1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 142 134 Land in farms ..................acres.. 828 859 962 576 Average size of farm .......acres.. 5 837 7 183 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 602 708 864 669 Average per acre .........dollars.. 104 120 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 51 203 56 749 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 19 22 10 to 49 acres ...................... 22 18 50 to 179 acres ..................... 13 10 180 to 499 acres .................... 26 21 500 to 999 acres .................... 19 18 1,000 acres or more ................. 43 45 Total cropland .................farms.. 97 99 acres.. 70 169 (D) Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 54 56 acres.. 28 624 25 175 Irrigated land .................farms.. 36 42 acres.. 4 646 4 314 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 9 278 10 014 Average per farm .........dollars.. 65 340 74 732 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 5 529 5 189 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 3 749 4 825 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 59 50 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 25 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 12 6 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 15 13 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 6 7 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 8 3 $100,000 or more .................... 26 30 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 7 489 7 475 Average per farm .........dollars.. 52 738 55 785 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 66 59 Other ............................... 76 75 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 84 81 200 days or more ................... 54 55 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 66 60 number.. 17 179 23 233 Beef cows ..................farms.. 57 50 number.. 9 312 (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 59 57 number.. 8 778 9 086 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 6 10 number.. 118 274 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 4 7 number.. 392 340 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 17 13 number.. 295 411 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 6 2 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 2 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 7 12 acres.. 4 154 7 021 bushels.. 66 112 363 296 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 4 3 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 20 21 acres.. 20 772 16 693 bales.. 11 250 14 417 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 19 13 acres.. 1 485 350 tons, dry.. 2 282 386 @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.