1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 MACON COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 274 252 Land in farms ..................acres.. 120 839 132 825 Average size of farm .......acres.. 441 527 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 339 283 350 745 Average per acre .........dollars.. 803 646 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 68 834 55 012 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 24 12 10 to 49 acres ...................... 33 19 50 to 179 acres ..................... 74 81 180 to 499 acres .................... 65 74 500 to 999 acres .................... 39 31 1,000 acres or more ................. 39 35 Total cropland .................farms.. 230 233 acres.. 71 479 83 090 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 204 218 acres.. 51 471 56 642 Irrigated land .................farms.. 73 54 acres.. 14 101 10 295 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 54 965 28 176 Average per farm .........dollars.. 200 602 111 809 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 17 006 11 765 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 37 959 16 411 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 61 44 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 28 23 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 19 32 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 33 49 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 24 13 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 20 21 $100,000 or more .................... 89 70 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 44 470 22 714 Average per farm .........dollars.. 162 892 90 493 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 273 251 $1,000.. 9 450 4 607 Average per farm..........dollars.. 34 615 18 353 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 158 137 Other ............................... 116 115 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 102 118 200 days or more ................... 82 77 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 106 98 number.. 16 586 10 390 Beef cows ..................farms.. 50 55 number.. 1 690 1 299 Milk cows ..................farms.. 38 39 number.. 8 133 4 173 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 101 92 number.. 10 552 5 121 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 23 23 number.. 434 518 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 22 23 number.. 313 1 649 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 2 3 number.. (D) 33 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 7 8 number.. (D) 996 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 19 15 number.. 8 997 000 6 125 413 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 84 58 acres.. 5 880 2 745 bushels.. 541 207 219 699 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 47 92 acres.. 9 863 14 079 bushels.. 394 424 410 904 Cotton .......................farms.. 29 20 acres.. 5 029 2 754 bales.. 7 239 3 078 Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 pounds.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 64 75 acres.. 14 804 19 626 bushels.. 386 924 375 619 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 88 96 acres.. 5 621 5 086 pounds.. 14 105 611 11 888 943 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 66 69 acres.. 3 867 2 954 tons, dry.. 9 773 8 504 @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. .