1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 511 582 Land in farms ..................acres.. 79 150 84 198 Average size of farm .......acres.. 155 145 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 375 336 292 569 Average per acre .........dollars.. 2 319 1 914 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 21 662 25 256 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 77 95 10 to 49 acres ...................... 167 186 50 to 179 acres ..................... 153 175 180 to 499 acres .................... 69 82 500 to 999 acres .................... 37 36 1,000 acres or more ................. 8 8 Total cropland .................farms.. 387 461 acres.. 44 649 42 716 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 268 323 acres.. 16 263 14 625 Irrigated land .................farms.. 22 31 acres.. 86 130 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 8 906 7 636 Average per farm .........dollars.. 17 429 13 120 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 1 855 1 212 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 7 051 6 423 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 222 251 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 78 116 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 76 86 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 78 67 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 18 32 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 17 10 $100,000 or more .................... 22 20 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 8 352 6 621 Average per farm .........dollars.. 16 344 11 377 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 511 582 $1,000.. 810 927 Average per farm..........dollars.. 1 585 1 593 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 184 219 Other ............................... 327 363 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 298 318 200 days or more ................... 238 224 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 361 398 number.. 21 270 22 323 Beef cows ..................farms.. 312 347 number.. 11 157 12 093 Milk cows ..................farms.. 33 22 number.. 1 738 1 705 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 336 387 number.. 10 014 10 787 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 18 25 number.. 1 431 2 336 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 12 19 number.. 3 413 3 243 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 4 number.. 270 (D) Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 34 46 number.. 9 763 5 476 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 3 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 1 4 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 4 5 acres.. 490 837 bushels.. 16 910 36 320 Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 1 2 acres.. (D) (D) bales.. (D) (D) Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 9 10 acres.. 3 155 1 972 bushels.. 65 756 29 542 Sugarcane for sugar...........farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 tons.. (D) 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 218 253 acres.. 10 219 9 653 tons, dry.. 22 038 20 272 @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. .