table 1. farms, land in farms, and land use: 1982 and...
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]
All farms Minnesota Mkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton Big Stone Blue Earth
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 94382 740 633 1 366 775 1 035 554 1 459
1978 __ 98671 735 637 1 389 809 1054 591 1588 Land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 27 708456 182 984 83840 426 008 246309 198 778 274 323 413 543
1978 __ 28 459 790 188761 103 151 444 739 259948 201 529 282 080 425 920 Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 294 247 132 312 318 192 495 283
1978 __ 286 257 162 320 321 191 477 268 Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1962 __ 50 910 931 1 173 600 275 097 839 680 1 604 556 261 312 317 772 479 673
Proportion in farms ____________________ percent, 1982 __ 54.4 15.6 30.5 50.7 15.4 76.1 86.3 86.2 Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1962 __ 342 593 121 859 211 509 231 250 147310 172007 458 074 542 626 1978 __ 261 096 87456 147 320 138 909 110170 132 924 341 815 394 531
Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 1 165 511 1 728 766 442 906 868 1963 1978 __ 898 343 944 460 355 736 676 1 512
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 88399 711 592 1 269 743 940 526 1 377 1976 __ 94255 721 607 1 330 791 1 004 571 1 517
acres, 1962 __ 22 169 292 89526 56258 261 859 134 772 134 799 244 103 366 260 1978 __ 22 577 389 90680 60102 293 851 143 137 141 453 239 915 370 115
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1962 __ 85946 686 547 1 217 700 910 518 1 360 1976 __ 92257 700 575 1 269 757 971 568 1 506
acres, 1982 __ 19 722 845 59695 45068 238 761 92729 115916 223 225 351 199 1976 __ 19 122 840 54336 45971 232 437 94333 106 060 204 947 349 650
1962 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 3949 22 77 46 17 27 8 76 acres __ 19337 112 350 226 80 176 42 413
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 4289 65 99 81 52 49 10 35 acres __ 58 184 661 1 292 1 072 716 672 135 501
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 3740 86 71 99 63 55 9 31 acres __ 86666 2010 1 638 2303 1 426 1 347 200 713
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 6677 155 77 139 100 117 7 54 acres __ 253 776 5612 2672 5209 3714 4416 255 2093
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 13621 165 114 243 170 265 29 156 acres __ 994 940 11 365 7740 17 129 11 968 18904 2223 11 667
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 21 061 126 51 265 159 230 96 324 acres __ 3 011 466 16466 7163 39376 21 784 31 720 14 132 46313
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 23437 52 46 223 121 147 204 521 acres __ 7 249 365 13937 13826 68 122 34634 42207 63746 166 100
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 6764 12 8 67 14 17 115 140 acres __ 4 546724 (0) 5 169 45064 9929 12075 78 121 91 756
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 2 190 1 4 34 4 3 40 23 acres __ 3 501 967 (0) 5038 60276 8258 4397 84 371 31 643
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 2850 21 60 34 19 28 4 58 acres __ 13863 99 262 146 82 121 26 275
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 3981 72 98 83 55 59 13 34 acres __ 54922 965 1 272 1 152 791 826 190 469
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 4099 57 68 96 68 55 12 40 acres __ 95483 1 261 1 594 2245 1 565 1 306 261 929
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 7706 171 116 153 97 134 14 65 acres __ 293 686 6487 4 319 5847 3710 5191 530 2472
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 16456 207 116 280 201 306 40 214 acres __ 1 186412 13984 7789 20002 14248 21 734 2843 15931
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 24612 123 60 301 175 254 119 408 acres __ 3 502 904 16084 8141 42 153 24257 34066 17 173 58 181
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 25159 45 47 257 126 122 241 550 acres __ 7 631 461 12436 13 913 78224 35570 33515 77 418 172 823
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 5800 3 6 65 12 12 104 121 acres __ 3 865 779 (0) 3805 44 365 7744 (0) 70800 77 192
1,000 acreS or more ________________________ farms __ 1 594 1 4 20 4 1 21 16 acres __ 2477 910 (0) 4876 38303 6366 (0) 35706 21 376
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 27055 302 200 441 355 332 131 195 1978 __ 33 123 353 241 494 381 413 179 233
acres, 1982 __ 1 206215 17730 4587 24850 23699 13253 8592 5282 1978 __ 1 622 575 23650 6 142 29392 28110 19710 13505 7 127
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 25109 146 188 332 277 241 219 308 1978 __ 38688 232 246 537 275 477 328 426
acres, 1982 __ 1 260 432 12101 6583 18228 18 144 5628 12286 9779 1976 __ 1 832 174 12692 7989 32022 20694 15663 21 463 13338
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ 6151 21 47 72 84 68 44 79
1978 __ 11 116 54 93 154 52 152 104 108 acres, 1982 __ 198 980 571 1 155 2670 2094 1 077 2 136 1 746
1978 __ 360 220 1 392 2767 5427 2 102 3667 5270 2400 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 4107 43 26 35 56 78 12 48
1978 __ 5215 105 51 49 83 174 26 62 acres, 1982 __ 160412 1 530 576 977 3767 1 654 940 1 153
1978 __ 150 472 3911 1 048 1 270 2988 3685 2908 2021
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 5819 34 30 146 113 15 67 3 1978 __ 8046 36 29 222 127 37 71 7
acres, 1982 __ 407 179 2659 709 7290 5218 268 2746 (0) 1978 __ 535 941 1 024 542 11 993 6950 1 426 3 776 243
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 13515 89 114 139 137 125 111 209 1978 __ 21 720 120 144 257 125 258 192 295
acres, 1982 __ 493 861 7341 4143 7291 7065 2629 6484 (0) 1978 __ 785 541 6365 3632 13332 8654 6885 9509 8674
Total woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 36949 610 316 938 595 553 113 404 1978 __ 38738 602 348 911 652 527 92 444
acres, 1982 __ 2 380 308 61 828 13083 83435 71 274 28756 3254 15348 1978 __ 2 841 542 84 487 22 187 94 139 83066 26217 3 323 19413
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 20876 363 134 634 412 356 33 150 1978 __ 22353 384 157 602 434 352 38 186
acres, 1982 __ 1 116921 25735 3762 48 597 34534 17944 655 4460 1978 __ 1 271 568 27840 7269 53292 39131 17679 2318 6460
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms Brown Carlton Carver Cass Chippewa Chisago Clay Clearwater
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 1 390 732 1 141 761 968 1 047 1 103 693
1978 __ 1 465 714 1 166 702 1 074 1 082 1 155 741 Land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 339037 143 233 175005 209 003 335 187 171 328 611 849 213 105
1978 __ 348 374 157 074 181 882 206 474 359 471 161 825 613945 231 102 Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 244 196 153 275 346 164 555 308
1978 __ 238 220 156 294 335 150 532 312 Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 390 636 552832 224640 1 301 158 373 779 267 027 671 052 639 673
Proportion in farms ____________________ percent, 1982 __ 86.8 25.9 77.9 16.1 89.7 64.2 91.2 33.3 Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 448084 113 102 277536 128 850 427 536 164 007 579818 160 543 1978 __ 309 347 85501 202033 89 159 337483 143 958 436438 97806
Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 1 877 579 1 853 491 1 218 1 001 1 047 535 1978 __ 1 278 368 1 318 284 976 871 831 285
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 289 693 1 077 713 923 1 004 1 047 647 1978 __ 1 405 693 1 106 668 1 025 1 043 1 113 718
acres, 1982 __ 301 630 66416 139 303 92719 303400 107468 545 249 106 116 1978 __ 308 277 75360 144 489 93 185 324043 102367 535838 119 128
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 278 671 1 043 664 915 954 1012 619 1978 __ 1 397 675 1 078 656 1 016 997 1 092 696
acres, 1982 __ 288 995 48213 126 565 63430 289458 85701 493427 74271 1978 __ 288 328 48281 125098 60819 298 243 77928 440849 81 378
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 32 27 85 31 26 88 24 23 acres __ 163 132 444 131 84 454 108 142
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 17 72 56 63 17 139 33 39 acres __ 231 990 760 849 250 1 940 440 515
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 14 91 47 60 10 93 27 48 acres __ 316 1 981 1 147 1 374 226 2159 644 1 117
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 41 140 90 113 16 165 41 93 acres __ 1 625 5 118 3460 4252 594 6239 1 505 3498
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 117 187 283 164 65 211 66 160 acres __ 8768 12932 20403 13 060 4665 14444 4581 11 407
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 481 121 308 144 205 159 161 156 acres __ 72401 16907 42287 19 462 30494 22280 22992 21 371
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 497 30 149 59 427 82 316 84 acres __ 147 848 7953 41 278 16 986 139555 24196 106747 24 131
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 68 3 24 8 129 12 230 14 acres __ 44 192 2200 (0) (0) 83644 7807 160 858 (0)
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 11 - 1 2 20 5 114 2 acres __ 13451 - (0) (0) 29946 6182 195 552 (0)
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 36 18 46 20 21 66 16 11 acres __ 177 75 225 111 78 387 78 44
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 21 63 48 51 25 120 16 46 acres __ 259 861 655 717 342 1 669 197 671
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 22 73 56 61 11 140 31 53 acres __ 513 1 649 1 307 1 420 272 3319 718 1 223
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 44 175 116 105 17 180 43 112 acres __ 1 691 6294 4542 3940 646 6878 1 659 4137
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 144 181 329 203 87 228 95 212 acres __ 10816 12201 23753 13915 6458 15994 7311 15 167
100 to 199 acres- __________________________ farms __ 579 129 317 151 229 182 220 139 acres __ 86259 16791 44208 19342 34054 24960 32656 18800
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 480 34 153 55 504 73 371 106 acres __ 139 284 (0) 42295 15234 161 136 19607 117 616 28807
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 65 2 13 10 102 8 212 14 acres __ 42249 (0) 8 113 6140 66 842 5 114 143 426 8902
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 6 - - - 20 - 88 3 acres __ 7080 - - - 28415 - 137 188 3627
Cropland used only for pasture or grazin9 ____ farms, 1982 __ 204 304 357 327 169 420 217 291 1978 __ 316 352 475 273 166 418 264 312
acres, 1982 __ 3962 14158 8249 24313 6398 13020 14592 17478 1978 __ 9183 19639 13230 24288 7352 12962 18063 25312
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 306 136 189 156 300 303 476 262 1978 __ 481 178 324 214 481 509 747 269
acres, 1982 __ 8673 4045 4489 4976 7544 8747 37230 14367 1978 __ 10766 7440 6161 8078 18448 11 477 76926 12438
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soIl-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ 64 23 32 27 67 72 106 45
1978 __ 108 45 86 65 126 179 221 89 acres, 1982 __ 1 814 403 391 866 1 599 2473 6 172 1 629
1978 __ 2 186 1 251 1 166 1 545 4224 2807 14683 2320 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 35 35 56 31 20 37 32 76
1978 __ 24 75 91 44 58 88 23 43 acres, 1982 __ 463 774 703 684 303 715 1 832 3635
1978 __ 204 2017 1 464 1 554 1 853 1 786 2397 1 075
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 8 35 9 27 6 51 279 153 1978 __ 19 37 22 47 40 38 408 119
acres, 1982 __ 117 1 157 217 506 194 1 236 21 152 5819 1978 __ 675 495 401 1037 1 081 716 42855 3622
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 219 76 101 102 228 186 123 96 1978 __ 354 74 179 114 311 329 241 137
acres, 1982 __ 6279 1711 3 178 2920 5448 4323 8074 3284 1978 __ 7701 3677 3130 3942 11 290 6168 16991 5421
Total woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 254 574 559 622 110 679 231 536 1978 __ 299 550 597 584 114 701 277 587
acres, 1982 __ 8293 52330 16566 69729 4348 35885 11 052 69850 1978 __ 9720 59579 17440 75374 3805 36616 13051 77 500
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 83 385 390 416 43 406 121 372 1978 __ 111 359 396 425 27 408 129 390
acres, 1982 __ 2405 20800 11 089 36741 2165 17 672 4791 35359 1978 __ 3439 22103 10860 40386 1 588 17965 6177 34898
See footnotes at end of table.
