 54 745 26451 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 74093 1 899 12472 19272 19559 14420 6471 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 13478 305 1 925 3241 3798 2800 1 409 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 1 895 6 155 391 523 529 291

Hired farm labor _________________________ farms __ 286882 4601 34971 74824 79874 61 598 31 014 $1,000 __ 994072 6408 88313 214951 301 705 242418 140 278

Farms wHh expenses of-27826 $1 to $4,999 ________________________________ 261 156 4396 32861 68987 72178 54 908

$5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 18887 166 1 598 4422 5695 4885 2 121 $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ 4360 32 329 924 1 310 1 150 615 $50,000 or more ____________________________ 2479 7 183 491 691 655 452

Workers by days worked: 150 days or more ___________________ farms __ 51 140 424 4024 11 650 15141 13032 6869

workers __ 118720 643 9312 25512 36084 29322 17867 Less than 150 days __________________ farms __ 261 871 4378 33038 69017 72323 55515 27600

workers __ 961 941 15124 120316 249057 271 676 207 290 98478

Contract labor ___________________________ farms __ 54 901 717 5996 13510 15387 12796 6495 $1,000 __ 187139 1 385 13860 36101 51 213 54 720 29859

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 31 078 509 3842 7704 8710 6725 3588 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 18243 156 1 783 4846 5145 4426 2087 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 4309 30 298 905 1 225 1 272 579 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 1 271 22 73 255 307 373 241

Cu stomwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _______________ farms __ 290030 6358 40092 73688 76555 62391 30946

$1,000 __ 371 090 8852 43341 83815 99687 93982 41 414 Farms wHh expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 202317 4178 28619 52841 52833 42579 21 267

$1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 76173 2022 10094 18245 20520 17 041 8251 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 10420 154 1 288 2333 2922 2464 1 259 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 1 120 4 91 269 260 307 169

See footnotes at end of table.

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA UNITED STATES 51

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms' see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Farming

Item Total farming Age of operator (years)

and other occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES1-Con.

Energy and petroleum products ___________ farms __ 2222 956 1 236214 39196 160639 194494 245213 319223 277449 $1,000 __ 9951 372 8602 251 166 535 1 178 599 1 823 321 2259 521 2 227 037 947 238

Farms with expenses of-1 003886 310931 10061 26146 32045 40 151 73 115 129413 $1 to $999 __________________________________

$1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 691 212 441 818 18176 58856 59386 77962 121 922 105516 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 444 243 404679 10253 65898 84 109 103 924 104534 35961 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 83615 78786 706 9739 18954 23176 19652 6559

Petroleum products ____________________ farms __ 2 219 779 1 235413 39159 160529 194 346 245 067 319097 277 215 $1,000 __ 7 870 323 6823203 137 740 942027 1 434464 1 791 787 1 771 379 745806

Gasoline and gasohoL _______________ farms __ 1 995740 1 138696 34083 147933 180 420 227 834 295 587 252 839 $1,000 __ 2978 559 2477 932 50358 322061 483 337 634 383 660242 327 550

Diesel fuel __________________________ farms __ 1 319268 873065 29889 128313 153 575 191 816 228 175 141 297 $1,000 __ 3 144 309 2 826 333 57091 405696 615 222 753 750 729230 265345

LP gas, butane. and propane _________ farms __ 468294 360421 11 165 55766 69465 85712 92420 45893 $1,000 __ 827815 733365 15818 110614 168 846 198 898 178618 60571

Fuel oil and kerosene ________________ farms __ 171 965 122667 3223 16809 22081 27673 31 943 20938 $1,000 __ 136272 115950 1 622 13013 24363 29049 31 705 16 199

Natural gas _________________________ farms __ 71 985 54295 1 599 7 661 10159 12710 13743 8423 $1,000 __ 335854 298691 4601 37952 65642 81 601 76551 32345

Motor oil and grease _________________ farms __ 2219674 1 235370 39159 160524 194 332 245 054 319089 277 212 $1,000 __ 447513 370932 8251 52691 77 054 94106 95033 43 797

Electricity _____________________________ farms __ 1 481 396 934 110 23445 121 691 158 022 199 945 249370 181 637 $1,000 __ 2036728 1 747 391 28214 232671 382 662 460 437 447616 195791

Other-coal, wood, coke, etc. ___________ farms __ 117439 70371 1 678 8363 11 498 14438 17 851 16543 $1,000 __ 44320 31 657 581 3900 6 196 7297 8041 5641

Interest expense ________________________ farms __ 1 049 912 682 578 25933 121 198 143 552 163 922 162 517 65456 $1,000 __ 11 662 657 9 919 602 176489 1 539916 2 580 669 2 849 038 2 138 173 635 316

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 223885 106118 5605 13094 13675 19259 33056 21 429 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 364 976 200 943 9880 35310 35975 45307 51 997 22474 $5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 166 256 119 163 4988 24776 26129 28695 26209 8366 $10,000 or more ____________________________ 294 795 256354 5460 48018 67773 70661 51 255 13 187

Farms reporting no interest expense (see text) ____________________________________ 1 069 178 491 764 12269 34190 43211 69656 139 588 192850

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT1

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment _________________________ farms __ 2232695 1 238 889 39359 160852 194 796 245 594 319658 278 630

$1,000 __ 93 451 370 75 575 618 1 585397 10 283 747 15 415 043 19 181 488 19847 553 9 262 389 Farms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ________________________________ 209 777 66272 2864 6938 6738 7437 14306 27989

$5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 551 045 175 833 5753 14755 18055 23222 41 996 72052 $10,000 to $19,999 __________________________ 413641 193 585 7581 22025 24006 30350 49870 59753 $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ 490489 311 216 12555 44 758 45842 58410 83872 65779 $50,000 to $99,999 __________________________ 294 568 240 108 6613 37756 44216 56507 63960 31 056 $100,000 to $199,999 ________________________ 189 520 173 343 3 128 24970 37831 46861 45189 15364 $200,000 to $499,999 ________________________ 76995 72244 838 9146 16620 20919 18718 6003 $500,000 or more ___________________________ 6660 6288 27 504 1 488 1 888 1 747 634

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT1

Automobiles ____________________________ farms __ 1 492552 956468 26509 119716 152175 200 204 256897 200 967 numbeL_ 2 137657 1 374699 35347 162008 229 285 312406 369607 266 046

Motortrucks, including pickups ____________ farms __ 1 912 566 1 112840 32584 145710 179401 228032 292634 234 479 numbeL_ 3426463 2 310 559 51 920 282236 410 320 537 809 627 109 401 165

Wheel tractors __________________________ farms __ 1 918 341 1 107929 29953 140168 177 575 226 102 292966 241 165 numbeL_ 4 515 986 3 150 226 67191 372693 550 874 731 313 872838 555 317

2 or 3 ________________________________ farms __ 810 987 509093 12817 66683 81 175 101 620 137 192 109 606 number __ 1 941 663 1 254945 30725 163 017 203 177 256 137 341 188 260 701

4 or more _____________________________ farms __ 360 530 314712 5057 34641 60528 84051 90815 39620 number __ 1 827499 1 611 157 24387 170832 311 825 434 745 466 691 202 677

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled only ___________________________________ farms __ 560 584 451 428 11 466 63 914 83904 108 569 124948 58627 number __ 643 638 523 506 12699 71 692 98219 127712 145381 67803

Com heads for combines _________________ farms __ 341 267 279360 7240 41 895 54966 69941 76043 29275 number __ 368 804 302 593 7791 45192 59887 75753 82020 31 950

Cottonpickers and strippers _______________ farms __ 31 830 27747 650 4065 5057 6809 7490 3676 numbeL_ 49446 44 299 848 5906 8850 11 347 11 854 5494

