1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MORGAN COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 869 849 Land in farms ..................acres.. 202 467 201 714 Average size of farm .......acres.. 233 238 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 220 750 143 863 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 001 570 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 32 055 30 766 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 36 37 10 to 49 acres ...................... 133 114 50 to 179 acres ..................... 357 367 180 to 499 acres .................... 249 241 500 to 999 acres .................... 61 59 1,000 acres or more ................. 33 31 Total cropland .................farms.. 719 736 acres.. 111 963 109 780 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 639 648 acres.. 64 945 62 002 Irrigated land .................farms.. 23 9 acres.. 221 53 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 91 101 46 237 Average per farm .........dollars.. 104 835 54 461 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 5 522 4 790 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 85 579 41 447 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 186 184 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 125 102 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 137 135 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 164 177 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 74 82 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 52 80 $100,000 or more .................... 131 89 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 84 926 39 326 Average per farm .........dollars.. 97 729 46 321 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 412 428 Other ............................... 457 421 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 523 499 200 days or more ................... 352 335 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 681 660 number.. 43 794 40 787 Beef cows ..................farms.. 554 536 number.. 21 531 19 160 Milk cows ..................farms.. 75 96 number.. 1 967 2 027 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 674 622 number.. 23 324 21 102 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 71 154 number.. 32 480 40 387 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 67 154 number.. 114 818 89 717 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 12 25 number.. 143 614 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 60 64 number.. (D) 3 102 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 15 3 number.. 12 370 507 130 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 119 182 acres.. 7 630 8 935 bushels.. 687 157 1 122 865 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 52 49 acres.. 1 475 1 121 tons, green.. 17 288 17 108 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 25 64 acres.. 833 2 605 bushels.. 65 776 263 127 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 101 134 acres.. 3 442 5 430 bushels.. 153 258 222 234 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 126 115 acres.. 11 459 8 643 bushels.. 381 078 305 392 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 566 579 acres.. 39 344 34 683 tons, dry.. 78 465 55 578 @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.