1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 964 922 Land in farms ..................acres.. 328 342 323 769 Average size of farm .......acres.. 341 351 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 216 727 175 006 Average per acre .........dollars.. 627 487 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 53 439 35 320 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 31 17 10 to 49 acres ...................... 159 160 50 to 179 acres ..................... 387 352 180 to 499 acres .................... 231 238 500 to 999 acres .................... 89 81 1,000 acres or more ................. 67 74 Total cropland .................farms.. 729 719 acres.. 183 748 186 449 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 611 605 acres.. 128 522 135 722 Irrigated land .................farms.. 17 10 acres.. 1 365 2 273 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 45 525 30 661 Average per farm .........dollars.. 47 225 33 255 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 17 003 15 395 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 28 522 15 266 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 239 192 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 166 153 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 195 178 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 174 209 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 72 64 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 51 53 $100,000 or more .................... 67 73 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 27 655 24 428 Average per farm .........dollars.. 28 718 26 465 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 394 400 Other ............................... 570 522 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 593 533 200 days or more ................... 471 428 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 748 673 number.. 40 621 36 496 Beef cows ..................farms.. 676 591 number.. 20 174 18 039 Milk cows ..................farms.. 22 31 number.. 443 848 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 732 653 number.. 28 355 18 749 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 33 64 number.. 27 599 26 085 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 34 68 number.. 66 243 44 852 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 18 21 number.. 1 054 614 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 38 35 number.. 859 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 54 84 acres.. 7 837 11 599 bushels.. 805 948 1 247 540 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 2 2 acres.. (D) (D) tons, green.. (D) (D) Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 107 145 acres.. 14 697 21 307 bushels.. 1 084 816 1 677 720 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 184 294 acres.. 33 749 53 411 bushels.. 1 585 359 1 955 359 Oats for grain................farms.. 41 47 acres.. 1 215 1 080 bushels.. 65 060 42 475 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 192 187 acres.. 41 963 28 240 bushels.. 1 198 363 737 434 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 513 463 acres.. 34 287 27 583 tons, dry.. 58 022 46 666 @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.