Mower conditioners ______________________ farms __ 543 073 366 142 7826 45096 65185 83056 98366 66613 number __ 593483 400317 8514 48 376 71 854 91 126 107478 72969

Pickup balers ___________________________ farms __ 711 972 485 909 10097 56579 81 353 109 565 135 175 93 140 numbeL_ 798358 552242 11 001 63796 93594 126414 154 540 102 897

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel _______________________________ farms __ 251 507 204661 4409 26846 40294 52075 54789 26248

number __ 284372 232417 5082 30169 46084 58828 62669 29585

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS1

Commercial fertilizer _____________________ farms __ 1 443 843 909556 29723 125526 149 573 188 069 238 720 177 945 acres on which used __ 224 135016 196 786 917 4371 163 28 975407 42 170 095 50 872 557 50454060 19943 635 Ume ___________________________________ farms __ 269642 170958 4212 24244 30846 36699 44 631 30326 acres on which used __ 11 569 144 9 208 610 190 977 1 319108 1 991 806 2 297 459 2 304 142 1 105 118

tons __ 19913 146 15 943 629 343083 2 398 000 3413 148 3 975 515 3 980 634 1 833 249 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., to control-Insects on hay and other crops _________ farms __ 528 942 380398 13044 60036 70813 82624 95466 58415

acres on which used __ 72694 543 65822904 1 403 964 9 638 131 14 911 035 16999905 16533 102 6336 767

See footnotes at end of table.

52 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms' see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'-Con.

Energy and petroleum products ___________ farms __ 986742 20296 130475 243982 257 262 212 951 121 776 $1,000 __ 1 349121 23770 169 276 319768 380 152 302 056 154 098

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 692955 14049 90604 170745 177213 149 293 91 051 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 249394 5537 34332 62659 67232 53609 26025 $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________ 39564 661 5084 9593 11 450 8768 4010 $20,000 or more ____________________________ 4829 49 455 985 1 367 1283 690

Petroleum products ____________________ farms __ 984366 20234 130 133 243392 256681 212 480 121 46B $1,000 __ 1 047 120 19714 135 530 248350 291 345 232 631 119 549

Gasoline and gasohoL _______________ farms __ 857044 17142 114 324 213702 222 952 183 946 104 978 $1,000 __ 500627 8972 63579 119433 137567 110980 60096

Diesel fuel __________________________ farms __ 446203 10432 61 472 109787 120106 96 001 48 405 $1,000 __ 317 976 6918 42626 73846 89263 71 252 34071

LP gas, butane, and propane _________ farms __ 107873 2367 14867 26266 28378 23790 12205 $1,000 __ 94450 1 762 12813 22685 26636 20801 9754

Fuel oil and kerosene ________________ farms __ 49298 940 6625 12547 13 149 10044 5993 $1,000 __ 20322 169 2009 4333 5774 4848 3 189

Natural gas _________________________ farms __ 17690 352 2044 4196 4802 4022 2274 $1,000 __ 37162 341 4 176 9508 11 179 8 154 3806

Motor oil and grease _________________ farms __ 984304 20233 130 130 243 374 256632 212 471 121 464 $1,000 __ 76582 1 552 10328 18545 20927 16596 8634

Electrici1y _____________________________ farms __ 547286 8791 68 809 139871 148 994 119 760 61 061 $1,000 __ 289338 3936 32389 68552 85142 68 495 32824

Other-coal, wood, coke, etc. ___________ farms __ 47068 696 5698 11004 12776 10731 6 163 $1,000 __ 12663 120 1 357 2866 3685 2930 1 725

Interest expense ________________________ farms __ 367334 9006 65 132 115871 103251 58 193 15881 $1,000 __ 1 743 055 25611 256 543 548 145 523 399 303 453 85904

Farms with expenses of-$1 to $999 __________________________________ 117 767 3695 19641 33738 32265 21 650 6778 $1,000 to $4,999 ____________________________ 164 033 4013 31 459 53197 45798 23548 6 018 $5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 47093 792 8794 16157 13485 6446 1 419 $10,000 or more ____________________________ 38441 506 5238 12779 11 703 6549 166B

Farms reporting no interest expense (see text) ____________________________________ 577 414 10800 61 588 120883 144 536 144 206 95401

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT'

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment _________________________ farms __ 993806 20376 131 354 245826 258 954 214 277 123 019

$1,000 __ 17 875 751 368975 2 259 573 4312539 4916281 4 023 789 1 994 594 Farms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ________________________________ 143 505 3255 20984 37069 34976 29821 17400

$5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________ 375 212 7126 47549 89967 92984 81 034 56552 $10,000 to $19,999 __________________________ 220056 4491 29467 56587 60221 46957 22333 $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ 179273 3885 24047 44063 49003 39349 18926 $50,000 to $99,999 __________________________ 54460 1 188 6989 13285 15725 11 728 5545 $100,000 to $199,999 ________________________ 16177 323 1 825 3787 4630 3954 1 658 $200,000 to $499,999 ________________________ 4751 107 466 995 1 313 1 323 547 $500,000 Or more ___________________________ 372 1 27 73 102 111 58

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT'

Automobiles ____________________________ farms __ 536084 10720 66253 126 515 140059 121 903 70634 numbeL_ 762 958 14403 88416 183576 211 902 171 711 92950

Motortrucks, including pickups ____________ farms __ 799726 16146 107 829 201 109 210 56B 171 766 92310 numbeL_ 1 115904 21 657 146082 279081 302820 241 241 125 023

Wheel tractors __________________________ farms __ 810412 14011 99904 200748 218449 180 655 96645 number __ I 365 760 23760 161 766 330259 377 730 311 831 160 414

2 or 3 ________________________________ farms __ 301 894 5169 34 529 72362 85583 69869 34382 number __ 686718 11 644 78392 164 275 195 490 159 238 77679

4 or more _____________________________ farms __ 45818 880 4943 10168 13 416 11 079 5332 number __ 216342 4154 22942 47768 62790 52886 25804

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled only ___________________________________ farms __ 109156 3103 17247 27657 29245 21 819 10085 number._ 120132 3388 18730 30137 32508 24 127 11 242

Com heads for combines _________________ farms __ 61 907 1 824 10483 16269 16488 11 733 5 110 number._ 66211 1 939 11 243 17483 17631 12459 5456

Cottonpickers and strippers _______________ farms __ 4083 153 562 925 1 093 854 496 number._ 5147 165 703 1 174 1 391 1 081 633

Mower conditioners ______________________ farms __ 176 931 2608 19377 42897 52368 40895 18786 number __ 193 168 2819 20936 46518 57451 44 429 21 013

Pickup bslers ___________________________ farms __ 226063 3188 24590 54542 66708 52571 24464 number __ 246 116 3496 26597 59028 72932 57532 26531

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel _______________________________ farms __ 46846 930 5393 11871 13195 10621 4836 number._ 51 955 1 006 5 813 13120 14650 11 855 5 511

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'

Commercial fertilizer _____________________ farms __ 534 287 11 278 71 345 131 864 141436 117 562 60 802 acres on which used __ 27348099 581 351 3 678 344 6518928 7 551 306 6 131 268 2 886 902 Ume ___________________________________ farms __ 98684 1 368 14002 26303 26673 20915 9423 acres on which used __ 2360 534 37812 326 939 577 039 662403 523 221 233 120

tons __ 3969 517 65378 556 446 984 999 1 123 986 858 168 380 540 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., to control-Insects on hay and other crops _________ farms __ 148 544 3621 21 763 37700 38436 31 121 15903

acres on which used __ 6871 639 163683 687 225 1 638641 1 827 930 1 550 430 803 530

See footnotes at end of table.

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA UNITED STATES 53

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms' see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Farming

Item Total farming and other

Age of operator (years)

occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'-Con.

