1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 PASQUOTANK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 174 199 Land in farms ..................acres.. 86 306 83 218 Average size of farm .......acres.. 496 418 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 730 602 539 626 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 545 1 305 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 114 139 87 486 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 18 14 10 to 49 acres ...................... 27 42 50 to 179 acres ..................... 38 54 180 to 499 acres .................... 39 41 500 to 999 acres .................... 23 22 1,000 acres or more ................. 29 26 Total cropland .................farms.. 163 188 acres.. 79 312 77 330 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 159 181 acres.. 77 125 74 841 Irrigated land .................farms.. 7 3 acres.. (D) 4 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 33 107 28 176 Average per farm .........dollars.. 190 271 141 586 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 32 020 26 889 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 1 087 1 287 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 10 29 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 10 16 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 21 19 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 24 33 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 18 19 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 24 18 $100,000 or more .................... 67 65 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 25 736 23 291 Average per farm .........dollars.. 148 764 117 040 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 123 135 Other ............................... 51 64 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 62 65 200 days or more ................... 34 43 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 25 29 number.. 475 728 Beef cows ..................farms.. 20 25 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 2 2 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 21 23 number.. 207 305 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 10 17 number.. 1 493 3 400 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 9 18 number.. (D) 13 386 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 3 6 number.. (D) 139 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 0 3 number.. 0 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 124 128 acres.. 24 079 23 673 bushels.. 2 388 174 2 944 451 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 96 78 acres.. 21 730 13 305 bushels.. 1 206 856 756 596 Cotton .......................farms.. 16 4 acres.. 2 836 776 bales.. 4 327 913 Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 pounds.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 134 162 acres.. 42 603 42 547 bushels.. 1 351 376 1 462 477 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 4 4 acres.. 91 126 pounds.. 258 672 280 290 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) tons, dry.. (D) (D) @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.