1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 FORD COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 692 693 Land in farms ..................acres.. 668 993 671 223 Average size of farm .......acres.. 967 969 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 482 770 415 431 Average per acre .........dollars.. 508 426 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 129 866 94 826 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 23 26 10 to 49 acres ...................... 54 51 50 to 179 acres ..................... 127 106 180 to 499 acres .................... 147 129 500 to 999 acres .................... 134 146 1,000 acres or more ................. 207 235 Total cropland .................farms.. 602 622 acres.. 524 164 542 233 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 510 570 acres.. 297 735 268 431 Irrigated land .................farms.. 160 203 acres.. 70 451 89 333 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 308 296 324 632 Average per farm .........dollars.. 445 514 468 445 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 48 654 34 579 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 259 642 290 054 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 109 94 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 33 54 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 64 64 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 122 124 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 89 101 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 70 86 $100,000 or more .................... 205 170 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 264 116 276 101 Average per farm .........dollars.. 381 120 398 413 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 402 454 Other ............................... 290 239 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 342 347 200 days or more ................... 210 204 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 338 371 number.. 183 514 152 161 Beef cows ..................farms.. 200 212 number.. 9 609 9 336 Milk cows ..................farms.. 5 15 number.. 47 236 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 354 383 number.. 378 455 373 153 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 16 29 number.. 1 988 2 021 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 19 26 number.. 2 148 3 020 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 14 21 number.. 450 799 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 16 22 number.. 372 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 125 90 acres.. 51 635 32 282 bushels.. 8 215 861 5 543 773 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 10 13 acres.. 1 244 1 072 tons, green.. 24 178 16 830 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 259 214 acres.. 50 690 32 601 bushels.. 3 944 863 2 465 175 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 441 491 acres.. 175 940 173 676 bushels.. 5 466 120 3 958 777 Oats for grain................farms.. 9 13 acres.. 322 500 bushels.. 18 088 20 330 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 24 35 acres.. 3 029 3 942 bushels.. 161 304 173 411 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 172 245 acres.. 21 288 24 955 tons, dry.. 92 224 111 909 @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.