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., to control-Con. Nematodes in crops ___________________ farms __ 76541 57743 2183 9 961 11 108 12593 14550 7348

acres on which used __ 7516 143 6740968 200 727 1 075 140 1 581 187 1 621 624 1 662426 599864 Diseases in crops and orchards _________ farms __ 127 379 80049 2075 11 947 14679 16836 20 372 14140

acres on which used __ 11 665 157 10 367200 147543 1 422 809 2505801 2 619 067 2 632 449 1 039 531 Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and

671 093 617208 23916 97979 109691 133330 160489 91 803 pasture ______________________________ farms __ acres on which used __ 176 533 010 159 199 153 3969110 25285611 35399287 41 340 879 39 553 761 13650505

Chemicals for defOliation, growth control 73605 52505 1 552 8905 10299 11 476 12760 7 513 of crops, or thinning of fruit ______________ farms __

acres on which used __ 9 296 215 8 577 618 134579 1 183 604 2112624 2 168 181 2 152882 825 748

LIVESTOCK

Cattle and calves inventory _______________ farms __ 1 354 158 758 170 19337 88891 117 846 153972 199907 178 217 numbeL_ 103 904 926 82 515 945 1 249614 9 273 263 15511 424 21 018 776 22 247 070 13215 798

Farms with-1 to 9 ______________________________________ 254 398 75104 2233 7567 10477 11 865 17 742 25220 10 to 49 ____________________________________ 614 697 291 267 8346 29215 35215 48285 77556 92650 50 to 99 ____________________________________ 242 318 180719 5314 25413 30010 39156 48 225 32601 100 to 199 __________________________________ 147 575 125946 2578 17464 25023 31 254 33221 16406 200 to 499 __________________________________ 72033 64 305 746 7377 13027 17 588 17353 8214 500 or more ________________________________ 23 137 20829 120 1 855 4094 5824 5810 3126

Cows and heilers that had calved _______ farms __ 1 153 150 661120 15772 75357 101 980 134 546 175772 157 693 number __ 44 761 581 35 187 313 544 820 3866233 6 283 589 8 578 029 9639468 6275 174

Beef cows __________________________ farms __ 957063 494318 10248 47075 66783 94034 136019 140159 number __ 33 941 188 25 011 990 318629 2320 199 3981 070 5796 115 7 146 535 5449442

Farms with-1 to 9 __________________________________ 330 398 112018 2923 9998 13862 17804 28587 38844 10 to 49 ________________________________ 463876 252400 5530 23797 31 118 45206 70095 76654 50 to 99 ________________________________ 96292 73284 1 250 7824 11 562 16518 21 345 14785 100 to 199 ______________________________ 42261 35410 417 3692 6438 8957 9958 5948 200 to 499 ______________________________ 19284 16863 106 1 444 3086 4426 4801 3000 500 or more ____________________________ 4952 4343 22 320 717 1 123 1 233 928

Milk cows ___________________________ farms __ 277 482 221 316 6615 33958 44153 52547 54 367 29676 number __ 10820 393 10 175323 226 191 1 546034 2302 519 2 781 914 2 492 933 825 732

Farms with-1 to 4 __________________________________ 81 538 41 523 727 3806 6202 7657 10329 12802 5 to 9 __________________________________ 11 121 7140 338 880 936 1 221 1 742 2023 10 to 49 ________________________________ 112009 102604 4167 18143 20018 23910 25877 10489 50 to 99 ________________________________ 53253 51 389 1 233 8854 12542 14201 11 622 2937 100 to 199 ______________________________ 14535 13949 124 1 798 3410 4139 3541 937 200 to 499 ______________________________ 3974 3752 23 400 835 1 121 998 375 500 or more ____________________________ 1 052 959 3 77 210 298 258 113

Hellers and heiler calves _______________ farms __ 1 072 916 622544 15666 73966 98111 128254 165 050 141 495 numbeL_ 28543 057 23 015 688 366 975 2677 515 4 533 919 6011 527 6091 611 3 334 141

Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves _______________________________ farms __ 1 149681 642619 15774 73059 98347 130419 171 108 153912 numbeL_ 30600 288 24 312 944 337819 2 729 515 4693916 6429220 6 515 991 3 606 483

Cattle and calves sold ___________________ farms __ 1 277 774 745 186 18863 87257 115140 151 465 197481 174 980 numbeL_ 70 929 911 56 551 888 655026 6297 510 11 575 332 15343739 14 599 572 8080709 $1,000-- 31 515 662 25 543 489 248847 2 821 524 5420 288 7265964 6 564 780 3222088

Calves _______________________________ farms __ 772 771 433 123 10525 50070 66111 85045 113212 108160 number __ 17 547 172 12 990 108 218 641 1 488764 2300633 2 989 072 3469 552 2523446 $1,000 __ 3 739 587 2 725 357 44 700 305699 476619 616052 724 062 558 225

Cattle ________________________________ farms __ 997114 605388 15238 71 807 94988 125433 162349 135 573 numbeL_ 53 382 739 43 561 780 436385 4 808 746 9274699 12354 667 11 130020 5 557 263 $1,000 __ 27776075 22 818 132 204 146 2 515 825 4943 667 6649913 5 840 718 2663863

Fattened on grain and concentrates ___ farms __ 239 757 153243 4212 18847 25578 34471 41 896 28239 numbeL_ 27 575 588 22 554 434 159670 2475455 5253454 7020215 5 508 520 2 137 120 $1,000 __ 17 046 671 13 953923 89086 1 516710 3 220 775 4 370 643 3471 685 1 285 024

Hogs and pigs inventory __________________ farms __ 329485 214397 8957 36307 41 186 47968 51 324 28655 number __ 55222 235 48 504 960 1 734 757 9752568 11 647 909 12342662 10 387 786 2639278

Farms with-1 to 24 _____________________________________ 135682 61 180 1 796 7410 9995 11 805 15323 14851 25 to 49 ____________________________________ 36258 21 996 968 3062 3570 4533 5770 4093 SO to 99 ____________________________________ 39413 28162 1 482 4548 4802 6226 7337 3767 100 to 199 __________________________________ 41 210 33469 1 852 6423 6427 7776 8274 2717 200 to 499 __________________________________ 47946 42586 2017 9274 9409 10484 9269 2133 SOO or more ________________________________ 28978 27004 842 5590 6983 7144 5351 1 094

Used or to be used for breeding ________ farms __ 223 390 153710 6647 26568 29342 34385 37197 19571 numbeL_ 6925 275 5 974010 233 320 1 256 179 1 433385 1 460 161 1 256 277 334688 Other ________________________________ farms __

303 772 200478 8350 34212 38766 45 187 47884 26079 number __ 48 296 960 42 530950 1 501 437 8496389 10214 524 10882 501 9 131 509 2304 590

Hogs and pigs sold ______________________ farms __ 314 742 212501 9212 36513 40993 47772 51 151 26860 number __ 94551 072 82 108837 2870 761 17 128803 20223 988 20618650 17021 327 4 245 308 $1,000 __ 9 841 126 8 672 410 273714 1 719016 2 124 854 2 224 793 1 871 073 458 959 Feeder pigs ___________________________ farms __

90 261 53 978 2988 11 547 10850 10890 10965 6740 numbeL_ 20018 088 15 805900 940 790 4493 477 4038604 3 289 990 2 346 412 696 627 $1,000 __ 933 052 744 009 43 843 212216 192008 153 272 110544 32126

Utters of pigs farrowed between-,

Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ___ farms __ 234 879 160 093 6967 27580 30432 35660 38744 20710 numbeL_ 10 325 207 9 019659 345 154 1 922 905 2178115 2217 964 1 882482 473 039 Dec. 1 and May 31 __________________ farms __ 210378 145913 6236 25314 27940 32822 35291 18310 numbeL_ 5 197 589 4 541 434 167460 956669 1 091 485 1 121 593 956 654 245 573

June 1 and Nov. 30 _________________ farms __ 198 170 139683 6302 25126 27330 31 604 33236 16085 numbeL_ 5 127 618 4 478225 177694 966236 1 086630 1 096371 923828 227466

See footnotes at end of table.

