From the AgCensus:
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
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268 279 323 Farms (number)
92452 91568 89775 Land in farms (acres)
345 328 278 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
99 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
559840 488730 418749 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
1722 1561 1378 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
93379 93758 71035 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
33 31 48 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
69 73 65 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
64 68 89 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
45 52 67 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
28 27 28 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
29 28 26 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
227 239 277 Total cropland (farms)
74864 72423 74134 Total cropland (acres)
209 230 259 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
71493 69420 67629 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
61 56 72 Irrigated land (farms)
9399 7889 9132 Irrigated land (acres)
84849 71806 49722 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
316601 257368 153939 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
35146 45202 28748 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
49703 26604 20975 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
29 25 32 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
30 32 32 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
19 27 41 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
33 21 32 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
22 24 36 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
24 34 42 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
111 116 108 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
73145 56811 41152 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
273950 203624 127405 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
267 279 323 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
9988 14032 7465 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
37407 50292 23112 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
172 183 208 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
96 96 115 Operators by principal occupation: Other
99 121 146 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
67 75 85 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
18 23 28 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
439 727 838 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
15 23 25 Beef cows (farms)
162 (D) (D) Beef cows (number)
3 2 2 Milk cows (farms)
12 (D) (D) Milk cows (number)
17 21 27 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
239 (D) 423 Cattle and calves sold (number)
6 8 15 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
991 2574 5950 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
6 8 16 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
(D) 6867 12467 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
5 2 7 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
87 (D) 131 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
9 10 15 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
(D) (D) 63808 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
61 60 65 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
22432410 17406205 13650248 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
72 41 57 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
13536 6913 7615 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
1460838 908427 677830 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
107 110 93 Wheat for grain (farms)
24764 20048 9839 Wheat for grain (acres)
1688615 1140115 465438 Wheat for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Barley for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Oats for grain (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Rice (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sunflower seed (pounds)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Cotton (bales)
0 0 0 Tobacco (farms)
0 0 0 Tobacco (acres)
0 0 0 Tobacco (pounds)
151 172 201 Soybeans for beans (farms)
43285 48843 40225 Soybeans for beans (acres)
839129 1513782 736389 Soybeans for beans (bushels)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Potatoes, excluding sweetpotatoes (hundredweight)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (acres)
(N) (N) (N) Pineapples harvested (tons)
2 2 1 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Peanuts for nuts (acres)
(D) (D) (D) Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
17 15 17 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
377 181 346 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
931 442 833 Hay-alfal,oth tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(tons,dry)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (farms)
(N) (N) (N) Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) (acres)
4 10 12 Land in orchards (farms)
33 124 163 Land in orchards (acres)
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(B) Data not available due to brackets.
(X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
(N) Not available.
(H) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is greater than or equal to 99.95 percent.
(L) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate
is less than 0.05 percent.
(S) Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards
on the basis of either the response rate or a consistency review.