1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 POLK COUNTY, IOWA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 800 832 Land in farms ..................acres.. 225 623 229 818 Average size of farm .......acres.. 282 276 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 602 608 383 678 Average per acre .........dollars.. 2 052 1 389 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 74 442 74 162 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 59 70 10 to 49 acres ...................... 236 207 50 to 179 acres ..................... 215 227 180 to 499 acres .................... 146 186 500 to 999 acres .................... 86 94 1,000 acres or more ................. 58 48 Total cropland .................farms.. 725 752 acres.. 200 801 207 394 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 643 717 acres.. 184 859 187 257 Irrigated land .................farms.. 20 21 acres.. 112 417 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 71 221 61 720 Average per farm .........dollars.. 89 026 74 183 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 61 424 47 605 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 9 797 14 115 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 212 124 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 55 79 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 70 93 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 76 135 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 91 112 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 102 110 $100,000 or more .................... 194 179 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 42 541 43 034 Average per farm .........dollars.. 53 044 51 724 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 371 448 Other ............................... 429 384 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 468 462 200 days or more ................... 341 314 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 190 242 number.. 9 774 13 162 Beef cows ..................farms.. 152 193 number.. 4 135 4 721 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 12 number.. 246 464 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 189 240 number.. 7 572 9 728 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 64 120 number.. 21 780 41 581 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 72 129 number.. 43 497 72 032 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 48 57 number.. 2 210 2 353 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 17 21 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 5 6 number.. 6 605 4 951 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 442 534 acres.. 90 408 97 081 bushels.. 13 423 582 14 878 392 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 18 22 acres.. 558 551 tons, green.. 8 455 9 500 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 4 3 acres.. 93 81 bushels.. 4 381 2 675 Oats for grain................farms.. 22 63 acres.. 435 1 035 bushels.. 28 390 63 054 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 448 487 acres.. 87 971 81 765 bushels.. 4 004 990 3 571 654 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 241 283 acres.. 6 972 6 748 tons, dry.. 16 409 19 504 @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.