Table A5. Characteristics of Panel Farms in Washington, California, Texas, Wisconsin, and Missouri Producing Milk.
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                        CAD1710    WAD175    WAD850   TXCD400   TXCD825  TXED210   TXED650      WID55      WID190      MOD77      MOD220
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County                  Tulare    Whatcom   Whatcom    Erath     Erath   Hopkins   Hopkins    Winnebago  Winnebago   Christian   Christian

Total Cropland            400       120       428       303       250       310       500        195        685         161         600
 Acres Owned              400        60       225       150       250       260       500        152        411         130         402
 Acres Leased               0        60       203       153         0        50         0         43        274          31         198

Pastureland
Acres Owned                 0         0         0         0       200        25       300         30          0          30           0
Acres Leased                0         0         0       150         0        25         0          0          0          80           0

Assets ($1,000)
 Total                   6883       768      3235      1126      2134       726      2140        521       1177         448        1327
 Real Estate             4087       491      2113       536       894       335       990        295        590         227         795
 Machinery                529        75       310       192       248        93       298        142        285         114         270
 Other & Livestock       2268       202       812       398       992       298       852         84        303         106         263

Debt/Asset Ratios*
 Total                   0.31      0.29      0.30      0.33      0.28      0.34      0.33       0.34       0.35        0.34        0.33
 Intermediate            0.35      0.30      0.33      0.37      0.28      0.39      0.36       0.39       0.40        0.39        0.40
 Long Run                0.29      0.28      0.29      0.29      0.29      0.29      0.29       0.29       0.29        0.29        0.29

1996 Livestock
Dairy Cows               1710       175       850       400       825       210       650         55        190          77         220
Cwt Milk/Cow              218       248       256       161       192       160       154        203        216         209         216

1996 Gross Receipts
Total                  4636.8     557.3    2803.7     968.6    2477.4     484.5    1486.7      170.2      608.5       239.6       705.7

 Milk                  4195.1     524.5    2636.6     914.5    2251.8     419.4    1288.4      148.0      544.3       213.9       631.2
                         90.5%     94.1%     94.0%     94.4%     90.9%     86.6%     86.7%      86.9%      89.4%       89.3%       89.4%

 Dairy Cattle           323.8      31.9     144.0      54.1     117.3      65.1     145.4       16.6       54.0        25.7        48.6
                          7.0%      5.7%      5.1%      5.6%      4.7%     13.4%      9.8%       9.8%       8.9%       10.7%        6.9%

 Hay                      0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0      52.9        0.2        0.0         0.0         0.0
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      3.6%       0.1%       0.0%        0.0%        0.0%

 Corn                    82.9       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0        1.4        2.0         0.0         0.0
                          1.8%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.8%       0.3%        0.0%        0.0%

 Silage                   0.0       0.9      23.1       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0        0.0        0.0         0.0        13.0
                          0.0%      0.2%      0.8%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%       0.0%        0.0%        1.8%

 Haylage                  0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0        0.0        0.0         0.0        12.9
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%       0.0%        0.0%        1.8%

 Wheat                    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0     108.3       0.0       0.0        0.0        0.0         0.0         0.0
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      4.4%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%       0.0%        0.0%        0.0%

 Other Income            35.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0        4.1        0.0         0.0         0.0
                          0.8%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       2.4%       0.0%        0.0%        0.0%

1996 Planted Acres
Total                   400.0     114.0     385.0     303.0     250.0     200.0     500.0      250.0      773.0       161.0      1002.0

 Hay                    140.0       0.0       0.0     136.0       0.0     200.0     337.0       43.0      120.0       161.0       452.0
                         35.0%      0.0%      0.0%     44.9%      0.0%    100.0%     67.4%      17.2%      15.5%      100.0%       45.1%

 Corn                   260.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0      100.0      234.0         0.0         0.0
                         65.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      40.0%      30.3%        0.0%        0.0%

 Soybeans                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       15.0        0.0         0.0         0.0
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       6.0%       0.0%        0.0%        0.0%

 Silage                   0.0     114.0     385.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       20.0       90.0         0.0       160.0
                          0.0%    100.0%    100.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       8.0%      11.6%        0.0%       16.0%

 Improved Pasture         0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0        0.0        0.0         0.0       350.0
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%       0.0%        0.0%       34.9%

 Haylage                  0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       72.0      242.0         0.0        40.0
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      28.8%      31.3%        0.0%        4.0%

 Wheat                    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0     250.0       0.0       0.0        0.0        0.0         0.0         0.0
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%    100.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%       0.0%        0.0%        0.0%

 Sorghum                  0.0       0.0       0.0     167.0       0.0       0.0     163.0        0.0        0.0         0.0         0.0
                          0.0%      0.0%      0.0%     55.1%      0.0%      0.0%     32.6%       0.0%       0.0%        0.0%        0.0%
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 *Receipts for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise to the farm. Percents indicate the percentage of the
  total receipts accounted for by the livestock categories and the crops.
**Acreages for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise to the farm; these values reflect acreage reduction
  percentages that year. Total planted acreage may exceed total cropland available due to double cropping. Percents indicate the percentage
  of total planted acreage accounted for by the crop.