1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 TELFAIR COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 271 276 Land in farms ..................acres.. 86 179 71 097 Average size of farm .......acres.. 318 258 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 344 581 175 743 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 147 684 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 40 984 27 359 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 0 10 10 to 49 acres ...................... 37 42 50 to 179 acres ..................... 104 98 180 to 499 acres .................... 86 82 500 to 999 acres .................... 30 31 1,000 acres or more ................. 14 13 Total cropland .................farms.. 207 246 acres.. 31 721 34 770 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 169 216 acres.. 21 099 22 280 Irrigated land .................farms.. 55 61 acres.. 6 940 7 528 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 10 393 12 406 Average per farm .........dollars.. 38 349 44 951 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 8 260 5 806 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 2 133 6 601 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 107 51 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 24 43 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 33 39 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 42 54 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 16 26 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 18 38 $100,000 or more .................... 31 25 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 6 663 11 367 Average per farm .........dollars.. 24 770 41 034 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 139 167 Other ............................... 132 109 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 114 112 200 days or more ................... 84 76 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 112 119 number.. 5 590 6 561 Beef cows ..................farms.. 98 101 number.. 3 164 (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 5 1 number.. 15 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 104 111 number.. 3 272 3 324 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 37 101 number.. 3 240 11 483 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 35 108 number.. 8 806 23 564 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 2 1 number.. (D) (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 6 6 number.. 116 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 60 108 acres.. 3 329 6 681 bushels.. 307 438 534 199 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 14 7 acres.. 1 353 630 bushels.. 44 060 13 500 Cotton .......................farms.. 36 1 acres.. 5 812 (D) bales.. 7 122 (D) Tobacco ......................farms.. 6 9 acres.. 155 134 pounds.. (D) 239 813 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 30 48 acres.. 2 334 3 441 bushels.. 46 173 78 271 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 66 99 acres.. 3 512 4 552 pounds.. 6 594 938 11 161 780 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 74 75 acres.. 2 186 2 631 tons, dry.. 7 195 6 564 @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.