54 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'-Con.

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., to control-Con. Nematodes in crops ___________________ farms __ 18798 425 3213 4834 4892 3675 1 759

acres on which used __ 775 175 15103 125 552 202022 211 119 159 922 61 457 Diseases in crops and orchards _________ farms __ 47330 848 6189 12241 12321 10853 4878

acres on which used __ 1 297 957 17584 131 292 283348 341 624 358 581 165 528 Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and pasture ______________________________ farms __ 253 885 7188 40869 67140 65732 50589 22367

. acres on which used __ 17 333 857 424085 2716 978 4324538 4610 202 3628 762 1 629 292 Chemicals for defoliation, growth control of crops, or thinning of frutt ______________ farms __ 21 300 643 3564 5609 5306 4292 1 886

acres on which used __ 718 597 10861 98463 171 030 194 383 169911 73949

LIVESTOCK

Cattle and calves inventory _______________ farms __ 595 988 9359 70439 144 316 159219 134913 77 742 number __ 21 388 981 252 152 2 254 348 4567718 5 960 953 5324 937 3 028 873

Farms wtth-1 to 9 ______________________________________ 179294 2965 25582 51 101 46010 33531 20105 10 to 49 ____________________________________ 323 430 5167 35980 73494 86732 77 059 44 £18 50 to 99 ____________________________________ 61 599 869 6142 13167 17 458 15904 8059 100 to 199 __________________________________ 21 629 286 1 921 4629 6194 5651 2948 200 to 499 __________________________________ 7728 63 649 1 529 2 212 2064 1 211 500 or more ________________________________ 2308 9 165 396 613 704 421

Cows and he~ers that had calved _______ farms __ 492030 7171 53172 114963 133 339 116037 67348 number __ 9574268 110487 844 950 1 954 181 2 643 052 2551 745 1 469 853

Beef cows __________________________ farms __ 462 745 6556 49024 107 219 126 098 110280 63568 numbeL_ 8 929 198 98588 767880 1 805 167 2464 887 2401 693 1 390 983

Farms wtth-1 to 9 __________________________________ 218380 3303 26116 56146 58364 47004 27447 10 to 49 ________________________________ 211 476 2939 20338 44 537 58306 54232 31 124 50 to 99 ________________________________ 23008 250 1 903 4737 6637 6205 3276 100 to 199 ______________________________ 6851 50 490 1316 1 947 1 928 1 120 200 to 499 ______________________________ 2421 13 156 398 704 700 450 500 or more ____________________________ 609 1 21 85 140 211 151

Milk cows ___________________________ farms __ 56166 950 7081 14991 14 611 11 279 7254 numbeL_ 645070 11 899 77070 149014 178 165 150 052 78870

Farms wtth-1 to 4 __________________________________ 40015 532 4908 11 182 10 410 7780 5203 5 to 9 __________________________________ 3981 108 510 909 933 826 695 10 to 49 ________________________________ 9405 263 1364 2286 2447 1 994 1 051 50 to 99 ________________________________ 1864 35 208 412 565 448 198 100 to 199 ______________________________ 586 9 56 142 166 151 62 200 to 499 ______________________________ 222 2 27 43 66 52 32 500 or more ____________________________ 93 1 8 17 24 28 15

He~ers and he~er calves _______________ farms __ 450372 7036 52764 107896 121 576 103 522 57 578 numbeL_ 5527369 70335 617661 1 193 332 1 526 771 1 376 163 743 107

Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves _______________________________ farms __ 507062 7609 58488 121 928 137 443 116425 65 169 numbeL_ 6287 344 71 330 791 737 1 420205 1 791 130 1 397029 815 913

Cattle and calves sold ___________________ farms __ 532588 8531 60718 124633 142 377 123 835 72494 numbeL_ 14378023 134155 1 759 515 3 195862 4 007 048 3 363 561 1 917882 $1,000 __ 5 972 173 43778 816000 1 365792 1 691 209 1 321 640 733 754

Calves _______________________________ farms __ 339648 5181 37382 77 134 90 224 80432 49295 number __ 4 557 064 61 073 465981 964 463 1 210 568 1 159 534 695 445 $1,000 __ 1 014230 13478 105029 216097 270 585 258 291 150 750

Cattle ________________________________ farms __ 391 726 6082 44 618 92680 106 465 91 585 50296 numbeL_ 9820 959 73082 1 293 534 2231 399 2 796 480 2204027 1 222 437 $1,000 __ 4 957 943 30300 710971 1 149695 1 420 624 1 063 349 583 004

Fattened on grain and concentrates ___ farms __ 86 514 1 461 11 129 23503 23705 17 947 8769 number __ 5021 134 17921 822 539 1210414 1 482 366 978 589 509 305 $1,000 __ 3092 747 9034 529 528 750481 911 590 581 748 310 367

Hogs and pigs inventory __________________ farms __ 115088 3422 20616 34272 28316 19036 9426 number __ 6717 275 261 681 1 417 194 1 966999 1 643 678 1 036 812 390 911

Farms wtth-1 to 24 _____________________________________ 74502 1 530 11 872 22792 18600 12793 6 915 25 to 49 ____________________________________ 14260 528 2648 3943 3547 2435 1 159 50 to 99 ____________________________________

11 251 614 2468 3130 2 615 1765 659 100 to 199 __________________________________ 7741 437 1 881 2214 1 784 1 057 368 200 to 499 __________________________________ 5360 255 1 333 1633 1 262 861 216 500 or more ________________________________ 1 974 58 414 560 508 325 109

Used or to be used for breeding ________ farms __ 69680 2374 12869 20244 17 012 11601 5580 number __ 951 265 37082 209 350 276619 234 932 141 992 51 290

Other ________________________________ farms __ 103294 3064 18534 30836 25503 17 012 8345 number __ 5766 010 224599 1 207 844 1 690380 1 408 746 894 820 339 621

Hogs and pigs sold ______________________ farms __ 102241 3566 19259 30742 24821 16167 7886 numbeL_ 12442235 471 346 2 714 309 3 718 165 3 050 432 1 829 033 658 950 $1,000 __ 1 168 716 43800 238673' 343 937 298 377 177 096 66 835

Feeder pigs ___________________________ farms __ 36283 1 324 7703 11251 8580 5 134 2291 number __ 4 212 186 174850 1 139858 1 321 515 904 208 519913 151 842 $1,000 __ 189043 7970 51 021 59527 40746 23383 6395

Litters of pigs farrowed between-Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ___ farms __ 74786 2583 13832 21780 18262 12345 5984

number __ 1 305548 50766 292 941 382096 312 201 196 074 71 470 Dec. 1 and May 31 __________________ farms __ 64 465 2195 11 836 18694 15 754 10728 5258

number __ 656 155 24825 144 557 192852 154 162 101 179 38580 June 1 and Nov. 30 _________________ farms __ 58487 2167 11 340 17107 14209 9496 4 168

number __ 649393 25941 148 384 189244 158 039 94895 32890

See footnotes at end of table.

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA UNITED STATES 55

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text!

Farming

Item Total farming Age of operator (years)

and other occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

LIVESTOCK-Con.

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory _____ farms __ 101 373 55863 1 599 7216 10344 11 388 13542 11 774 numbeL_ 12069050 9 841 297 137 224 1 184683 1 729 506 2 397 573 2 568 803 1 823 508

Ewes 1 year old or older _______________ farms __ 90300 50761 1 482 6396 9192 10294 12479 10918 number __ 7433 846 6076726 87729 727496 1 054069 1 458 016 1 651 335 1 098081

Sheep and lambs sold ___________________ farms __ 94758 54079 1 594 6899 9797 10970 13238 11 581 numbeL_ 10607 533 8 577 124 107 982 1 035 169 1 539 541 2228021 2 163 756 1 502655

Sheep and lambs shorn __________________ farms __ 87937 50 373 1 479 6236 8999 10192 12454 11 013 number __ 10974511 8853 274 113583 1 089654 1 519740 2 176055 2425 792 1 526450

pounds of wooL 65 300 874 70 592 717 870 117 8 576299 11 656827 17 334 203 19 192 208 12763063

Horses and ponies inventory ______________ farms __ 416605 191 112 4051 24994 38160 40334 45664 37909 number __ 2210604 1 114652 16437 135025 238111 253 763 269653 201 663

Horses and ponies sold __________________ farms __ 83219 34287 704 5210 7906 7235 7400 5832 numbeL_ 293 273 147121 2418 18431 34507 35952 31 805 24008 $1,000 __ 787 549 451 925 4082 52540 130 483 126002 88017 50801

Goats inventory _________________________ farms __ 42666 16299 382 2381 3717 3265 3433 3101 number __ 1 564 121 1 139766 10696 107393 206 856 281 640 310 764 222 419

Goats sold ______________________________ farms __ 16236 6202 117 967 1 422 1 128 1 319 1 249 n~;nbeL_ 377 087 251 505 2127 29261 41 928 58078 64715 55396 $1,000 __ 12672 8356 68 1 092 1 453 1 960 2065 1 719

POULTRY

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory __ farms __ 215655 107535 1 766 11 023 16543 19615 27207 31 381 number __ 361 777067 293 157935 3 261 016 32091 064 65 746 127 86 653 122 79 305 317 26 101 289

Farms with-1 to 399 ____________________________________ 202 209 96788 1 566 9773 14409 16821 24 199 30000 400 to 3,199 ________________________________ 3467 2899 42 213 361 558 978 747 3,200 to 9,999 ______________________________ 2796 2152 43 287 442 579 592 209 10,000 to 19,999 ____________________________ 3 110 2400 38 354 565 668 589 186 20,000 to 49,999 ____________________________ 2509 1 996 40 231 492 575 513 145 50,000 to 99,999 ____________________________ 1 011 849 15 117 186 261 219 51 100,000 or more ____________________________ 553 451 2 48 88 153 117 43

Hens and pullets of laying age __________ farms __ 212451 105887 1 710 10834 16253 19257 26792 31 041 numbeL_ 309889 818 253488037 2617 176 28 815 028 57571 182 74277 759 67 928 785 22278 107

Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying age ___________________________ farms __ 28092 12631 222 1 239 2051 2349 3 194 3576 number __ 51 887249 39669898 643840 3276036 8 174 945 12375363 11 376532 3 823 182

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ______ farms __ 35974 23215 397 2537 4004 5106 6412 4759 numbeL_ 385071 189 298344 641 4670 243 34 390 918 68756674 86 376 042 79860057 24290 707

Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ___________________________________ farms __ 30062 18635 457 2668 4150 4653 4529 2 178 number __ 3 514 640 870 2630 502 338 48 606 695 409660306 630556658 731 019036 623 561 547 187098096

Farms with-1 to 1,999 __________________________________ 10334 4975 195 1 003 1 157 997 983 640 2,000 to 59,999 _____________________________ 2844 1748 29 172 277 342 510 418 60,000 to 99,999 ____________________________ 3675 2241 40 225 386 541 647 402 100,000 or more ____________________________ 13209 9671 193 1 268 2330 2773 2389 718

T

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________ farms __ 14074 5906 108 689 1 132 1 243 1 455 1 279 numbeL_ 3461 678 2 917 578 20224 201 256 434 507 1 319120 801 187 141 284

urkeys sold ____________________________ farms __ 7473 3983 102 649 909 970 888 465 number __ 171 985654 146072306 2 198 371 18084 038 34251 985 44 029 580 37 727 008 9781 324

CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain or seed ___________________ farms __ 714699 519798 20373 79975 90816 112325 135918 80391 acres __ 69770 178 62 565 032 1 795 935 10071 871 13 855 175 16 167 915 15 546 031 5 128 105

bushels __ 7500 093 872 6789224674 190324401 1 099910972 1 526498 551 1 768 734 228 1 678 758 733 524997 789 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 44 848 39921 1 536 7186 8198 9810 9612 3579

acres __ 8440957 7 972212 200 799 1 316401 1 846462 2 171 519 1 849 637 587 394 Farms by acres harvested:

1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 244 588 125511 4183 13824 16331 20759 32642 37772 25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 249 815 190050 9896 31 239 30544 38764 51 302 28305 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 152 120 139059 5 114 24634 27421 34 257 36981 10652 250 acres or more ___________________________ 88196 65178 1 180 10278 16520 18545 14993 3662

m for silage or green chop _____________ farms __ 221 972 195186 5529 31 099 40262 49338 49497 19461 acres __ 7 984 850 7446858 147 783 1 025 169 1 634 614 2090289 1 907426 641 577

Co

Irrigated __________________________ ~o_~~ ?=~== 110229 754 102976850 1 861 452 13 854 599 22 680 158 29 178859 26 533 418 8868 364 16686 14907 315 2065 2934 4046 3888 1 659

acres __ 1 059111 986875 13787 109334 191 369 285396 277 424 109 565

ghum for grain or seed ________________ farms __ 93587 76172 3101 12511 13463 16565 19629 10903 acres __ 12 665 856 11 524720 301 457 1 826907 2421 700 2 947 648 2 890 062 1 136 946

Sor

bushels __ 725 385 651 666 834 843 17 092 475 106 460 974 143866 569 173 718 167 165 730 114 59 966 544 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 14041 12688 413 2379 2489 3097 3090 1 220

acres __ 2 185 219 2065 162 49284 327896 441 439 592660 488 130 165 753 Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 18940 12202 588 1 655 1 642 2105 3258 2954

25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 38722 30895 1 565 5158 4998 6209 8112 4853 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 23036 20917 699 3734 4057 4936 5362 2 129 250 acres or more ___________________________ 12889 12158 249 1 964 2766 3315 2897 967

I for grain _________________________ farms __ 445 743 341 840 12223 49369 57716 72653 91 483 58396 acres __ 70864 769 63 613677 1 426 570 8624 783 12588 494 16072 763 17 105 296 7815 771

Whee

bushels __ 2371 318013 2 151 617 725 46499 938 291 834 227 433473 957 551 486 919 576 540044 251 782640 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 27856 24092 887 4117 4774 5719 6061 2734

acres __ 4637548 4353 128 88 888 578265 976304 1 223297 1 078 791 427 583 Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 127 918 79828 3 152 9993 10915 14311 21 432 20025

25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 151 937 114965 4828 17049 18766 23585 31 259 19478 100 10 249 acres ____________________________ 85237 72295 2690 11 802 12956 15925 18645 10277 250 acres or more ___________________________ 80653 74752 1 553 10525 15079 18832 20 147 8616

See footnotes at end of table.

56 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms' see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

LIVESTOCK -Con.

