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.