1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 WASHAKIE COUNTY, WYOMING Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 207 225 Land in farms ..................acres.. 397 883 391 069 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 922 1 738 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 476 276 474 533 Average per acre .........dollars.. 257 299 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 88 348 86 463 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 20 10 to 49 acres ...................... 34 34 50 to 179 acres ..................... 31 28 180 to 499 acres .................... 30 44 500 to 999 acres .................... 37 29 1,000 acres or more ................. 61 70 Total cropland .................farms.. 174 189 acres.. 52 855 54 476 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 153 168 acres.. 44 409 45 351 Irrigated land .................farms.. 166 190 acres.. 46 908 47 147 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 32 988 27 101 Average per farm .........dollars.. 159 362 120 447 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 14 693 13 636 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 18 295 13 465 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 33 46 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 21 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 15 16 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 28 16 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 20 17 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 19 27 $100,000 or more .................... 76 82 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 25 193 21 683 Average per farm .........dollars.. 122 298 96 371 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 206 225 $1,000.. 7 233 6 328 Average per farm..........dollars.. 35 114 28 124 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 135 146 Other ............................... 72 79 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 93 101 200 days or more ................... 53 60 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 110 109 number.. 30 008 34 851 Beef cows ..................farms.. 99 82 number.. 15 450 14 195 Milk cows ..................farms.. 6 18 number.. 8 40 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 108 107 number.. 20 716 22 109 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 9 9 number.. 439 124 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 8 5 number.. 496 (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 55 63 number.. 41 600 51 088 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 6 18 number.. (D) 747 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 17 23 acres.. 1 564 1 397 tons, green.. 31 600 25 901 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 2 2 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Barley for grain..............farms.. 63 70 acres.. 14 864 17 224 bushels.. 1 252 936 1 412 536 Dry beans, ex dry limas.......farms.. 15 6 acres.. (D) 379 cwt.. 25 751 8 160 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 53 57 acres.. 11 327 12 175 tons.. 221 747 250 134 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 117 133 acres.. 13 747 13 327 tons, dry.. 38 749 34 156 @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. .