1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA MINNESOTA 133
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms Cook Cottonwood Crow Wing Dakota Dodge Douglas Faribault Rllmore
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 11 1 053 644 1 084 933 1 308 1 320 1 867
1978 __ 9 1 198 622 1 073 981 1 368 1 419 1 913 Land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 1 667 378608 145401 239207 269 247 304 708 426374 487460
1978 __ 1 459 388863 153020 242645 270 659 306 005 426405 483 555 Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 152 360 226 221 289 233 323 261
1978 __ 162 325 246 226 276 224 300 253 Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 903 788 409382 644 819 367558 281 248 411 827 457 107 551 718
Proportion in farms ____________________ percent, 1982 __ .2 92.5 22.5 65.1 95.7 74.0 93.3 88.4 Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 99818 590 959 113 107 367701 502 393 185 154 635421 299 086 1978 __ 69 111 470 593 90350 289 140 396 189 152 156 513 776 236714
Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 659 1 674 563 1 659 1 626 769 1 959 1 104 1978 __ 426 1 427 374 1 291 1 393 653 1 640 938
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 10 987 610 1 007 846 1 239 1 230 1 701 1978 __ 9 1 131 593 1 020 920 1 323 1 348 1 814
acres, 1982 __ 473 340318 70584 206377 239 007 222 008 388608 355871 1978 __ 377 346 321 72807 208230 236 030 223 890 389355 354 948
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 10 977 571 973 809 1 207 1 223 1 637 1978 __ 9 1 115 563 991 884 1 305 1 343 1 752
acres, 1982 __ 278 319642 49064 187 700 221 930 196311 373834 299 156 1978 __ (D) 319 536 47972 182063 211 120 186 745 371 208 289 583
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 4 29 40 114 47 59 24 68
acres __ 18 151 188 517 274 329 125 396 10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ - 16 61 66 50 67 17 78
acres __ - 205 809 848 682 938 227 1 089 20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 1 12 59 35 31 46 9 67
acres __ (0) 284 1 348 808 739 1 091 218 1 522 30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 2 23 102 69 47 94 22 99
acres __ (0) 866 4106 2525 1 870 3610 845 3844 50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 3 60 135 156 133 228 107 295
acres __ (0) 4493 9494 10921 9539 16415 8275 21 753
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ - 212 109 218 181 374 316 523 acres __ - 30383 14311 31 690 26656 52334 46970 73735
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ - 444 54 230 219 294 555 416 acres __ - 140311 15618 72258 69657 86309 175 957 124 102
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ - 149 5 70 64 36 146 78 acres __ - 99329 3 190 47061 43413 22 912 96081 51 572
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ - 32 - 15 37 9 27 13 acres __ - 43820 - 21 072 69100 12 373 45 136 21 143
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 2 21 21 92 36 24 29 49 acres __ (0) 115 105 433 157 133 139 260
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 1 19 41 74 44 51 14 56 acres __ (0) 244 591 978 598 724 187 788
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 1 14 55 45 36 66 15 54 acres __ (0) 331 1 276 1 045 827 1 565 347 1 285
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 4 17 126 75 55 147 44 126 acres __ 152 632 4593 2803 2135 5 702 1 691 4938
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 1 71 167 169 146 302 122 416 acres __ (0) 5603 11 296 11 861 10557 22254 9 141 31 388
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ - 324 100 212 230 423 368 564 acres __ - 49238 13462 29612 33009 59747 53560 79816
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ - 503 47 248 254 260 603 423 acres __ - 158017 13079 75154 76751 74404 188817 123 498
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ - 130 6 67 57 28 125 56 acres __ - 84949 3570 43725 37187 17253 81 661 35025
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ - 16 - 9 26 4 23 8 acres __ - 20407 - 16452 49899 4963 35665 12 585
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 3 210 247 261 274 428 145 835 1978 __ 5 331 269 339 358 553 240 1 010
acres, 1982 __ (0) 10269 15425 9736 8341 18270 3993 44829 1978 __ (0) 13514 17916 12957 11 942 22663 7448 53283
Other cropland _____ , ______________________ farms, 1982 __ 3 326 179 268 225 263 395 356 1978 __ - 499 180 362 346 484 417 444
acres, 1982 __ (0) 10207 6095 8941 8736 7427 10781 11 886 1978 __ - 13271 6919 13210 12968 14482 10699 12082
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and SOil-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ - 87 64 73 60 73 84 109
1978 __ - 123 47 133 133 186 70 205 acres, 1982 __ - 1 924 1 435 1 671 1 524 1 327 1 615 1 963
1978 __ - 3314 868 3725 3961 3865 1 676 5475 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ - 20 39 25 41 50 86 37
1978 __ - 10 39 32 23 63 133 29 acres, 1982 __ - (0) 1 676 483 1 658 1 324 1 796 1 259
1978 __ - 192 1 049 1 412 1 251 1 531 2475 336
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 1 5 40 21 12 45 6 19 1978 __ - 9 32 19 12 93 12 19
acres, 1982 __ (0) (0) 664 424 230 1 242 82 1 180 1978 __ - 265 1 633 591 241 1 675 219 650
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2 234 94 174 131 120 250 224 1978 __ - 385 95 212 211 239 274 233
acres, 1982 __ (0) 7808 2320 6363 5324 3534 7288 7464 1978 __ - 9500 3369 7482 7515 7411 6329 5621
Totai woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 10 128 490 304 227 703 228 1 040 1978 __ 9 143 486 322 234 719 230 1 055
acres, 1982 __ 805 4010 48435 9438 6993 29977 7481 68 812 1978 __ 970 2718 49984 9862 6687 32369 7403 70638
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 7 50 282 94 102 407 95 763 1978 __ 8 63 330 124 125 456 109 747
acres, 1982 __ 312 1 676 20691 2542 3388 15734 3051 42574 1978 __ 362 1 464 26025 2947 3780 17670 3669 45950
See footnotes at end of table.
134 MINNESOTA 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]
All farms Freeborn Goodhue Grant Hennepin Houston Hubbard Isanti Itasca
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 1 522 1 840 648 940 1 128 504 947 578 1978 __ 1 634 1 952 684 930 1 177 519 924 572
Land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 412 454 407 103 300858 110 967 286 561 128 854 153003 121 494 1978 __ 418 927 408 186 318371 111 622 299377 133 003 152 232 128015
Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 271 221 464 118 254 256 162 210 1978 __ 256 209 465 120 254 256 165 224
Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 451 481 488 294 350284 346 105 361 036 598 764 281 510 1 703 334 Prof0rtion in farms ____________________ percent, 1982 __ 91.4 83.4 85.9 32.1 79.4 21.5 54.4 7 .. 1
Value 0 land and buildings': Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 480 057 321 755 495343 280 923 249 501 127 296 188 740 124 183
1978 __ 352 122 223 982 374 651 188 151 187 560 96434 119748 88875 Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 1 795 1 428 1 063 2448 963 453 1 084 494
1978 __ 1 383 1 099 816 1 726 743 329 775 379
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1416 1 680 622 856 1 073 477 903 544 1978 __ 1 532 1 841 663 877 1 115 500 901 561
acres, 1982 __ 373335 324477 271 735 86940 161 585 68 543 103 198 54902 1978 __ 379072 321 043 283 132 89356 168641 71 930 100 899 59019
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 384 1 626 616 820 1 046 451 862 510 1978 __ 1 505 1 789 653 843 1 078 482 879 539
acres, 1982 __ 351 981 284 236 253467 76622 132 796 53202 87476 39928 1978 __ 353 105 275320 248 783 75 179 128 662 49961 78006 39212
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 82 98 16 171 47 18 99 16 acres __ 429 516 59 799 264 86 485 84
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 59 83 16 132 60 40 114 66 acres __ 817 1 070 205 1 727 842 564 1 595 891
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 37 73 14 63 43 54 82 75 acres __ 898 1 727 336 1 438 1 029 1 199 1 897 1 698
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 57 120 24 97 118 88 136 99 acres __ 2145 4601 943 3635 4657 3273 5122 3633
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 169 327 47 134 253 101 181 120 acres __ 12749 23605 3609 9314 18 297 6701 12538 8028
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 339 427 92 118 329 92 139 97 acres __ 49571 60875 13461 15771 45727 12119 19143 12582
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 470 412 235 78 178 45 88 31 acres __ 145976 122 961 76171 22309 50 015 13940 27249 8556
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 143 72 129 24 18 10 16 5 acres __ 95519 46615 87933 16537 11 965 7061 9663 (0)
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farnns __ 28 14 43 3 - 3 7 1 acres __ 43877 22266 70750 5092 - 8259 9784 (0)
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 53 90 9 128 42 15 49 31 acres __ 251 456 38 499 179 60 282 172
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 51 94 9 141 52 39 115 49 acres __ 692 1 340 122 1 892 734 535 1 618 658
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farnns __ 39 98 7 78 52 45 105 80 acres __ 939 2310 165 1 779 1 261 1 065 2507 1 855
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 72 140 20 107 106 94 186 121 acres __ 2748 5455 731 4067 4210 3544 7232 4522
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 185 386 52 153 299 148 204 133 acres __ 13698 27889 3758 10590 22 167 10441 14183 8910
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 461 505 138 125 361 84 131 81 acres __ 66745 72247 19412 16587 49936 11 036 18 182 10200
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 500 421 277 90 151 45 79 40 acres __ 153400 122 332 85035 25 149 40209 13217 24097 10580
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 120 42 97 19 15 10 6 4 acres __ 78964 25973 65656 (0) 9966 (0) 3800 2315
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farnns __ 24 13 44 2 - 2 4 -acres __ 35668 17318 73866 (0) - (0) 6105 -
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 306 726 122 312 519 171 288 243 1978 __ 383 869 152 340 641 220 318 286
acres, 1982 __ 7401 28323 4669 7 913 24896 11 065 8226 11 370 1978 __ 10474 32385 9529 9 145 32795 13730 10388 14 195
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 490 328 224 131 199 130 300 115 1978 __ 591 525 394 232 355 169 437 150
acres, 1982 __ 13953 11 918 13 599 2405 3893 4276 7496 3604 1978 __ 15493 13338 24820 5032 7184 8239 12505 5612
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farnns, 1982 __ 97 99 57 36 91 28 66 15
1978 __ 125 211 132 71 169 66 124 34 acres, 1982 __ 2702 1 940 1 811 515 981 817 1 124 350
1978 __ 2526 4302 6524 901 2884 2883 2758 875 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 96 37 12 25 43 27 26 24
1978 __ 137 78 44 61 60 18 53 54 acres, 1982 __ 1 271 1 030 708 327 398 841 615 839