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory _____ farms __ 45510 977 6442 14383 11 898 7753 4057 number __ 2227 753 45931 298400 560021 596 443 456079 270 879

Ewes 1 year old or older _______________ farms __ 39539 881 5494 12247 10438 6901 3 578 number __ 1 357 120 27358 175747 346993 358 823 283 183 165 016

Sheep and lambs sold ___________________ farms __ 40679 944 5741 12722 10501 6973 3 798 numbeL_ 2030409 32772 309 356 500201 600 059 391 402 196 619

Sheep and lambs shorn __________________ farms __ 37564 852 5204 11 566 9802 6585 3 555 numbeL_ 2 121 237 37236 260005 503297 664 602 432 604 223 493

pounds of wooL_ 14 708 157 264834 1 817 236 3476464 4359 389 3 039 945 1 750 289

Horses and ponies inventory ______________ farms __ 225493 2753 31 560 70 108 61 551 41 545 17 976 numbeL_ 1 095 952 10316 137561 332 146 305434 211 752 98743

Horses and ponies sold __________________ farms __ 48932 603 8071 17328 12569 7420 2941 numbeL_ 146152 1 506 22268 50607 36505 25036 10230 $1,000 __ 335 624 1 505 31 992 106676 85618 65607 44227

Goats inventory _________________________ farms __ 26367 336 4378 9250 6863 3927 1 613 number __ 424353 3033 55801 105598 121 914 91 299 46708

Goats sold ______________________________ farms __ 10034 138 1 758 3652 2579 1 364 543 numbeL_ 125 582 898 15054 34838 36139 26432 12221 $1,000 __ 4316 31 518 1 366 1 273 792 337

POULTRY

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory __ farms __ 108 120 1 074 14425 31 450 27333 20611 13227 number __ 68 619 132 600201 7 780 375 15 571 817 22 155 897 16 882 191 5 628 651

Farms with-1 to 399 ____________________________________ 105421 1 031 14062 30776 26547 20028 12977 400 to 3,199 ________________________________ 568 10 54 101 147 139 117 3,200 to 9,999 ______________________________ 644 14 93 202 171 132 32 10,000 to 19,999 ____________________________ 710 9 114 178 219 141 49 20,000 to 49,999 ____________________________ 513 7 71 125 167 110 33 50,000 to 99,999 ____________________________ 162 3 20 43 50 38 8 100,000 or more ____________________________ 102 - 11 25 32 23 11

Hens and pullets of laying age __________ farms __ 106 564 1 052 14185 30998 26947 20320 13062 number __ 56401 781 396704 6 388 905 12 377 469 18081 640 14 438 591 4 718 472

Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying age ___________________________ farms __ 15461 198 2304 4682 3911 2759 1 607 number __ 12.217351 203497 1 391 470 3 194348 4074257 2 443 600 910 179

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ______ farms __ 12759 175 1 929 3814 3 135 2360 1 346 number __ 86 726 548 1 307836 10 539 710 19 108 550 28839 266 21 904 067 5 027 119

Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold _ _____ __ __ _ _ ______ ___ _ _____________ farms __ 11 427 213 2003 3801 2846 1 649 715 number __ 884 138 532 11 390877 110 949 220 266967 700 259 812 007 178 756 496 56 262 232

Farms w~h-1 to 1,999 __________________________________ 5359 113 1 197 2046 1 169 602 232 2,000 to 59,999 _____________________________ 1 096 24 146 248 281 265 132 60,000 to 99,999 ____________________________ 1 434 23 178 363 381 329 160 100,000 or more ____________________________ 3538 53 482 1 144 1 015 653 191

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________ farms __ 8 168 113 1 214 2480 2222 1 520 619 numbeL_ 544 100 353 57798 137513 100168 87644 160 624

Turkeys sold ____________________________ farms __ 3490 61 673 1 224 848 493 191 numbeL_ 25 913 348 619791 2 851 800 5498033 6 728 428 7 563 831 2 651 465

CROPS HARVESTED

Corn for grain or seed ___________________ farms __ 194901 5485 29756 49373 49788 39787 20 712 acres __ 7 205 146 204 128 1 154 957 1 850 602 1 930793 1 429 498 635 168

bushels __ 710 869 198 20 256 505 115 332 568 183 726 926 191 390 756 139 669 549 60 492 894 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 4927 135 717 1 247 1 282 1 069 477

acres __ 468 745 7910 57434 105519 126962 121 032 49888 Farms by acres harvested:

25358 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 119057 2856 16376 29732 30421 14 314 25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 59765 2213 10706 15364 14979 11 399 5 104 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 13061 385 2307 3502 3475 2364 1 028 250 acres or more ___________________________ 3018 31 367 775 913 666 266

Corn for silage or green chop _____________ farms __ 26786 498 3599 6699 7420 5855 2 715 acres __ 537 992 7899 54394 124619 158 692 125 505 66883

Irrigated __________________________ ~o_~~ ?;~~== 7 252 904 99032 728 791 1 741 281 2080 482 1 676 073 927 245 1 779 31 219 440 501 409 179

acres __ 72 236 856 6803 17 973 24363 13995 8246

Sorghum for grain or seed ________________ farms __ 17 415 653 3110 4 151 4152 3 529 1 820 acres __ 1 141 136 31 477 183 836 259 548 279831 247 275 139 169

bushels __ 58 550 808 1 603817 9 766 578 13462672 14407 712 12 455 413 6 854 616 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 1 353 26 258 295 375 278 121

acres __ 120 057 1 753 17376 24111 35272 22657 18 888 Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 6738 241 1 113 1 632 1 587 1 397 768

25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 7827 331 1572 1 830 1 837 1 519 738 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 2119 75 339 526 528 430 221 250 acres or more ___________________________ 731 6 86 163 200 183 93

Wheat for grain _________________________ farms __ 103 903 3351 16470 24829 26133 21 795 11 325 acres __ 7 251 092 193177 1 089 105 1 633 616 1 893047 1 621 943 820 204

bushels __ 219 700288 5728 768 32 815 665 49 806 709 57693 326 49081 160 24 574 660 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 3764 71 547 887 1 077 786 396

acres __ 284420 3779 36385 64 049 75340 70294 34 573 Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 48088 1 467 7202 11 436 12126 10 381 5476

25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 36972 1350 6207 9 153 9 i33 7 372 3757 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 12942 415 2229 2922 3262 2708 1 406 250 acres or more ___________________________ 5901 119 832 1 318 1 612 1 334 686

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnonnal fanns· see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Farming

Item Total farming Age of operator (years)

and other occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

CROPS HARVESTED-Con. Baney for grain __________________________ farms __ 79 147 66961 1 986 10278 12528 15416 17618 9135

acres __ 8 620 293 8070003 168 500 1 136105 1 748 439 2 129 596 2088 293 799070 bushels __ 486 366 918 437 549 102 8966 316 63 181 100 96 171 797 114 475 953 113243 487 41 510 449

Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 20593 16550 454 2579 3106 3747 4348 2316 acres __ 1 832 570 1 674830 28314 239 539 372096 429504 437480 167 897

Oa1s for grain ___________________________ fanns __ 280673 225669 6968 32547 40068 51 334 60853 33899 acres __ 9 120 145 8 123 017 229866 1 154 177 1 581 915 2048 178 2 180 136 930 745

bushels __ 505 251 355 455018570 12 647 694 64 914 269 90260 041 116 583 066 122094 723 48 518 777 Irrigated ______________________________ fanns __ 7 196 5666 89 748 1084 1 369 1 459 917

acres __ 245 574 217 443 4619 28289 49341 55047 52304 27843

Rice ___________________________________ farms __ 11 431 10427 370 1 889 2484 2548 2319 817 acres __ 3231 113 3 097 681 57142 465655 787317 782 232 749893 255442

cwt __ 154 881 710 148 744 298 2416 127 21 821 963 37 567 401 37 550 509 36358428 13 029 870 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 11 431 10427 370 1 889 2484 2548 2319 817

acres __ 3 231 113 3097681 57142 465 655 787317 782 232 749893 255 442

COtton __________________________________ farms __ 38182 31 922 1 171 5037 5796 7279 8175 4464 acres __ 9 759 281 9 129 724 192 752 1 258 197 2063 573 2451 838 2252478 910886 bales __ 11 337 227 10 720 296 145 778 1 249 125 2 580 191 2 763 283 2826976 1 154 943

Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 11 607 10303 321 1654 1 972 2625 2634 1 097 acres __ 3 407 261 3 246 327 49160 357 935 763 138 873 251 852 852 349 991

Farms by acres harvested: 5073 3037 162 325 334 531 787 898 1 to 24 acres _______________________________

25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 11 137 8514 437 1 390 1 231 1 608 2265 1 583 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 10 124 9100 319 1 626 1 760 2030 2412 953 250 acres or more ___________________________ 11 848 11 271 253 1 696 2471 3110 2711 1 030

Tobacco ________________________________ farms __ 179 103 98133 3386 11 981 15673 19804 24264 23025 acres __ 931 183 721 762 20678 108 396 151 368 179621 171 210 90489

pounds __ 1 870 468 674 1 475439 188 41 506 987 223251 203 313267431 366 641 645 351 825888 178 946 034 Irrigated ______________________________ fanns __ 8565 6173 251 1 040 1244 1 385 1 426 827

acres __ 94442 82982 1 975 14628 19746 21 568 17896 7 169 Farms by acres harvested:

33444 11 465 265 779 1 699 0.1 to 0.9 acres _____________________________ 1 186 2794 4742 1.0 to 1.9 acres _____________________________ 42540 17 709 511 1 440 2104 2896 4503 6255 2.0 to 2.9 acres _____________________________ 26092 13229 452 1 396 1 823 2511 3434 3613 3.0 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 28039 16875 672 2186 2698 3393 4326 3600 5.0 to 9.9 acres _____________________________ 25794 18563 906 2753 3297 4124 4555 2928 10.0 acres or more __________________________ 23 194 20292 580 3427 4565 5181 4652 1 887

Soybeans for beans _____________________ farms __ 510 958 373646 16108 59351 65241 80428 98873 53645 acres __ 64 791 074 57003505 1 599 334 9 181 435 12934026 14499806 14 137 478 4651 426

bushels __ 1 988 770 993 1 767740628 49 548 026 285 826 717 398929655 450 982 355 441 587 500 140866 375 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 16 132 14629 526 2922 3283 3603 3330 965

acres __ 2 318 862 2 192608 49342 381 714 563097 581 188 486 566 130701 Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 108 257 54448 2676 6672 6579 8794 14081 15646

25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 207 984 143761 8002 22244 20610 27514 40029 25362 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 129124 113580 4148 20291 21 866 27263 30872 9 140 250 acres or more ___________________________ 65593 61 857 1 282 10144 16186 16857 13891 3497

Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas ______ farms __ 17905 15 175 674 2841 2900 3329 3885 1 546 acres __ 1 698072 1 577 899 45068 275 079 341 761 411 101 396573 108317

cwt __ 24 401 376 22808032 673 715 3 979 025 4920407 5 963 104 5 769 845 1 501 936 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 8001 7305 287 1 494 1 496 1 621 1 795 612

acres __ 735 643 702032 14879 130636 159874 179 380 170745 46518

Irish potatoes ___________________________ farms __ 26782 17750 340 1 824 2621 3435 4816 4714 acres __ 1 263 822 1 204 182 17144 142356 286247 347076 294976 116383

cwt __ 333 597 555 318 110208 3 980 280 39 119706 79243489 88 509 292 75864 829 31 392612 Irrigated ______________________________ fanns __ 6000 5146 115 872 1042 1 183 1 317 617

acres __ 809 097 772335 8477 101 450 192566 209 121 178793 81 929 Farms by acres harvested:

0.1 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 18241 10005 119 603 1 022 1 524 2859 3878 5.0 to 24.9 acres ____________________________ 2 119 1 639 66 225 264 337 439 308 25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________ 2814 2625 95 544 508 590 649 239 100.0 acres or more _________________________ 3608 3481 60 452 827 984 869 289

Sugar bea1s for sugar ____________________ farms __ 8 314 7895 404 1 596 1 598 1 886 1 928 483 acres __ 1 033459 1 012 292 25168 157052 232021 282037 249798 66216 tons __ 21 173 189 20734564 488810 3 190529 4811 694 5 726 806 5 113 772 1 402953

Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 4957 4759 200 1 002 974 1 099 1 134 350 acres __ 544 580 533115 9925 81 470 122370 141 929 132084 45337

Peanu1s for nu1s _________________________ farms __ 23011 17343 413 2286 3080 3693 4838 3033 acres __ 1 236 357 1 107 013 17365 147 704 254 332 277 509 301 821 108282

pounds __ 3 242 275 126 2943 390 782 44 122 419 395 185 723 698084 268 743 961 760 793 161 082 268875 530 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 3612 3071 74 514 723 698 760 302

acres __ 295 991 271 200 3749 39120 73177 67358 67133 20663

Hay-sHalfa, other tame, small 8rain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. see text) __ farms __ 1 050 177 642571 14987 76679 102464 132914 171 840 143687

acres __ 56 524276 45065 190 809002 5450696 8383899 11 046 118 11 989 734 7 385 741 tons, dry __ 127 921 780 106336258 1 911 580 13 477 399 21 065296 27 092 486 27846602 14942895 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __

88 133 58893 1 030 7274 10169 13387 15903 11 130 acres __ 8 409 151 7269227 75351 738514 1 344 750 1 933 132 1 965 119 1 212361

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 498 493 230059 5926 24394 29908 39290 60726 69815 25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 407 872 285865 6853 35421 46518 60 755 78381 57937 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 113311 98762 1911 13779 20437 25353 25 197 12085 250 acres or more ___________________________ 30501 27885 297 3085 5601 7516 7536 3850

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

CROPS HARVESTED-Con. Barley for grain __________________________ farms __ 12186 284 1 765 3016 3280 2650 1 191

acres __ 550290 12993 60736 131 665 154 259 118 569 52066 bushels __ 28 817 816 708298 4 167 114 7059068 7 933 543 6 220 083 2 729 710 Imgated ______________________________ farms __

4043 61 486 1025 1226 877 368 acres __ 157740 2396 18582 40 328 49414 31 820 15200

Oats for grain ___________________________ farms __ 55004 1217 8089 14303 14475 11 411 5509 acres __ 997 128 25353 150609 249778 259519 206 336 105 533

bushels __ 50 232 785 1 337341 7 575 222 12591 899 13220 399 10 304 579 5 203 345 lnigated ______________________________ farms __ 1 530 21 200 395 425 321 168

acres __ 28131 624 3720 6617 7720 6090 3360

Rice ___________________________________ farms __ 1 004 30 143 233 239 230 129 acres __ 133432 1 715 14023 31223 35798 35385 15288

cwL 6 137412 55383 602 996 1 444 184 1 705 904 1 643 998 684 947 Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 1 004 30 143 233 239 230 129

acres __ 133 432 1 715 14023 31 223 35798 35385 15288

COtton __________________________________ farms __ 6260 213 902 1354 1 526 1 431 834 acres __ 629 557 16155 87231 126034 172647 157331 70 159 bales __ 816931 13030 75914 119717 183 735 154 160 70375

Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 1 304 34 182 279 357 310 142 acres __ 160 934 3119 22842 28832 58 047 31 670 16624

Farms by acres halVested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 2036 71 240 417 467 504 337

25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 2623 96 411 598 646 557 315 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 1 024 35 180 224 238 229 118 250 acres or more ___________________________ 577 11 71 115 175 141 64

Tobacco ________________________________ farms __ 80970 2252 12 116 20002 19730 15 952 10 918 acres __ 209421 5076 30 311 51917 52918 43063 26 136

pounds __ 395 029 486 9089633 56 781 441 98 126501 100 018 977 81 919081 49 113 853 Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 2392 63 387 620 606 444 272

acres __ 11 460 211 1 486 2806 3128 2477 1 370 Farms by acres hSlVested: 0.1 to 0.9 acres _____________________________ 21 979 544 2862 5331 5351 4445 3446

