1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 PULASKI COUNTY, MISSOURI Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 494 528 Land in farms ..................acres.. 138 986 139 937 Average size of farm .......acres.. 281 265 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 158 350 125 163 Average per acre .........dollars.. 494 462 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 19 299 15 269 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 27 10 to 49 acres ...................... 63 58 50 to 179 acres ..................... 187 196 180 to 499 acres .................... 155 175 500 to 999 acres .................... 56 49 1,000 acres or more ................. 19 23 Total cropland .................farms.. 424 423 acres.. 59 118 58 544 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 291 294 acres.. 17 522 16 298 Irrigated land .................farms.. 8 5 acres.. 53 36 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 8 553 7 593 Average per farm .........dollars.. 17 314 14 381 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 697 448 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 7 856 7 145 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 125 146 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 92 98 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 104 129 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 113 104 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 36 25 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 7 14 $100,000 or more .................... 17 12 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 7 896 6 451 Average per farm .........dollars.. 15 983 12 218 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 494 528 $1,000.. 587 1 391 Average per farm..........dollars.. 1 188 2 634 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 201 203 Other ............................... 293 325 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 311 326 200 days or more ................... 243 248 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 412 427 number.. 22 760 23 508 Beef cows ..................farms.. 359 388 number.. 11 495 11 381 Milk cows ..................farms.. 15 23 number.. 651 405 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 407 432 number.. 13 844 16 101 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 25 41 number.. 1 114 2 390 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 23 38 number.. 2 694 4 880 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 5 number.. 58 65 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 23 47 number.. 411 1 732 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 17 24 acres.. 1 301 661 bushels.. 148 719 60 819 Corn for sil for green chop...farms.. 4 1 acres.. 270 (D) tons, green.. 6 660 (D) Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 4 5 acres.. 140 70 bushels.. 6 850 4 274 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 8 5 acres.. 206 162 bushels.. 6 782 6 060 Cotton .......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bales.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 0 4 acres.. 0 145 bushels.. 0 3 775 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 278 276 acres.. 15 684 14 465 tons, dry.. 22 465 21 100 @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. .