1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 765 717 Land in farms ..................acres.. 247 776 224 716 Average size of farm .......acres.. 324 313 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 396 918 292 539 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 174 900 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 60 922 50 070 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 24 32 10 to 49 acres ...................... 107 102 50 to 179 acres ..................... 260 222 180 to 499 acres .................... 219 228 500 to 999 acres .................... 103 86 1,000 acres or more ................. 52 47 Total cropland .................farms.. 690 643 acres.. 170 945 161 793 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 605 600 acres.. 133 311 124 926 Irrigated land .................farms.. 16 11 acres.. 1 381 1 345 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 36 604 35 549 Average per farm .........dollars.. 47 849 49 580 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 22 772 19 860 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 13 833 15 690 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 191 114 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 72 84 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 108 100 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 132 149 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 88 94 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 68 72 $100,000 or more .................... 106 104 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 31 833 26 318 Average per farm .........dollars.. 41 612 36 706 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 316 383 Other ............................... 449 334 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 468 375 200 days or more ................... 343 275 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 402 391 number.. 21 798 19 317 Beef cows ..................farms.. 363 353 number.. 10 589 9 207 Milk cows ..................farms.. 14 16 number.. 99 66 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 385 383 number.. 12 625 10 763 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 93 171 number.. 36 045 50 430 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 97 175 number.. 71 207 95 419 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 17 40 number.. 1 304 3 121 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 34 22 number.. 930 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 324 329 acres.. 39 422 36 250 bushels.. 3 365 016 4 784 402 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 35 38 acres.. 986 796 tons, green.. 11 943 10 909 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 52 87 acres.. 3 554 5 664 bushels.. 291 532 541 954 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 236 306 acres.. 17 124 23 350 bushels.. 823 837 981 758 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 363 399 acres.. 56 744 46 765 bushels.. 1 787 132 1 728 143 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 376 352 acres.. 19 974 16 345 tons, dry.. 39 342 27 981 @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.