1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MC PHERSON COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 112 121 Land in farms ..................acres.. 443 334 464 534 Average size of farm .......acres.. 3 958 3 839 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 705 360 565 005 Average per acre .........dollars.. 178 148 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 41 335 42 434 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 1 9 10 to 49 acres ...................... 7 2 50 to 179 acres ..................... 5 5 180 to 499 acres .................... 9 11 500 to 999 acres .................... 11 8 1,000 acres or more ................. 79 86 Total cropland .................farms.. 81 85 acres.. 35 876 45 766 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 70 80 acres.. 28 562 32 992 Irrigated land .................farms.. 30 34 acres.. 7 498 9 343 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 13 951 11 575 Average per farm .........dollars.. 124 563 95 659 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 1 007 640 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 12 944 10 935 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 16 8 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 2 5 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 4 10 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 13 15 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 27 18 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 15 26 $100,000 or more .................... 35 39 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 11 872 9 815 Average per farm .........dollars.. 106 001 81 113 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 91 102 Other ............................... 21 19 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 35 40 200 days or more ................... 19 17 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 105 100 number.. 41 686 35 269 Beef cows ..................farms.. 97 89 number.. 20 274 17 037 Milk cows ..................farms.. 10 16 number.. 17 29 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 103 103 number.. 22 499 18 402 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 2 14 number.. (D) 2 657 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 2 13 number.. (D) 5 668 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 2 3 number.. (D) 42 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 7 number.. (D) 311 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 10 10 acres.. 3 018 3 314 bushels.. 392 744 371 462 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 4 4 acres.. 910 750 tons, green.. 18 000 9 700 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 2 0 acres.. (D) 0 bushels.. (D) 0 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 3 1 acres.. 77 (D) bushels.. 2 400 (D) Oats for grain................farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 3 0 acres.. 320 0 bushels.. (D) 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 66 76 acres.. 24 397 29 487 tons, dry.. 25 939 33 608 @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.