1978 __ 2288 2011 2079 821 1 051 421 693 1 556
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farnns, 1982 __ 11 10 55 11 38 29 54 36 1978 __ 30 14 118 18 22 25 82 53
acres, 1982 __ 436 281 2226 158 906 551 1 084 823 1978 __ 615 723 5961 558 444 700 1 308 1 038
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 356 207 121 74 107 74 200 63 1978 __ 389 274 179 127 181 97 288 60
acres, 1982 __ 9544 8667 8854 1 405 1608 2067 4673 1 592 1978 __ 10064 6302 10256 2752 2805 4235 7746 2143
Tolal woodland ______________________________ farnns, 1982 __ 375 744 124 325 866 396 590 478 1978 __ 432 811 151 310 911 426 577 468
acres, 1982 __ 7489 35012 3442 9007 85739 43893 26427 47 104 1978 __ 8 215 39428 4571 9947 97993 48075 27268 54817
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 189 350 57 160 663 234 241 332 1978 __ 236 409 65 178 690 268 253 310
acres, 1982 __ 3831 15225 978 4074 51 701 21 670 7985 18846 1978 __ 4239 15 170 2469 5212 62721 22683 8423 22835
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms lake of the Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi Kittson Koochiching lac qui Parle lake Woods
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 1 253 833 1 419 642 278 1 082 59 230
1978 __ 1 329 808 1 533 680 317 1 152 53 260 land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 411 488 181 430 397278 512785 89715 418 749 8 199 119 296
1978 __ 415 496 185 494 420 196 533489 99321 423 948 8357 125 316 Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 328 218 280 799 323 387 139 519
1978 __ 313 230 274 785 313 368 158 482 Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 447 155 337472 501 542 706604 1 989 126 493 862 1 313651 829 548
Pr~rtion in farms ____________________ percent, 1982 __ 92.0 53.8 79.2 72.6 4.5 64.8 .6 14.4 Value 0 land and buildings':
Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 653 182 153 929 373392 472664 126741 370 909 102051 262 217 1978 __ 482 699 114614 273059 356171 93056 277 453 65792 160 298
Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 1 991 708 1 272 580 414 996 734 504 1978 __ 1 488 544 946 441 264 764 417 322
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 181 778 1 342 624 268 1 020 53 223 1978 __ 1 271 779 1 467 659 312 1 101 51 257
acres, 1982 __ 370 526 84462 332 889 430586 47786 370 737 3447 81 609 1978 __ 374 838 92646 353 650 441 374 50444 375 325 2779 78042
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 174 746 1 310 610 261 1 011 51 214 1978 __ 1 259 741 1 449 650 301 1 098 46 248
acres, 1982 __ 355 231 67702 307 162 352695 28820 347 936 1 582 59147 1978 __ 346 111 66040 310 284 341 381 28694 325 372 1 690 48474
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 37 45 52 3 15 15 9 7 acres __ 174 220 241 9 86 67 25 38
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 23 78 62 12 19 12 15 8 acres __ 303 1 075 897 151 264 169 188 111
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 8 81 39 16 23 3 6 11 acres __ 189 1 878 945 376 529 83 131 243
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 38 125 73 22 47 21 8 20 acres __ 1 424 4787 2821 841 1 748 840 288 718
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 100 190 179 51 62 76 10 37 acres __ 7 110 13354 13 137 3659 4293 5455 570 2750
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 271 138 376 80 63 204 3 58 acres __ 40053 19484 54 907 12136 8475 30059 380 8157
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 514 82 405 170 26 470 - 43 acres __ 164 092 22439 125016 57694 7106 154511 - 12456
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 151 7 98 154 4 182 - 20 acres __ 97716 4465 68671 110 681 (0) 121 426 - 12644
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 32 - 26 102 2 28 - 10 acres __ 44 170 - 40527 167 148 (0) 35326 - 22030
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 36 21 43 5 9 13 7 5 acres __ 171 116 223 26 36 78 (0) 29
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 18 60 45 12 17 13 5 16 acres __ 228 892 614 146 216 174 68 227
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 7 61 37 16 36 8 13 20 acres __ 154 1 366 836 378 803 189 (0) 456
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 28 127 84 15 56 26 9 25 acres __ 1 113 4623 3 142 569 2056 945 320 996
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 125 221 229 61 92 79 10 45 acres __ 9135 15504 16906 4435 6444 5913 (0) 3 129
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 340 191 442 95 54 287 2 62 acres __ 49049 25456 64 402 14250 (0) 42578 (0) 8378
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 554 55 469 194 34 518 - 53 acres __ 174 783 14891 143 982 63642 (0) 164831 - 16483
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 134 5 81 172 2 137 - 16 acres __ 88994 3 192 54 497 122029 (0) 89685 - 11 016
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 17 - 19 80 1 17 - 6 acres __ 22484 - 25682 135906 (0) 20979 - 7760
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 191 277 383 159 128 204 27 90 1978 __ 338 310 470 146 158 307 23 129
acres, 1982 __ 7588 12893 13 854 14234 8291 11 416 (0) 6758 1978 __ 13700 19 311 20272 13949 10308 17909 (0) 12442
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 294 124 360 456 135 322 14 134 1978 __ 482 264 641 545 144 729 14 163
acres, 1982 __ 7707 3867 11 873 63657 10675 11 385 (0) 15704 1978 __ 15027 7495 23094 86044 11 442 32044 (0) 17126
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and SOd-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ 81 33 110 93 25 62 1 23
1978 __ 129 74 220 128 26 150 4 42 acres, 1982 __ 1 983 1 231 3341 7884 1 025 1 906 (0) 1 299
1978 __ 3186 2 105 6560 10578 962 5532 (0) 2345 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 21 35 51 82 43 11 3 37
1978 __ 34 52 101 31 58 76 3 40 acres, 1982 __ 212 802 1 658 9543 1 739 192 (0) 2045
1978 __ 996 1 170 2 312 2664 1 770 2160 85 2223
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 7 14 19 340 80 22 2 92 1978 __ 12 23 48 444 58 80 3 116
acres, 1982 __ 81 210 437 36816 3867 583 (0) 9253 1978 __ 570 537 1 093 60 648 3430 3182 (0) 9129
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 200 65 214 99 59 243 9 52 1978 __ 344 152 380 135 54 530 6 71
acres, 1982 __ 5431 1 624 6437 9414 4044 8704 440 3107 1978 __ 10275 3683 13 129 12134 5280 21 170 131 3429
Totai woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 88 581 338 294 235 114 42 183 1978 __ 105 524 311 318 271 129 45 200
acres, 1982 __ 2364 51 694 14 058 46142 32132 3777 4290 25601 1978 __ 2734 52307 12 478 46591 34664 3954 4912 32759
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 33 389 155 179 146 39 23 64 1978 __ 45 363 147 165 155 58 25 106
acres, 1982 __ 1 163 27078 6867 26026 11 020 1 475 (0) 6681 1978 __ 1 562 27693 6419 18644 10936 2868 1 221 10799
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon McLeod Mahnomen Marshall Martin Meeker
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 1 087 823 1 175 1492 410 1 447 1 454 1 376 1978 __ 1 155 917 1 191 1 564 454 1 585 1 476 1 395
Lend in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 229 735 267 033 407677 274465 193 665 860 822 430 605 324 925 1978 __ 237 672 300009 409914 280053 229670 896 059 437 133 331 242
Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 211 324 347 184 472 595 296 236 1978 __ 206 327 344 179 506 565 296 237
Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 285600 344 627 457 107 312934 357 817 1 126 496 451 808 399 609 Proportion in farms ____________________ perC9n~ 1982 __ 80.4 77.5 89.2 87.7 64.1 76.4 95.3 81.3
Value of land and buildings': 405 221 648 765 332 135 Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 377 570 286057 383454 308 163 326085
1978 __ 251 495 251 788 329047 228751 232709 292 505 533 851 221 920 Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 1 737 870 1 141 1 604 742 694 2 103 1 418
1978 __ 1 237 767 921 1 249 448 524 1 753 933
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 004 770 1083 1 380 385 1 404 1 369 1 270 1978 __ 1 097 876 1 127 1 492 435 1 559 1 408 1 321
acres, 1982 __ 195 156 224382 365 403 239121 151 633 762 743 394 285 268 364 1978 __ 196801 254 651 366 315 242928 147109 776 138 394 537 273 215
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 978 740 1 057 1 347 376 1 376 1 355 1 246 1978 __ 1077 859 1 114 1 471 420 1 529 1 399 1 294
acres, 1982 __ 183064 201 089 337936 222337 126400 608 756 376 941 249 860 1978 __ 178 725 207 910 324569 218372 114679 597 416 370 558 240 803
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 53 18 44 59 7 19 41 56 acres __ 289 74 212 272 42 108 197 248
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 47 23 21 50 13 32 26 64 acres __ 653 322 272 693 160 386 356 885
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 39 7 13 57 16 48 14 39 acres __ 940 158 304 1 321 350 1 096 323 920
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 79 16 23 102 28 68 28 71 acres __ 3095 591 850 4008 1 083 2 538 1 128 2754
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 192 74 83 317 47 138 134 197 acres __ 14 124 5380 6040 22864 3544 9950 10008 14370
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 254 212 200 412 79 232 368 373 acres __ 36617 30761 30143 58462 11 257 33444 54604 53 171
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 240 297 501 291 111 448 583 363 acres __ 71 980 89840 161 603 83561 34735 153 005 182 779 109 807
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 49 78 140 50 47 248 137 66 acres __ 33349 51 258 92613 33006 32497 170 674 90517 44782
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ IS 15 32 9 28 143 24 17 acres __ 22037 22705 45899 18150 42732 237 555 37029 22923
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 54 11 24 53 1 14 30 33 acres __ 285 62 112 253 (0) 82 133 165
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 53 10 22 47 9 27 23 28 acres __ 730 131 273 704 (0) 352 327 396
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 52 9 17 48 14 43 20 58 acres __ I 270 212 407 1 135 323 992 456 1 347
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 101 16 30 129 36 62 39 79 acres __ 3915 657 1 234 5 150 1 306 2306 1 442 2971
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 230 93 83 380 69 184 129 261 acres __ 16240 6993 6183 27429 4837 13 364 9535 19 122
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 292 279 239 492 114 315 411 440 acres __ 41 570 40502 35566 69335 16891 46027 60596 63638
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 242 373 543 286 119 530 617 311 acres __ 72177 111016 164441 82098 36918 172 350 191 342 90091
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 43 62 138 29 41 230 103 72 acres __ 28064 40948 91 520 18885 27212 157 337 68507 47476
