1997 Agricultural Census - Lancaster County
From the AgCensus :
Table 1. County Summary Highlights
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70 71 84 Farms (number)
17199 19657 18724 Land in farms (acres)
246 277 223 Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)
118 (N) (N) Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)
538787 328253 240345 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)
2193 1186 1149 Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)
57008 47823 28137 Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)
3 4 6 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres
15 19 14 Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres
27 27 39 Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres
15 12 13 Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres
7 3 9 Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres
3 6 3 Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more
67 68 82 Total cropland (farms)
13650 13713 14843 Total cropland (acres)
64 63 80 Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)
12896 11882 11715 Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)
1 2 3 Irrigated land (farms)
(D) (D) 8 Irrigated land (acres)
3291 2604 1757 Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)
47016 36679 20911 Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)
3209 2375 1463 Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)
82 229 293 Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)
10 10 19 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500
7 10 14 Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999
5 13 17 Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999
20 16 15 Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999
8 8 7 Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999
9 7 10 Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999
11 7 2 Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more
3086 2304 2001 Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)
44086 32451 23820 Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)
70 71 84 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)
205 300 -288 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)
2930 4228 -3426 Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)
42 38 45 Operators by principal occupation: Farming
28 33 39 Operators by principal occupation: Other
32 38 54 Operators by days worked off farm: Any
20 25 18 Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more
5 13 11 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)
281 478 474 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)
5 7 8 Beef cows (farms)
154 124 (D) Beef cows (number)
0 3 1 Milk cows (farms)
0 20 (D) Milk cows (number)
6 13 11 Cattle and calves sold (farms)
148 272 329 Cattle and calves sold (number)
3 3 6 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)
(D) 4 557 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)
1 0 6 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)
(D) 0 810 Hogs and pigs sold (number)
2 3 2 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)
(D) (D) (D) Sheep and lambs inventory (number)
1 6 3 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (farms)
(D) 60 95 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory (see text) (number)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (farms)
0 0 0 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold (number)
45 38 51 Corn for grain or seed (farms)
4179 3570 3150 Corn for grain or seed (acres)
429253 443682 201293 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)
41 33 38 Wheat for grain (farms)
3078 2318 2023 Wheat for grain (acres)
181260 119551 96186 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)
53 55 71 Soybeans for beans (farms)
7661 7760 6855 Soybeans for beans (acres)
188516 204318 125027 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)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (farms)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (acres)
0 0 0 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)
5 7 7 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(farms)
179 93 99 Hay-alfalfa,other tame,small grain,wild,grass silage,green chop,etc(see txt)(acres)
370 134 (D) 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)
0 1 3 Land in orchards (farms)
0 (D) 9 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.
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