1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS: 1992 AND 1987 Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .....................number.. 1 925 300 2 087 759 Land in farms ..............acres.. 945 531 506 964 470 625 Average size of farm ...acres.. 491 462 Value of land and buildings1: Average per farm .....dollars.. 357 056 289 387 Average per acre .....dollars.. 727 627 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment1: Average per farm .....dollars.. 48 605 41 227 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres .................... 166 496 183 257 10 to 49 acres .. ............... 387 711 412 437 50 to 179 acres ............. ... 584 146 644 849 180 to 499 acres ................ 427 648 478 294 500 to 999 acres ................ 186 387 200 058 1,000 acres or more ............. 172 912 168 864 Total cropland .............farms.. 1 697 137 1 848 574 acres.. 435 365 878 443 318 233 Harvested cropland .......farms.. 1 491 786 1 643 633 acres.. 295 936 976 282 223 880 Irrigated land .............farms.. 279 357 291 628 acres.. 49 404 030 46 386 201 Market value of agricultural products sold............$1,000.. 162 608 334 136 048 516 Average per farm .....dollars.. 84 459 65 165 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops........$1,000.. 75 228 256 58 931 085 Livestock, poultry, and their products................$1,000.. 87 380 078 77 117 431 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 ................ 422 767 490 296 $2,500 to $4,999 ................ 231 867 262 918 $5,000 to $9,999 ................ 251 883 274 972 $10,000 to $24,999 .............. 301 804 326 166 $25,000 to $49,999 .............. 195 354 219 636 $50,000 to $99,999 .............. 187 760 218 050 $100,000 or more ................ 333 865 295 721 Total farm prod. expenses1 $1,000.. 130 779 261 108 138 053 Average per farm .....dollars.. 67 928 51 797 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ......................... 1 053 150 1 138 179 Other ........................... 872 150 949 580 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ............................. 992 773 1 115 560 200 days or more ............... 665 570 737 206 Livestock and poultry: Cattle & calves inventory.farms.. 1 074 349 1 176 346 number.. 96 135 825 95 847 299 Beef cows ..............farms.. 803 241 841 778 number.. 32 545 976 31 652 593 Milk cows ..............farms.. 155 339 202 068 number.. 9 491 818 10 084 697 Cattle and calves sold ...farms.. 1 034 189 1 150 523 number.. 70 562 908 72 603 841 Hogs and pigs inventory ..farms.. 191 347 243 398 number.. 57 563 118 52 271 120 Hogs and pigs sold .......farms.. 188 167 238 819 number.. 111 326 807 96 569 359 Sheep and lambs inventory.farms.. 80 839 92 489 number.. 10 770 391 11 059 397 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.........farms.. 88 235 144 438 number.. 351 310 317 373 577 186 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...........farms.. 23 949 27 645 number.5 428 589 485 4 361 975 630 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed ...farms.. 503 935 627 602 acres.. 69 339 869 58 701 505 bushels.8 697 362 804 6 725 001 837 Wheat for grain ..........farms.. 292 464 352 237 acres.. 59 089 470 53 224 174 bushels.2 206 729 476 1 887 103 964 Cotton ...................farms.. 34 812 43 046 acres.. 10 961 720 9 826 081 bales.. 15 370 310 13 280 143 Soybeans for beans ........farms. 381 000 441 899 acres.. 56 351 304 55 291 205 bushels.2 053 163 265 1 838 053 979 Hay-alf,other,wild,silage.farms.. 905 296 994 551 acres.. 56 596 466 57 967 530 tons, dry.. 126 981 302 128 816 054 Vegetables harvested......farms.. 61 969 60 819 acres.. 3 782 358 3 467 563 Land in orchards..........farms.. 116 207 120 434 acres.. 4 770 778 4 560 163 1 Data is from a sample of farms. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Information Office(CB94-173) (301)763-4040 (301)763-5668 (TDD) Agriculture and Financial Embargoed until November 10, 1994 Statistics Division (800)523-3215