1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 STANTON COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 237 280 Land in farms ..................acres.. 411 785 425 150 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 737 1 518 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 835 599 591 609 Average per acre .........dollars.. 464 409 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 142 762 111 903 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 2 13 10 to 49 acres ...................... 7 11 50 to 179 acres ..................... 24 28 180 to 499 acres .................... 23 31 500 to 999 acres .................... 33 40 1,000 acres or more ................. 148 157 Total cropland .................farms.. 221 265 acres.. 360 114 379 898 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 202 241 acres.. 209 960 184 701 Irrigated land .................farms.. 151 168 acres.. 128 896 112 728 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 133 510 86 972 Average per farm .........dollars.. 563 332 310 613 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 44 574 23 700 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 88 936 63 271 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 16 13 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 4 17 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 15 30 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 8 30 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 27 33 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 35 53 $100,000 or more .................... 132 104 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 107 161 77 823 Average per farm .........dollars.. 450 256 276 951 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 238 281 $1,000.. 29 613 8 253 Average per farm..........dollars.. 124 425 29 369 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 209 238 Other ............................... 28 42 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 60 94 200 days or more ................... 23 46 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 71 101 number.. 56 387 49 389 Beef cows ..................farms.. 42 53 number.. 4 732 1 504 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 3 number.. 13 3 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 73 105 number.. 107 047 99 059 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 10 12 number.. 381 185 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 11 11 number.. 583 291 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 6 9 number.. 178 147 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 1 9 number.. (D) 382 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 127 96 acres.. 52 905 30 940 bushels.. 10 369 470 4 387 760 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 14 13 acres.. 4 102 1 854 tons, green.. 104 735 37 442 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 81 146 acres.. 16 075 31 419 bushels.. 1 295 343 1 937 190 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 197 233 acres.. 129 570 113 050 bushels.. 5 839 688 4 136 357 Oats for grain................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 8 19 acres.. 563 2 360 bushels.. 26 703 75 869 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 28 40 acres.. 3 347 3 734 tons, dry.. 13 601 11 464 @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. .