1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 HENRY COUNTY, ALABAMA Item 1992 1987 Farms (number) 357 421 Land in farms (acres) 166,949 171,444 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres) 468 407 Land in farms - median size of farm (acres) N N Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: 342,843 262,361 average per farm (dollars) Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: 750 656 average per acre (dollars) Estimated market value of all 68,892 51,304 machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars) Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres 11 17 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres 51 60 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres 117 127 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres 76 108 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres 52 63 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more 50 46 Total cropland (farms) 325 384 Total cropland (acres) 103,808 101,098 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms) 274 324 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres) 69,183 65,354 Irrigated land (farms) 20 26 Irrigated land (acres) 2,958 4,082 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1, 41,172 29,046 000) Market value of agricultural products sold, 115,328 68,992 average per farm (dollars) Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery 36,337 23,563 and greenhouse crops ($1,000) Market value of ag products sold - livestock, 4,835 5,483 poultry, and their products ($1,000) Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 43 78 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999 43 40 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999 42 46 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999 55 66 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999 31 44 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999 35 62 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more 108 85 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000) 30,452 23,445 Total farm production expenses@1, average per 85,299 55,689 farm (dollars) Net cash return from agricultural sales for the 357 421 farm unit (see text)@1 (farms) Net cash return from agricultural sales for the 10,850 5,489 farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000) Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see 30,392 13,037 text)@1, average per farm (dollars) Operators by principal occupation: Farming 183 228 Operators by principal occupation: Other 174 193 Operators by days worked off farm: Any 172 203 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or 135 140 more Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves 225 242 inventory (farms) Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves 16,567 17,707 inventory (number) Beef cows (farms) 205 221 Beef cows (number) 9,624 10,035 Milk cows (farms) 6 8 Milk cows (number) 58 169 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 228 235 Cattle and calves sold (number) 6,803 8,493 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 43 93 Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 9,458 12,890 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 47 94 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 17,279 24,250 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 2 0 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) D 0 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older 8 17 inventory (see text) (farms) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older D 407 inventory (see text) (number) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 0 0 (farms) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 0 0 (number) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 116 172 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 9,621 9,948 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 616,238 624,854 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) N N Corn for silage or green chop (acres) N N Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green) N N Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) N N Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) N N Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) N N Wheat for grain (farms) 32 81 Wheat for grain (acres) 2,327 5,565 Wheat for grain (bushels) 83,391 180,772 Barley for grain (farms) N N Barley for grain (acres) N N Barley for grain (bushels) N N Oats for grain (farms) N N Oats for grain (acres) N N Oats for grain (bushels) N N Rice (farms) N N Rice (acres) N N Rice (hundredweight) N N Sunflower seed (farms) N N Sunflower seed (acres) N N Sunflower seed (pounds) N N Cotton (farms) 42 31 Cotton (acres) 6,574 5,518 Cotton (bales) 9,642 6,044 Tobacco (farms) N N Tobacco (acres) N N Tobacco (pounds) N N Soybeans for beans (farms) 6 41 Soybeans for beans (acres) 313 3,286 Soybeans for beans (bushels) 7,384 73,005 Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms) N N Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres) N N Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas N N (hundredweight) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms) N N Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres) N N Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight) N N Sugar beets for sugar (farms) N N Sugar beets for sugar (acres) N N Sugar beets for sugar (tons) N N Sugarcane for sugar (farms) N N Sugarcane for sugar (acres) N N Sugarcane for sugar (tons) N N Pineapples harvested (farms) N N Pineapples harvested (acres) N N Pineapples harvested (tons) N N Peanuts for nuts (farms) 212 248 Peanuts for nuts (acres) 42,857 36,688 Peanuts for nuts (pounds) 106,357,425 75,656,009 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass 92 121 silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms) Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass 3,839 4,732 silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres) Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage, 8,104 11,139 green chop,etc(see txt)(tons,dry) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms) N N Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres) N N Land in orchards (farms) N N Land in orchards (acres) N N