1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 OTTAWA COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 498 531 Land in farms ..................acres.. 399 959 380 403 Average size of farm .......acres.. 803 716 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 382 924 354 184 Average per acre .........dollars.. 514 476 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 68 988 54 567 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 15 10 to 49 acres ...................... 50 38 50 to 179 acres ..................... 108 110 180 to 499 acres .................... 102 151 500 to 999 acres .................... 106 93 1,000 acres or more ................. 118 124 Total cropland .................farms.. 443 480 acres.. 237 781 248 750 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 414 460 acres.. 185 136 173 290 Irrigated land .................farms.. 27 26 acres.. 4 050 3 772 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 61 877 43 304 Average per farm .........dollars.. 124 251 81 553 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 27 460 16 789 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 34 418 26 515 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 75 56 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 28 24 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 46 66 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 71 125 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 73 107 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 86 67 $100,000 or more .................... 119 86 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 44 325 35 725 Average per farm .........dollars.. 88 827 67 405 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 289 322 Other ............................... 209 209 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 281 274 200 days or more ................... 176 153 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 290 294 number.. 45 552 39 848 Beef cows ..................farms.. 229 237 number.. 14 030 13 206 Milk cows ..................farms.. 17 19 number.. 250 242 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 292 300 number.. 55 307 38 885 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 20 32 number.. 3 734 8 310 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 17 31 number.. 5 464 14 565 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 16 20 number.. 1 011 4 721 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 23 30 number.. 448 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 28 16 acres.. 2 122 1 479 bushels.. 315 529 213 221 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 11 4 acres.. 597 187 tons, green.. 8 295 3 073 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 220 169 acres.. 24 266 13 189 bushels.. 1 829 664 811 388 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 337 398 acres.. 122 712 134 178 bushels.. 6 552 410 4 546 710 Oats for grain................farms.. 30 49 acres.. 1 074 1 714 bushels.. 50 581 95 349 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 114 68 acres.. 9 066 3 121 bushels.. 325 345 112 531 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 285 290 acres.. 23 327 21 156 tons, dry.. 57 839 49 385 @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.