1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 GASCONADE COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 762 816 Land in farms ..................acres.. 187 925 196 959 Average size of farm .......acres.. 247 241 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 263 540 164 558 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 045 756 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 28 655 21 647 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 12 18 10 to 49 acres ...................... 77 99 50 to 179 acres ..................... 303 311 180 to 499 acres .................... 294 307 500 to 999 acres .................... 57 63 1,000 acres or more ................. 19 18 Total cropland .................farms.. 715 757 acres.. 96 004 98 011 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 627 685 acres.. 51 492 50 387 Irrigated land .................farms.. 13 11 acres.. 304 289 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 15 186 14 672 Average per farm .........dollars.. 19 929 17 980 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 4 047 3 228 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 11 139 11 444 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 199 229 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 145 156 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 166 170 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 151 146 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 49 55 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 17 25 $100,000 or more .................... 35 35 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 12 307 11 110 Average per farm .........dollars.. 16 172 13 616 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 284 355 Other ............................... 478 461 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 481 489 200 days or more ................... 335 357 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 584 620 number.. 29 629 28 323 Beef cows ..................farms.. 525 570 number.. 14 428 14 279 Milk cows ..................farms.. 19 28 number.. 667 644 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 579 598 number.. 14 321 12 210 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 57 100 number.. 34 059 29 086 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 50 108 number.. 38 050 55 548 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 13 13 number.. 215 471 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 33 41 number.. 954 5 982 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 141 177 acres.. 7 595 9 047 bushels.. 711 839 921 623 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 34 34 acres.. 926 521 tons, green.. 9 174 6 119 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 24 64 acres.. 1 197 2 095 bushels.. 88 432 123 443 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 88 146 acres.. 2 749 3 542 bushels.. 124 716 118 165 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 102 127 acres.. 7 653 7 099 bushels.. 288 791 256 356 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 567 617 acres.. 32 105 29 165 tons, dry.. 58 335 47 204 @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.