1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 315 335 Land in farms ..................acres.. 166 511 202 944 Average size of farm .......acres.. 529 606 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 316 262 349 892 Average per acre .........dollars.. 605 623 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 51 071 50 090 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 11 21 10 to 49 acres ...................... 49 44 50 to 179 acres ..................... 71 76 180 to 499 acres .................... 86 87 500 to 999 acres .................... 41 46 1,000 acres or more ................. 57 61 Total cropland .................farms.. 291 316 acres.. 117 366 134 507 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 253 269 acres.. 81 517 77 571 Irrigated land .................farms.. 38 37 acres.. 8 065 6 506 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 29 517 21 899 Average per farm .........dollars.. 93 704 65 369 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 20 440 13 904 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 9 077 7 994 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 84 76 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 29 47 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 30 39 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 37 37 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 35 28 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 23 43 $100,000 or more .................... 77 65 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 23 404 19 088 Average per farm .........dollars.. 74 299 57 151 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 315 334 $1,000.. 5 098 3 267 Average per farm..........dollars.. 16 183 9 783 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 151 165 Other ............................... 164 170 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 177 182 200 days or more ................... 131 121 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 141 141 number.. 17 035 15 018 Beef cows ..................farms.. 110 109 number.. 6 769 5 834 Milk cows ..................farms.. 17 13 number.. 2 383 1 537 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 124 129 number.. 6 795 8 669 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 39 76 number.. 4 304 7 299 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 37 71 number.. 7 090 12 624 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 3 4 number.. 8 (D) Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 8 21 number.. (D) 473 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 108 125 acres.. 11 312 7 625 bushels.. 1 136 912 587 542 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 90 121 acres.. 15 237 17 960 bushels.. 645 126 565 999 Cotton .......................farms.. 53 51 acres.. 16 287 9 603 bales.. 23 180 8 914 Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 pounds.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 101 103 acres.. 21 324 33 443 bushels.. 525 798 670 578 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 78 86 acres.. 6 315 5 568 pounds.. 17 588 279 14 991 835 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 117 107 acres.. 9 350 6 436 tons, dry.. 31 937 (D) @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. .