1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 1 066 907 Land in farms ..................acres.. 238 110 242 901 Average size of farm .......acres.. 223 268 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 429 957 530 793 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 958 2 046 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 38 156 26 323 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 97 67 10 to 49 acres ...................... 368 274 50 to 179 acres ..................... 332 314 180 to 499 acres .................... 170 156 500 to 999 acres .................... 48 40 1,000 acres or more ................. 51 56 Total cropland .................farms.. 792 700 acres.. 116 477 118 632 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 611 516 acres.. 49 520 49 864 Irrigated land .................farms.. 61 55 acres.. 8 120 8 187 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 29 126 27 513 Average per farm .........dollars.. 27 323 30 334 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 14 996 14 400 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 14 130 13 113 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 427 295 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 194 155 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 153 171 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 147 149 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 65 62 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 35 28 $100,000 or more .................... 45 47 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 29 133 24 430 Average per farm .........dollars.. 27 330 26 935 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 422 394 Other ............................... 644 513 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 669 538 200 days or more ................... 471 391 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 845 712 number.. 49 781 47 371 Beef cows ..................farms.. 742 649 number.. 28 655 29 859 Milk cows ..................farms.. 29 11 number.. 792 145 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 816 685 number.. 25 848 26 565 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 33 38 number.. 455 7 916 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 20 33 number.. 391 (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 15 12 number.. 176 112 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 64 56 number.. 2 525 1 915 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 37 54 acres.. 7 866 10 460 bushels.. 792 414 954 342 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 7 10 acres.. 1 774 2 143 bushels.. 84 575 132 480 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 0 2 acres.. 0 (D) bushels.. 0 (D) Rice..........................farms.. 13 17 acres.. 6 706 6 957 cwt.. 468 471 413 337 Cotton .......................farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) bales.. (D) (D) Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 15 6 acres.. 2 569 1 336 bushels.. 52 962 26 255 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 544 437 acres.. 25 936 21 641 tons, dry.. 61 040 54 630 @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.