1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 ATCHISON COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 471 509 Land in farms ..................acres.. 294 149 304 032 Average size of farm .......acres.. 625 597 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 707 811 490 376 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 119 775 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 117 224 92 109 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 17 22 10 to 49 acres ...................... 39 39 50 to 179 acres ..................... 86 80 180 to 499 acres .................... 110 127 500 to 999 acres .................... 121 153 1,000 acres or more ................. 98 88 Total cropland .................farms.. 442 473 acres.. 255 799 273 297 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 417 455 acres.. 212 683 226 386 Irrigated land .................farms.. 21 20 acres.. 5 543 5 275 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 62 548 62 943 Average per farm .........dollars.. 132 798 123 661 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 55 759 51 386 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 6 789 11 557 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 44 37 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 13 20 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 31 24 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 51 52 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 47 51 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 74 106 $100,000 or more .................... 211 219 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 41 433 42 677 Average per farm .........dollars.. 87 969 83 846 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 339 401 Other ............................... 132 108 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 179 159 200 days or more ................... 101 79 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 203 254 number.. 17 068 20 852 Beef cows ..................farms.. 170 206 number.. (D) 9 260 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 6 number.. (D) 82 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 206 259 number.. 10 840 13 272 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 30 71 number.. 5 067 22 030 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 33 75 number.. 14 007 41 495 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 13 9 number.. 164 103 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 8 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.. 361 413 acres.. 100 337 115 138 bushels.. 12 321 829 15 977 258 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 7 17 acres.. 241 521 tons, green.. 7 054 5 640 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 13 29 acres.. 783 2 289 bushels.. 32 448 95 901 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 369 410 acres.. 105 389 102 720 bushels.. 4 216 017 4 072 077 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 167 198 acres.. 7 656 7 264 tons, dry.. 16 843 19 808 @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.