1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 BARTON COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 896 864 Land in farms ..................acres.. 335 182 311 161 Average size of farm .......acres.. 374 360 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 309 009 232 496 Average per acre .........dollars.. 776 625 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 51 864 53 939 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 33 24 10 to 49 acres ...................... 104 108 50 to 179 acres ..................... 297 262 180 to 499 acres .................... 245 262 500 to 999 acres .................... 147 148 1,000 acres or more ................. 70 60 Total cropland .................farms.. 800 778 acres.. 252 224 228 138 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 677 694 acres.. 178 455 160 469 Irrigated land .................farms.. 41 25 acres.. 8 843 7 151 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 64 242 38 632 Average per farm .........dollars.. 71 699 44 713 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 33 567 20 544 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 30 675 18 088 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 185 147 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 82 83 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 133 130 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 161 184 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 91 123 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 93 98 $100,000 or more .................... 151 99 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 48 145 30 652 Average per farm .........dollars.. 53 733 35 477 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 478 509 Other ............................... 418 355 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 464 427 200 days or more ................... 322 275 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 612 619 number.. 42 893 43 270 Beef cows ..................farms.. 545 548 number.. 21 166 20 662 Milk cows ..................farms.. 21 38 number.. 878 1 597 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 608 604 number.. 21 387 21 110 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 45 63 number.. 61 635 19 771 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 44 68 number.. 410 344 57 719 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 12 18 number.. 581 741 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 24 20 number.. 530 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 124 125 acres.. 13 978 9 569 bushels.. 1 866 817 1 244 106 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 17 21 acres.. 332 551 tons, green.. 5 217 6 536 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 309 321 acres.. 30 177 26 175 bushels.. 2 938 796 2 361 918 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 338 393 acres.. 40 622 49 982 bushels.. 2 161 259 2 255 683 Cotton .......................farms.. 5 0 acres.. (D) 0 bales.. (D) 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 405 387 acres.. 76 042 49 357 bushels.. 2 444 640 1 362 508 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 514 530 acres.. 38 861 36 792 tons, dry.. 64 771 62 853 @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.