1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 170 190 Land in farms ..................acres.. 81 229 88 522 Average size of farm .......acres.. 478 466 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 342 758 272 497 Average per acre .........dollars.. 800 515 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 40 552 27 956 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 3 7 10 to 49 acres ...................... 20 21 50 to 179 acres ..................... 47 67 180 to 499 acres .................... 57 54 500 to 999 acres .................... 23 21 1,000 acres or more ................. 20 20 Total cropland .................farms.. 123 149 acres.. 29 031 35 904 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 86 96 acres.. 14 223 15 527 Irrigated land .................farms.. 2 8 acres.. (D) (D) Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 6 204 8 078 Average per farm .........dollars.. 36 493 42 517 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 2 637 2 573 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 3 566 5 505 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 73 79 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 20 22 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 27 26 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 20 30 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 16 12 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 5 11 $100,000 or more .................... 9 10 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 5 713 7 731 Average per farm .........dollars.. 33 604 40 906 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 69 85 Other ............................... 101 105 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 93 101 200 days or more ................... 70 82 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 120 152 number.. 11 228 17 614 Beef cows ..................farms.. 107 143 number.. 6 270 (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 6 1 number.. 64 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 119 153 number.. 6 738 9 136 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 6 8 number.. 694 309 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 6 5 number.. 1 498 2 041 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 3 15 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 12 17 acres.. 3 296 3 697 bushels.. 358 225 301 351 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 2 1 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 3 9 acres.. 2 045 4 391 bales.. 2 856 6 112 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 5 4 acres.. 2 702 546 bushels.. 85 696 14 390 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 76 79 acres.. 5 632 5 673 tons, dry.. 13 230 10 473 @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.