1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 157 136 Land in farms ..................acres.. 137 980 104 768 Average size of farm .......acres.. 879 770 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 1 399 362 646 231 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 491 867 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 96 848 89 428 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 8 7 10 to 49 acres ...................... 39 22 50 to 179 acres ..................... 29 30 180 to 499 acres .................... 20 28 500 to 999 acres .................... 26 19 1,000 acres or more ................. 35 30 Total cropland .................farms.. 131 130 acres.. 75 882 58 050 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 114 116 acres.. 65 975 41 498 Irrigated land .................farms.. 43 46 acres.. 16 001 16 451 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 37 849 24 634 Average per farm .........dollars.. 241 076 181 135 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 30 104 16 739 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 7 745 7 895 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 40 36 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 4 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 12 11 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 16 19 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 9 13 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 13 10 $100,000 or more .................... 51 43 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 28 759 19 029 Average per farm .........dollars.. 184 352 138 900 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 76 64 Other ............................... 81 72 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 65 57 200 days or more ................... 44 41 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 44 43 number.. 11 786 10 588 Beef cows ..................farms.. 37 36 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 5 3 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 41 39 number.. 4 831 5 368 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 9 15 number.. 1 604 1 634 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 8 15 number.. 2 030 3 133 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 0 2 number.. 0 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 6 number.. 172 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 36 47 acres.. 10 480 9 629 bushels.. 1 307 338 1 078 239 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 26 21 acres.. 5 681 2 725 bushels.. 227 395 105 533 Cotton .......................farms.. 37 9 acres.. 23 613 2 350 bales.. 33 116 3 878 Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 pounds.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 26 21 acres.. 3 567 4 615 bushels.. 75 405 108 629 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 49 52 acres.. 12 999 10 136 pounds.. 31 409 119 29 373 161 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 30 32 acres.. 2 798 2 349 tons, dry.. 8 086 4 482 @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.