1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SWISHER COUNTY, TEXAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 529 502 Land in farms ..................acres.. 515 910 505 140 Average size of farm .......acres.. 975 1 006 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 444 846 404 646 Average per acre .........dollars.. 437 414 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 98 014 82 262 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 12 14 10 to 49 acres ...................... 26 20 50 to 179 acres ..................... 68 64 180 to 499 acres .................... 138 111 500 to 999 acres .................... 136 125 1,000 acres or more ................. 149 168 Total cropland .................farms.. 478 468 acres.. 354 599 384 170 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 329 385 acres.. 201 823 189 631 Irrigated land .................farms.. 228 266 acres.. 114 739 118 867 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 364 094 242 317 Average per farm .........dollars.. 688 268 482 703 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 46 450 30 463 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 317 644 211 855 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 134 53 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 21 37 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 32 23 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 57 65 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 38 67 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 49 84 $100,000 or more .................... 198 173 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 306 998 216 755 Average per farm .........dollars.. 581 435 431 784 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 317 358 Other ............................... 212 144 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 242 211 200 days or more ................... 140 121 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 261 277 number.. 222 669 185 017 Beef cows ..................farms.. 134 139 number.. 8 761 6 727 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 5 number.. 10 96 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 276 291 number.. 472 356 271 456 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 18 16 number.. 1 123 2 316 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 15 15 number.. 1 936 2 463 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 11 10 number.. 743 1 643 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 10 6 number.. 144 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 97 102 acres.. 21 775 20 596 bushels.. 3 685 815 3 218 329 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 168 220 acres.. 38 059 46 367 bushels.. 2 442 895 3 278 032 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 236 282 acres.. 67 693 87 532 bushels.. 1 880 954 2 595 465 Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 173 71 acres.. 55 056 11 816 bales.. 65 166 9 609 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 46 65 acres.. 7 410 9 019 bushels.. 294 581 336 565 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 89 123 acres.. 8 389 15 641 tons, dry.. 19 034 35 380 @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.