1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 HUMPHREYS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 261 325 Land in farms ..................acres.. 180 102 210 198 Average size of farm .......acres.. 690 647 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 555 596 537 012 Average per acre .........dollars.. 857 897 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 157 089 94 200 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 4 12 10 to 49 acres ...................... 19 39 50 to 179 acres ..................... 57 66 180 to 499 acres .................... 65 84 500 to 999 acres .................... 61 58 1,000 acres or more ................. 55 66 Total cropland .................farms.. 202 258 acres.. 139 746 161 642 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 190 236 acres.. 116 571 109 722 Irrigated land .................farms.. 78 85 acres.. 32 809 28 820 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 91 186 86 405 Average per farm .........dollars.. 349 370 265 860 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 40 279 33 673 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 50 906 52 732 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 13 25 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 29 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 11 21 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 17 18 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 17 22 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 27 34 $100,000 or more .................... 160 176 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 77 698 70 040 Average per farm .........dollars.. 296 556 215 509 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 262 325 $1,000.. 12 104 13 774 Average per farm..........dollars.. 46 198 42 382 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 213 258 Other ............................... 48 67 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 87 105 200 days or more ................... 50 64 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 10 19 number.. 417 (D) Beef cows ..................farms.. 10 16 number.. 250 357 Milk cows ..................farms.. 0 2 number.. 0 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 9 16 number.. 82 (D) Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 5 18 number.. 288 521 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 4 15 number.. 460 914 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 1 11 number.. (D) 312 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 40 10 acres.. 10 199 514 bushels.. 608 109 54 306 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 13 23 acres.. 2 439 1 140 bushels.. 155 837 84 932 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 37 61 acres.. 5 466 8 404 bushels.. 208 787 269 876 Rice..........................farms.. 26 36 acres.. 7 449 6 667 cwt.. 435 311 313 077 Cotton .......................farms.. 141 173 acres.. 57 631 49 445 bales.. 91 535 86 794 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 128 167 acres.. 36 680 45 969 bushels.. 1 271 691 725 566 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 10 8 acres.. 420 (D) tons, dry.. 563 (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. .