1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 136 162 Land in farms ..................acres.. 104 768 132 710 Average size of farm .......acres.. 770 819 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 646 231 764 252 Average per acre .........dollars.. 867 946 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 89 428 80 677 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 7 11 10 to 49 acres ...................... 22 25 50 to 179 acres ..................... 30 33 180 to 499 acres .................... 28 31 500 to 999 acres .................... 19 23 1,000 acres or more ................. 30 39 Total cropland .................farms.. 130 152 acres.. 58 050 75 332 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 116 136 acres.. 41 498 49 331 Irrigated land .................farms.. 46 53 acres.. 16 451 22 972 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 24 634 25 704 Average per farm .........dollars.. 181 135 158 664 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 16 739 20 902 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 7 895 4 802 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 36 28 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 4 10 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 11 15 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 19 26 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 13 12 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 10 16 $100,000 or more .................... 43 55 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 19 029 21 985 Average per farm .........dollars.. 138 900 134 876 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 137 163 $1,000.. 5 316 3 198 Average per farm..........dollars.. 38 800 19 622 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 64 73 Other ............................... 72 89 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 57 90 200 days or more ................... 41 69 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 43 56 number.. 10 588 10 697 Beef cows ..................farms.. 36 48 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 3 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 39 54 number.. 5 368 4 750 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 15 23 number.. 1 634 3 402 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 15 25 number.. 3 133 6 004 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 2 2 number.. (D) (D) Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 6 6 number.. (D) 89 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 47 57 acres.. 9 629 5 978 bushels.. 1 078 239 591 832 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 21 46 acres.. 2 725 7 441 bushels.. 105 533 219 647 Cotton .......................farms.. 9 5 acres.. 2 350 (D) bales.. 3 878 (D) Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 pounds.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 21 43 acres.. 4 615 6 917 bushels.. 108 629 155 377 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 52 81 acres.. 10 136 14 428 pounds.. 29 373 161 38 261 490 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 32 36 acres.. 2 349 1 673 tons, dry.. 4 482 (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. .