1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 507 509 Land in farms ..................acres.. 222 074 201 798 Average size of farm .......acres.. 438 396 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 457 744 286 677 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 161 748 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 72 796 45 241 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 22 31 10 to 49 acres ...................... 67 57 50 to 179 acres ..................... 155 146 180 to 499 acres .................... 114 141 500 to 999 acres .................... 88 83 1,000 acres or more ................. 61 51 Total cropland .................farms.. 457 474 acres.. 174 290 162 690 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 408 458 acres.. 148 230 132 939 Irrigated land .................farms.. 5 6 acres.. 1 021 723 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 47 107 37 152 Average per farm .........dollars.. 92 913 72 989 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 39 867 27 297 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 7 240 9 854 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 93 62 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 37 35 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 33 43 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 79 92 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 62 90 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 65 77 $100,000 or more .................... 138 110 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 27 908 24 907 Average per farm .........dollars.. 54 937 48 934 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 293 319 Other ............................... 214 190 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 255 231 200 days or more ................... 179 146 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 245 273 number.. 16 946 18 910 Beef cows ..................farms.. 212 218 number.. 8 000 7 876 Milk cows ..................farms.. 10 13 number.. 513 666 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 245 265 number.. 11 374 11 695 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 30 88 number.. 3 720 11 661 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 32 94 number.. 7 042 24 029 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 17 21 number.. 850 948 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 15 16 number.. 473 513 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 300 311 acres.. 63 939 55 566 bushels.. 7 722 876 7 629 594 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 22 29 acres.. 475 1 161 tons, green.. 8 415 27 298 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 14 67 acres.. (D) 3 664 bushels.. 94 562 381 216 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 79 148 acres.. 5 397 9 284 bushels.. 240 166 345 942 Oats for grain................farms.. 16 38 acres.. 232 514 bushels.. 16 920 30 586 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 304 316 acres.. 71 265 56 760 bushels.. 2 860 229 2 292 910 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 221 254 acres.. 8 224 7 502 tons, dry.. 18 896 20 475 @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.