1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 219 215 Land in farms ..................acres.. 130 994 192 288 Average size of farm .......acres.. 598 894 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 649 388 290 607 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 102 327 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 64 033 60 799 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 16 19 10 to 49 acres ...................... 52 48 50 to 179 acres ..................... 54 55 180 to 499 acres .................... 50 46 500 to 999 acres .................... 20 19 1,000 acres or more ................. 27 28 Total cropland .................farms.. 194 183 acres.. 39 463 39 958 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 171 165 acres.. 28 209 27 149 Irrigated land .................farms.. 192 180 acres.. 35 177 33 519 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 58 525 20 281 Average per farm .........dollars.. 267 239 94 332 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 574 4 898 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 51 951 15 383 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 28 46 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 24 17 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 25 23 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 32 36 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 22 25 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 30 17 $100,000 or more .................... 58 51 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 52 692 16 759 Average per farm .........dollars.. 240 601 77 947 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 124 119 Other ............................... 95 96 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 113 120 200 days or more ................... 68 69 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 133 137 number.. 33 060 30 512 Beef cows ..................farms.. 106 114 number.. 13 403 13 693 Milk cows ..................farms.. 22 25 number.. 3 159 2 966 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 139 134 number.. 20 829 17 966 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 17 10 number.. 263 047 1 124 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 13 8 number.. 282 438 1 660 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 6 8 number.. 190 4 734 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 8 5 number.. 139 115 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 26 23 acres.. 1 423 1 376 tons, green.. 30 472 22 505 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 1 7 acres.. (D) 280 bushels.. (D) 19 280 Barley for grain..............farms.. 15 13 acres.. 590 743 bushels.. 54 066 62 404 Oats for grain................farms.. 6 17 acres.. 286 562 bushels.. 23 042 24 613 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 160 158 acres.. 26 546 24 407 tons, dry.. 109 141 93 493 Land in orchards..............farms.. 2 0 acres.. (D) 0 @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.