1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 275 238 Land in farms ..................acres.. 591 779 592 754 Average size of farm .......acres.. 2 152 2 491 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 1 373 773 949 179 Average per acre .........dollars.. 673 406 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 69 383 54 685 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 7 3 10 to 49 acres ...................... 45 26 50 to 179 acres ..................... 35 29 180 to 499 acres .................... 39 37 500 to 999 acres .................... 27 30 1,000 acres or more ................. 122 113 Total cropland .................farms.. 233 192 acres.. 169 253 147 141 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 203 177 acres.. 112 532 98 032 Irrigated land .................farms.. 232 196 acres.. 174 129 133 675 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 27 208 25 933 Average per farm .........dollars.. 98 937 108 962 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 1 288 874 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 25 920 25 059 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 59 41 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 24 20 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 30 23 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 29 23 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 24 29 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 31 24 $100,000 or more .................... 78 78 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 19 067 20 733 Average per farm .........dollars.. 69 336 87 115 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 170 163 Other ............................... 105 75 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 120 103 200 days or more ................... 68 60 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 202 184 number.. 72 279 69 418 Beef cows ..................farms.. 176 169 number.. 39 038 38 283 Milk cows ..................farms.. 16 25 number.. 85 52 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 201 183 number.. 46 863 49 837 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 12 5 number.. 123 11 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 5 5 number.. 136 9 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 15 21 number.. 17 047 17 497 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 21 14 number.. 585 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons, green.. 0 0 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 bushels.. (D) 0 Barley for grain..............farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 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.. 198 176 acres.. 112 725 98 311 tons, dry.. 131 117 100 430 @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.