1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CHEROKEE COUNTY, IOWA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 890 979 Land in farms ..................acres.. 330 355 336 254 Average size of farm .......acres.. 371 343 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 686 623 476 389 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 922 1 378 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 90 490 76 796 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 43 64 10 to 49 acres ...................... 89 75 50 to 179 acres ..................... 184 208 180 to 499 acres .................... 338 411 500 to 999 acres .................... 179 180 1,000 acres or more ................. 57 41 Total cropland .................farms.. 807 890 acres.. 286 850 297 605 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 777 875 acres.. 265 149 262 066 Irrigated land .................farms.. 0 5 acres.. 0 913 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 145 854 127 906 Average per farm .........dollars.. 163 881 130 650 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 71 278 56 332 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 74 575 71 574 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 53 42 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 28 13 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 34 43 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 83 106 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 99 142 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 182 209 $100,000 or more .................... 411 424 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 102 162 93 678 Average per farm .........dollars.. 114 918 95 785 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 622 761 Other ............................... 268 218 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 404 369 200 days or more ................... 236 205 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 368 428 number.. 48 587 50 783 Beef cows ..................farms.. 274 283 number.. 10 680 11 519 Milk cows ..................farms.. 19 38 number.. 804 1 551 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 380 435 number.. 41 082 43 076 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 244 393 number.. 222 808 198 080 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 257 423 number.. 390 657 360 996 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 31 49 number.. 1 598 4 516 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 6 19 number.. 873 1 462 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 4 4 number.. 1 850 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 704 820 acres.. 129 500 140 647 bushels.. 17 375 954 20 294 392 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 121 155 acres.. 4 600 4 797 tons, green.. 79 806 79 866 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 4 2 acres.. 59 (D) bushels.. 1 934 (D) Oats for grain................farms.. 80 138 acres.. 1 190 2 239 bushels.. 95 267 195 340 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 696 784 acres.. 124 329 108 195 bushels.. 5 962 251 4 915 902 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 329 381 acres.. 8 698 10 179 tons, dry.. 21 682 32 848 @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.