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 10 6 18 7 17 124 27 12 acres __ 14474 7389 24833 13383 27063 204 606 38220 15597
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 236 285 291 402 159 314 184 368 1978 __ 289 413 353 547 182 437 272 405
acres, 1982 __ 5820 17106 15552 9206 10923 20942 5844 10922 1978 __ 8317 27543 19564 13699 12618 32449 10034 12789
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 251 182 285 312 199 1 022 467 333 1978 __ 380 516 563 520 262 1 245 445 585
acres, 1982 __ 6252 6187 11 915 7578 14310 133 045 11 500 7582 1978 __ 9759 19198 22182 10857 19812 146 273 13945 19623
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soli-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ 41 49 84 48 31 158 119 93
1978 __ 112 121 208 126 74 171 88 176 acres, 1982 __ 1 008 1714 2742 605 959 12 789 2469 1 398
1978 __ 1 926 3485 6867 2346 3343 13 365 2223 5031 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 42 31 39 86 26 219 80 63
1978 __ 28 67 34 139 19 120 37 104 acres, 1982 __ 455 507 1 017 1 263 541 23 344 1 107 1 063
1978 __ 588 1 427 1 416 2 105 1 048 7008 1 169 2481
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 10 7 9 19 126 732 4 11 1978 __ 14 42 25 33 153 974 9 47
acres, 1982 __ 228 91 265 302 7973 71 702 325 142 1978 __ 371 1 203 393 901 10360 97 159 480 1 230
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 182 123 189 199 73 317 336 203 1978 __ 268 379 357 287 83 411 332 348
acres, 1982 __ 4561 3875 7891 5408 4837 25 210 7599 4979 1978 __ 6874 13083 13506 5505 5061 28741 10073 10881
Total woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 386 70 117 394 217 702 157 480 1978 __ 490 84 89 486 246 731 172 467
acres, 1982 __ 10000 2994 3596 7818 17212 51 751 4 185 14373 1978 __ 13747 3302 1 909 9111 54957 65698 5029 13215
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 177 23 44 203 147 269 54 213 1978 __ 230 42 29 279 146 331 71 200
acres, 1982 __ 3799 1 126 1 038 4221 8140 13 276 1 231 5 125 1978 __ 6304 1 704 865 5 193 22072 20296 2033 5374
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols. see introductory text]
All farms Mille Lacs Morrison Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Norman Olmsted
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms ___________________________________ - number, 1982 __ 929 2009 1 477 1 150 969 1 413 805 1 532
1978 __ 1016 2070 1 599 1 224 1011 1 479 909 1 556 Land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 162912 432568 406351 371 868 252481 420113 528 914 330401
1978 __ 174386 462703 407983 388 799 258636 419 696 545 130 346268 Average size offarm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 175 215 275 323 261 297 657 216
1978 __ 172 224 255 318 256 284 600 223 Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 369939 719174 455033 448 998 281 702 457 190 561 299 419 008
Proportion in farms ____________________ percent, 1982 __ 44.0 60.1 89.3 82.8 89.6 91.9 94.2 78.9 Value of land and buildings':
Average par farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 142968 141 787 445414 411 841 472878 443029 619002 307 545 1978 __ 99797 109286 341 525 350 060 354852 375635 479897 284861
Average par acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 831 679 1 631 1 244 1 854 1 462 970 1 418 1978 __ 593 474 1 297 1 113 1 398 1 335 766 1 240
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 866 1855 1 365 1 091 909 1 329 772 1 428 1978 __ 957 1978 1 475 1 161 948 1 380 886 1 481
acres, 1982 __ 94411 241 811 368945 331 415 223 780 384 174 473 714 261 206 1978 __ 102344 265307 366723 348 857 226082 378 778 479400 272790
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 845 1 788 1 334 1 070 904 1 311 754 1 371 1978 __ 923 1920 1 441 1 149 944 1 357 866 1 425
acres, 1982 __ 76152 189221 348333 309 355 217 370 361 932 416 702 224845 1978 __ 77164 192707 337018 303 913 211 138 345250 398 165 225439
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 51 82 58 34 38 38 13 112 acres __ 252 425 304 168 190 152 62 593
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 82 88 50 19 17 20 24 85 acres __ 1176 1220 674 274 205 245 337 1 185
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 70 105 42 6 6 15 19 78 acres __ 1690 2470 983 147 147 372 451 1 848
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 170 219 73 27 29 38 27 114 acres __ 6497 8324 2744 1 000 1 094 1 445 1 025 4413
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 214 523 173 83 115 84 50 255 acres __ IS 060 38054 12717 5 959 8450 6020 3641 18497
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 173 543 329 254 278 345 103 358 acres __ 23287 73799 47431 37 477 40906 49520 15074 50277
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 77 215 451 485 343 619 240 296 acres __ 22318 54870 138721 153 392 104211 190 071 79905 87525
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 7 12 118 145 61 130 171 56 acres __ (D) (D) 80117 91 794 38840 84820 119216 36941
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ I 1 40 17 17 22 107 17 acres __ (D) (0) 64642 19 144 23327 29287 196991 23566
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 37 43 54 11 29 40 5 64 acres __ 198 230 258 56 126 150 35 354
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 79 85 40 12 18 19 26 86 acres __ I 136 1 149 553 174 255 236 350 1 211
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 103 134 39 9 26 17 18 82 acres __ 2360 3086 898 222 601 390 418 1 930
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 180 287 78 26 27 28 27 161 acres __ 6782 10988 3086 1 022 1 065 1 091 1 055 6029
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 255 571 221 84 107 111 66 305 acres __ 17 728 41 041 16383 6 127 7853 8215 4757 21 909
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 193 615 408 333 339 371 139 365 acres __ 25943 83678 59274 48 702 49858 53816 20654 52211
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 72 175 460 553 332 651 323 301 acres __ 20011 44725 138574 166 235 99855 197 589 103 578 86700
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 3 9 111 113 54 107 170 45 acres __ (D) (0) 77662 72 254 35155 67387 115447 29813
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ I 1 30 8 12 13 92 16 acres __ (D) (D) 40330 9 121 16370 16376 151 871 25282
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 292 678 331 292 159 380 184 649 1978 __ 365 858 400 444 239 471 233 725
acres, 1982 __ 15435 40485 9399 14 109 2803 14296 10734 27823 1978 __ 17824 50049 11 861 24 071 6232 17092 19054 35172
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 140 396 421 266 164 320 484 328 1978 __ 298 672 524 535 279 552 670 425
acres, 1982 __ 2824 12105 11 213 7 951 3607 7946 46278 8538 1978 __ 7356 22551 17844 20 873 8712 16436 62181 12179
Cropland in cover crops. legumes. and sod-improvement grasses. not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ 40 89 147 67 27 99 84 129
1978 __ 87 263 187 168 38 138 121 209 acres, 1982 __ 834 1 911 2451 1 685 565 2140 5716 1 819
1978 __ 1650 5024 5241 7 656 1 375 3 162 10139 4813 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 20 119 38 45 27 34 28 69
1978 __ 88 140 69 18 23 63 31 58 acres, 1982 __ 246 2513 1 172 1 333 521 283 1 196 1 032
1978 __ 1546 4954 2905 276 719 980 3064 1 477
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 17 57 12 12 5 4 349 18 1978 __ 36 79 22 16 16 14 479 11
acres, 1982 __ 280 1 211 783 491 56 290 32744 256 1978 __ 420 2351 533 520 763 956 38249 130
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 85 216 251 176 118 209 93 158 1978 __ 147 355 301 384 230 385 157 206
acres, 1982 __ 1464 6470 6807 4 442 2465 5233 6622 5431 1978 __ 3740 10222 9165 12 421 5855 11 338 10729 5759
alai woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 532 1259 251 74 270 71 286 588 1978 __ 565 1273 299 65 299 82 366 647
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acres, 1982 __ 35557 99140 6032 1 596 9751 1 165 16364 22896 1978 __ 37718 106548 7641 968 10767 1 487 25774 27265
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 337 920 131 27 97 25 106 312 1978 __ 374 904 133 29 113 37 176 385
acres, 1982 __ 18520 57578 3017 592 3483 378 5023 11 608 1978 __ 19403 66 783 3566 591 3860 933 7723 14864
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text]
All farms OtterTail Pennington Pine Pipestone Polk Pope Ramsey Red Lake
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 3245 655 1 199 828 1 774 1 042 82 422
1978 __ 3406 703 1 292 847 1 970 1 069 108 501 Land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 924670 313 450 278 848 250 996 1 094 569 342 781 3372 221 960
1978 __ 946 551 331 315 305 730 259 267 1 120 287 337860 6092 227 363 Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 285 479 233 303 617 329 41 526
1978 __ 278 471 237 306 569 316 56 454 Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 1 262 860 395353 909 536 298 188 1 268 249 427827 98572 277 004
Proportion in farms ____________________ percen~ 1982 __ 73.2 79.3 30.7 84.2 86.3 80.1 3.4 80.1 Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 192 769 315 779 136651 354 550 545477 304014 161 512 388 002 1978 __ 153 327 211 267 109 339 296 882 363077 218633 186139 273 157
Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 677 656 645 1 084 852 877 4795 712 1978 __ 563 442 449 950 644 659 3300 574
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 3053 614 1 146 726 1 683 984 63 399 1978 __ 3249 688 1 256 783 1 905 1 026 99 479
acres, 1982 __ 642 555 267 389 134 885 216 647 947 252 274 876 2195 182 252 1978 __ 646 797 277 292 151 367 226 772 964 491 272294 3979 184846
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2967 593 1 109 712 1 635 958 56 378 1978 __ 3 181 673 1 224 762 1 872 1 006 92 467
acres, 1982 __ 565 819 199427 105 314 196 649 820 965 241 271 1 576 132 797 1978 __ 528 335 212 387 105 880 189 346 805257 222 507 (0) 142 309
1982 aCres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 78 14 50 24 31 33 34 5 aCres __ 353 78 256 101 126 191 104 17
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 140 32 92 13 47 28 9 23 acres __ I 939 397 1 221 149 626 386 (0) 325
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 142 19 111 12 49 25 5 9 acres __ 3305 423 2533 276 1 122 612 107 196
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 268 48 218 12 82 37 4 20 acres __ 10202 1 901 8346 446 3071 1 396 (0) 775
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 564 71 264 58 202 113 2 54 acres __ 41 386 4852 18 175 4267 14720 8625 (0) 3832
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 828 137 236 197 212 297 1 88 acres __ 118881 19062 32407 29046 30415 43930 (0) 11 905
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 765 134 130 313 429 330 - 105 acres __ 226 318 40627 36380 97772 141 948 103 734 - 34406
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 129 93 7 71 336 80 1 53 acres __ 86324 61 806 (0) 47762 236644 54328 (0) 37770
