1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LEWIS COUNTY, IDAHO Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 182 177 Land in farms ..................acres.. 193 582 211 039 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 064 1 192 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 821 575 736 744 Average per acre .........dollars.. 781 624 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 100 345 119 729 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 7 3 10 to 49 acres ...................... 16 10 50 to 179 acres ..................... 34 24 180 to 499 acres .................... 29 23 500 to 999 acres .................... 26 38 1,000 acres or more ................. 70 79 Total cropland .................farms.. 152 150 acres.. 140 160 150 451 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 145 143 acres.. 114 647 116 593 Irrigated land .................farms.. 3 6 acres.. (D) 337 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 20 157 19 525 Average per farm .........dollars.. 110 753 110 312 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 18 838 17 430 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 1 319 2 095 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 38 16 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 11 13 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 10 9 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 15 14 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 19 21 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 19 33 $100,000 or more .................... 70 71 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 17 698 16 141 Average per farm .........dollars.. 96 183 91 194 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 118 143 Other ............................... 64 34 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 76 63 200 days or more ................... 42 34 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 80 87 number.. 4 723 7 040 Beef cows ..................farms.. 67 78 number.. (D) 3 545 Milk cows ..................farms.. 2 11 number.. (D) 28 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 77 90 number.. 2 855 3 193 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 1 11 number.. (D) 855 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 1 9 number.. (D) 1 449 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 3 3 number.. (D) 90 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 6 6 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 110 123 acres.. 64 367 57 783 bushels.. 3 497 755 2 976 912 Barley for grain..............farms.. 88 104 acres.. 21 851 24 029 bushels.. 1 292 117 1 100 953 Dry beans, excl. dry limas....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Potatoes, excl. sweetpotatoes.farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) cwt.. 0 (D) Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 83 85 acres.. 6 335 7 013 tons, dry.. 12 191 7 417 @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.