1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 196 168 Land in farms ..................acres.. 69 584 54 356 Average size of farm .......acres.. 355 324 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 344 540 230 036 Average per acre .........dollars.. 948 705 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 47 839 35 077 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 5 12 10 to 49 acres ...................... 17 16 50 to 179 acres ..................... 69 57 180 to 499 acres .................... 64 51 500 to 999 acres .................... 23 20 1,000 acres or more ................. 18 12 Total cropland .................farms.. 151 143 acres.. 27 261 26 550 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 104 117 acres.. 17 098 14 999 Irrigated land .................farms.. 9 9 acres.. 713 885 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 29 113 13 554 Average per farm .........dollars.. 148 537 80 679 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 7 197 4 910 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 21 916 8 645 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 93 71 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 20 6 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 9 24 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 24 20 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 14 12 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 10 10 $100,000 or more .................... 26 25 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 24 401 11 327 Average per farm .........dollars.. 123 862 67 824 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 74 83 Other ............................... 122 85 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 100 84 200 days or more ................... 78 64 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 78 75 number.. 5 609 4 642 Beef cows ..................farms.. 63 67 number.. (D) 2 771 Milk cows ..................farms.. 1 3 number.. (D) 3 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 74 73 number.. 2 668 3 048 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 8 14 number.. 5 502 10 279 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 8 17 number.. 9 880 15 075 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 2 1 number.. (D) (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 4 3 number.. 407 665 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 9 7 number.. 6 293 097 3 737 096 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 13 21 acres.. 620 890 bushels.. 42 697 60 193 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 17 21 acres.. 1 937 1 984 bushels.. 77 001 81 829 Cotton .......................farms.. 9 2 acres.. 4 545 (D) bales.. 4 846 (D) Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 pounds.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 18 13 acres.. 1 714 3 296 bushels.. 35 867 77 551 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 22 25 acres.. 1 319 2 192 pounds.. 2 718 768 5 864 044 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 63 62 acres.. 3 235 2 264 tons, dry.. 8 752 7 949 @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.