1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MOREHOUSE PARISH, LOUISIANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 402 413 Land in farms ..................acres.. 258 209 241 731 Average size of farm .......acres.. 642 585 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 625 971 469 816 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 050 825 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 138 979 101 188 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 15 12 10 to 49 acres ...................... 58 48 50 to 179 acres ..................... 78 83 180 to 499 acres .................... 89 106 500 to 999 acres .................... 76 89 1,000 acres or more ................. 86 75 Total cropland .................farms.. 361 396 acres.. 224 478 221 722 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 329 373 acres.. 200 027 179 521 Irrigated land .................farms.. 205 229 acres.. 119 089 99 115 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 78 408 72 600 Average per farm .........dollars.. 195 044 175 787 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 76 130 71 267 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 2 278 1 333 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 75 47 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 22 30 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 33 25 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 27 39 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 27 23 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 41 49 $100,000 or more .................... 177 200 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 54 871 57 743 Average per farm .........dollars.. 136 494 139 476 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 246 286 Other ............................... 156 127 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 201 170 200 days or more ................... 126 99 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 99 88 number.. 9 200 4 792 Beef cows ..................farms.. 79 74 number.. 4 246 (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 4 number.. 171 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 100 92 number.. 5 588 2 181 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 2 5 number.. (D) 184 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 2 3 number.. (D) (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 3 4 number.. 46 54 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 7 24 acres.. 2 111 7 579 bushels.. 116 217 402 576 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 27 16 acres.. 5 059 4 662 bushels.. 170 457 183 791 Rice..........................farms.. 87 119 acres.. 34 697 39 199 cwt.. 1 628 605 2 168 343 Cotton .......................farms.. 137 195 acres.. 67 601 92 846 bales.. 106 303 155 112 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 194 150 acres.. 68 640 35 285 bushels.. 1 697 900 1 173 923 Sugarcane for sugar...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 70 74 acres.. 3 761 2 387 tons, dry.. 7 813 6 792 @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.