1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SCHUYLER COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 493 488 Land in farms ..................acres.. 159 543 165 225 Average size of farm .......acres.. 324 339 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 211 651 133 167 Average per acre .........dollars.. 624 401 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 33 095 27 421 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 16 10 to 49 acres ...................... 54 49 50 to 179 acres ..................... 151 134 180 to 499 acres .................... 185 191 500 to 999 acres .................... 64 74 1,000 acres or more ................. 25 24 Total cropland .................farms.. 446 450 acres.. 111 004 108 066 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 378 413 acres.. 55 274 57 966 Irrigated land .................farms.. 1 6 acres.. (D) (D) Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 14 345 14 116 Average per farm .........dollars.. 29 097 28 927 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 172 4 663 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 8 172 9 453 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 97 78 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 56 69 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 86 65 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 116 138 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 67 65 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 37 39 $100,000 or more .................... 34 34 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 13 588 11 683 Average per farm .........dollars.. 27 618 23 940 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 259 274 Other ............................... 234 214 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 281 264 200 days or more ................... 192 172 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 343 344 number.. 25 193 23 551 Beef cows ..................farms.. 313 299 number.. 13 865 12 301 Milk cows ..................farms.. 26 24 number.. 443 546 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 346 345 number.. 14 984 13 006 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 20 42 number.. 4 247 8 061 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 16 41 number.. 5 946 14 205 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 72 111 number.. 6 268 12 217 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 14 25 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 124 138 acres.. 7 716 11 671 bushels.. 843 073 1 308 785 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 6 10 acres.. 90 329 tons, green.. 875 3 920 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 23 30 acres.. 880 1 198 bushels.. 36 416 44 165 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 124 126 acres.. 17 447 14 296 bushels.. 647 381 460 108 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 330 373 acres.. 30 353 32 090 tons, dry.. 56 437 56 000 @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.