United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Farms—Farm Debt Status—Irrigation 657
No. 1161. F a r m s , La n d in Fa r m s a n d D e b t St a t u s , by O p e r a t o r C h a r a c t e r is t ic s : 1979
[B a s e d on th e 1 9 7 9 S u rv e y o f F a rm F in a n c e , a s a m p le su rvey c o n d u c te d a 9 p a rt o f th e 1 9 7 8 C e n s u s o f A g ric u ltu re . S u rv e y w a s
ta k e n in 1 9 8 0 to c o v e r c a le n d a r y e a r 1 9 7 9 ]
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C
N u m ­
b e r of
f a r m s
(1,000)
L A N D IN F A R M S (millions)
T o ta l A c r e s A c r e s
acres o w n e d r e n te d
P erc
e n t o f
o p e ra ­
to rs
w ith
d e b t
R e a l
e s ta te
d e b t
a s
p e r c e n t
o f
va l u e
o f land
a n d
b l d g s . 1
N o n -
re a l
e s ta te
d e b t
a s
p e rc e n t
o f n e t
c o s h
fa rm
in ­
c o m e 2
T o t a l ...................................................................................................................... 2,354 928.4 5 5 2 . 9 3 7 8 . 5 53 . 8 27.1 2 4 8 . 4
Full o w n e r ..................................................................................................................... 1,424 279.0 2 7 9 . 0 (X) 4 5 . 9 25 . 0 193.1
P art o w n e r............................................................................................................. :...... 6 4 7 542.4 2 7 3 . 9 2 6 8 . 4 71 . 8 29 . 0 2 5 4 . 3
T e n a n t 3 .......................................................................................................................... 2 8 3 107.0 1 0 7 . 0 5 2 . 2 (X) 3 8 6 . 4
t o
C a s h 1 0 8 45.0 4 5 . 0 5 3 . 0 3 6 9 . 5
(x) (X)
S h a r e -c a s h 4............................................................................................................ 41 25.5 (X) 2 5 . 5 73 , 4 (X) 1.234.7
S h a r p 5 102 31.0 (X) 3 1 . 0 51 . 4 (X) 2 6 7 . 3
Individual o r fa m ily ................................................................................................... 2,079 657.1 3 9 3 . 8 2 6 3 . 3 52 . 7 26 . 8 2 6 7 . 5
P a rtn e rs h ip ..... 2 1 7 152.7 84 . 4 68.2 6 0 . 0 27 . 0 2 2 9 . 7
C o rp o ra tio n .... 5 2 113,9 71 . 6 4 2 . 4 72 . 8 29.3 2 0 6 . 3
7 4.7 3.1 1.0 3 1 . 0 16.5 1 3 6 . 9
L ess th a n 5 0 a c r e s .................................................................................................. 6 5 5 13.3 1 1 .4 1.0 42.1 31 . 9 212.8
5 0 - 6 9 acres... 3 8 0 27.6 2 2 .9 4.7 4 4 . 3 28 . 7 2 4 3 . 4
1 0 0 - 1 7 9 acres 40 1 54.5 42 . 2 12.3 49.1 27 . 3 221.8
1 8 0 - 2 5 9 acres 220 47.7 34.1 1 3 . 6 54 . 9 28.6 2 2 5 . 2
2 6 0 - 4 9 9 acres 3 4 7 124.9 74 . 6 5 0 . 3 66 . 7 25.4 2 3 8 . 2
5 0 0 - 9 9 6 acres 1 9 8 138.3 7 2 . 5 6 3 . 9 76 . 7 26 . 9 2 3 3 . 9
1 ,0 0 0-1,999 a c r e s ................................................................................................... 9 4 128.0 6 6 . 9 62.1 7 8 . 9 2 7 . 5 3 7 0 . 2
2 ,0 0 0 a c re s o r m o re ............................................................................................... 5 9 39 6 . 2 2 2 9 . 4 1 6 6 . 8 7 9 . 0 25 . 8 2 3 9 .5
X N o t ap p lic a b le . 'F o r o p e ra to rs w ith re a l e s ta te d e b t. O n ly o w n e d la n d a n d b u ild in g s o p e r a te d a r e in c lu d e d . ’ F o r
p e ra to rs w ith n o n -re s ta te d e b t. in c lu d e s o th e r ty p e s , n o t s h o w n s e p a ra te ly . * S h a r e - c a s h te n a n ts p a y p a rt o f re n t
o a l e t h e
in c a s h a n d p a rt in a s h a re o f th e c ro p s a n d /o r o f th e liv e s to c k a n d liv e s to c k p ro d u cts. 5S h a r e te n a n ts p a y a s h a r e o f th e
crops a n d /o r a s h a re o f th e liv e s to c k o r liv e s to c k p ro d u cts.
S o u rc e : U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s , 1976 Census o f Agriculture, V o lu m e 5 , Special Reports, P a r t 6 , 1979 Farm Finance Survey.
N o. 1152. I r r i g a t i o n o f A g r i c u l t u r a l L a n d — S u m m a r y : 1 9 5 0 t o 1 9 7 8
[S e e a ls o H isto rical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, s e rie s J 8 5 - 9 1 ]
ITEM
U n it
17 WESTERN STATES AND LA. ALL STATES
1950 1959 1969 1 9 7 4 1 978 1 969 1974 1978
A p p ro x im a te la n d a r e a ........................................................
