1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CASS COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 1 519 1 517 Land in farms ..................acres.. 310 479 325 796 Average size of farm .......acres.. 204 215 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 319 686 256 583 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 517 1 178 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 35 816 33 508 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 53 60 10 to 49 acres ...................... 424 407 50 to 179 acres ..................... 597 588 180 to 499 acres .................... 313 316 500 to 999 acres .................... 79 98 1,000 acres or more ................. 53 48 Total cropland .................farms.. 1 307 1 344 acres.. 229 181 235 144 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 1 090 1 180 acres.. 153 381 160 587 Irrigated land .................farms.. 42 46 acres.. 5 116 4 294 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 55 600 50 516 Average per farm .........dollars.. 36 603 33 300 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 34 004 29 760 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 21 596 20 756 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 448 372 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 236 248 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 271 281 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 275 289 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 130 143 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 66 76 $100,000 or more .................... 93 108 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 43 642 41 923 Average per farm .........dollars.. 28 750 27 635 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 626 644 Other ............................... 893 873 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 893 885 200 days or more ................... 648 658 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 970 987 number.. 48 065 49 920 Beef cows ..................farms.. 879 879 number.. 25 963 25 380 Milk cows ..................farms.. 27 55 number.. 1 031 1 708 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 946 960 number.. 23 683 24 349 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 62 112 number.. 29 371 33 453 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 55 108 number.. 92 599 66 699 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 31 40 number.. 770 1 655 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 44 54 number.. 1 050 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 2 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 192 226 acres.. 22 463 25 244 bushels.. 2 182 454 3 063 804 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 17 23 acres.. 661 970 tons, green.. 9 237 15 536 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 36 104 acres.. 3 481 8 280 bushels.. 295 280 825 409 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 111 193 acres.. 9 318 13 767 bushels.. 468 188 589 280 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 361 387 acres.. 66 956 65 123 bushels.. 2 248 679 2 531 026 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 895 934 acres.. 51 405 49 957 tons, dry.. 97 026 94 240 @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.