1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 GENTRY COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 667 624 Land in farms ..................acres.. 248 593 245 827 Average size of farm .......acres.. 373 394 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 282 866 210 753 Average per acre .........dollars.. 776 551 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 46 175 38 328 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 15 35 10 to 49 acres ...................... 75 61 50 to 179 acres ..................... 218 159 180 to 499 acres .................... 212 218 500 to 999 acres .................... 86 91 1,000 acres or more ................. 61 60 Total cropland .................farms.. 619 570 acres.. 190 737 192 869 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 461 515 acres.. 106 226 110 432 Irrigated land .................farms.. 4 3 acres.. (D) 4 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 54 100 30 998 Average per farm .........dollars.. 81 109 49 677 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 18 051 13 043 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 36 049 17 955 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 202 75 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 45 69 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 75 88 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 125 160 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 70 70 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 56 64 $100,000 or more .................... 94 98 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 37 137 24 440 Average per farm .........dollars.. 55 678 39 166 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 292 339 Other ............................... 375 285 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 378 321 200 days or more ................... 280 225 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 387 420 number.. 35 732 31 631 Beef cows ..................farms.. 347 378 number.. 18 249 16 661 Milk cows ..................farms.. 18 18 number.. 385 333 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 387 428 number.. 19 669 19 898 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 61 142 number.. 139 106 38 335 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 64 146 number.. 255 335 76 444 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 27 18 number.. 653 882 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 21 23 number.. 999 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 238 285 acres.. 27 245 29 569 bushels.. 3 040 633 3 131 151 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 16 13 acres.. 720 639 tons, green.. 9 184 8 698 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 16 37 acres.. 855 2 518 bushels.. 73 291 195 893 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 82 114 acres.. 3 545 6 016 bushels.. 137 116 200 022 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 280 323 acres.. 44 986 42 818 bushels.. 1 764 935 1 438 119 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 364 393 acres.. 33 579 32 863 tons, dry.. 63 647 62 137 @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.