1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 441 511 Land in farms ..................acres.. 66 008 79 150 Average size of farm .......acres.. 150 155 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 329 226 375 336 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 912 2 319 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 41 363 21 662 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 56 77 10 to 49 acres ...................... 140 167 50 to 179 acres ..................... 147 153 180 to 499 acres .................... 65 69 500 to 999 acres .................... 25 37 1,000 acres or more ................. 8 8 Total cropland .................farms.. 320 387 acres.. 31 903 44 649 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 227 268 acres.. 11 477 16 263 Irrigated land .................farms.. 22 22 acres.. 257 86 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 8 266 8 906 Average per farm .........dollars.. 18 745 17 429 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 3 136 1 855 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 5 130 7 051 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 200 222 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 80 78 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 54 76 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 58 78 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 21 18 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 10 17 $100,000 or more .................... 18 22 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 9 012 8 352 Average per farm .........dollars.. 20 434 16 344 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 139 184 Other ............................... 302 327 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 299 298 200 days or more ................... 200 238 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 294 361 number.. 18 093 21 270 Beef cows ..................farms.. 255 312 number.. 10 901 11 157 Milk cows ..................farms.. 13 33 number.. 791 1 738 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 291 336 number.. 7 352 10 014 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 17 18 number.. 1 468 1 431 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 12 12 number.. 2 752 3 413 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 4 number.. 378 270 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 21 34 number.. 2 359 9 763 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 3 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) bushels.. 0 (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 1 4 acres.. (D) 490 bushels.. (D) 16 910 Rice..........................farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 cwt.. (D) 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) bales.. (D) (D) Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 5 9 acres.. 578 3 155 bushels.. 24 298 65 756 Sugarcane for sugar...........farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) tons.. 0 (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 191 218 acres.. 9 322 10 219 tons, dry.. 24 145 22 038 @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.