1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 RED RIVER PARISH, LOUISIANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 218 229 Land in farms ..................acres.. 113 176 97 643 Average size of farm .......acres.. 519 426 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 419 653 226 223 Average per acre .........dollars.. 931 563 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 50 802 32 269 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 8 3 10 to 49 acres ...................... 44 54 50 to 179 acres ..................... 69 82 180 to 499 acres .................... 53 47 500 to 999 acres .................... 13 18 1,000 acres or more ................. 31 25 Total cropland .................farms.. 175 189 acres.. 51 395 55 463 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 142 145 acres.. 32 770 27 743 Irrigated land .................farms.. 4 6 acres.. (D) 1 084 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 10 925 8 456 Average per farm .........dollars.. 50 114 36 926 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 7 458 5 597 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 3 467 2 859 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 69 72 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 27 40 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 43 34 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 27 31 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 16 22 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 12 12 $100,000 or more .................... 24 18 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 8 046 6 936 Average per farm .........dollars.. 36 908 30 286 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 101 106 Other ............................... 117 123 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 127 124 200 days or more ................... 89 94 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 148 162 number.. 17 581 13 420 Beef cows ..................farms.. 135 147 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 1 2 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 153 152 number.. 11 148 6 745 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 5 5 number.. 55 33 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 2 2 number.. (D) (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 5 3 number.. 62 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 6 9 number.. (D) 121 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 1 10 acres.. (D) 2 241 bushels.. (D) 88 227 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 8 10 acres.. 5 169 3 012 bushels.. 185 985 59 529 Rice..........................farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) cwt.. 0 (D) Cotton .......................farms.. 6 23 acres.. 4 011 7 422 bales.. 6 428 9 318 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 24 14 acres.. 15 568 5 986 bushels.. 478 086 180 579 Sugarcane for sugar...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 118 122 acres.. 6 691 7 048 tons, dry.. 16 546 17 115 @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.