1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 565 517 Land in farms ..................acres.. 532 277 507 135 Average size of farm .......acres.. 942 981 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 751 628 660 626 Average per acre .........dollars.. 796 634 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 21 868 17 317 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 40 26 10 to 49 acres ...................... 56 48 50 to 179 acres ..................... 103 83 180 to 499 acres .................... 135 126 500 to 999 acres .................... 93 97 1,000 acres or more ................. 138 137 Total cropland .................farms.. 300 248 acres.. 44 438 39 228 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 202 138 acres.. 6 805 6 291 Irrigated land .................farms.. 36 24 acres.. 665 520 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 9 810 11 488 Average per farm .........dollars.. 17 362 22 220 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 513 470 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 9 297 11 018 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 170 123 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 95 78 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 89 97 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 107 99 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 61 61 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 27 35 $100,000 or more .................... 16 24 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 9 355 10 233 Average per farm .........dollars.. 16 529 19 832 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 248 250 Other ............................... 317 267 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 346 298 200 days or more ................... 238 208 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 485 447 number.. 42 564 42 033 Beef cows ..................farms.. 439 420 number.. 22 124 23 382 Milk cows ..................farms.. 11 9 number.. 33 65 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 475 438 number.. 21 032 21 670 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 25 24 number.. 2 243 2 743 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 23 24 number.. 2 307 5 062 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 31 19 number.. 1 547 814 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 12 11 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) bushels.. 0 (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 5 3 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 164 107 acres.. 5 409 4 385 tons, dry.. 10 153 6 446 @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.