1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 STODDARD COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 941 953 Land in farms ..................acres.. 448 634 438 142 Average size of farm .......acres.. 477 460 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 769 286 560 094 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 566 1 209 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 114 342 84 492 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 37 21 10 to 49 acres ...................... 176 155 50 to 179 acres ..................... 273 284 180 to 499 acres .................... 200 191 500 to 999 acres .................... 122 170 1,000 acres or more ................. 133 132 Total cropland .................farms.. 869 901 acres.. 415 057 411 029 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 736 813 acres.. 378 553 364 240 Irrigated land .................farms.. 314 325 acres.. 203 790 184 512 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 153 640 117 261 Average per farm .........dollars.. 163 274 123 044 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 117 302 94 332 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 36 339 22 929 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 217 133 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 96 91 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 106 119 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 94 126 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 80 94 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 63 88 $100,000 or more .................... 285 302 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 116 612 88 667 Average per farm .........dollars.. 123 792 93 040 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 556 617 Other ............................... 385 336 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 420 411 200 days or more ................... 284 268 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 317 310 number.. 13 372 11 027 Beef cows ..................farms.. 273 269 number.. (D) 4 873 Milk cows ..................farms.. 2 14 number.. (D) 105 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 306 296 number.. 7 536 6 601 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 25 68 number.. 7 144 9 469 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 24 70 number.. 14 260 16 327 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 12 8 number.. 235 255 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 15 30 number.. 78 950 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 6 1 number.. 13 891 293 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 354 395 acres.. 115 520 110 791 bushels.. 15 480 380 16 180 472 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 5 11 acres.. 120 705 tons, green.. 1 140 7 365 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 115 333 acres.. 11 728 36 119 bushels.. 958 972 3 406 455 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 309 372 acres.. 50 404 46 060 bushels.. 2 584 009 2 306 141 Cotton .......................farms.. 93 84 acres.. 37 829 21 616 bales.. 50 118 37 017 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 469 586 acres.. 143 328 138 409 bushels.. 4 861 453 4 815 690 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 251 231 acres.. 10 866 7 479 tons, dry.. 19 938 12 529 @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.