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 53 45 1 12 247 15 - 21 acres __ 77 111 70281 (0) 16830 392 293 28069 - 43571
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 50 7 28 24 33 10 49 4 acres __ 277 30 175 140 134 49 (0) 24
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 123 20 88 15 39 28 10 10 acres __ I 808 285 1 252 197 563 385 137 137
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 139 22 112 10 55 27 11 21 acres __ 3290 526 2634 243 1 244 612 253 506
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 284 43 243 26 111 49 7 23 acres __ 10941 1 697 9 153 988 4188 1 905 280 885
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 715 92 380 66 216 145 7 58 acres __ 52011 6547 26266 4931 15730 10808 463 4205
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ I 029 162 266 206 353 306 5 118 acres __ '145 720 23281 36439 29399 50810 44 771 655 16558
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 702 212 103 341 527 366 3 167 acres __ 205 721 68058 27201 102 633 175 129 110745 792 52587
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 115 79 3 68 338 68 - 50 acres __ 76620 54820 (0) 43080 239628 43945 - 33925
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ 24 36 1 6 200 7 - 16 acres __ 31 947 57143 (0) 7735 317831 9287 - 33482
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 1 163 215 456 256 379 367 20 123 1978 __ 1 327 248 564 348 484 471 18 170
acres, 1982 __ 54366 15498 22074 15 514 24613 21 184 (0) 8434 1978 __ 69038 15738 33696 23781 44459 27819 650 12402
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 667 414 248 116 956 307 13 295 1978 __ 1 303 468 431 323 1 282 459 28 347
acres, 1982 __ 22370 52464 7497 4484 101 674 12421 (0) 41 021 1978 __ 49424 49167 11 791 13645 114 775 21 968 (0) 30 135
Crop'land in cover crops, legumes, and SOli-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ 240 73 49 35 209 97 3 25
1978 __ 496 82 154 94 393 172 5 63 acres, 1982 __ 6365 4060 1 019 1 231 13773 3520 (0) 2951
1978 __ 13 146 5281 3 434 3533 23066 6547 (0) 2957 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 76 86 85 10 156 44 - 102
1978 __ 126 30 101 27 72 46 8 18 acres, 1982 __ 2302 7726 1 485 514 15 102 1 471 - 8796
1978 __ 4049 1 082 2029 1 889 3285 1 287 103 896
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 138 305 42 4 637 28 3 187 1978 __ 306 362 36 6 748 37 2 208
acres, 1982 __ 4 194 32888 747 72 51 640 1 011 175 21 193 1978 __ 9287 31 072 631 508 56340 1 298 (0) 14686
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 319 119 133 78 268 189 7 113 1978 __ 674 158 235 221 455 281 14 185
acres, 1982 __ 9509 7790 4246 2667 21 159 6419 74 8081 1978 __ 22942 11 732 5697 7 715 32084 .12 836 437 11 596
Total woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2008 340 897 60 655 296 8 229 1978 __ 2 114 444 933 56 795 252 14 288
acres, 1982 __ 137 348 23942 85372 1 836 45014 12005 437 18918 1978 __ 146897 31 565 95960 1 543 53852 10368 867 23637
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 316 155 612 20 285 160 2 101 1978 __ 1 379 196 641 27 385 140 5 128
acres, 1982 __ 74798 6685 42526 382 14 158 5870 (0) 6913 1978 __ 84966 9671 45 108 649 18292 6061 299 8071
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms Redwood Renville Rice Rock Roseau SI. Louis Scott Sherburne
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms ••••••••••••..•••••••••••.•.••.••••• number, 1982 •• 1 544 1 685 1 325 953 1 213 1 093 981 684 1978 •. 1 674 1768 1 429 1 019 1 337 1 004 997 682
Land in farms •.•....•..•.••••••.....•••••••. acres, 1982 .. 511 596 583470 250 780 273 959 633 669 193 340 146327 134 960 1978 .• 521 770 584 233 264209 279673 844 498 205 684 161 940 144 702
Average size of farm ••••••........••••••. acres, 1982 .. 331 346 189 287 522 177 149 197 1978 .. 312 327 185 274 482 205 162 212
Approximate land area ••••••••••..••••••••••. acres, 1982 .• 584 230 629900 320672 309 094 1 073 350 3 919 936 228646 278 208 Proportion in farms •••••••.....•••••••• percent, 1982 .. 90.7 92.6 78.2 88.6 59.0 4.9 64.0 48.5
Value of land and buildings': Average per farm .•••••.....•••••••••... dollars, 1982 •• 548834 556536 286051 408 373 303 219 99588 257 682 228 437
1978 •• 358587 436593 236 178 309 580 192741 107617 243889 171 586 Average per acre •••••••..•••••••••....• dollars, 1982 •• 1 630 1 595 1 636 1 383 595 546 1 756 1 162
1978 •• 1 107 1 340 1 289 1 149 406 523 1 378 819
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland ••••....••••...•••••••••.•...•• farms, 1982 •• 1 448 1 578 1 237 878 1 156 1 029 924 637 1978 •• 1 590 1 712 1 365 951 1 305 976 960 651
acres, 1982 •• 469072 538390 209708 243 724 493 096 95718 114581 94007 1978 •• 470685 528686 219665 247 007 493 990 101 729 130 260 101 973
Harvested cropland •••••••.••••••••••••..•• farms, 1982 •• 1 440 1 569 1 206 850 1 120 962 897 607 1978 .• 1 578 1 704 1 341 941 1 280 927 946 626
acres, 1982 •• 447 018 519214 193 704 218 306 379 347 67483 105537 79612 1978 •• 435041 502780 194 267 214 678 366 713 66499 113904 78619
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres ....••••••••..•••••••••••..•••• farms •. 38 24 82 23 13 82 92 67
acres __ 149 94 449 116 77 302 427 362 10 to 19 acres .•••••••••.•.••••••••••.....• farms •• 23 18 75 18 34 109 65 89
acres __ 275 227 1 046 245 475 1 448 869 1 166 20 to 29 acres ...••••••.........••••••••... farms •• 15 16 59 14 52 145 58 46
acres __ 350 363 1 430 321 1 223 3 196 1 346 1 011 30 to 49 acres •.....•••••.••.....••••••••.. farms •• 37 44 128 25 65 190 95 84
acres __ I 356 1 654 5027 933 2474 6956 3589 3086 50 to 99 acres •••.....•••••••••.•.•••••••.• farms •• 97 109 220 63 156 225 216 113
acres __ 7079 8202 15715 4620 11 154 15078 15076 8 147
100 to 199 acres ••••••••...•••••••••....••• farms .. 322 413 329 250 231 150 222 91 acres __ 49135 61 745 46414 36373 33400 18890 30908 12517
200 to 499 acres ••••••••......•••••••.....• farms •. 676 657 260 374 350 54 127 86 acres __ 216625 209 168 76863 112242 111 757 15266 36476 25373
500 to 999 acres ....•••••••.....•••••••.... farms .. 202 230 38 67 150 5 19 25 acres __ 129691 152404 25391 41 717 103 254 (0) 13217 18122
1,000 acres or more ..•••••........••••••... farms •• 30 58 15 16 69 2 3 6 acres __ 42358 85357 21 369 21 739 115533 (0) 3629 9828
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres ..•••••••••..•••••••••.•••••••• farms •• 33 16 58 22 11 57 43 47
acres __ 152 55 309 102 69 230 211 227 10 to 19 acres ••••••••••....•••••••...••••• farms •• 23 26 77 15 30 90 82 81
acres __ 294 356 1 071 195 430 1 181 1 149 1 093 20 to 29 acres •...••••••....••.•••••...•••• farms •• 13 29 '57 14 34 128 84 56
acres __ 332 701 1 542 345 761 2899 1 518 1 294 30 to 49 acres ••....••••••..•.••••••...•••• farms .• 33 44 140 27 86 214 120 84
acres __ 1 169 1 665 5423 1 069 3356 7767 4622 3063 50 to 99 acres ••••••..•••••........••.....• farms .. 125 141 305 83 226 237 275 130
acres __ 9091 10459 21 414 6 178 16071 16083 19807 9 100
100 to 199 acres ••••••.••••••••••..•••••... farms .. 401 510 390 300 300 147 215 117 acres __ 59436 76385 54476 43421 42914 19222 29605 15686
200 to 499 acres .••••••...•••••••...••••••. farms •. 788 702 260 427 398 47 124 85 acres __ 244 341 223414 75440 124 535 126 384 12087 35999 24344
500 to 999 acres •.•••••••....••••••...••••. farms •• 145 200 35 47 143 4 20 19 acres __ 95557 133946 22308 30477 97077 2355 14045 12701
1,000 acres or more .••••••••..••••••..••••• farms •• 17 36 9 6 52 3 3 7 acres __ 24669 55799 12284 8356 79651 4675 6948 11 111
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .••• farms, 1982 .. 238 215 402 309 388 514 282 166 1978 .. 348 244 517 416 520 538 367 215
acres, 1982 .. 8475 6396 11 071 (0) 24970 20174 6265 6638 1978 •• 12954 8341 16190 20289 44027 25703 10695 10561
Other cropland ..••••••...••••••.••••••..•• farms, 1982 •• 449 459 230 224 731 274 141 205 1978 •• 698 558 433 406 893 257 231 334
acres, 1982 •• 13579 12780 4933 (0) 88779 8061 2779 7757 1978 •• 22690 17565 9208 12040 83250 9527 5661 12793
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and SOil-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured •••••••.•••••••..••••.• farms, 1982 •• 115 103 59 61 138 58 31 57
1978 •• 180 79 117 87 165 48 65 122 acres, 1982 •• 2511 2601 1 551 1 665 11 927 1 426 442 1 231
1978 •• 5143 1 662 2531 2397 8678 1 707 1 137 4331 Cropland on which all crops failed ••••••••. farms, 1982 •• 70 66 42 43 135 84 51 16
1978 •• 32 47 57 13 68 91 42 50 acres, 1982 •• 1 258 956 516 2374 12934 2089 653 295
1978 •• 427 666 789 208 4674 2468 1 152 874
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ••.••• farms, 1982 •. 20 10 7 9 538 68 15 37 1978 •• 55 17 21 7 617 72 13 68
acres, 1982 .• 601 117 47 (0) 43939 1 422 380 492 1978 •. 2420 281 277 254 45855 1 141 279 1 568
Cropland idle ••••••.••••••••••••..•••..•• farms, 1982 •. 289 321 135 134 223 138 72 147 1978 •• 478 455 281 334 350 133 148 199
acres, 1982 •. 9209 9106 2819 2862 19979 3124 1 304 5739
• 1978 •• 14700 14956 5611 9 181 24043 4211 3093 6020
Total woodland ••••••••••••••.•••••.••••..••• farms, 1982 •• 106 207 531 50 745 844 368 400 1978 .. 152 191 575 44 851 802 441 398
acres, 1982 •• 4710 6604 12411 1 411 74493 76024 10 169 20784 1978 •• 5530 5977 14612 1 152 79509 80742 13819 22165
Woodland pastured ••••••••••••••••.••••••• farms, 1982 •• 30 53 251 22 337 504 210 174 1978 •• 60 68 286 20 412 498 247 192
acres, 1982 •• 1 636 2250 4910 (0) 19848 28889 5652 8900 1978 •• 2548 2816 5965 769 27008 32433 6523 8636
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text)
All farms Sibley Stearns Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse Wabasha
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms •• _ •••••.•.•..•••••••••••••••••••••• number, 1982 •. 1 391 3336 1 061 701 1 011 2112 483 1 079 1978 •• 1 463 3319 1 148 738 1 076 2123 562 1 106
Land in farms •••••••••••.••• _ •.••••••••....• acres, 1982 .. 335 726 673829 236916 317 555 416 127 433 199 330321 266 171 1978 •• 330605 688416 237 196 316916 419 795 449463 317802 270 965
Average size of farm ••••••••••••••••••••• acres, 1982 •• 241 202 223 453 414 205 684 247 1978 •• 223 207 207 429 389 212 565 245
Approximate land area .•.••••••.••• _ ••••••••• acres, 1982 .• 379 705 856403 275 603 358 304 475 712 602 360 367705 343 609 Proportion in farms ._ ••••••••••• _ ••••• _ percent, 1982 .• 88.4 78.7 86.0 68.6 87.9 71.9 89.8 77.5
Value of land and buildings': Average per farm ••••••••••••••••••••• _.dollars, 1982 •• 464 535 217335 373 590 500 673 437 007 146 172 605337 286 512
1978 •• 313515 149592 278 462 374 106 303 950 117074 378418 239432 Average per acre •.••••.•••••••• _ ••••..• dollars, 1982 .• 1 847 1 073 1 654 1 124 1056 743 908 1 087
1978 .• 1 292 714 1 381 854 787 552 649 1 000
