2002 Census of Agriculture
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

  Table 8.  Land: 2002 and 1997 (All US farms)

                                        %of total
      Farm Land (acres) in
          Cropland        434,164,946      46.3      
          Woodland         75,878,213       8.1
          Pastureland     395,278,829      42.1
          Houses,etc.      32,957,068       3.5

          Total           938,279,056     100.0


Agricultural Statistics Board, Land Values and Cash Rents 2005 Summary
NASS, USDA
August 2005

  Average value per acre, 48 state average

                 2001     2002     2003     2004    2005 
    Cropland:  $1,510   $1,590   $1,660   $1,770  $1,970
    Pasture:      557      577      605      634     694