1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 YORK COUNTY, NEBRASKA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 712 765 Land in farms ..................acres.. 352 961 345 509 Average size of farm .......acres.. 496 452 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 888 082 664 172 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 788 1 455 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 142 010 109 121 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 35 39 10 to 49 acres ...................... 68 59 50 to 179 acres ..................... 116 150 180 to 499 acres .................... 202 237 500 to 999 acres .................... 213 220 1,000 acres or more ................. 78 60 Total cropland .................farms.. 664 702 acres.. 320 258 304 862 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 641 690 acres.. 303 257 267 621 Irrigated land .................farms.. 513 576 acres.. 228 194 199 097 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 178 311 151 402 Average per farm .........dollars.. 250 437 197 911 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 100 725 68 485 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 77 587 82 917 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 43 30 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 18 33 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 24 40 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 53 82 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 64 90 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 106 145 $100,000 or more .................... 404 345 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 140 184 119 279 Average per farm .........dollars.. 196 611 155 921 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 559 614 Other ............................... 153 151 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 284 275 200 days or more ................... 126 141 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 285 304 number.. 66 508 50 049 Beef cows ..................farms.. 211 240 number.. 10 200 (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 5 3 number.. 84 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 284 297 number.. 87 130 80 697 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 83 165 number.. 61 295 80 482 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 84 176 number.. 114 077 162 004 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 14 29 number.. 1 023 1 587 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 20 18 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 5 4 number.. 1 240 2 000 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 547 587 acres.. 233 718 189 476 bushels.. 34 419 673 28 520 997 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 38 26 acres.. 1 364 1 200 tons, green.. 28 019 14 781 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 106 323 acres.. 10 356 37 579 bushels.. 921 953 3 301 411 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 24 81 acres.. 519 2 326 bushels.. 16 574 70 679 Oats for grain................farms.. 7 7 acres.. 259 120 bushels.. 14 904 8 900 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 413 456 acres.. 52 730 32 518 bushels.. 2 655 154 1 350 277 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 227 266 acres.. 5 628 6 745 tons, dry.. 17 186 19 513 @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.