1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 DAVIESS COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 830 901 Land in farms ..................acres.. 278 841 281 633 Average size of farm .......acres.. 336 313 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 184 254 145 713 Average per acre .........dollars.. 597 522 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 37 873 31 274 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 39 31 10 to 49 acres ...................... 97 109 50 to 179 acres ..................... 293 320 180 to 499 acres .................... 230 284 500 to 999 acres .................... 109 99 1,000 acres or more ................. 62 58 Total cropland .................farms.. 765 834 acres.. 203 533 207 968 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 696 790 acres.. 136 971 143 101 Irrigated land .................farms.. 6 3 acres.. 83 (D) Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 32 431 30 991 Average per farm .........dollars.. 39 074 34 396 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 18 653 18 063 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 13 778 12 928 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 139 147 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 93 117 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 114 109 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 209 232 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 103 143 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 82 80 $100,000 or more .................... 90 73 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 22 324 21 900 Average per farm .........dollars.. 26 864 24 307 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 831 901 $1,000.. 9 009 8 580 Average per farm..........dollars.. 10 841 9 522 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 461 525 Other ............................... 369 376 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 404 440 200 days or more ................... 257 269 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 462 531 number.. 27 335 26 189 Beef cows ..................farms.. 392 408 number.. 13 618 11 137 Milk cows ..................farms.. 66 100 number.. 696 1 025 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 446 520 number.. 17 034 17 390 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 139 152 number.. 25 111 18 764 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 147 160 number.. 44 486 37 234 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 35 30 number.. 1 297 1 505 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 58 83 number.. (D) 2 726 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 7 5 number.. 1 805 700 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 277 421 acres.. 25 813 26 615 bushels.. 2 993 727 2 572 859 Corn for sil for green chop...farms.. 29 29 acres.. 311 344 tons, green.. 4 181 4 567 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 80 115 acres.. 4 718 5 620 bushels.. 414 613 446 160 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 198 86 acres.. 11 731 2 907 bushels.. 438 749 107 725 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 429 562 acres.. 71 338 87 181 bushels.. 2 447 835 2 841 293 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 470 502 acres.. 25 130 21 994 tons, dry.. 44 964 37 948 @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. .