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ARIZONA AGRICULTURE STATISTICS

2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY DATA

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2002
Item   Arizona Yuma
Farms number 7,294 531
Land in farms acres 26,586,577 231,125
Average size of farm acres 3,645 435
     
Median size of farm acres 80 77
Estimated market value of land and buildings 1:     1,998,970
Average per farm dollars 1,456,759 4,544
Average per acre   dollars 398 201,464
Estimated market value of all machinery and      
equipment 1:      
Average per farm dollars 88,651 162
Farms by size:      
          1 to 9 acres     2,331 140
        10 to 49 acres     1,900 68
        50 to 179 acres     1,114 64
      180 to 499 acres     664 30
      500 to 999 acres     447 67
   1,000 acres or more     838 484
          Total cropland farms 4,440 212,995
acres   1,261,894 475
Harvested cropland farms 3,139 197,038
acres   887,966 498
Irrigated land farms 4,172 197,424
    931,735 802,368
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text)   $1,000 2,395,447 1,511,051
Average per farm dollars 328,413 (D)
Crops $1,000 1,587,775 (D)
Livestock, poultry, and their products   1000 807,672 132
Farms by value of sales:      
       Less than $2500     3,445 40
       $2,500 to $4,999     647 44
       $5,000 to $9,999     598 44
     $10,000 to $24,999     675 45
     $25,000 to $49,999     430 18
     $50,000 to $99,999     307 208
    $100,000 or more     1,192 63
Government payments   farms 833 3,419
  1000 31,760 155
Total income from farm-related sources      
gross before taxes and expenses (see text)   farms 1,332 14,165
  1000 46,346 482,093
Total farm production expenses 1 $1,000 1,825,328 906,190
Average per farm  dollars   250,251 532
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 1   farms 7,294 338,249
  1000 652,021 635,807
Average per farm   dollars 89,391 338
Principal operator by primary occupation:      
Farming number 4,296 193
Other number 2,998 253
Principal operator by days worked off farm:      
Any number 3,715 189
200 days or more number 2,579 39
Livestock and poultry:      
Cattle and calves inventory farms 2,838 (D)
  number 841,277 15
Beef cows farms 2,090 (D)
  number 170,865 2
Milk cows   farms 274 (D)
  number 154,764 25
Cattle and calves sold   farms 2,030 (D)
  number 673,305 11
Hogs and pigs inventory   farms 208 108
  number (D) 9
Hogs and pigs sold  farms 168 122
  number (D) 27
Sheep and lambs inventory farms 411 (D)
  number 114,888 27
Layers 20 weeks old and older inventory  farms 582 269
  number (D) 1
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold  farms 59 (D)
  number (D) 9
Selected crops harvested:      
Corn for grain farms 92 1,399
  acres 27,838 220,332
  bushels 5,127,857 2
Corn for silage or greenchop  farms 137 (D)
  acres 31,922 (D)
  tons 803,358 85
Wheat for grain All 232 43,718
  acres 100,078 4,395,721
  bushels 9,600,854 6
Winter wheat for grain farms 30 1,205
  acres 6,486 107,731
  bushels 557,027 82
Durum wheat for grain  farms 208  
  acres 93,592  
  bushels 9,043,827 412,299

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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2002 - Con.
Item   Arizona Yuma
Selected crops harvested – Con.    
Oats for grain   farms 43 -
acres 2,226 -
bushels 206,912 -
Barley for grain   farms 164 12
acres 39,199 1,645
bushels 4,269,681 154,894
Sorghum for grain   farms 28 -
acres 6,025 -
bushels 430,648 -
Sorghum for silage or greenchop   farms 38 -
acres 8,327 -
tons 173,833 -
Dry edible beans, excluding limas   farms 28 2
acres 4,837 (D)
cwt 88,798 (D)
Cotton, All   farms 409 55
acres 222,722 19,903
bales 626,649 55,232
Upland cotton   farms 401 55
acres 214,880 17,784
bales 609,809 50,363
Pima cotton   farms 45 7
acres 7,842 2,119
bales 16,840 4,869
Potatoes   farms 22 1
acres 7,679 (D)
cwt 2,260,070 (D)
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, farms 1,088 153
grass silage, and greenchop (see text)    
acres 289,334 40,559
tons, dry 2,087,130 289,543
Peanuts for nuts   farms 2 -
acres (D) -
pounds (D) -
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text)   farms 274 66
acres 134,394 96,542
Land in orchards   farms 1,504 291
  acres 63,180 23,717
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