1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 ISABELLA COUNTY, MICHIGAN Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 911 883 Land in farms ..................acres.. 216 651 199 733 Average size of farm .......acres.. 238 226 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 290 127 184 391 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 217 767 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 54 772 53 122 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 30 27 10 to 49 acres ...................... 183 149 50 to 179 acres ..................... 362 373 180 to 499 acres .................... 219 233 500 to 999 acres .................... 80 81 1,000 acres or more ................. 37 20 Total cropland .................farms.. 855 840 acres.. 176 440 162 658 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 752 795 acres.. 147 697 130 232 Irrigated land .................farms.. 25 22 acres.. 1 266 1 488 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 56 825 49 110 Average per farm .........dollars.. 62 377 55 617 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 26 899 14 608 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 29 926 34 501 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 223 184 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 108 92 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 107 118 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 146 166 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 101 111 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 81 92 $100,000 or more .................... 145 120 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 44 791 42 245 Average per farm .........dollars.. 49 113 47 843 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 471 488 Other ............................... 440 395 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 490 453 200 days or more ................... 346 316 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 384 435 number.. 30 100 32 589 Beef cows ..................farms.. 170 182 number.. 2 817 4 011 Milk cows ..................farms.. 125 174 number.. 9 860 10 724 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 372 416 number.. 11 336 16 884 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 49 93 number.. 7 833 13 913 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 48 88 number.. 11 379 25 789 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 7 23 number.. 295 848 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 35 37 number.. 883 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 3 2 number.. 470 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 381 404 acres.. 42 012 39 901 bushels.. 4 320 231 3 331 947 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 228 299 acres.. 11 156 11 929 bushels.. 573 483 565 060 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 289 244 acres.. 32 446 19 338 bushels.. 1 122 410 510 835 Dry beans, excl. dry limas....farms.. 74 100 acres.. 7 920 5 849 cwt.. 109 863 76 528 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 508 564 acres.. 38 157 41 736 tons, dry.. 94 320 92 565 Vegetables harvested..........farms.. 14 14 acres.. 1 941 343 Land in orchards..............farms.. 6 9 acres.. 57 158 @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.