1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 PERKINS COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 490 479 Land in farms ..................acres.. 552 882 532 901 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 128 1 113 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 606 223 551 959 Average per acre .........dollars.. 521 495 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 97 220 79 327 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 9 17 10 to 49 acres ...................... 12 18 50 to 179 acres ..................... 83 53 180 to 499 acres .................... 95 85 500 to 999 acres .................... 103 105 1,000 acres or more ................. 188 201 Total cropland .................farms.. 465 452 acres.. 446 112 450 965 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 395 431 acres.. 272 263 242 334 Irrigated land .................farms.. 209 215 acres.. 120 418 107 459 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 64 853 50 090 Average per farm .........dollars.. 132 353 104 572 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 53 863 40 466 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 10 990 9 624 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 68 31 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 17 20 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 31 33 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 68 90 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 60 71 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 75 82 $100,000 or more .................... 171 152 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 50 009 42 011 Average per farm .........dollars.. 101 851 87 705 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 359 378 Other ............................... 131 101 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 208 173 200 days or more ................... 97 78 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 175 172 number.. 29 886 21 948 Beef cows ..................farms.. 135 137 number.. 9 910 8 870 Milk cows ..................farms.. 4 10 number.. 157 266 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 171 180 number.. 18 497 13 523 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 17 32 number.. 2 146 3 981 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 20 35 number.. 2 598 9 029 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 11 20 number.. 425 1 187 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 10 26 number.. 238 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 2 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 251 232 acres.. 115 823 95 266 bushels.. 15 155 858 12 466 269 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 17 19 acres.. 963 617 tons, green.. 20 163 9 430 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 4 11 acres.. 435 1 334 bushels.. 25 956 58 031 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 328 370 acres.. 119 352 123 005 bushels.. 3 824 030 3 265 977 Oats for grain................farms.. 8 21 acres.. 206 970 bushels.. 10 550 35 602 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 12 16 acres.. 1 289 1 443 bushels.. 45 335 43 051 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 98 90 acres.. 7 889 4 770 tons, dry.. 24 101 13 018 @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.