1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 561 573 Land in farms ..................acres.. 752 032 716 637 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 341 1 251 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 540 485 515 370 Average per acre .........dollars.. 416 393 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 71 993 56 149 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 56 59 10 to 49 acres ...................... 99 84 50 to 179 acres ..................... 149 160 180 to 499 acres .................... 114 124 500 to 999 acres .................... 52 55 1,000 acres or more ................. 91 91 Total cropland .................farms.. 469 494 acres.. (D) 141 690 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 410 441 acres.. 85 528 96 403 Irrigated land .................farms.. 469 479 acres.. 100 449 117 088 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 96 557 75 062 Average per farm .........dollars.. 172 116 130 998 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 36 706 26 089 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 59 852 48 972 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 68 76 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 43 38 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 40 44 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 82 91 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 76 93 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 91 81 $100,000 or more .................... 161 150 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 81 419 56 843 Average per farm .........dollars.. 145 132 99 202 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 561 573 $1,000.. 13 200 16 115 Average per farm..........dollars.. 23 529 28 123 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 409 437 Other ............................... 152 136 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 237 254 200 days or more ................... 135 128 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 339 367 number.. 109 884 106 755 Beef cows ..................farms.. 244 259 number.. 40 393 40 430 Milk cows ..................farms.. 54 67 number.. 4 665 4 581 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 339 363 number.. 84 326 78 624 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 24 23 number.. 422 661 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 17 16 number.. 966 650 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 32 37 number.. 12 189 7 710 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 29 38 number.. 697 893 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 2 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 118 124 acres.. 10 788 7 407 bushels.. 786 802 613 120 Barley for grain..............farms.. 85 153 acres.. 4 299 7 795 bushels.. 347 358 642 532 Dry beans, ex dry limas.......farms.. 38 92 acres.. 2 559 6 286 cwt.. 54 469 123 495 Irish potatoes................farms.. 41 39 acres.. 4 948 2 501 cwt.. 1 955 538 881 356 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 75 82 acres.. 11 107 10 128 tons.. 210 929 270 072 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 317 330 acres.. 40 331 49 442 tons, dry.. 166 582 155 579 @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.