1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 PARMER COUNTY, TEXAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 599 645 Land in farms ..................acres.. 546 870 526 276 Average size of farm .......acres.. 913 816 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 563 763 433 299 Average per acre .........dollars.. 621 525 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 140 910 124 787 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 16 27 10 to 49 acres ...................... 27 26 50 to 179 acres ..................... 74 66 180 to 499 acres .................... 135 149 500 to 999 acres .................... 163 227 1,000 acres or more ................. 184 150 Total cropland .................farms.. 552 590 acres.. 434 344 423 277 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 463 520 acres.. 309 629 258 960 Irrigated land .................farms.. 406 468 acres.. 216 451 213 773 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 550 904 438 476 Average per farm .........dollars.. 919 706 679 808 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 100 222 63 572 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 450 682 374 905 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 81 47 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 11 13 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 15 25 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 41 60 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 38 49 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 66 118 $100,000 or more .................... 347 333 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 474 612 398 336 Average per farm .........dollars.. 793 665 617 574 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 444 518 Other ............................... 155 127 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 231 200 200 days or more ................... 129 114 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 279 333 number.. 360 875 318 777 Beef cows ..................farms.. 103 130 number.. 7 883 10 442 Milk cows ..................farms.. 10 5 number.. 1 527 1 284 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 282 351 number.. 660 739 509 239 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 14 19 number.. 264 1 676 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 10 20 number.. 250 4 730 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 8 14 number.. 884 1 148 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 3 6 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 273 315 acres.. 76 307 85 586 bushels.. 13 611 461 15 107 556 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 209 242 acres.. 41 402 40 280 bushels.. 2 356 516 2 741 712 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 366 415 acres.. 104 345 86 427 bushels.. 3 749 277 3 680 243 Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 266 74 acres.. 61 293 8 865 bales.. 94 240 7 156 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 20 141 acres.. 2 022 17 328 bushels.. 62 864 589 265 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 93 115 acres.. 8 593 9 293 tons, dry.. 25 268 20 952 @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.