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<br />1,,-,000 <br /> <br />1..000.... <br /> <br />.......- <br /> <br />12....... <br /> <br />1,,-,100 <br /> <br />......... <br /> <br />......- <br /> <br />~....- <br />~....- <br /> <br />COLORADO AGRIBUSINESS SYSTEM <br /> <br />Agribusiness Sales (in $1,OOOs) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado Agriculture in 1997 <br /> <br />. 28,268 fanns and ranches <br />Increase of 11% from t992 <br /> <br />. Average fann size of 1,154 acres <br />Decreased by 10% from 1992 <br /> <br />. Fann sales total $4.53 billion <br />Increased by 13% from 1992 <br />Crop sales are 29%; Livestock sales are 710/0 <br /> <br />. Land in Fanns: 32.6 million acres <br />Decreased by 4% from 1992 <br /> <br />. Fann Assets equal $22.8 billion <br />Increase of 33% from t992 <br /> <br />. Fann debt is $3.6 billion <br />Increase of 27% from 1992 <br /> <br />. 1/3 of operators worked 200 days or more 01T fann <br />up 22% from 25 years ago <br /> <br />Complete alationl and references are di!lClosed in full report. <br />Partial funding provided by tbe Colorado Department of Agriculture <br /> <br />r............. <br /> <br />J ..... <br /> <br />~... Acritttl-_ <br />M_ <br /> <br />Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics <br />Colorado State University <br />Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1172 <br />