1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 GREELEY COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 273 230 Land in farms ..................acres.. 441 609 424 104 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 618 1 844 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 719 536 800 387 Average per acre .........dollars.. 444 419 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 119 120 135 042 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 1 2 10 to 49 acres ...................... 7 5 50 to 179 acres ..................... 42 23 180 to 499 acres .................... 53 49 500 to 999 acres .................... 49 36 1,000 acres or more ................. 121 115 Total cropland .................farms.. 249 215 acres.. 398 932 382 033 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 198 211 acres.. 192 420 182 217 Irrigated land .................farms.. 33 43 acres.. 17 734 25 378 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 122 580 94 771 Average per farm .........dollars.. 449 010 412 049 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 25 693 20 625 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 96 887 74 146 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 47 7 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 7 9 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 22 24 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 33 43 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 39 38 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 36 29 $100,000 or more .................... 89 80 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 106 502 80 680 Average per farm .........dollars.. 390 117 352 314 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 182 172 Other ............................... 91 58 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 126 103 200 days or more ................... 79 45 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 82 67 number.. 62 927 62 567 Beef cows ..................farms.. 42 44 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 1 3 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 84 68 number.. 132 201 87 005 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 8 8 number.. 2 419 1 874 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 8 9 number.. 2 003 1 808 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 3 0 number.. (D) 0 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 1 7 number.. (D) 160 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 37 33 acres.. 16 154 17 969 bushels.. 2 216 594 2 560 477 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 6 7 acres.. 591 601 tons, green.. 14 067 15 059 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 57 38 acres.. 11 279 6 493 bushels.. 674 772 230 590 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 195 208 acres.. 161 412 152 453 bushels.. 6 171 541 4 846 769 Oats for grain................farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 1 3 acres.. (D) 952 bushels.. (D) (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 22 22 acres.. 1 883 2 246 tons, dry.. 5 147 6 817 @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.