1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 483 500 Land in farms ..................acres.. 323 887 298 115 Average size of farm .......acres.. 671 596 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 366 918 286 131 Average per acre .........dollars.. 510 504 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 76 613 48 537 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 17 49 10 to 49 acres ...................... 27 48 50 to 179 acres ..................... 99 66 180 to 499 acres .................... 138 149 500 to 999 acres .................... 107 100 1,000 acres or more ................. 95 88 Total cropland .................farms.. 428 410 acres.. 177 625 171 304 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 392 385 acres.. 115 802 99 771 Irrigated land .................farms.. 227 215 acres.. 58 794 52 698 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 43 128 34 916 Average per farm .........dollars.. 89 291 69 832 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 23 521 14 711 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 19 607 20 205 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 56 26 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 21 38 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 34 49 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 78 120 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 75 80 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 75 88 $100,000 or more .................... 144 99 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 31 393 29 044 Average per farm .........dollars.. 64 862 58 205 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 343 357 Other ............................... 140 143 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 198 217 200 days or more ................... 117 113 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 361 373 number.. 53 297 47 140 Beef cows ..................farms.. 326 335 number.. 26 238 23 206 Milk cows ..................farms.. 22 21 number.. 777 867 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 366 373 number.. 30 464 26 423 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 58 117 number.. 10 184 17 821 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 53 121 number.. 13 728 35 218 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 19 29 number.. 1 897 2 520 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 15 33 number.. (D) 1 755 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 282 267 acres.. 65 040 52 887 bushels.. 7 991 011 6 865 853 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 52 49 acres.. 1 473 1 308 tons, green.. 16 231 18 305 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 22 72 acres.. 1 137 4 448 bushels.. 67 184 292 640 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 59 72 acres.. 2 146 2 488 bushels.. 70 765 85 342 Oats for grain................farms.. 14 41 acres.. 231 875 bushels.. 9 690 46 715 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 143 101 acres.. 11 420 5 502 bushels.. 449 375 179 365 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 337 341 acres.. 38 621 34 668 tons, dry.. 101 583 93 259 @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.