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland •••••••••••••••••.•.•..••..••.• farms, 1982 •• 1 298 3080 971 655 979 1 998 461 1 009 1978 •. 1 406 3152 1 078 698 1 046 2043 551 1 051
acres, 1982 •• 296 103 510878 209 849 289 949 369 493 265804 308438 193 005 1978 •• 290494 516725 212 121 284 367 365 139 277790 293 777 194 705
Harvested cropland •••••••• _ ••••••••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 1 284 2994 958 647 968 1 938 457 975 1976 •• 1 390 3107 1 057 684 1 029 2004 543 1011
acres, 1982 •• 263 032 450933 199609 274 763 345 960 223 276 294856 161 887 1978 •• 269380 428306 195121 254.520 329 322 217264 259 199 156665
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres ._ ••••••••.••..•. _ .•• _ ••••••••• farms .• 36 95 52 11 19 92 6 43
acres __ 153 450 244 39 85 467 22 236 10 to 19 acres •••••• _ •••••••• _ ••••••••....• farms •• 28 103 48 12 18 127 5 31
acres __ 365 1 334 640 164 236 1 736 (0) 423 20 to 29 acres ••••••••••••••.••...•.••••••• farms •• 35 96 21 12 23 116 2 25
acres __ 856 2260 482 303 551 2679 (0) 585 30 to 49 acres •••.•.•..•••••••••••••••••••• farms .. 61 204 61 12 23 263 8 44
acres __ 2362 7857 2381 505 875 9991 315 1 747 50 to 99 acres ••••••••••••••• _ •••••••••..•• farms •• 192 629 157 31 87 496 8 209
acres __ 14078 45885 11 579 2376 6339 36324 548 15317
100 to 199 acres •.••..••••••• _ ••••••••••••• farms •• 427 1 177 262 113 192 547 50 323 acres __ 61 840 166908 38060 16915 26003 77475 (0) 44726
200 to 499 acres .••••• _ •••••• _ ••••••••••••• farms •• 417 623 283 275 367 279 185 264 acres __ 129 177 174931 84213 93996 131 994 80232 64627 74084
500 to 999 acres ••••••••••••••••••••••••..• farms •• 68 57 55 138 170 15 118 34 acres __ 47048 38946 36 154 94555 113 133 8879 82579 (0)
1,000 acres or more •••••••.•. _ ••••••••••••• farms •• 20 10 19 43 49 3 75 2 acres __ 27133 12362 25856 65910 64744 5473 139516 (0)
1976 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••... farms_. 24 82 52 13 7 39 5 34
acres __ 125 401 275 65 41 169 33 199 10 to 19 acres •••••••••••••••.••.••••.••.•• farms •• 31 119 34 7 17 104 4 39
acres __ 443 1 659 441 81 234 1 408 52 533 20 to 29 acres ••••••••..••• _ ••••••••••••••• farms •• 34 108 25 10 21 130 7 35
acres __ 787 2493 596 239 508 3077 155 812 30 to 49 acres ••.••• _ •••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 84 239 55 13 25 320 5 65
acres __ 3 189 9395 2 118 474 867 12498 194 2557 50 to 99 acres ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 211 724 193 32 77 590 19 205
acres •• 15916 53 152 13612 2298 5748 43080 1 403 15496
100 to 199 acres ••••••••••...•...•.••.•..•. farms •• 535 1 223 368 118 227 555 87 364 acres __ 76593 171 546 52797 17398 33985 76070 12916 50400
200 to 499 acres •••• _ •••••••••••• _ .•••••••• farms •. 397 567 274 340 478 254 259 242 acres __ 117244 153 958 81 422 109 706 151 231 70865 86510 68065
500 to 999 acres •• _._ •••••••••••• _ ••••••••• farms .. 65 35 45 122 141 10 108 25 acres __ 42453 23223 30530 82271 91 475 (0) 72827 (0)
1,000 acres or more ._ •••••••••••••••••••••• farms •. 9 10 11 29 36 2 49 2 acres __ 12630 12479 13 130 41 988 45213 (0) 85107 (0)
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .••. farms, 1982 •• 319 1 131 215 150 166 720 73 526 1978 •• 395 1 310 289 146 259 850 119 567
acres, 1982 •• 7312 43539 5368 6362 10366 31 650 3516 26366 1978 .• 9901 58041 5972 6203 14568 42225 7502 28953
Other cropland •••••••• _ ••••••••••••••••••• farms, 1982 .. 250 465 211 218 362 393 167 173 1978 •• 431 1 021 383 371 524 766 348 316
acres, 1982 •. 5759 16406 4872 6824 13147 10878 10066 4752 1978 •. 11 213 30378 11 028 21 644 21 229 18281 27076 9087
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soli-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured •••••••••••••.••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 46 136 64 59 112 112 32 90
1978 •• 92 346 110 90 145 263 89 152 acres, 1982 •• 949 5440 1 366 2182 3850 2746 1 177 2 176
1978 •• 2 186 7676 2764 4482 5479 4466 6416 2642 Cropland on which all crops failed ••••••••• farms, 1962 •• 47 62 46 25 37 91 11 14
1976 •• 50 267 46 57 57 69 31 66 acres, 1982 •. 417 2 124 774 879 977 1 776 733 603
1976 •• 987 5640 711 2219 2100 1 122 1 451 2790
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow _ ••••• farms, 1982 •• 11 49 7 36 12 53 51 6 1978 •• 17 81 18 60 43 133 80 11
acres, 1982 •• 166 2 319 115 1364 274 1 038 3051 475 1978 •• 885 2 173 735 2795 1 139 2404 4653 335
Cropland idle ••••••.•••••••••••.••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 170 267 128 126 228 207 88 77 1978 •• 317 546 254 228 355 452 208 135
acres, 1982 •. 4227 6523 2617 4399 8046 5314 5105 1 498 1978 •• 7 155 14887 6818 12148 12511 10287 14554 3320
Total woodland •••••• _ •••••••••••• _ •••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 373 1 404 297 92 134 1 347 63 565 1978 •• 376 1 404 303 103 153 1 404 49
.. 594
acres, 1962 •• 6307 59283 5395 2068 3691 63439 2653 41 704 1978 •• 10330 65012 5670 2393 4655 87994 1 906 44484
Woodland pastured _ ••••••••••••••••••••••• farms, 1962 •• 140 686 121 32 41 660 20 320 1978 •• 161 902 134 37 44 933 16 366
acres, 1982 •• 3267 35370 2346 664 776 43515 696 20106 1978 •• 4362 41 234 3066 1 123 1 232 46203 1 106 22956
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-con. [For meaning of abbreviauons and symbols see introductory text]
All farms Yellow Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Wilkin Winona Wright. Medicine
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 776 878 801 885 571 1 199 2094 1 211
1978 __ 759 950 777 922 656 1 221 2081 1 312 Land in farms _______________________________ acres, 1982 __ 186019 247 571 126 598 260 395 423376 313661 308681 440 591
1978 __ 191 372 247283 136620 253 703 441 196 303 927 315334 452414 Average size of farm _____________________ acres, 1982 __ 240 282 158 294 741 262 147 364
1978 __ 252 260 176 275 673 249 152 345 Approximate land area _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 344 038 270355 249318 278 457 480 761 403360 430086 485433
Proportion in farms ____________________ percent, 1962 __ 54.1 91.6 50.8 93.5 88.1 77.8 71.8 90.8 Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 134 684 547497 292 325 566 790 753 583 290506 240 595 388317 1978 __ 98557 393 983 290 746 438 966 567 741 233989 172073 309 178
Average per acre _______________________ dollars, 1982 __ 572 1 938 2051 1 868 1 054 1 190 1 642 1 038 1978 __ 416 1 492 1 541 1 658 858 915 1 128 914
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE
Total cropland _______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 718 828 755 832 538 1 117 1 943 1 141 1978 __ 729 900 750 879 634 1 168 1 994 1 241
acres, 1982 __ 98665 223836 101 406 237 022 400 570 195 977 233649 387877 1978 __ 104223 220243 105 508 231 909 410 700 200 127 242824 396641
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 678 815 682 824 529 1 088 1 878 1 127 1978 __ 701 882 713 873 631 1 145 1 950 1 234
acres, 1982 __ 75685 212071 80140 227 382 375 843 168726 212 760 366 577 1978 __ 71 867 205003 83404 217 539 353035 161 763 203 429 358298
1982 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ 28 36 95 31 17 44 180 17 acres __ 127 155 434 159 73 239 932 71
10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 25 27 108 19 8 52 196 25 acres __ 348 383 1 464 242 122 726 2674 355
20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 58 12 68 12 4 55 143 13 acres __ I 369 273 1 564 280 86 1 272 3391 301
30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ lOS 22 79 22 13 99 253 34 acres __ 4021 812 2951 849 517 3730 9772 1 265
50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 198 116 134 61 27 215 399 87 acres __ 14039 8753 9506 4 539 1 902 15717 28306 6502
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 167 201 92 216 56 327 392 255 acres __ 23657 28786 13485 31 945 8388 46182 55544 36906
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 87 301 71 366 137 263 265 467 acres __ 25491 96020 22134 111 590 47731 76884 74508 152326
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 10 84 26 79 173 31 42 201 acres __ 6633 56548 16633 52211 123336 (0) 26854 131 802
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ - 16 9 18 94 2 8 28 acres __ - 20341 11 969 25 567 193 688 (0) 10779 37049
1978 acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________ farms __ IS 21 73 24 7 41 111 19
acres __ 74 102 354 109 28 226 570 96 10 to 19 acres _____________________________ farms __ 44 21 89 14 6 71 186 14
acres __ 616 260 1 251 166 81 1 003 2537 202 20 to 29 acres _____________________________ farms __ 52 21 85 13 7 49 162 18
acres __ I 193 478 1 933 280 162 1 154 3822 417 30 to 49 acres _____________________________ farms __ 112 42 90 17 11 113 283 40
acres __ 4321 1 634 3416 653 450 4283 10776 1 509 50 to 99 acres _____________________________ farms __ 203 128 146 81 32 245 474 87
acres __ 14174 9957 10141 6091 2276 17743 33944 6229
100 to 199 acres ___________________________ farms __ 181 257 114 275 86 341 461 284 acres __ 24766 36343 15705 41 242 12566 47114 62440 42110
200 to 499 acres ___________________________ farms __ 90 306 87 370 233 268 248 624 acres __ 24167 94166 26791 112 009 77 694 77555 69294 195260
500 to 999 acres ___________________________ farms __ 4 77 21 72 169 14 20 130 acres __ 2556 51 241 13939 47467 113907 9058 13898 86784
1,000 acres or more ________________________ farms __ - 9 8 7 80 3 5 18 acres __ - 10822 9874 9 522 145871 3627 6148 25691
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ____ farms, 1982 __ 299 150 339 121 66 503 578 188 1978 __ 323 210 380 147 84 612 709 230
acres, 1982 __ 15948 4079 9312 3 793 4402 21 311 16126 9824 1978 __ 17854 5481 12501 3 738 6778 31 703 24053 11 605
Other cropland ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 206 231 190 242 248 183 289 372 1978 __ 383 281 244 357 494 280 613 663
acres, 1982 __ 7032 7686 11 954 5 847 20325 5940 4763 11 476 1978 __ 14502 9759 9603 10632 50887 6661 15342 26738
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses, not harvested and not pastured _______________________ farms, 1982 __ 55 61 65 68 38 97 82 76
1978 __ 168 61 79 80 124 137 163 170 acres, 1982 __ 2025 2097 1 876 1 627 2192 2002 1 486 1 502
1978 __ 3884 1 032 2304 1 771 9309 2488 2802 6117 Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms, 1982 __ 24 21 27 9 18 20 79 33
1978 __ 53 33 45 24 23 23 208 70 acres, 1982 __ 837 (0) 909 (0) 1 287 324 1 148 696
1978 __ 1668 1 530 1 124 577 1 423 227 3363 1754
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______ farms, 1982 __ 32 1 10 5 117 7 21 16 1978 __ 54 13 25 10 229 10 61 55
acres, 1982 __ 843 (0) 296 (0) 8300 506 237 155 1978 __ 1 343 875 789 886 17 724 185 2951 2078
Cropland idle ____________________________ farms, 1982 __ 136 159 110 173 107 94 127 278 1978 __ 211 201 144 263 231 131 316 449
