1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HARDIN COUNTY, IOWA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 857 986 Land in farms ..................acres.. 339 951 332 358 Average size of farm .......acres.. 397 337 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 776 556 470 566 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 990 1 446 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 95 260 83 294 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 59 90 10 to 49 acres ...................... 119 97 50 to 179 acres ..................... 176 251 180 to 499 acres .................... 249 308 500 to 999 acres .................... 176 184 1,000 acres or more ................. 78 56 Total cropland .................farms.. 779 894 acres.. 314 144 303 894 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 742 858 acres.. 299 363 280 091 Irrigated land .................farms.. 6 10 acres.. (D) 155 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 201 877 143 724 Average per farm .........dollars.. 235 563 145 764 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 86 881 68 986 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 114 996 74 738 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 72 69 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 37 32 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 41 46 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 99 127 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 81 154 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 146 163 $100,000 or more .................... 381 395 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 150 236 110 546 Average per farm .........dollars.. 175 509 112 115 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 589 706 Other ............................... 268 280 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 414 463 200 days or more ................... 238 245 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 250 294 number.. 19 525 23 472 Beef cows ..................farms.. 197 211 number.. 6 388 6 685 Milk cows ..................farms.. 6 7 number.. 161 161 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 246 291 number.. 15 667 22 551 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 205 337 number.. 395 359 204 098 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 221 364 number.. 770 168 428 513 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 39 66 number.. 1 004 2 317 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 15 23 number.. (D) 1 241 945 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 5 7 number.. 755 6 185 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 653 792 acres.. 158 864 165 980 bushels.. 20 236 600 26 165 456 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 38 62 acres.. 1 177 1 266 tons, green.. 18 108 25 169 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Oats for grain................farms.. 43 87 acres.. 682 1 511 bushels.. 51 139 107 508 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 637 712 acres.. 135 692 108 001 bushels.. 5 989 969 4 924 807 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 206 293 acres.. 4 441 5 326 tons, dry.. 12 100 15 342 @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.