1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 CONWAY COUNTY, ARKANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 704 721 Land in farms ..................acres.. 167 572 168 804 Average size of farm .......acres.. 238 234 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 204 181 163 308 Average per acre .........dollars.. 839 716 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 34 864 28 101 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 29 39 10 to 49 acres ...................... 128 128 50 to 179 acres ..................... 288 314 180 to 499 acres .................... 194 177 500 to 999 acres .................... 43 34 1,000 acres or more ................. 22 29 Total cropland .................farms.. 597 616 acres.. 103 196 96 665 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 493 514 acres.. 60 810 51 269 Irrigated land .................farms.. 38 25 acres.. 7 188 4 558 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 63 204 46 896 Average per farm .........dollars.. 89 778 65 043 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 726 4 151 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 56 478 42 745 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 176 193 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 107 136 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 102 87 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 69 76 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 30 21 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 46 47 $100,000 or more .................... 174 161 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 47 019 35 962 Average per farm .........dollars.. 66 694 49 878 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 705 721 $1,000.. 11 363 7 868 Average per farm..........dollars.. 16 118 10 913 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 375 361 Other ............................... 329 360 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 343 397 200 days or more ................... 254 288 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 549 577 number.. 30 967 27 506 Beef cows ..................farms.. 464 462 number.. 13 824 11 588 Milk cows ..................farms.. 54 72 number.. 3 872 3 940 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 535 566 number.. 15 513 14 083 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 40 35 number.. 37 006 11 070 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 32 31 number.. 95 390 27 398 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 8 3 number.. 241 14 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 18 32 number.. (D) 475 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 132 128 number.. 21 810 976 20 343 806 Selected crops harvested: Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 5 21 acres.. 337 1 942 bushels.. 22 040 125 607 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 24 37 acres.. 9 233 8 128 bushels.. 327 290 269 438 Rice..........................farms.. 9 5 acres.. 1 884 899 cwt.. 90 371 40 711 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 29 41 acres.. 22 275 19 701 bushels.. 577 444 452 823 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 456 468 acres.. 30 720 23 621 tons, dry.. 61 211 39 242 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: - Represents zero (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms (X) Not applicable (Z) Less than half the unit shown (NA) Not available Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Geographic Area Series, "Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1992." This electronic series presents summary statistics for each county and state together with comparable data from the 1987 census. The items included are the same for all states and counties, except selected crops harvested, which vary by state. Data for 1992 and 1987 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 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. If you have any questions concerning the data in this report or need additional information or order forms for agriculture publications, please call Agriculture Division, Bureau of the Census, at 1-800-523-3215. .