Table 6. Agricultural Statistics in Grassland Ecoregions and National Totals.
|
Region |
Number of Farms 1978 |
Number of Farms 1992 |
Land in Farms 1978 (ac) |
Land in Farms 1992 (ac) |
Ave. Value of Farmland and Buildings (ac)a1978 | Ave. Value of Farmland and Buildings (ac)a1992 |
| Tallgrass | 201,884 | 158,508
(- 21.5%) |
66,221,120 | 62,269,680
(- 6.0%) |
$1,195.09 | $1,013.62
(- 15.2%)a |
| Mixed-grass | 193,959 | 160,766
(- 17.1%) |
155,750,900 | 150,918,974
(- 3.1%) |
$409.23 | $400.91
(- 2.0%)a |
| Shortgrass | 81,071 | 74,211
(- 8.5%) |
167,275,568 | 163,890,353
(- 2.0%) |
$230.51 | $241.30
(+ 4.7%)a |
| Great Plains and Prairies subtotal | 476,914 | 393,485
(- 17.5%) |
389,247,588 | 377,079,007
(- 3.1%) |
$466.12 | $432.72
(- 7.2%)a |
| United States total | 2,257,775 | 1,925,300
(- 14.7%) |
1,014,777,234 | 945,531,506
(- 6.8%) |
$619.00 | $727.00
(+ 17.4%)a |
a Dollars are constant dollars. In real dollars the change from 1978 to 1992 was -60.5% for the tallgrass region, -54.4% for the mixed-grass region, -51.3% for the shortgrass region, -56.8% for the Great Plains subtotal, and -45.3% for the United States total.