F a rm s , t o t a l................................................................................
Irrig a te d ........................................
P e rc e n t irrig a te d o f to ta l fa r m s ............................
L a n d in farm s, to ta l...............................................................
In Irrig ated fa rm s ....................
L a n d irrig ated, t o t a l ..............
P e rc e n t irrig a te d o f to ta l fa r m s ............................
M il. a c re s .........
1 .0 0 0 ................
1,000................
P e rc e n t............
M il. a c re s .........
M il. a c re s .........
M il. a c re s .........
P e r c e n t.............
1,191
1,430
289
20.2
699
168
25
3.6
1,189
1,044
267
25.6
715
213
31
4.3
1,187
850
210
24.7
700
21B
35
5.0
1,187
7 4 5
1 9 7
2 6 .4
6 6 0
211
3 7
5.4
1,1 8 7
7 9 8
2 3 9
2 9 .9
6 8 5
2 2 8
44
6.4
2 ,2 6 4
2 ,7 3 0
2 5 7
9.4
1.063
2 3 8
3 9
3 .7
2 ,2 6 4
2 ,3 1 4
2 3 7
10.2
1,017
2 2 9
41
4 .0
2,266
2,479
303
12.2
1,030
253
51
4.9
S o u rc e : U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s , Census o f Agriculture: 1950, 1959, 1969, 1974, a n d 1976, Irrigation o f A g ricu ltu ral Lands.
N o . 1 1 5 3 . F e d e r a l Ir r ig a t io n P r o j e c t s , b y T y p e o f S e r v i c e : i 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 0
ITEM U n it 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 7 1 9 7 8 1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0
A ll p ro jects: Irrig a b le a c r e a g e ................................. 1 ,0 0 0 ............. 8 ,1 7 1 9 ,6 1 2 1 0 ,1 9 8 1 0 ,9 3 0 1 1 ,0 6 1 1 1 ,2 3 4 1 1 ,4 0 9 1 2 ,2 3 6 1 1 ,9 4 4
Irrig a te d a c re a g e 1 ,0 0 0 ............. 6 ,9 0 0 8 ,0 1 2 8 ,5 7 0 9 ,3 0 9 9 ,4 6 3 9 ,1 3 2 9 ,5 7 6 1 0 ,2 3 4 1 0 ,0 9 3
G ro s s c ro p v a lu e ................................ M il. d o i......... 1 ,1 5 8 1 ,5 5 7 1 ,8 8 2 4 ,4 1 9 4 ,3 3 6 4 ,3 9 5 4 ,9 9 3 6 ,9 0 9 7 ,4 3 8
Full s e r v ic e :1 Irrig a b le a c re a g e 1 ,0 0 0 ............. 4 ,3 2 6 4 ,5 4 0 4 ,8 4 4 4 ,9 2 5 4 ,9 5 7 4 ,9 7 4 5 ,0 1 2 5 ,0 7 6 5 ,0 8 2
Irrig a te d a c r e a g e ............................ 1 ,0 0 0 ............. 3 ,4 8 8 3 ,7 3 1 4 ,0 3 7 4 ,2 1 3 4 ,2 4 9 4 ,2 0 6 4 ,2 2 2 4 ,2 5 4 4 ,2 7 5
G ro s s c ro p v a lu e ....................... M il. d o t......... 5 81 6 7 5 8 4 7 1 ,8 5 8 1 ,6 4 6 1 ,7 7 1 2 ,0 3 6 2 ,3 4 8 2 ,6 6 8
S u p p le m e n ta l a n d te m p o ra ry s e r v ic e :2
Irrig a b le a c re a g e ........................................................ 1 ,0 0 0 ............. ,8 4 5 ,0 7 2 ,3 5 4 6 ,0 0 5 6 ,1 0 4 6 ,2 6 0 6 ,3 9 7 7 ,1 6 0 6 ,8 6 2
3 5 5
Irrig a te d a c r e a g e ....................................................... 1 ,0 0 0 ............. 3 ,4 1 2 4 ,2 8 1 4 ,5 3 3 5 ,0 9 6 5 ,2 1 4 4 ,9 2 6 5 ,3 5 4 5 ,9 8 0 5 ,8 1 8
G ro s s c ro p v a lu e ....................................................... M il. d o l......... 5 7 7 8 8 2 1 ,0 3 5 2 ,5 6 1 2 ,4 9 0 2 ,6 2 4 2 ,9 5 7 4 ,5 6 1 4 ,7 7 0
'A p p lie s to irrig a b le la n d re c e iv in g its s o le irrig atio n supply th ro u g h B u re a u o f R e c la m a tio n -c o n s tr u c te d fa c ilitie s a n d to
p revio u sly irrig a te d la n d in n o n -F e d e ra l p ro je c ts w h e re a sub s ta n tia l p a rt o f th e facilities w a s c o n s tr u c te d , re h a b ilita te d , o r r e p la c e d
by th e B u re a u , ’ A p p lie s to irrig a b le la n d re c e iv in g irrigation w a te r th ro u g h B u re a u p r o je c ts in a d d itio n to s u p p ly fro m n o n -
p ro je c t s o u rc e s a n d to la n d fo r w h ic h w a te r is d e liv e re d u n d e r te m p o ra ry a rra n g e m e n ts .
S o u rc e : U .S . B u re a u o f R e c la m a tio n , Annual Report.