1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 WHEELER COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 186 200 Land in farms ..................acres.. 292 780 263 976 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 574 1 320 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 582 187 360 410 Average per acre .........dollars.. 343 300 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 132 804 72 782 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 9 17 10 to 49 acres ...................... 11 9 50 to 179 acres ..................... 24 26 180 to 499 acres .................... 28 30 500 to 999 acres .................... 32 47 1,000 acres or more ................. 82 71 Total cropland .................farms.. 153 156 acres.. 121 762 104 598 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 144 146 acres.. 89 763 66 467 Irrigated land .................farms.. 78 88 acres.. 48 831 36 264 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 126 843 122 807 Average per farm .........dollars.. 681 953 614 037 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 13 450 6 528 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 113 393 116 279 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 16 13 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 13 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 6 17 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 23 28 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 20 23 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 27 37 $100,000 or more .................... 78 69 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 98 554 115 677 Average per farm .........dollars.. 529 862 578 384 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 131 152 Other ............................... 55 48 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 84 75 200 days or more ................... 44 46 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 142 147 number.. 93 181 79 045 Beef cows ..................farms.. 128 123 number.. 18 526 15 369 Milk cows ..................farms.. 13 28 number.. 797 1 444 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 144 150 number.. 128 909 152 273 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 12 23 number.. 56 314 8 916 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 13 24 number.. 170 765 23 158 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 6 11 number.. 354 766 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 5 5 number.. 290 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 84 102 acres.. 29 617 28 176 bushels.. 3 826 694 3 075 074 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 25 39 acres.. 5 411 2 993 tons, green.. 99 139 31 349 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) bushels.. 0 (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Oats for grain................farms.. 3 9 acres.. 260 208 bushels.. 13 200 10 078 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 47 25 acres.. 12 618 3 431 bushels.. 556 666 104 461 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 111 113 acres.. 42 325 31 463 tons, dry.. 64 671 47 145 @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.