Table A6. Characteristics of Panel Farms in New York, Vermont Georgia, Florida, and New Mexico Producing Milk.
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                         NYWD600   NYWD1000  NYCD110   NYCD225       VTD70        VTD186    GAD175   GAD650      FLD380     FLD2000    NMD2000
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County                   Wyoming   Wyoming   Cayuga    Cayuga      Washington   Washington  Putnam   Spalding  Lafayette   Okeechobee  Dona Ana

Total Cropland             875      1510       355       413          140          285         0       350        590          450        150
 Acres Owned               600       967       205       309          100          225         0       300        440          450        150
 Acres Leased              275       543       150       104           40           60         0        50        150            0          0

Pastureland
Acres Owned                200       200        50       300          100           50       200       150         60         1850          0
Acres Leased                 0         0         0         0           25           50         0         0          0            0          0

Assets ($1,000)
 Total                    2156      4129       689      1070          692         1212       523      2059       1442         9700       6234
 Real Estate              1109      1999       429       522          403          642       285       899        915         7038       2989
 Machinery                 412       965       157       321          203          358        38       339         75          239        726
 Other & Livestock         635      1165       102       227           86          213       201       821        452         2423       2519

Debt/Asset Ratios*
 Total                    0.35      0.37      0.36      0.40         0.38         0.40      0.38      0.29       0.30         0.35       0.32
 Intermediate             0.41      0.46      0.49      0.50         0.50         0.53      0.49      0.29       0.33         0.53       0.35
 Long Run                 0.28      0.27      0.28      0.28         0.29         0.29      0.28      0.29       0.28         0.28       0.29

1996 Livestock
Dairy Cows                 600      1000       110       225           70          186       175       650        380         2000       2000
Cwt Milk/Cow               215       215       216       215          224          208       180       190        170          165        224

1996 Gross Receipts
Total                   1877.0    3108.6     337.8     684.7        228.9        555.7     459.7    1898.9     1178.9       5643.3     5641.8

 Milk                   1732.8    2888.0     311.5     635.7        209.0        515.7     436.3    1803.3      995.0       5214.7     5168.1
                          92.3%     92.9%     92.2%     92.9%        91.3%        92.8%     94.9%     95.0%      84.4%        92.4%      91.6%

 Dairy Cattle            144.2     203.0      26.3      48.9         18.4         40.0      23.4      95.6       55.4        428.7      473.6
                           7.7%      6.5%      7.8%      7.1%         8.0%         7.2%      5.1%      5.0%       4.7%         7.6%       8.4%

 Hay                       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0          0.0          0.0       0.0       0.0      128.5          0.0        0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%         0.0%         0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      10.9%         0.0%       0.0%

 Silage                    0.0      17.6       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%         0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%         0.0%       0.0%

 Other Income              0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0          1.5          0.0       0.0       0.0        0.0          0.0        0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%         0.7%         0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%         0.0%       0.0%

1996 Planted Acres
Total                      875      1510       365       415          138          284         0       200        590          900        180

 Hay                       0.0       0.0      88.0      99.0         32.0         67.0       0.0       0.0      590.0        900.0        0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%     24.1%     23.9%        23.2%        23.6%      0.0%      0.0%     100.0%       100.0%       0.0%

 Corn                      0.0       0.0     120.0      89.0          0.0          0.0       0.0       0.0        0.0          0.0        0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%     32.9%     21.4%         0.0%         0.0%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%         0.0%       0.0%

 Silage                  470.0     850.0      80.0      99.0         50.0        117.0       0.0       0.0        0.0          0.0      180.0
                          53.7%     56.3%     21.9%     23.9%        36.2%        41.2%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%         0.0%     100.0%

 Haylage                 405.0     660.0      77.0     128.0         56.0        100.0       0.0       0.0        0.0          0.0        0.0
                          46.3%     43.7%     21.1%     30.8%        40.6%        35.2%      0.0%      0.0%       0.0%         0.0%       0.0%

 Sorghum                   0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0          0.0          0.0       0.0     200.0        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%
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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.