Highlights of Pennsylvania's Agriculture 1982 to 1992
---Percent--
---Change---
Item 1992 1987 1982 87/92 82/92
Farms (number) 44,870 51,549 55,535 -13.0 -19.2
Land in farms (acres) 7,189,541 7,866,289 8,297,713 -8.6 -13.4
Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 3,005 3,759 3,816 -20.1 -21.3
Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 9,095 10,264 11,208 -11.4 -18.9
Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 20,136 23,696 25,784 -15.0 -21.9
Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 10,286 11,453 12,398 -10.2 -17.0
Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 1,880 1,961 1,953 -4.1 -3.7
Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 468 416 376 12.5 24.5
Average size of farm (acres) 160 153 149 4.6 7.4
Estimated market value of land & buildings - avg/farm (dollars) 328,795 239,333 225,794 37.4 45.6
Estimated market value of all machinery - avg/farm (dollars) 49,383 41,641 38,624 18.6 27.9
Total cropland (farms) 42,390 48,546 52,795 -12.7 -19.7
Total cropland (acres) 5,021,773 5,398,072 5,545,787 -7.0 -9.4
Harvested cropland (farms) 40,090 46,157 50,423 -13.1 -20.5
Harvested cropland (acres) 3,861,435 4,080,153 4,363,789 -5.4 -11.5
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 3,570,191 3,077,523 2,848,207 16.0 25.3
Market value of agricultural products sold - avg/farm (dollars) 79,567 59,701 51,287 33.3 55.1
Farms by value of sales - Less than $2,500 9,634 12,747 14,545 -24.4 -33.8
Farms by value of sales - $2,500-$4,999 5,314 6,517 6,989 -18.5 -24.0
Farms by value of sales - $5,000-$9,999 5,555 6,378 6,801 -12.9 -18.3
Farms by value of sales - $10,000-$24,999 6,199 6,720 7,144 -7.8 -13.2
Farms by value of sales - $25,000-$49,999 3,915 4,680 5,413 -16.3 -27.7
Farms by value of sales - $50,000-$99,999 5,241 6,893 7,402 -24.0 -29.2
Farms by value of sales - $100,000 or more 9,012 7,614 7,204 18.4 25.1
Total farm production expenses ($1,000) 2,775,313 2,386,060 (NA) 16.3 (NA)
Total farm production expenses - avg/farm (dollars) 61,859 46,287 (NA) 33.6 (NA)
Net cash return from agricultural sales ($1,000) 758,341 661,804 (NA) 14.6 (NA)
Net cash return from agricultural sales - avg/farm (dollars) 16,902 12,838 (NA) 31.7 (NA)
Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 11,461 13,429 15,986 -14.7 -28.3
Cattle and calves inventory (number) 1,699,820 1,745,617 1,848,087 -2.6 -8.0
Cattle and calves sold (farms) 26,008 31,243 34,855 -16.8 -25.4
Cattle and calves sold (number) 954,013 975,472 884,891 -2.2 7.8
Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 5,097 6,983 9,229 -27.0 -44.8
Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 1,074,574 919,755 869,389 16.8 23.6
Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 4,577 6,495 8,176 -29.5 -44.0
Hogs and pigs sold (number) 2,263,427 1,997,713 1,672,055 13.3 35.4
Chickens >= 3 months old inventory (farms) 2,922 3,314 3,530 -11.8 -17.2
Chickens >= 3 months old inventory (number) 29,682,108 25,548,494 24,389,045 16.2 21.7
Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 21,610 26,968 31,699 -19.9 -31.8
Broilers... chickens sold (number) 108,113,026 99,282,796 119,837,016 8.9 -9.8
Beef cows (farms) 11,461 13,429 15,986 -14.7 -28.3
Beef cows (number) 157,773 160,694 174,078 -1.8 -9.4
Milk cows (farms) 12,448 15,096 17,894 -17.5 -30.4
Milk cows (number) 625,165 673,054 690,779 -7.1 -9.5
Sheep and lambs (farms) 2,922 3,314 3,530 -11.8 -17.2
Sheep and lambs (number) 108,040 113,223 113,608 -4.6 -4.9
Corn for grain or seed (farms) 21,610 26,968 31,699 -19.9 -31.8
Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 112,034,518 99,282,796 119,837,016 12.8 -6.5
Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 13,267 15,127 17,461 -12.3 -24.0
Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green) 6,136,435 6,219,500 6,934,561 -1.3 -11.5
Wheat for grain (farms) 7,734 9,719 12,068 -20.4 -35.9
Wheat for grain (bushels) 8,670,089 7,663,537 7,790,790 13.1 11.3
Oats for grain (farms) 11,205 14,900 19,254 -24.8 -41.8
Oats for grain (bushels) 11,064,027 13,881,340 18,088,854 -20.3 -38.8
Irish potatoes (farms) 956 1,113 1,631 -14.1 -41.4
Irish potatoes (cwt) 4,030,015 4,428,958 4,427,048 -9.0 -9.0
Hay - all (farms) 32,640 38,129 41,299 -14.4 -21.0
Hay - all (tons, dry) 4,091,919 4,477,463 4,230,141 -8.6 -3.3
Land in orchards (farms) 2,317 2,805 3,116 -17.4 -25.6
Land in orchards (acres) 57,656 66,537 68,124 -13.3 -15.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 1992 Census of Agriculture
Prepared by: The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg