1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 JEFFERSON COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 659 648 Land in farms ..................acres.. 109 430 119 595 Average size of farm .......acres.. 166 185 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 289 547 259 646 Average per acre .........dollars.. 2 021 1 441 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 21 067 23 933 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 33 32 10 to 49 acres ...................... 172 144 50 to 179 acres ..................... 274 281 180 to 499 acres .................... 142 146 500 to 999 acres .................... 26 30 1,000 acres or more ................. 12 15 Total cropland .................farms.. 579 562 acres.. 56 789 60 097 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 490 471 acres.. 31 874 35 177 Irrigated land .................farms.. 25 17 acres.. 148 172 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 8 966 10 722 Average per farm .........dollars.. 13 606 16 546 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 3 732 3 842 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 5 234 6 879 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 284 253 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 138 143 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 106 96 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 81 88 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 17 22 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 19 23 $100,000 or more .................... 14 23 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 7 379 8 240 Average per farm .........dollars.. 11 198 12 716 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 223 261 Other ............................... 436 387 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 412 381 200 days or more ................... 317 292 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 393 422 number.. 14 489 16 258 Beef cows ..................farms.. 339 362 number.. 6 077 7 015 Milk cows ..................farms.. 18 31 number.. 1 021 2 104 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 364 379 number.. 5 925 6 754 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 28 46 number.. 1 108 3 127 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 24 40 number.. 2 105 4 423 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 6 4 number.. 96 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 31 53 number.. 966 1 678 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 53 67 acres.. 3 605 4 902 bushels.. 325 310 517 486 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 11 19 acres.. 432 962 tons, green.. 5 775 10 712 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 9 22 acres.. 404 628 bushels.. 28 075 46 725 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 56 79 acres.. 2 235 3 422 bushels.. 96 032 130 597 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 59 82 acres.. 6 367 7 389 bushels.. 226 220 250 900 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 418 397 acres.. 20 187 18 984 tons, dry.. 36 286 31 438 @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.