1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 697 728 Land in farms ..................acres.. 267 993 299 699 Average size of farm .......acres.. 384 412 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 921 872 796 187 Average per acre .........dollars.. 2 524 2 094 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 70 877 72 941 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 121 129 10 to 49 acres ...................... 256 241 50 to 179 acres ..................... 139 162 180 to 499 acres .................... 87 86 500 to 999 acres .................... 38 48 1,000 acres or more ................. 56 62 Total cropland .................farms.. 525 585 acres.. 105 743 109 143 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 400 450 acres.. 64 302 61 950 Irrigated land .................farms.. 298 323 acres.. 57 790 54 568 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 239 624 209 865 Average per farm .........dollars.. 343 793 288 277 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 219 428 187 741 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 20 196 22 124 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 185 172 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 87 85 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 83 77 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 106 92 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 65 83 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 46 56 $100,000 or more .................... 125 163 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 152 561 155 230 Average per farm .........dollars.. 218 882 212 644 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 361 362 Other ............................... 336 366 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 332 351 200 days or more ................... 230 248 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 367 362 number.. 58 753 62 623 Beef cows ..................farms.. 331 315 number.. 34 602 35 981 Milk cows ..................farms.. 18 23 number.. 4 726 5 568 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 344 340 number.. 23 125 28 971 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 27 32 number.. 753 537 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 11 18 number.. 1 058 673 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 7 5 number.. 23 24 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 26 29 number.. 591 899 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 4 1 acres.. 931 (D) bushels.. 162 625 (D) Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Sugarcane for sugar...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 61 73 acres.. 2 879 4 465 tons, dry.. 8 240 12 022 Vegetables harvested..........farms.. 44 51 acres.. 24 947 21 695 Land in orchards..............farms.. 210 246 acres.. 26 418 26 036 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms (X) Not applicable (Z) Less than half the unit shown (NA) Not available Source: 1997 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Geographic Area Series, "Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1997." This electronic series presents summary statistics for each county and State together with comparable data from the 1992 census. The items included are the same for all States and counties, except selected crops harvested, which vary by State. Data for 1997 and 1992 are directly comparable for acreage and inventories. Dollar values have not been adjusted for changes in price levels. You can obtain the Volume 1 Geographic Area Series from the National Technical Information Service. If you have any questions concerning the data in this report or need additional information or order forms for agriculture publications, please call the National Agricultural Statistics Service at 1-800-523-3215 or 1-800-727-9540.