TITLE: US CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1987 AGRICULTURAL EXPENSES

Geodataset Name:       AGEX87
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON

This dataset contains estimates of agricultural expenses by county.

DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Div. (WRD)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:100,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Source - 1987
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: AGEX87.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
FID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
CNTY_NAME	County Name
FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard State and County Code
AREA_ACRES	Total County Land Area from USGS 1:2,000,000 County Data Layer
CA0275	Total farm production expenses
CA0279	Expenses for livestock and poultry purchased
CA0283	Expenses for feed for livestock and poultry
CA0291	Expenses for seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees
CA0295	Expenses for commercial fertilizer
CA0299	Expenses for agricultural chemicals
CA0303	Expenses for petroleum products
CA0323	Expenses for electricity
CA0327	Expenses for hired farm labor
CA0331	Expenses for contract labor
CA0341	Expenses for interest paid
CA0350	Expenses for property taxes paid
HECTARES	Polygon Area in Hectares - Added by FGDL
DESCRIPT	Derived from CA0275 (see above) * $1000 - Added by FGDL

USER NOTES:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

This coverage contains estimates of agricultural expenses in counties in the conterminous United States as reported in the 1987 Census of Agriculture (U.S. Department of Commerce, 1989a). Agricultural expenses data are reported in thousands of dollars. Agricultural expenses estimates were generated from surveys of all farms where $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. Most of the attributes summarized represent 1987 data, but some information from the 1982 Census of Agriculture also was included. All of the items beginning with CA0 are calculated in thousands of dollars. For example 9971 would be $9,971,000. A -99 means the data is unavailable.

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REFERENCES:

United States Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

FGDL Personnel joined Census of Agriculture attribute data to existing County Boundaries using the County Name as Key Item. -Dropped the following items: ST (state), PLYTYPE, WORKB. These items were for USGS internal documentation only. -Renamed CNTYNAME to CNTY_NAME -Renames AREA.ACRES to AREA_ACRES -Added items HECTARES and DESCRIPT Process Date: Unknown Corrected Sumter/Hernando border and Polk county boundary. Process Date: 20041000

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Div. (WRD)
USGS WRD
P.O. Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 25
Lakewood, CO
80225
303-236-5939


www.usgs.gov

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