1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 631 635 Land in farms ..................acres.. 168 121 168 586 Average size of farm .......acres.. 266 265 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 292 390 192 884 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 102 827 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 27 993 34 117 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 17 19 10 to 49 acres ...................... 95 78 50 to 179 acres ..................... 253 264 180 to 499 acres .................... 193 191 500 to 999 acres .................... 45 60 1,000 acres or more ................. 28 23 Total cropland .................farms.. 573 576 acres.. 85 740 91 933 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 505 521 acres.. 54 819 51 649 Irrigated land .................farms.. 8 3 acres.. 56 3 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 17 905 18 287 Average per farm .........dollars.. 28 376 28 799 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 964 5 460 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 10 941 12 827 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 152 134 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 120 109 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 109 139 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 132 125 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 55 50 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 25 38 $100,000 or more .................... 38 40 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 13 240 14 353 Average per farm .........dollars.. 20 983 22 638 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 234 258 Other ............................... 397 377 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 393 384 200 days or more ................... 310 307 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 467 485 number.. 24 831 27 252 Beef cows ..................farms.. 400 427 number.. 12 986 12 741 Milk cows ..................farms.. 9 13 number.. 141 222 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 465 477 number.. 12 840 14 135 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 61 98 number.. 16 924 22 558 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 65 100 number.. 31 715 47 173 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 8 number.. 148 197 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 45 45 number.. 95 930 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 129 182 acres.. 12 162 12 564 bushels.. 1 218 712 1 512 902 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 3 13 acres.. 153 453 tons, green.. 1 595 6 695 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 18 40 acres.. 429 1 171 bushels.. 33 608 94 016 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 108 138 acres.. 5 751 6 081 bushels.. 298 969 265 998 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 100 111 acres.. 14 056 9 811 bushels.. 527 343 384 232 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 438 450 acres.. 24 820 23 219 tons, dry.. 46 663 40 690 @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.