1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 BANNOCK COUNTY, IDAHO Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 664 588 Land in farms ..................acres.. 309 281 325 338 Average size of farm .......acres.. 466 553 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 256 923 240 450 Average per acre .........dollars.. 658 466 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 42 728 40 815 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 118 98 10 to 49 acres ...................... 174 157 50 to 179 acres ..................... 120 107 180 to 499 acres .................... 115 97 500 to 999 acres .................... 55 50 1,000 acres or more ................. 82 79 Total cropland .................farms.. 555 497 acres.. 166 700 182 706 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 393 395 acres.. 74 634 91 821 Irrigated land .................farms.. 427 410 acres.. 41 910 39 574 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 25 032 25 913 Average per farm .........dollars.. 37 699 44 069 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 15 583 15 795 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 9 449 10 117 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 254 196 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 94 85 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 79 71 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 100 100 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 52 45 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 31 29 $100,000 or more .................... 54 62 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 19 882 19 074 Average per farm .........dollars.. 29 898 32 439 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 269 242 Other ............................... 395 346 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 418 368 200 days or more ................... 306 267 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 358 343 number.. 23 795 23 510 Beef cows ..................farms.. 247 219 number.. 12 467 10 465 Milk cows ..................farms.. 29 46 number.. 1 037 1 666 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 331 320 number.. 14 120 12 457 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 33 44 number.. 439 1 018 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 23 39 number.. 399 1 804 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 38 42 number.. 3 774 4 378 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 31 40 number.. 404 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 97 119 acres.. 35 110 54 812 bushels.. 1 811 893 2 509 983 Barley for grain..............farms.. 100 113 acres.. 10 282 9 804 bushels.. 512 035 497 019 Dry beans, excl. dry limas....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Potatoes, excl. sweetpotatoes.farms.. 11 15 acres.. 3 449 3 328 cwt.. 1 182 048 1 133 900 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 334 334 acres.. 24 303 24 667 tons, dry.. 73 501 59 860 @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.