1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 BIG HORN COUNTY, WYOMING Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 495 516 Land in farms ..................acres.. 443 434 441 321 Average size of farm .......acres.. 896 855 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 641 925 274 233 Average per acre .........dollars.. 666 347 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 72 018 54 641 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 20 23 10 to 49 acres ...................... 67 75 50 to 179 acres ..................... 111 114 180 to 499 acres .................... 135 149 500 to 999 acres .................... 69 73 1,000 acres or more ................. 93 82 Total cropland .................farms.. 443 457 acres.. 130 820 128 270 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 388 398 acres.. 85 254 82 824 Irrigated land .................farms.. 457 462 acres.. 116 335 108 309 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 43 416 39 945 Average per farm .........dollars.. 87 710 77 413 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 25 142 24 234 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 18 275 15 711 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 85 74 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 51 51 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 47 61 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 81 78 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 53 76 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 67 63 $100,000 or more .................... 111 113 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 31 663 31 073 Average per farm .........dollars.. 64 096 60 337 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 294 320 Other ............................... 201 196 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 270 253 200 days or more ................... 153 147 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 330 322 number.. 53 078 46 682 Beef cows ..................farms.. 305 291 number.. (D) 23 854 Milk cows ..................farms.. 12 28 number.. (D) 213 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 316 318 number.. 28 994 24 481 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 17 25 number.. 2 225 4 335 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 17 24 number.. 2 840 5 571 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 85 116 number.. 36 367 50 798 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 21 29 number.. 506 709 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 51 60 acres.. 4 132 3 744 tons, green.. 75 477 68 415 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 14 25 acres.. 775 1 725 bushels.. 55 114 102 062 Barley for grain..............farms.. 130 145 acres.. 21 293 21 369 bushels.. 1 755 583 1 802 742 Dry beans, excl. dry limas....farms.. 60 63 acres.. 6 145 6 591 cwt.. 133 429 121 002 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 89 108 acres.. 15 740 16 023 tons.. 331 383 347 218 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 341 323 acres.. 29 877 28 563 tons, dry.. 92 862 83 239 @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.