1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LOGAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 124 133 Land in farms ..................acres.. 322 965 335 820 Average size of farm .......acres.. 2 605 2 525 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 646 114 534 279 Average per acre .........dollars.. 250 213 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 74 114 68 471 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 4 10 10 to 49 acres ...................... 7 10 50 to 179 acres ..................... 18 16 180 to 499 acres .................... 23 25 500 to 999 acres .................... 19 19 1,000 acres or more ................. 53 53 Total cropland .................farms.. 90 103 acres.. 58 226 56 642 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 85 84 acres.. 46 580 39 578 Irrigated land .................farms.. 45 50 acres.. 15 302 15 801 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 19 107 16 464 Average per farm .........dollars.. 154 087 123 788 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 478 3 728 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 12 629 12 736 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 7 4 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 4 5 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 9 17 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 16 26 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 18 20 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 16 17 $100,000 or more .................... 54 44 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 13 486 13 895 Average per farm .........dollars.. 107 891 104 471 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 107 111 Other ............................... 17 22 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 46 43 200 days or more ................... 27 23 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 99 109 number.. 35 871 32 327 Beef cows ..................farms.. 86 95 number.. 16 549 16 229 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 5 number.. 5 6 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 96 107 number.. 20 870 20 280 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 11 22 number.. 3 399 3 721 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 11 20 number.. 7 150 7 929 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 13 number.. 175 559 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 4 2 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 55 55 acres.. 20 283 17 314 bushels.. 2 414 684 1 748 382 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 6 9 acres.. 620 515 tons, green.. 10 830 5 015 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 bushels.. (D) 0 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 29 27 acres.. 2 978 4 301 bushels.. 90 944 132 247 Oats for grain................farms.. 6 6 acres.. 550 481 bushels.. 33 955 36 362 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 5 0 acres.. 337 0 bushels.. 15 075 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 62 61 acres.. 20 064 17 541 tons, dry.. 33 588 25 528 @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.