1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 817 847 Land in farms ..................acres.. 194 480 210 570 Average size of farm .......acres.. 238 249 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 333 349 264 247 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 464 1 123 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 55 514 39 321 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 80 98 10 to 49 acres ...................... 242 251 50 to 179 acres ..................... 273 270 180 to 499 acres .................... 125 120 500 to 999 acres .................... 50 57 1,000 acres or more ................. 47 51 Total cropland .................farms.. 636 696 acres.. 122 146 138 074 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 528 550 acres.. 92 637 97 338 Irrigated land .................farms.. 121 133 acres.. 7 058 8 412 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 55 175 45 256 Average per farm .........dollars.. 67 534 53 431 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 48 827 37 520 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 6 348 7 736 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 263 287 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 117 97 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 112 124 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 86 115 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 66 44 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 39 54 $100,000 or more .................... 134 126 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 38 391 34 395 Average per farm .........dollars.. 47 048 40 608 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 380 399 Other ............................... 437 448 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 446 426 200 days or more ................... 289 317 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 474 475 number.. 26 375 22 686 Beef cows ..................farms.. 423 430 number.. 15 689 12 994 Milk cows ..................farms.. 14 28 number.. 387 562 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 457 449 number.. 12 782 11 377 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 24 28 number.. 298 586 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 14 16 number.. 459 1 673 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 7 6 number.. 157 40 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 31 48 number.. 789 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 15 25 acres.. 3 086 5 431 bushels.. 243 418 298 835 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 9 20 acres.. 802 3 669 bushels.. 31 768 90 431 Rice..........................farms.. 9 11 acres.. 5 415 7 285 cwt.. 228 743 317 087 Cotton .......................farms.. 58 107 acres.. 14 972 30 304 bales.. 26 183 51 453 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 122 126 acres.. 38 712 27 876 bushels.. 1 416 370 847 747 Sugarcane for sugar...........farms.. 12 5 acres.. 5 168 2 336 tons.. 184 538 69 928 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 262 244 acres.. 11 078 10 176 tons, dry.. 26 057 20 309 @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.