1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 274 293 Land in farms ..................acres.. 260 892 227 319 Average size of farm .......acres.. 952 776 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 807 230 669 956 Average per acre .........dollars.. 865 933 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 143 754 97 372 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 12 20 10 to 49 acres ...................... 40 50 50 to 179 acres ..................... 38 42 180 to 499 acres .................... 44 62 500 to 999 acres .................... 55 50 1,000 acres or more ................. 85 69 Total cropland .................farms.. 250 271 acres.. 228 642 200 833 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 216 247 acres.. 188 152 150 446 Irrigated land .................farms.. 78 75 acres.. 16 303 13 865 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 43 694 48 205 Average per farm .........dollars.. 159 466 164 523 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 42 063 43 004 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 1 631 5 202 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 59 54 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 12 17 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 15 24 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 20 22 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 15 21 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 32 40 $100,000 or more .................... 121 115 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 32 639 34 169 Average per farm .........dollars.. 119 556 116 220 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 273 294 $1,000.. 8 518 13 534 Average per farm..........dollars.. 31 202 46 034 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 214 222 Other ............................... 60 71 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 90 112 200 days or more ................... 52 59 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 74 86 number.. 5 856 4 629 Beef cows ..................farms.. 66 71 number.. 2 536 2 071 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 6 number.. 4 45 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 62 76 number.. 3 234 (D) Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 10 17 number.. 150 (D) Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 11 12 number.. 189 (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 2 3 number.. (D) (D) Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 12 17 number.. (D) 302 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 11 48 acres.. 1 556 7 353 bushels.. 123 493 549 878 Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 182 177 acres.. 94 580 65 727 bushels.. 6 494 664 5 475 940 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 2 2 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 173 200 acres.. 85 562 72 927 bales.. 87 551 97 514 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 19 26 acres.. 1 085 1 027 tons, dry.. 2 114 (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. .