1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 GREELEY COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 387 394 Land in farms ..................acres.. 291 014 304 180 Average size of farm .......acres.. 752 772 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 482 522 320 247 Average per acre .........dollars.. 646 436 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 76 768 64 749 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 28 10 to 49 acres ...................... 20 21 50 to 179 acres ..................... 77 47 180 to 499 acres .................... 86 90 500 to 999 acres .................... 98 113 1,000 acres or more ................. 92 95 Total cropland .................farms.. 330 334 acres.. 124 295 156 797 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 310 323 acres.. 98 194 102 075 Irrigated land .................farms.. 207 207 acres.. 57 578 58 882 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 46 419 39 597 Average per farm .........dollars.. 119 946 100 500 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 18 748 14 225 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 27 671 25 372 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 32 26 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 11 19 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 32 19 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 60 68 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 43 62 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 70 86 $100,000 or more .................... 139 114 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 37 349 30 734 Average per farm .........dollars.. 96 758 78 204 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 289 312 Other ............................... 98 82 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 149 125 200 days or more ................... 82 57 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 289 287 number.. 49 907 43 936 Beef cows ..................farms.. 255 256 number.. 20 977 20 450 Milk cows ..................farms.. 13 14 number.. 681 599 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 293 296 number.. 28 555 24 724 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 52 79 number.. 40 139 39 303 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 55 85 number.. 144 127 101 756 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 9 10 number.. 768 723 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 24 22 number.. 103 093 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 4 2 number.. 570 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 248 264 acres.. 64 544 67 072 bushels.. 7 372 306 7 179 768 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 86 103 acres.. 3 818 4 591 tons, green.. 58 486 64 623 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 11 28 acres.. 497 1 494 bushels.. 23 102 74 123 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 13 15 acres.. 544 677 bushels.. 23 104 22 652 Oats for grain................farms.. 9 14 acres.. 248 371 bushels.. 10 236 19 703 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 97 88 acres.. 8 407 4 884 bushels.. 308 421 147 934 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 231 261 acres.. 21 635 23 972 tons, dry.. 48 026 60 286 @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.