1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 YUBA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 719 654 Land in farms ..................acres.. 234 781 222 748 Average size of farm .......acres.. 327 341 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 773 845 564 066 Average per acre .........dollars.. 2 436 1 610 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 48 956 60 962 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 116 93 10 to 49 acres ...................... 217 218 50 to 179 acres ..................... 180 154 180 to 499 acres .................... 121 104 500 to 999 acres .................... 51 49 1,000 acres or more ................. 34 36 Total cropland .................farms.. 556 515 acres.. 101 081 98 171 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 423 372 acres.. 70 006 62 361 Irrigated land .................farms.. 579 493 acres.. 83 070 73 951 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 108 526 78 106 Average per farm .........dollars.. 150 941 119 428 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 80 500 62 605 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 28 026 15 501 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 221 182 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 73 75 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 78 64 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 61 88 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 49 44 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 58 61 $100,000 or more .................... 179 140 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 85 703 58 165 Average per farm .........dollars.. 119 031 88 937 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 720 654 $1,000.. 18 350 13 235 Average per farm..........dollars.. 25 487 20 237 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 366 350 Other ............................... 353 304 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 401 360 200 days or more ................... 272 234 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 279 278 number.. 46 288 36 330 Beef cows ..................farms.. 237 230 number.. 10 364 13 206 Milk cows ..................farms.. 20 25 number.. 1 543 2 315 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 254 244 number.. 32 112 20 823 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 34 28 number.. 684 783 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 24 29 number.. 1 117 1 837 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 62 52 number.. 1 930 1 637 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 53 55 number.. 1 168 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 7 2 number.. 831 (D) Selected crops harvested: Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 12 10 acres.. 1 659 2 050 bushels.. 129 408 128 032 Barley for grain..............farms.. 1 2 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Rice..........................farms.. 122 114 acres.. 30 888 24 092 cwt.. 2 595 360 1 708 752 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 40 53 acres.. 2 785 3 612 tons, dry.. 10 744 11 864 Vegetables harvested..........farms.. 5 9 acres.. (D) (D) Land in orchards..............farms.. 278 231 acres.. 31 441 25 727 @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. .