Arkansas Farm Characteristics

1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture
	1992	1997	2002

Total land area (million acres)	33.33	33.33	33.32
Total farmland (million acres)	14.13	14.82	14.50
Percent of total land area	42.4	44.5	43.5

Cropland (million acres)	10.06	10.27	9.58
Percent of total farmland	71.2	69.3	66.0
Percent in pasture	20.5	19.9	17.8

Harvested cropland (million acres)	7.30	7.81	7.46
Percent irrigated	26.7	36.7	43.3

Woodland (million acres)	2.23	2.47	2.37
Percent of total farmland	15.8	16.6	16.3
Percent in pasture	44.4	41.6	38.4

Pastureland (million acres)	1.44	1.55	1.98
Percent of total farmland	10.2	10.4	13.6

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.39	0.54	0.58
Percent of total farmland	2.8	3.6	4.0

Conservation and organic practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.13	0.19	0.15
Percent of total farmland	1.0	1.3	1.0

Certified organic farms, all commodities (number)	N/A	N/A	19
Value of all organic commodities sold ($1,000’s)	N/A	N/A	136
Certified organic farms, crops (number)	N/A	N/A	9
Land used to raise certified organic crops (acres)	N/A	N/A	359

Average farm size (acres)	322	300	305