1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 RIPLEY COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 472 465 Land in farms ..................acres.. 151 963 152 529 Average size of farm .......acres.. 322 328 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 213 516 175 752 Average per acre .........dollars.. 795 579 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 28 154 30 192 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 7 16 10 to 49 acres ...................... 58 59 50 to 179 acres ..................... 175 157 180 to 499 acres .................... 146 144 500 to 999 acres .................... 58 58 1,000 acres or more ................. 28 31 Total cropland .................farms.. 407 390 acres.. 69 980 72 729 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 307 276 acres.. 37 027 31 339 Irrigated land .................farms.. 32 31 acres.. 8 049 6 060 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 10 729 9 096 Average per farm .........dollars.. 22 731 19 561 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 5 413 4 132 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 5 316 4 964 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 132 121 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 83 81 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 91 91 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 91 100 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 37 36 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 11 13 $100,000 or more .................... 27 23 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 7 803 9 708 Average per farm .........dollars.. 16 497 20 878 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 221 227 Other ............................... 251 238 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 272 258 200 days or more ................... 178 171 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 365 343 number.. 20 103 18 633 Beef cows ..................farms.. 331 325 number.. 10 886 9 919 Milk cows ..................farms.. 7 8 number.. 10 31 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 361 344 number.. 10 240 9 411 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 17 52 number.. 3 324 3 653 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 14 49 number.. 8 258 17 669 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 7 4 number.. 174 170 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 22 33 number.. (D) 1 081 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 16 13 acres.. 1 971 556 bushels.. 233 479 76 557 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) tons, green.. 0 (D) Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 14 32 acres.. 1 856 4 592 bushels.. 125 913 405 536 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 21 36 acres.. 1 810 1 771 bushels.. 64 487 72 307 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 38 38 acres.. 11 139 8 819 bushels.. 353 164 315 417 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 272 233 acres.. 16 748 12 976 tons, dry.. 28 972 21 593 @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.