1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SEWARD COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 251 254 Land in farms ..................acres.. 327 830 328 094 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 306 1 292 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 834 249 626 677 Average per acre .........dollars.. 596 503 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 192 687 121 070 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 4 8 10 to 49 acres ...................... 22 17 50 to 179 acres ..................... 49 25 180 to 499 acres .................... 27 38 500 to 999 acres .................... 36 54 1,000 acres or more ................. 113 112 Total cropland .................farms.. 208 205 acres.. 236 690 243 485 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 152 183 acres.. 154 687 145 633 Irrigated land .................farms.. 91 127 acres.. 79 987 92 288 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 256 618 217 919 Average per farm .........dollars.. 1 022 381 857 950 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 34 510 25 307 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 222 107 192 612 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 65 26 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 15 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 18 18 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 21 37 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 11 29 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 27 22 $100,000 or more .................... 93 107 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 229 854 194 840 Average per farm .........dollars.. 915 752 767 085 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 163 193 Other ............................... 88 61 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 110 92 200 days or more ................... 65 56 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 100 99 number.. 131 675 85 628 Beef cows ..................farms.. 66 65 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 2 1 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 97 99 number.. 284 025 204 378 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 10 18 number.. (D) (D) Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 10 19 number.. (D) (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 6 number.. 37 129 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 8 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 78 87 acres.. 43 998 31 076 bushels.. 7 646 663 4 965 173 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 4 3 acres.. 935 885 tons, green.. 20 407 8 400 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 82 106 acres.. 30 691 31 566 bushels.. 1 729 393 2 146 409 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 118 154 acres.. 69 880 69 275 bushels.. 2 360 463 2 523 081 Oats for grain................farms.. 1 4 acres.. (D) 57 bushels.. (D) 2 050 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 16 25 acres.. 1 962 2 379 bushels.. 96 104 104 573 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 42 43 acres.. 9 817 11 228 tons, dry.. 44 447 53 985 @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.