acres, 1982 __ 3327 5355 8873 3 718 8546 3108 1 892 9123 1978 __ 7609 6322 5386 7398 22431 3761 6226 16789
otal woodland ______________________________ farms, 1982 __ 479 190 308 127 74 860 895 148 1978 __ 513 232 316 117 96 829 904 160
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acres, 1982 __ 41 909 4465 10083 4 110 2682 81 731 27735 5772 1978 __ 44 437 4642 13078 2 738 3946 73233 28428 7764
Woodland pastured ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 316 72 146 45 35 556 529 68 1978 __ 306 88 163 42 29 531 510 51
acres, 1982 __ 23626 1 323 4655 998 750 37155 14348 3005 1978 __ 23298 1 697 6078 927 1 181 37048 16010 3480
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms Minnesota Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton Big Stone Blue Earth
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 25211 452 224 578 412 302 84 312
1978 __ 25767 436 260 594 462 266 62 323 acres, 1982 __ 1 263387 36093 9321 34838 36740 10812 2599 10888
1978 __ 1 369 974 36647 14918 40847 43935 8538 1 005 12953
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 75396 576 511 1 089 569 914 421 1 063 1978 __ 79164 575 484 1 096 601 871 478 1215
acres, 1982 __ 3 138 856 31 630 14499 60714 40263 35223 26966 31 935 1978 __ 3240859 33594 20862 56749 33745 33859 38842 36392
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 19794 193 99 312 188 352 108 145
1978 __ 20025 195 87 336 154 333 136 174 acres, 1982 __ 1 126844 13220 2724 22315 23387 16742 7393 5611
1978 __ 1 205843 17771 8588 20016 12941 16991 14856 8776 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 72548 541 495 1 046 539 882 407 1 037
1978 __ 75870 540 466 1 057 570 831 458 1 181 acres, 1982 __ 2012012 18410 11 775 38399 16876 18481 19573 26324
1978 __ 2035016 15823 12274 36733 20804 16868 23986 27616
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 50691 592 348 964 639 769 232 391 1978 __ 56016 622 371 966 614 813 298 506
acres, 1982 __ 3449 980 56685 11 073 95762 81 820 47939 16640 15353 1978 __ 4099986 69261 21 999 102 700 80 182 54380 30679 22363
Land set aside in federal farm programs _______ farms, 1982 __ 12434 6 45 120 56 63 124 185 1978 __ 30953 20 122 336 91 252 279 357
acres, 1982 __ 402 053 47 677 4934 1 873 1 087 4015 4 158 1978 __ 898 568 264 1 804 14450 1 931 4738 11 639 8483
All farms Brown Carlton Carver Cass Chippewa Chisago Clay Clearwater
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 217 434 269 400 74 410 164 391
1978 __ 225 420 302 372 92 425 192 430 acres, 1982 __ 5888 31 530 5477 32988 2183 18213 6261 34491
1978 __ 6281 37476 6580 34988 2217 18651 6874 42602
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 058 595 976 585 744 848 813 575 1978 __ 1 179 512 967 540 899 854 886 585
acres, 1982 __ 29114 24487 19136 46555 27439 27975 55548 37 139 1978 __ 30377 22 135 19953 37915 31 623 22842 65056 34474
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 137 229 232 234 102 215 189 201
1978 __ 172 169 212 228 121 220 210 194 acres, 1982 __ 4526 11 060 5 715 29509 3889 10563 19 157 21 715
1978 __ 7769 9604 6861 22715 6105 8944 28376 17 613 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 027 555 937 546 734 817 783 530
1978 __ 1 131 472 929 492 886 822 852 541 acres, 1982 __ 24588 13427 13421 17046 23550 17412 36391 15424
1978 __ 22608 12 531 13092 15200 25518 13898 36680 16861
Pastureland, all types _____________ ••••••••••• farms, 1982._ 362 621 798 637 272 747 415 559 1978_. 518 600 863 589 269 742 468 568
acres, 1982_. 10893 46 018 25053 90563 12452 41 255 38540 74 552 1978 •• 20391 51 346 30951 87389 15045 39871 52 616 77 823
Land set aside in federal farm programs •• _____ farms, 1982 •• 169 1 46 15 196 114 308 62 1978 •• 445 16 275 55 429 412 689 147
acres, 1982 •• 2828 (0) 575 475 3332 1 434 16 848 949 1978 •• 7645 199 3691 498 11 268 5138 34201 1 834
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
All farms Cook Cottonwood Crow Wing Dakota Dodge Douglas Faribault Rllmore
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 7 93 343 249 153 469 165 615
1978 __ 7 98 313 256 146 452 140 623 acres, 1982 __ 493 2334 27 744 6896 3605 14243 4430 26238
1978 __ 608 1 254 23 959 6915 2907 14699 3734 24888
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 9 857 501 827 764 1 097 1 034 1 528 1978 __ 5 1 023 500 817 812 1 182 1 112 1526
acres, 1982 __ 389 34 280 26382 23392 23247 52723 30285 62777 1978 __ 112 39 824 30 229 24553 27942 49746 29647 57769
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 1 222 175 210 183 438 133 544
1978 __ 1 274 155 187 175 409 122 540 acres, 1982 __ (0) 10498 10 740 7251 5907 22316 4824 34126
1978 __ (0) 12 652 16 796 7671 9569 18049 4863 32877 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 9 843 479 776 736 1 066 1 005 1434
1978 __ 5 993 477 789 786 1 135 1 090 1 431 acres, 1982 __ (0) 23 782 15 642 16 141 17340 30407 25461 28651
1978 __ (0) 27 172 13 433 16882 18373 31 697 24 784 24892
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 9 416 473 484 449 940 315 1 391 1978 __ 8 557 506 525 529 1 014 407 1 490
acres, 1982 __ 442 22 443 46 856 19529 17636 56320 11 868 121 529 1978 __ 543 27630 60 737 23575 25291 58382 15980 132110
Land set aside in federal farm programs _______ farms, 1982 __ - 211 34 154 145 72 220 245 1978 __ 1 511 60 293 396 386 307 406
acres, 1982 __ - 4 049 577 3495 4538 1 385 4453 5090 1978 __ (0) 11 726 806 7345 10272 6800 6503 7942
All farms Freebom Goodhue Granl Hennepin Houston Hubbard Isanti Itasca
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 248 566 93 200 533 272 444 346
1978 __ 268 598 110 179 523 303 434 350 acres, 1982 __ 3658 19 787 2 464 4933 34038 22223 18442 28258
1978_. 3976 24 258 2 102 4735 35272 25392 18845 31 982
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 218 1 505 501 740 884 375 771 448 1978 __ 1 347 1 537 571 663 893 364 739 426
acres, 1982 __ 31 630 47 614 25 681 15020 39237 16418 23378 19488 1978 __ 31 640 47 715 30 668 12319 32743 12998 24065 14179
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982_. 175 562 80 183 413 111 198 116
1978 __ 212 506 107 147 369 92 194 89 acres, 1982 __ 7101 21 544 2 680 5280 25356 8166 5203 9277
1978 __ 5854 20 983 7 277 4074 20577 6399 7 140 6546 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982-_ 1 193 1 436 490 709 818 357 744 429
1978 __ 1 300 1 442 558 641 820 349 711 402 acres, 1982_. 24529 26070 23 001 9740 13881 8252 18 175 10211
1978 __ 25786 26 732 23 391 8245 12166 6599 16925 7633
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 525 1 241 209 545 945 372 549 478 1978 __ 641 1 334 259 541 1011 393 551 477
acres, 1982 __ 18333 65092 8 327 17267 101 953 40901 21 414 39493 1978 __ 20567 68 538 19 275 18431 116093 42812 25951 43576
Land set aside in federal fannn programs _______ farms, 1982 __ 314 177 124 23 92 16 103 3 1978 __ 501 459 327 94 388 62 327 9
acres, 1982 __ 6342 2 833 5 073 441 1 308 229 1 549 (0) 1978 __ 11 514 7 478 14 515 1 399 4883 1 474 4435 213
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms lake of the Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi Kiltson Koochiching lac qui Parle lake Woods
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 69 384 231 213 178 88 33 139
1978 __ 73 336 206 220 213 83 33 165 acres, 1982 __ 1 201 24616 7 191 20 116 21 112 2302 (0) 18920
1978 __ 1 172 24614 6059 27947 23748 1 086 3691 21 960
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 979 704 1 160 452 200 879 33 170 1978 __ 1 080 669 1 275 498 234 999 32 202
acres, 1982 __ 38598 45274 50331 36057 9797 44235 462 12086 1978 __ 37924 40341 54068 45524 14193 44669 666 14515
Pastureland and ranp,eland other than cropland and wood and pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 183 312 251 63 45 238 7 47
1978 __ 195 263 258 84 57 246 8 39 acres, 1982 __ 9573 26382 14825 14 112 4763 14903 (0) 3596
1978 __ 10245 24233 12 151 19 369 7301 16789 (0) 3748 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 947 669 1 135 439 195 861 30 159
1978 __ 1 039 620 1 241 471 223 965 30 194 acres, 1982 __ 29025 18892 35 506 21 945 5034 29332 (0) 8490
1978 __ 27679 16 108 41 917 26 155 6892 27880 (0) 10767
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 354 697 639 261 203 385 43 144 1978 __ 484 679 711 273 230 524 40 175
acres, 1982 __ 18324 66353 35 546 54372 24074 27794 2 151 17035 1978 __ 25507 71 237 38842 51 962 28545 37566 2250 26989
Land set aside in federal farm programs _______ farms, 1982 __ 191 23 192 311 28 219 - 58 1978 __ 523 177 598 445 18 682 1 86
acres, 1982 __ 3092 342 3626 29214 336 4862 - 3472 1978 __ 12811 2092 13 723 40669 284 21 770 (0) 3 310
All farms le Sueur Lincoln lyon Mcleod Mahnomen Marshall Martin Meeker
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 285 51 86 265 147 570 114 351
1978 __ 344 58 65 300 185 565 111 331 acres, 1982 __ 6201 1 868 2558 3597 9072 38475 2954 9248
1978 __ 7443 1 598 1 044 3918 32885 45402 2996 7841
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 856 687 937 1 246 353 1 031 1 145 1 175 1978 __ 928 794 1 009 1 319 377 1 172 1 211 1 130
acres, 1982 __ 24579 39657 38678 27526 24820 46328 32 135 42 188 1978 __ 27 124 42056 41 690 28014 27604 54223 37 567 44812
Pasture land and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 189 242 270 233 107 129 143 243
1978 __ 205 299 303 295 101 149 149 279 acres, 1982 __ 5848 16516 13765 4669 8100 9865 4077 11 624
1978 __ 7575 20093 16285 7318 9621 12614 10451 14 347 land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 826 657 905 1 218 336 1 012 1 122 1 146
1978 __ 898 755 947 1 267 369 1 136 1 185 1 100 acres, 1982 __ 18731 23 141 24913 22857 16720 36463 28058 30564
1978 __ 19549 21 963 25405 20696 17983 41 609 27 116 30465
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 490 489 512 692 278 477 350 655 1978 __ 574 634 609 921 291 607 436 703
acres, 1982 __ 15467 34748 30355 18096 27163 44083 11 152 27671 1978 __ 22196 49340 36714 26210 44311 65359 22518 32 510
land set aside in federal farm programs _______ farms, 1982 __ 134 91 158 112 122 644 289 157 1978 __ 339 514 597 401 245 990 415 472
acres, 1982 __ 2580 2 166 2982 1 441 5879 40408 5 166 2485 1978 __ 6990 12856 17012 6741 9610 63602 9612 9876
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms Mille Lacs Morrison Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Norman Olmsted
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, t 982 __ 347 730 150 53 220 49 236 376
1978 __ 346 694 188 41 234 49 284 369 acres, 1 982 __ 17 037 41 562 3015 1 004 6268 787 11 341 11 288
1978 __ 18 315 39 765 4075 377 6907 554 18051 12401
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 800 1 695 1 179 913 761 1 098 623 1 266 1978 __ 817 1 653 1 319 985 790 1 240 714 1 193
