1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 90 95 Land in farms ..................acres.. 38 566 42 488 Average size of farm .......acres.. 429 447 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 635 679 538 874 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 483 1 205 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 78 268 57 903 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 13 6 10 to 49 acres ...................... 22 31 50 to 179 acres ..................... 20 28 180 to 499 acres .................... 13 12 500 to 999 acres .................... 8 5 1,000 acres or more ................. 14 13 Total cropland .................farms.. 82 81 acres.. 32 563 28 010 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 59 69 acres.. 22 907 23 304 Irrigated land .................farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 11 849 8 332 Average per farm .........dollars.. 131 653 87 701 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 7 799 6 982 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 4 050 1 349 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 22 26 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 11 19 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 18 16 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 7 5 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 2 6 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 8 8 $100,000 or more .................... 22 15 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 9 556 6 212 Average per farm .........dollars.. 106 182 65 388 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 90 95 $1,000.. 2 292 2 120 Average per farm..........dollars.. 25 472 22 313 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 52 40 Other ............................... 38 55 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 48 57 200 days or more ................... 28 31 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 48 54 number.. 4 004 2 499 Beef cows ..................farms.. 46 47 number.. (D) 1 330 Milk cows ..................farms.. 1 3 number.. (D) 3 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 47 53 number.. 2 168 1 323 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 1 2 number.. (D) (D) Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 3 1 number.. 88 (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 1 3 number.. (D) 18 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 3 2 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 2 2 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 5 2 acres.. 1 671 (D) bushels.. 87 146 (D) Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 bales.. (D) 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 15 18 acres.. 7 481 9 393 bushels.. 247 014 335 041 Sugarcane for sugar...........farms.. 20 17 acres.. 8 069 6 513 tons.. 195 134 168 737 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 21 29 acres.. 1 290 817 tons, dry.. 2 993 (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. .