1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CALDWELL COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 845 820 Land in farms ..................acres.. 227 016 232 189 Average size of farm .......acres.. 269 283 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 216 847 156 859 Average per acre .........dollars.. 886 581 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 28 852 27 213 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 13 26 10 to 49 acres ...................... 131 115 50 to 179 acres ..................... 350 316 180 to 499 acres .................... 236 246 500 to 999 acres .................... 79 73 1,000 acres or more ................. 36 44 Total cropland .................farms.. 777 764 acres.. 163 962 170 663 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 641 685 acres.. 99 216 102 795 Irrigated land .................farms.. 3 7 acres.. (D) 33 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 25 546 26 285 Average per farm .........dollars.. 30 232 32 054 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 13 436 13 266 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 12 111 13 019 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 226 152 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 127 109 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 147 150 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 162 191 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 80 92 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 54 70 $100,000 or more .................... 49 56 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 19 338 20 272 Average per farm .........dollars.. 22 912 24 722 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 363 411 Other ............................... 482 409 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 503 433 200 days or more ................... 375 316 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 489 497 number.. 24 077 27 253 Beef cows ..................farms.. 445 452 number.. 12 816 14 134 Milk cows ..................farms.. 13 25 number.. 285 393 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 479 494 number.. 14 868 13 798 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 55 132 number.. 21 575 33 408 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 52 134 number.. 41 562 56 602 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 32 48 number.. 1 162 2 544 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 22 31 number.. 620 1 187 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 3 0 number.. 30 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 217 263 acres.. 20 464 19 736 bushels.. 1 854 618 2 282 415 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 14 11 acres.. 350 721 tons, green.. 4 646 5 480 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 11 55 acres.. 605 2 690 bushels.. 39 398 202 742 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 107 186 acres.. 4 334 10 511 bushels.. 187 347 417 637 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 347 361 acres.. 46 907 38 889 bushels.. 1 369 335 1 483 567 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 481 487 acres.. 29 244 32 739 tons, dry.. 47 074 60 120 @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.