acres, 1 982 __ 32 944 91 617 31 374 38857 18950 34774 38836 46299 1978 __ 34 324 90 848 33619 38974 21 787 39431 39956 46213
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 320 663 218 219 76 252 103 426
1978 __ 345 638 234 293 109 330 156 405 acres, 1 982 __ 16 792 38 037 5354 10634 2021 9 916 7321 25368
1978 __ 19 430 41 437 7628 15961 3361 14881 11 693 26601 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 756 1 595 1 144 886 749 1 059 611 1 181
1978 __ 755 1 546 1 287 930 766 1 184 697 1 124 acres, 1982 __ 16 152 53 580 26020 28223 16929 24858 31 515 20931
1978 __ 14 894 49 411 25 991 23013 18426 24550 28263 19612
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 738 1 603 556 474 290 592 286 1 061 1978 __ 804 1 697 638 673 402 741 397 1 104
acres, 1 982 __ 50 747 136 100 17 770 25335 8307 24590 23078 64799 1978 __ 56 657 158 269 23055 40623 13453 32906 38470 76637
Land set aside in federal farm programs _______ farms, 1982 __ 35 88 279 148 98 175 352 168 1978 __ 130 433 503 609 262 601 577 370
acres, 1 982 __ 459 960 5 107 2509 1 692 2845 24171 3362 1978 __ 2 103 5498 10604 16018 5612 12980 36184 6311
All farms Otter Tail Pennington Pine Pipestone Polk Pope Ramsey Red Lake
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 1 322 264 587 42 497 189 8 169
1978 __ 1 332 342 618 31 601 158 11 224 acres, 1 982 __ 62 550 17 257 42 846 1 454 30856 6 135 (0) 12005
1978 __ 61 931 21 894 50 852 894 35560 4307 568 15566
Other land __________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2 724 521 962 716 1284 903 51 328 1978 __ 2 836 536 1 028 704 1 461 901 74 375
acres, 1982 __ 144 767 22 119 58 591 32513 102 303 55900 740 20790 1978 __ 152 857 22458 58 403 30952 101 944 55 198 1 246 18880
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 936 76 400 278 234 334 11 64
1978 __ 956 87 415 260 244 279 11 65 acres, 1982 __ 53 375 5 082 32 205 15757 41 109 20567 377 10904
1978 __ 62 504 5 728 27 503 16593 31 493 19 598 669 6223 Land in house lots, ponds. roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2 580 511 916 689 1 223 870 44 317
1978 __ 2 710 517 . 950 666 1 431 869 67 364 acres, 1982 __ 91 392 17 037 26 386 16756 61 194 35333 363 9886
1978 __ 90353 16 730 30 900 14359 70451 35600 577 12657
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2281 325 995 493 630 651 29 197 1978 __ 2448 346 1 069 563 770 702 27 246
acres, 1982 __ 182 539 27 265 96 805 31 653 79880 47621 728 26251 1978 __ 216 508 31 137 106 307 41 023 94244 53478 1 618 26696
Land set aside in federal farm programs _______ farms, 1982 __ 293 246 31 78 844 176 1 158 1978 __ 1 072 345 267 345 994 379 3 278
acres, 1982 __ 7 135 17 450 260 1364 41 155 4081 (0) 11 841 1978 __ 23 144 16 798 2 724 8799 61 408 9762 (0) 13 175
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory texl]
All farms Redwood Renville Rice Rock Roseau SI. Louis Scott Sherburne
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO US~-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ••••••...•..••.••... farms, 1982 •• 81 173 386 30 595 632 208 292
1978 •• 112 142 387 26 672 591 270 282 acres, 1982 •• 3074 4354 7501 (0) 54845 47 135 4517 11 884
1978 .• 2982 3 161 8647 383 52501 48309 7296 13529
Other land •••••••••.•••••••••••••••.•..••••• farms, 1982 •• 1 225 1 314 1 071 753 929 770 798 556 1978 •• 1 405 1 4136 1 156 833 1 055 707 784 535
acres, 1982 •• 37814 38476 28661 28824 66080 21 598 21 577 20169 1978 •. 45555 49570 29932 31 514 70999 23213 17861 20564
Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ••••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 163 105 356 243 175 191 185 104
1978 •• 179 151 373 233 166 149 189 131 acres, 1982 •• 6899 3643 9200 (0) 29446 8051 6106 5581
1978 •. 8502 10388 10997 14499 26098 8682 5935 7688 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc .•••••••.••...•••••••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 1 199 1 298 1 035 717 907 730 768 537
1978 •• 1 372 1 387 1 087 791 1 023 667 768 523 acres, 1982 •• 30915 34833 19461 (0) 36634 13547 15471 14588
1978 •• 37053 39 182 18935 17015 44901 14531 11 926 12876
Pastureland, all types ••••••••••••••.••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 384 327 773 535 623 850 569 346 1978 •• 503 406 903 603 727 806 652 402
acres, 1982 •• 17010 12289 25 181 30705 74064 57114 18023 21 119 1978 •• 24004 21 545 33 152 35557 97 133 66818 23 153 26885
Land set aside in federal farm programs •..•••• farms, 1982 •• 243 269 104 135 398 3 51 76 1978 •• 669 456 341 424 576 28 182 189
acres, 1982 •• 4690 5222 1 961 2400 19425 19 576 1 514 1978 •• 15486 10 196 5881 10627 25 196 499 2749 3769
All farms Sibley Stearns Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse Wabasha
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ..•••••••••••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 276 816 210 71 104 863 51 406
1978 •• 266 779 206 76 119 874 35 397 acres, 1982 •• 5040 23913 3049 1 424 3 115 39924 1 957 21 598
1978 •• 5968 23 778 2584 1 270 3423 39791 800 21 526
Other land .•.•••••••••••••••••••••.•...••••• farms, 1982 •• 1 142 2824 874 521 789 1 772 372 821 1978 •• 1 235 2781 967 598 877 1 743 436 839
acres, 1982 .. 31 316 103 668 21 672 25518 44743 83956 19230 31 462 1978 .. 29781 106 679 19405 30 156 50001 83699 22 119 31 776
Pastureland and ranr,eland other than cropland and wood and pastured ••••••••••• farms, 1982 •. 193 848 163 92 197 701 53 280
1978 •• 159 875 155 118 210 677 62 254 acres, 1982 .. 5382 33822 3719 6674 14416 36351 4832 16590
1978 •• 4432 37297 3 159 8576 19530 41 299 4411 14784 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc .•••••••••.••.....•••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 1 114 2729 854 505 757 1 681 359 771
1978 •• 1 214 2639 945 580 846 1 650 424 791 acres, 1982 •• 25934 69846 17953 18844 30327 47605 14398 14872
1978 •• 25349 69382 16246 21 580 30471 42400 17708 16992
Pastureland, all types ...••••••••••••••••••••• farms, 1982 •• 555 2280 401 235 367 1 622 135 793 1978 •• 611 2402 478 259 441 1 682 180 817
acres, 1982 .• 15961 112731 11 433 13700 25578 111 516 9044 63062 1978 .. 18695 136 572 12217 17902 35350 131 727 13019 66695
Land set aside in federal farm programs ...•... farms, 1982 .• 128 158 118 136 240 81 109 92 1978 •• 397 741 354 319 505 486 294 254
acres, 1982 .• 1 928 2734 2294 4537 6359 1 337 5524 1 492 1978 •• 6713 12 135 7386 13 172 17 546 6022 15000 4238
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-con. [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms Yellow Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Wilkin Winona Wright Medicine
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE-Con.
Total woodland-Con. Woodland not pastured ____________________ farms, 1982 __ 311 146 209 90 61 577 551 110
1978 __ 359 171 188 90 81 519 551 123 acres, 1982 __ 18283 3 142 5428 3 112 1 932 44 576 13387 2767
1978 __ 21 139 2945 7000 1 811 2765 36185 12418 4304
Other land ________________________________ "_ farms, 1982 __ 639 691 626 702 408 917 1 726 949 1978 __ 636 803 581 756 489 921 1 692 1 085
acres, 1982 __ 45445 19270 15 109 19263 20 124 35953 47297 46942 1978 __ 42712 22398 18034 19056 26550 30567 44082 47989
Pastureland and rangeland other than 199 cropland and woodland pastured ___________ farms, 1982 __ 259 92 148 95 54 361 545
1978 __ 226 110 118 94 73 329 488 229 acres, 1982 __ 22250 2 110 4912 3284 3580 19817 18 144 14845
1978 __ 16955 3543 5035 3 114 7648 16672 15178 18361 land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ___________________________ farms, 1982 __ 592 679 608 684 404 853 1 655 924
1978 __ 596 792 561 741 481 855 1 630 1 047 acres, 1982 __ 23 195 17 160 10 197 15979 16544 16136 29 153 32097
1978 __ 25 757 18855 12999 15942 18902 13895 28904 29628
Pastureland, all types ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 588 266 498 209 137 960 1 297 384 1978 __ 580 332 512 247 145 962 1363 435
acres, 1982 __ 61 824 7512 18879 8075 8732 78283 48618 27674 1978 __ 58107 10721 23614 7779 15607 85423 55241 33446
Land set aside in federal farm programs _______ farms, 1982 __ 67 158 44 173 149 90 51 219 1978 __ 225 240 146 318 443 229 354 660
acres, 1982 __ 958 3397 1 089 3179 7559 1 725 498 4419 1978 __ 2861 5166 3343 7448 27256 4282 4805 19564
, Data are based on a sample of farms; see text.
Table 2. Irrigation: 1982 and 1978 [For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Farms with irrigation Minnesota Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton Big Stone Blue Earth
Farms ____________________________________ number, 1982 __ 2172 14 42 22 21 36 13 6 1978 __ 2031 19 32 19 20 22 15 19
land in irrigated farms _______________________ acres, 1982 __ 1 087 527 13487 7786 6710 10417 21 342 12023 3219 1978 __ 938207 14449 6879 5300 10029 13575 7976 6057
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2 166 14 42 20 21 36 13 6 1978 __ 2023 19 32 19 19 22 15 19
acres, 1982 __ 801 288 5000 5 165 3362 3639 14902 10 104 2700 1978 __ 645 773 4238 4421 2935 3621 9236 6 148 4402
Other cropland, excluding cropland pastured _________________________________ farms, 1982 __ 902 12 16 7 13 16 7 1
1978 __ 1 095 9 16 8 11 13 12 1 acres, 1982 __ 58298 4632 1 000 253 1 037 933 906 (D)
1978 __ 73742 1 529 399 692 1 734 1 803 1 019 (D) Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured ___ farms, 1982 __ 892 3 13 11 10 16 7 1
1978 __ 847 9 10 8 4 9 4 4 acres, 1982 __ 82070 395 363 581 1 711 854 513 (0)
1978 __ 76645 4317 532 273 695 613 348 128
Irrigated land ________________________________ acres, 1982 __ 315 376 3640 1 595 1 746 2931 7926 1 825 601 1978 __ 271 704 3589 1 515 1 224 2375 5792 2028 1 017
Harvested cropland ________________________ farms, 1982 __ 2 156 14 41 20 21 36 13 6 1978 __ 1 991 16 32 19 17 22 14 19
acres, 1982 __ 312 667 3640 (D) (D) (D) (0) 1 825 601 1978 __ 268 405 3469 1 492 1 136 2281 5779 2016 1 012
Pastureland and other land _________________ farms, 1982 __ 71 - 1 2 1 1 - -acres, 1982 __ 2709 - (D) (D) (D) (D) - -
1978 __ 3299 120 23 88 94 13 12 5
1982 principal source of irrigation water (see text): Wells on farm __________________________________ farms __ 1 698 - 33 13 2 29 13 5
Wells as only source ___________________ ~~~~~_i~~=== 270459 - 1 316 1 628 (D) 7582 1 825 511 1 594 - 31 13 2 27 13 5
acres irrigated __ 247 376 - 1 047 1 628 (0) 6642 1 825 511
On-farm surface supply _________________________ farms __ 401 11 7 9 12 7 - 1
On-farm surface supply as only source __ ~~~~~_i~r=== 37405 2370 139 118 1 604 344 - (D) 377 11 7 9 11 6 - 1
acres irrigated __ 33169 2370 139 118 1 504 194 - (D)
Off-farm water suppHers _________________________ farms __ 73 3 2 - 7 - - -acres irri~ated __ 7 512 1 270 (D) - 1 019 - - -
Off-farm water suppliers as only source _________ arms __ 70 3 2 - 7 - - -acres irrigated __ 7373 1 270 (0) - 1 019 - - -
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