1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 310 287 Land in farms ..................acres.. 2 281 657 2 720 903 Average size of farm .......acres.. 7 360 9 480 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 1 382 992 1 281 249 Average per acre .........dollars.. 191 134 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 72 706 66 676 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 18 23 10 to 49 acres ...................... 22 20 50 to 179 acres ..................... 38 27 180 to 499 acres .................... 25 35 500 to 999 acres .................... 22 14 1,000 acres or more ................. 185 168 Total cropland .................farms.. 235 215 acres.. 157 724 171 309 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 208 197 acres.. 103 386 106 081 Irrigated land .................farms.. 214 198 acres.. 182 415 161 498 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 43 444 46 164 Average per farm .........dollars.. 140 141 160 850 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 2 513 2 311 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 40 930 43 853 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 68 51 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 15 18 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 25 21 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 31 25 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 38 37 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 31 35 $100,000 or more .................... 102 100 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 32 195 40 188 Average per farm .........dollars.. 103 521 140 028 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 214 207 Other ............................... 96 80 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 127 122 200 days or more ................... 75 63 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 228 213 number.. 116 321 107 779 Beef cows ..................farms.. 196 195 number.. 65 690 61 640 Milk cows ..................farms.. 6 18 number.. 14 51 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 224 214 number.. 73 081 75 590 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 16 14 number.. 122 157 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 12 11 number.. 233 352 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 49 49 number.. 34 198 43 703 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 8 10 number.. (D) 309 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) tons, green.. (D) (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 3 3 acres.. 2 702 2 657 bushels.. 39 437 44 898 Barley for grain..............farms.. 3 1 acres.. 433 (D) bushels.. 12 528 (D) Dry beans, excl. dry limas....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 1 1 acres.. (D) (D) tons.. (D) (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 202 193 acres.. 98 618 105 103 tons, dry.. 159 538 141 492 @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.