1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 971 1 041 Land in farms ..................acres.. 445 430 428 769 Average size of farm .......acres.. 459 412 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 443 830 317 398 Average per acre .........dollars.. 925 743 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 84 175 64 908 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 48 93 10 to 49 acres ...................... 73 75 50 to 179 acres ..................... 223 183 180 to 499 acres .................... 302 374 500 to 999 acres .................... 222 232 1,000 acres or more ................. 103 84 Total cropland .................farms.. 861 892 acres.. 358 940 359 396 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 782 844 acres.. 296 908 278 974 Irrigated land .................farms.. 188 170 acres.. 62 717 51 170 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 153 567 125 722 Average per farm .........dollars.. 158 153 120 770 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 48 966 32 825 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 104 601 92 897 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 82 68 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 42 26 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 59 70 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 109 141 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 122 160 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 163 211 $100,000 or more .................... 394 365 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 115 314 98 577 Average per farm .........dollars.. 118 881 94 786 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 704 812 Other ............................... 267 229 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 382 345 200 days or more ................... 223 201 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 665 698 number.. 99 839 90 611 Beef cows ..................farms.. 468 473 number.. 21 393 19 893 Milk cows ..................farms.. 98 124 number.. 5 754 5 816 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 679 703 number.. 87 638 73 464 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 334 507 number.. 157 738 190 253 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 345 532 number.. 347 621 351 935 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 16 25 number.. 1 115 1 010 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 14 29 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 5 number.. (D) 1 230 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 672 750 acres.. 138 877 141 516 bushels.. 14 007 152 14 638 953 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 214 176 acres.. 8 552 5 138 tons, green.. 95 060 62 188 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 2 23 acres.. (D) 1 033 bushels.. (D) 64 359 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 13 4 acres.. 566 158 bushels.. 18 161 7 404 Oats for grain................farms.. 192 423 acres.. 8 332 20 704 bushels.. 503 933 1 443 990 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 584 549 acres.. 107 426 72 289 bushels.. 3 386 777 2 551 288 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 574 660 acres.. 39 785 44 295 tons, dry.. 106 059 145 365 @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.