1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 AMITE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 471 439 Land in farms ..................acres.. 118 137 112 896 Average size of farm .......acres.. 251 257 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 378 732 207 557 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 699 807 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 36 207 24 512 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 6 4 10 to 49 acres ...................... 65 46 50 to 179 acres ..................... 209 187 180 to 499 acres .................... 146 155 500 to 999 acres .................... 33 32 1,000 acres or more ................. 12 15 Total cropland .................farms.. 365 381 acres.. 43 374 52 255 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 263 283 acres.. 14 108 19 283 Irrigated land .................farms.. 4 5 acres.. (D) 33 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 28 071 10 866 Average per farm .........dollars.. 59 599 24 752 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 517 795 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 27 554 10 071 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 194 165 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 90 86 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 59 76 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 67 52 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 16 15 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 3 12 $100,000 or more .................... 42 33 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 22 967 9 484 Average per farm .........dollars.. 48 762 21 604 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 180 208 Other ............................... 291 231 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 270 208 200 days or more ................... 176 146 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 350 369 number.. 19 968 23 947 Beef cows ..................farms.. 302 309 number.. 9 276 10 663 Milk cows ..................farms.. 31 38 number.. 3 193 3 609 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 344 348 number.. 11 495 10 888 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 11 10 number.. 71 65 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 4 3 number.. 72 72 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 0 3 number.. 0 5 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 13 11 number.. (D) 195 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 13 0 number.. 10 060 100 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 5 18 acres.. 125 2 092 bushels.. 9 080 190 990 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) bushels.. 0 (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 bushels.. (D) 0 Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 1 2 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 248 266 acres.. 13 671 16 441 tons, dry.. 25 650 36 276 @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.