1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 PAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 425 435 Land in farms ..................acres.. 480 034 449 151 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 129 1 033 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 636 649 439 633 Average per acre .........dollars.. 533 434 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 104 356 88 500 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 29 10 to 49 acres ...................... 15 18 50 to 179 acres ..................... 90 71 180 to 499 acres .................... 88 72 500 to 999 acres .................... 76 80 1,000 acres or more ................. 142 165 Total cropland .................farms.. 398 401 acres.. 387 932 380 660 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 321 366 acres.. 234 095 201 190 Irrigated land .................farms.. 134 151 acres.. 70 129 65 623 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 117 557 144 898 Average per farm .........dollars.. 276 605 333 100 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 42 461 23 154 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 75 096 121 745 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 74 58 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 24 26 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 33 39 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 41 77 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 59 76 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 53 70 $100,000 or more .................... 141 89 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 95 853 128 384 Average per farm .........dollars.. 225 536 295 136 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 292 307 Other ............................... 133 128 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 163 168 200 days or more ................... 93 93 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 179 210 number.. 101 092 83 763 Beef cows ..................farms.. 150 159 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 1 4 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 178 204 number.. 108 701 158 136 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 12 25 number.. 1 735 3 380 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 11 23 number.. 3 408 10 956 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 23 number.. 930 3 333 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 6 9 number.. 169 256 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 83 63 acres.. 23 696 19 319 bushels.. 3 860 835 3 064 962 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 14 12 acres.. 893 706 tons, green.. 18 854 13 805 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 196 208 acres.. 44 890 34 883 bushels.. 3 594 389 2 504 232 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 289 327 acres.. 118 448 114 908 bushels.. 5 047 314 2 377 905 Oats for grain................farms.. 4 11 acres.. 136 297 bushels.. (D) 17 127 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 80 79 acres.. 16 285 9 785 bushels.. 786 180 382 374 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 165 176 acres.. 33 028 23 828 tons, dry.. 132 068 84 451 @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.