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Title: Down on the farm. An analysis of energy inputs in Tennessee Valley farms

Abstract

There are 150,159 farms in the 170 power counties of TVA; the largest percentage are in the Central District (26.4%). The majority of the farm operators reside on the farm they operate (101,592 operators or 67.7%). Individual or family-owned farms represent the largest type of farm organization (134,111 farms or 89.3%). Over 71,000 farms use electricity in actual farm production; farm expenses for electricity totaled $37,040,000 in 1982. Approximately 18% of the energy requirements in the American food system is used for actual farm production, while 82% goes for processing, marketing, transporting, and preparing food for consumption. Field crop production in the Tennessee Valley expends the majority of the gasoline (91.4%) and diesel (85.8%) inputs in the farm system. Livestock production consumes the majority of the electricity (89.9%), L.P. gas (70.0%), fuel oil (97.2%), and liquid fuel (99.3%). Dairy cow production is the most energy-intensive production in livestock. It consumes 63.4% of the gasoline, 78.6% of the diesel, 40.5% of the L.P. gas, and 64.5% of the electricity inputs in livestock.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga (USA). Div. of Conservation and Energy Management
OSTI Identifier:
6346719
Report Number(s):
TVA/PE/EEM-85/81
ON: DE86900217
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FARMS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION; AGRICULTURE; DATA COMPILATION; ELECTRIC POWER; FOOD; FOOD PROCESSING; PRODUCTIVITY; DATA; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER; PROCESSING; 320300* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes

Citation Formats

Camp, W A. Down on the farm. An analysis of energy inputs in Tennessee Valley farms. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Camp, W A. Down on the farm. An analysis of energy inputs in Tennessee Valley farms. United States.
Camp, W A. 1985. "Down on the farm. An analysis of energy inputs in Tennessee Valley farms". United States.
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