1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 NATRONA COUNTY, WYOMING Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 311 292 Land in farms ..................acres.. 2 806 707 2 508 749 Average size of farm .......acres.. 9 025 8 592 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 1 805 973 950 449 Average per acre .........dollars.. 190 107 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 53 841 40 588 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 13 15 10 to 49 acres ...................... 51 46 50 to 179 acres ..................... 54 43 180 to 499 acres .................... 41 46 500 to 999 acres .................... 26 25 1,000 acres or more ................. 126 117 Total cropland .................farms.. 192 186 acres.. 52 445 55 744 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 167 161 acres.. 29 290 26 506 Irrigated land .................farms.. 184 172 acres.. 49 060 32 007 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 26 788 24 121 Average per farm .........dollars.. 86 135 82 606 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 3 134 2 510 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 23 654 21 611 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 68 74 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 30 23 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 44 29 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 45 45 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 40 36 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 21 31 $100,000 or more .................... 63 54 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 20 563 18 488 Average per farm .........dollars.. 66 120 63 315 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 182 172 Other ............................... 129 120 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 159 140 200 days or more ................... 102 79 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 200 163 number.. 61 280 49 887 Beef cows ..................farms.. 181 144 number.. 38 484 31 594 Milk cows ..................farms.. 10 11 number.. 41 176 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 194 165 number.. 42 042 33 384 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 12 20 number.. 179 630 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 7 18 number.. 404 1 458 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 51 76 number.. 60 218 103 184 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 16 12 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 3 6 acres.. (D) 659 tons, green.. (D) 11 269 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 3 1 acres.. 1 513 (D) bushels.. 33 910 (D) Barley for grain..............farms.. 4 9 acres.. 345 480 bushels.. 19 912 24 640 Dry beans, excl. dry limas....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 163 146 acres.. 26 534 22 312 tons, dry.. 63 700 52 745 @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.