1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 STANTON COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 253 237 Land in farms ..................acres.. 400 232 411 785 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 582 1 737 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 946 709 835 599 Average per acre .........dollars.. 624 464 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 193 236 142 762 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 3 2 10 to 49 acres ...................... 8 7 50 to 179 acres ..................... 28 24 180 to 499 acres .................... 42 23 500 to 999 acres .................... 34 33 1,000 acres or more ................. 138 148 Total cropland .................farms.. 228 221 acres.. 344 452 360 114 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 176 202 acres.. 206 958 209 960 Irrigated land .................farms.. 132 151 acres.. 108 532 128 896 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 118 707 133 510 Average per farm .........dollars.. 469 197 563 332 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 45 829 44 574 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 72 878 88 936 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 54 16 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 1 4 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 8 15 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 13 8 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 23 27 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 31 35 $100,000 or more .................... 123 132 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 95 514 107 161 Average per farm .........dollars.. 377 526 450 256 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 191 209 Other ............................... 62 28 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 84 60 200 days or more ................... 41 23 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 67 71 number.. 67 862 56 387 Beef cows ..................farms.. 45 42 number.. (D) 4 732 Milk cows ..................farms.. 2 3 number.. (D) 13 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 76 73 number.. 83 201 107 047 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 4 10 number.. (D) 381 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 5 11 number.. (D) 583 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 5 6 number.. (D) 178 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 2 1 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.. 111 127 acres.. 57 918 52 905 bushels.. 11 273 781 10 369 470 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 7 14 acres.. 1 551 4 102 tons, green.. 39 289 104 735 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 84 81 acres.. 19 139 16 075 bushels.. 1 235 507 1 295 343 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 172 197 acres.. 122 116 129 570 bushels.. 4 698 490 5 839 688 Oats for grain................farms.. 2 0 acres.. (D) 0 bushels.. (D) 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 2 8 acres.. (D) 563 bushels.. (D) 26 703 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 31 28 acres.. 4 620 3 347 tons, dry.. 17 135 13 601 @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.