Item	Unit	All Farms
		1997	1992
Farms	Number	73,051	77,610
Land in farms	Acres	27,204,780	27,250,340
Average size or farm	Acres	372	351
Value of land and buildings/1:
Average per farm	Dollars	773,141	539,181
Average per acre	Dollars	2,126	1,548
Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment:
Average per farm	Dollars	90,447	71,219
Farms by size:
1 to 9	Acres	4,254	5,026
10 to 49	Acres	12,604	12,191
50 to 179	Acres	19,606	20,239
180 to 499	Acres	18,231	21,327
500 to 999	Acres	11,619	12,833
1,000 or more	Acres	6,737	5,994
Total cropland	Farms	68,082	72,626
	Acres	23,920,923	24,164,457
Harvested cropland	Farms	62,712	69,425
	Acres	22,274,230	21,868,287
Irrigated land	Farms	2,021	2,061
	Acres	349,799	328,316
Market value of agricultural products sold	$1,000	8,556,486	7,336,864
Average per farm	Dollars	117,130	94,535
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops	$1,000	6,567,164	5,251,328
Livstock, poultry, and their products	$1,000	1,989,323	2,085,535
Farms by value of sales:
Less than $2,500	Dollars	12,210	9,178
$2,500 to $4,999	Dollars	5,107	5,613
$5,000 to $9,999	Dollars	5,949	6,898
$10,000 to $24,999	Dollars	9,082	11,800
$25,000 to $49,999	Dollars	8,243	10,363
$50,000 to $99,999	Dollars	9,290	11,572
$100,000 or More	Dollars	23,170	22,186
Total farm production expenses	$1,000	5,542,904	5,088,894
Average per farm	Dollars	75,882	65,573
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming	Number	41,645	47,875
Other	Number	31,406	29,735
Operators by days worked off farm:
Any	Number	37,953	38,703
200 Days or More	Number	24,220	24,056
Livestock and poultry:
Cattle and calves inventory	Farms	24,452	27,405
	Number	1,437,697	1,601,261
Beef Cows	Farms	17,682	19,392
	Number	453,127	447,201
Milk Cows	Farms	2,238	3,050
	Number	127,702	151,503
Cattle and calves sold	Farms	23,622	26,419
	Number	949,478	1,130,433
Hogs and pigs inventory	Farms	7,168	13,433
	Number	4,679,166	5,641,115
Hogs and pigs sold	Farms	7,447	14,142
	Number	9,374,726	10,330,124
Sheep and lambs inventory	Farms	2,263	3,204
	Number	72,544	110,302
Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory	Farms	1,747	2,248
	Number	3,722,915	4,170,867
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold	Farms	115	123
	Number	363,353	60,004
Selected crops harvested:
Corn for grain or seed	Farms	48,443	55,685
	Acres	10,710,072	10,770,985
	Bushels	363,015,453	532,681,088
Corn for sil or green chop	Farms	3,774	5,005
	Acres	119,116	164,698
	Tons, green	1,892,873	2,659,536
Wheat for Grain	Farms	14,822	17,061
	Acres	983,556	1,075,805
	Bushels	53,954,013	54,096,203
Soybeans for beans	Farms	47,008	52,339
	Acres	9,825,475	8,932,399
	Bushels	415,716,620	373,563,650
Hay-alf, other, wild, silage	Farms	24,156	27,481
	Acres	822,508	902,899
	Tons, dry	2,248,811	2,463,316
Vegetables harvested	Farms	1,262	1,714
	Acres	66,780	99,422
/1 - Data are based on a sample of farms.