1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HOLT COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 465 518 Land in farms ..................acres.. 231 040 232 592 Average size of farm .......acres.. 497 449 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 455 239 410 860 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 040 919 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 79 983 76 854 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 17 27 10 to 49 acres ...................... 39 50 50 to 179 acres ..................... 115 127 180 to 499 acres .................... 135 159 500 to 999 acres .................... 89 86 1,000 acres or more ................. 70 69 Total cropland .................farms.. 441 483 acres.. 204 136 201 576 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 415 464 acres.. 176 539 175 493 Irrigated land .................farms.. 25 30 acres.. 9 086 8 721 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 53 269 46 475 Average per farm .........dollars.. 114 557 89 721 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 44 615 37 492 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 8 654 8 983 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 52 48 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 23 26 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 30 40 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 76 99 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 52 79 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 78 77 $100,000 or more .................... 154 149 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 34 519 31 908 Average per farm .........dollars.. 74 234 61 598 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 293 346 Other ............................... 172 172 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 216 227 200 days or more ................... 132 141 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 170 190 number.. 10 935 11 089 Beef cows ..................farms.. 149 157 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 2 4 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 170 188 number.. 5 887 9 177 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 44 89 number.. 15 070 20 602 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 43 94 number.. 43 816 36 650 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 7 9 number.. 276 543 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 9 16 number.. 149 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 330 377 acres.. 77 733 80 779 bushels.. 9 330 064 10 089 136 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 1 6 acres.. (D) 369 tons, green.. (D) 4 808 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 11 15 acres.. 1 325 1 043 bushels.. 92 456 79 797 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 24 62 acres.. 1 634 3 429 bushels.. 55 014 139 000 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 366 401 acres.. 91 429 86 141 bushels.. 3 539 192 3 159 611 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 151 173 acres.. 5 343 5 810 tons, dry.. 12 018 16 240 @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.