1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 GREENE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 313 407 Land in farms ..................acres.. 103 201 112 291 Average size of farm .......acres.. 330 276 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 680 322 477 081 Average per acre .........dollars.. 2 110 1 539 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 136 602 78 965 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 16 17 10 to 49 acres ...................... 66 69 50 to 179 acres ..................... 91 143 180 to 499 acres .................... 75 105 500 to 999 acres .................... 39 53 1,000 acres or more ................. 26 20 Total cropland .................farms.. 287 385 acres.. 79 835 89 453 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 267 371 acres.. 72 348 75 992 Irrigated land .................farms.. 39 25 acres.. 1 513 1 259 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 180 964 118 128 Average per farm .........dollars.. 578 160 290 241 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 52 684 45 351 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 128 280 72 777 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 20 17 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 10 16 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 18 28 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 31 54 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 29 47 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 27 63 $100,000 or more .................... 178 182 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 142 370 92 197 Average per farm .........dollars.. 456 313 225 973 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 220 310 Other ............................... 93 97 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 116 140 200 days or more ................... 57 79 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 52 45 number.. 2 206 1 616 Beef cows ..................farms.. 46 42 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 47 43 number.. 745 709 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 78 58 number.. 391 672 299 454 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 80 61 number.. 1 233 293 728 661 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 9 0 number.. 231 0 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 2 4 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 12 12 number.. 5 090 200 5 003 375 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 147 276 acres.. 14 105 30 177 bushels.. 1 241 438 3 304 728 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 109 86 acres.. 11 666 4 842 bushels.. 540 856 248 443 Cotton .......................farms.. 72 78 acres.. 16 964 8 330 bales.. 25 131 10 843 Tobacco ......................farms.. 179 304 acres.. 8 910 8 840 pounds.. 20 074 673 19 312 569 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 197 293 acres.. 22 805 25 674 bushels.. 665 467 774 784 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 2 4 acres.. (D) 38 pounds.. (D) 60 060 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 42 25 acres.. 2 079 776 tons, dry.. 4 834 2 260 @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.