1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CRISP COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 213 199 Land in farms ..................acres.. 115 390 109 923 Average size of farm .......acres.. 542 552 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 546 090 463 337 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 090 850 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 119 873 74 247 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 12 12 10 to 49 acres ...................... 32 30 50 to 179 acres ..................... 58 53 180 to 499 acres .................... 43 35 500 to 999 acres .................... 28 28 1,000 acres or more ................. 40 41 Total cropland .................farms.. 180 183 acres.. 75 388 83 479 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 159 168 acres.. 69 434 64 792 Irrigated land .................farms.. 52 57 acres.. 14 758 11 443 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 43 152 30 136 Average per farm .........dollars.. 202 592 151 435 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 32 478 25 852 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 10 674 4 284 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 49 34 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 11 12 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 14 13 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 29 28 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 15 21 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 19 23 $100,000 or more .................... 76 68 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 31 769 24 777 Average per farm .........dollars.. 148 452 124 506 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 126 128 Other ............................... 87 71 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 83 77 200 days or more ................... 67 54 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 64 71 number.. 5 071 7 703 Beef cows ..................farms.. 58 65 number.. 3 016 4 242 Milk cows ..................farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 61 66 number.. 2 265 2 488 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 5 17 number.. 13 088 17 854 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 5 17 number.. 28 702 35 724 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 5 1 number.. 36 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 1 4 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 4 1 number.. 3 928 000 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 26 64 acres.. 1 446 5 849 bushels.. 153 051 481 555 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 37 44 acres.. 4 323 6 467 bushels.. 175 440 245 691 Cotton .......................farms.. 84 55 acres.. 38 099 10 908 bales.. 42 359 16 677 Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) pounds.. 0 (D) Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 29 50 acres.. 1 686 7 857 bushels.. 21 059 218 179 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 91 116 acres.. 15 211 25 784 pounds.. 23 063 998 57 679 955 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 39 36 acres.. 1 181 1 361 tons, dry.. 3 134 4 462 @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.