1.0 to 1.9 acres _____________________________ 24831 728 3734 5990 5947 4932 3500 2.0 to 2.9 acres _____________________________ 12863 412 2141 3189 3 131 2436 1 554 3.0 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 11 164 338 1 682 2922 2701 2091 1 230 5.0 to 9.9 acres _____________________________ 7231 184 1 146 1875 1803 1 392 831 10.0 acres or more __________________________ 2902 46 351 695 797 656 357

Soybeans for beans _____________________ farms __ 137312 4782 22 855 34903 34 292 27201 13279 acres __ 7787569 216595 1 282353 2073635 2051 342 1 515 993 647 651

bushels __ 221 030365 6251 420 36477 219 58 359504 58 084 700 43 315 904 18 541 618 Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 1 503 52 252 392 376 314 117 acres __ 126254 1812 19832 31 335 33423 30311 9541

Farms by acres hSlVested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 53809 1 893 8303 13058 13106 11 230 6219 25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 64 223 2409 11 214 16392 15998 12432 5778 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 15544 436 2820 4387 4 118 2768 1 015 250 acres or more ___________________________ 3736 44 518 1066 1 070 771 267

Dry edible beans, excluding dry IImas ______ farms __ 2730 90 451 718 704 516 251 acres __ 120173 4037 17948 31918 34422 21 174 10 674 cwt __ 1 593344 42337 232628 420980 452 414 287 609 157 376

Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 696 20 101 185 175 140 75 acres __ 33611 781 4375 8500 10445 6866 4844

Irish potatoes ___________________________ farms __ 9032 112 833 1836 2425 2397 1 429 acres __ 59840 833 5311 10521 13508 23056 6 411

cwt __ 15487347 177 506 1 348 052 2679705 3 276 987 6612 007 1 395 090 Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 854 16 120 179 244 199 96

acres.._ 36761 403 3191 6156 8957 14765 3291 Farms by acres hSlVested:

0.1 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 8236 86 723 1667 2227 2 215 1 318 5.0 to 24.9 acres ____________________________ 480 15 59 102 125 108 71 25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________ 189 11 35 42 41 37 23 100.0 acres or mOre _________________________ 127 - 16 25 32 37 17

ugar beets for sugar ____________________ farms __ 419 22 74 93 111 83 36 acres __ 21 167 836 2660 3908 5470 5948 2345

s tons __ 438625 17 236 52386 73585 114 177 128 133 53 108

Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 198 6 24 37 53 53 25 acres __ 11 465 222 1 182 1619 2497 4009 1 936

Peanuts for nuts _________________________ farms __ 5668 95 645 1 299 1441 1 336 852 acres __ 129344 1588 13877 30154 32350 31 669 19706

pounds __ 298884 344 3329564 31 291 551 70207369 71 008268 75 061 325 47 988 247 Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 541 8 76 142 134 121 60

acres __ 24791 148 2910 5069 5415 6529 4722

H ay -alfalfa, other tame, small Wain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. see text) __ farms __ 407 606 5152 48163 99521 110 840 94292 51 638

acres __ 11 459 086 137562 1 170 348 2617756 3 175282 2 819 870 1 538 268 tons, dry __ 21 585 522 260069 2 176371 4969685 6031 806 5 345 341 2 802 050

Imgated ______________________________ farms __ 29240 267 3229 7741 8550 6494 2959 acres __ 1 139 924 9131 96 175 250742 335 133 295 585 153 158

Farms by acres hSlVested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________ 268434 3379 31 642 67557 71 861 60225 33770 25 to 99 acres ______________________________ 122007 1 555 12867 28283 34005 29757 15540 100 to 249 acres ____________________________ 14549 197 1 436 3170 4272 3578 1 896

250 acres or more ___________________________ 2616 21 218 511 702 732 432

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Farming

Item Total farming and other

Age of operator (years)

occupations Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

CROPS HARVESTED-Con. Alfalfa hay ______________________________ farms __ 507 778 369 189 9728 51 109 65596 83 157 97914 61 665

acres __ 23 813 569 20479572 406928 2673894 4 035 729 5 223 420 5390 921 2748 660 tons, dry __ 71 348 869 62 823 932 1 203 952 8358 350 12 974 286 16 503 230 16240 882 7543 232 Irrigated ____________________________ farms __ 66 209 47257 845 5994 8272 10978 12732 8436

acres __ 5463 735 4 728 447 55923 529297 916628 1 269259 1 260 719 696 621

Vegetables harvested for sale (S99 text) ___ farms __ 68899 43749 1 108 5616 7584 9026 11548 8867 acres __ 3 317 534 2 981 084 34071 310923 608 371 748 521 904395 374802 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __

21 843 16119 336 2313 3050 3556 4374 2490 acres __ 2021 940 1 907770 13232 192 614 387 150 468210 814841 231 723

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 29486 13602 278 1 571 1 996 2077 3399 4281 5.0 to 24.9 acres ____________________________ 19873 13056 432 1 697 2167 2627 3442 2691 25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________ 13177 11 137 327 1 685 2126 2707 2988 1304 100.0 acres or more _________________________ 6383 5954 71 663 1 295 1 615 1 719 591

Land in orchards ________________________ farms __ 123379 55932 497 4760 8012 10 175 16047 16441 acres __ 4 742 355 3 580 125 15827 281 922 705 760 901 028 1 036 141 639447 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 50 398 29443 221 2622 4484 5795 8738 7563 acres __ 3343409 2602025 8903 208256 523 212 674485 737932 449 238

Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 0.1 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 48404 15885 132 1 253 1 893 2 197 4269 6141 5.0 to 24.9 acres ____________________________ 44 304 18298 179 1464 2219 3033 5256 6147 25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________ 21 785 14484 152 1 447 2413 3087 4384 3001 100.0 acres or more _________________________ 8886 7265 34 596 1 487 1 858 2138 1 152

See footnotes at end of table.

60 UNITED STATES 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-UNITED STATES DATA

Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-con. [Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Other occupations

Item Age of operator (years)

Total Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

CROPS HARVESTED-Con.

Alfalfa hay ______________________________ farms __ 138 589 1 900 16879 35759 38113 30211 15727 acres __ 3 333 997 44445 360243 800096 923 206 791 409 414 598

tons, dry __ 8 524 937 115292 906 015 2061 600 2393059 2032 155 1 016 816 Irrigated ____________________________ farms __ 20952 192 2354 5542 6154 4652 2058 acres __ 735288 7266 66991 166245 215 463 189 578 89745

Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ___ farms __ 25150 483 3480 6830 6571 5 210 2576 acres __ 336450 5947 39730 89921 84 123 77 160 39570 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 5724 103 841 1553 1 579 1 177 471 acres __ 114 170 1 619 10867 25511 32582 26047 17544

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 15864 255 2 172 4462 4057 3 210 1 708 5.0 to 24.9 acres ____________________________ 6817 170 946 1 747 1 857 1 437 660 25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________ 2040 54 315 522 546 451 152 100.0 acres or more _________________________ 429 4 47 99 111 112 56

Land in orchards ________________________ farms __ 67447 367 5870 16036 19351 17 134 8689 acres __ 1 162230 4487 86762 222855 331 586 324 160 192 380 Irrigated ______________________________ farms __ 30955 144 2434 7281 9129 8 135 3832 acres __ 741 383 1 737 53502 135387 213 551 216 852 120 353

Farms by bearing and non bearing acres: 0.1 to 4.9 acres _____________________________ 32519 170 3146 8382 9155 7796 3870 5.0 to 24.9 acres ____________________________ 26006 153 2 130 5872 7583 6833 3435 25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________ 7301 38 512 1496 2162 2 013 1 080 100.0 acres or more _________________________ 1 621 6 82 286 451 492 304

, Data are based on a sample of farms.

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