1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 COLQUITT COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 634 693 Land in farms ..................acres.. 229 221 198 184 Average size of farm .......acres.. 362 286 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 455 994 274 121 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 373 948 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 79 030 51 297 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 37 64 10 to 49 acres ...................... 110 139 50 to 179 acres ..................... 216 234 180 to 499 acres .................... 144 136 500 to 999 acres .................... 70 73 1,000 acres or more ................. 57 47 Total cropland .................farms.. 540 617 acres.. 136 399 121 998 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 438 521 acres.. 111 343 86 461 Irrigated land .................farms.. 163 166 acres.. 34 520 23 158 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 122 000 82 703 Average per farm .........dollars.. 192 429 119 341 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 93 140 66 489 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 28 860 16 214 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 157 143 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 53 94 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 60 71 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 85 95 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 50 49 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 45 68 $100,000 or more .................... 184 173 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 87 466 64 644 Average per farm .........dollars.. 138 395 93 416 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 326 405 Other ............................... 308 288 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 307 304 200 days or more ................... 227 212 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 278 339 number.. 19 245 19 008 Beef cows ..................farms.. 242 309 number.. 10 151 9 376 Milk cows ..................farms.. 15 15 number.. 1 129 1 482 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 278 317 number.. 8 928 7 310 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 30 98 number.. 13 668 42 719 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 30 106 number.. 33 577 63 021 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 8 7 number.. 204 168 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 12 10 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 10 5 number.. 7 763 000 2 722 000 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 93 176 acres.. 4 703 9 887 bushels.. 477 189 856 755 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 14 22 acres.. 1 295 824 bushels.. 69 777 28 264 Cotton .......................farms.. 220 140 acres.. 69 709 32 102 bales.. 106 782 53 509 Tobacco ......................farms.. 101 131 acres.. 3 924 3 745 pounds.. 8 918 387 8 420 454 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 24 79 acres.. 1 331 5 325 bushels.. 30 490 188 656 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 201 258 acres.. 14 503 15 869 pounds.. 36 680 520 42 179 972 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 134 141 acres.. 4 797 4 126 tons, dry.. 15 089 11 725 @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.