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Marathon County, Wisconsin: Summary of County Agricultural Highlights

-----------------------------------------------[1992]-------[1987]-------[1982]
 Farms (number)                                 2804         3078         3245
 Land in farms (acres)                        529966       581585       605780
 Average size of farm (acres)                    189          189          187
 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($)       149999       140550       170791
 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($)          850          751          930
 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($)           60876        50183        50454
 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres                    243          242          234
 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres                  350          308          286
 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres                1050         1212         1314
 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres               1017         1172         1284
 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres                121          126          119
 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more              23           18            8
 Total cropland (farms)                         2703         2927         3101
 Total cropland (acres)                       345667       366789       372785
 Harvested cropland (farms)                     2632         2886         3024
 Harvested cropland (acres)                   277997       305249       312917
 Irrigated land (farms)                           69           58           52
 Irrigated land (acres)                         4232         4535         4301
 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000)         220948       183499       173296
 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($)      78798        59616        53404
 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000)      66733        31601        22431
 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000)     154215       151898       150865
 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500        318          375          392
 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999           168          215          247
 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999           241          262          277
 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999         327          376          388
 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999         375          546          638
 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999         629          754          858
 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more        746          550          445
 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000)     143337       125032         (NA)
 Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($)      51101        40648         (NA)
 Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f)          2805         3076         (NA)
 Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000)      78215        58644         (NA)
 Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($)      27884        19065         (NA)
 Operators by prin occupation-Farming           1934         2271         2409
 Operators by principal occupation-Other         870          807          836
 Operators by days worked off farm-Any          1174         1193         1282
 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days         757          739          714
 Cattle and calves inventory (farms)            1791         2201         2571
 Cattle and calves inventory (number)         141967       152687       162724
 Beef cows (farms)                               284          278          417
 Beef cows (number)                             3538         2762         3932
 Milk cows (farms)                              1338         1756         2072
 Milk cows (number)                            65892        75983        80911
 Cattle and calves sold (farms)                 1759         2189         2533
 Cattle and calves sold (number)               66420        77994        69231
 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)                 112          147          291
1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                               PAGE 2
     Marathon County,
       Wisconsin                            

 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

-----------------------------------------------[1992]-------[1987]-------[1982]
 Hogs and pigs inventory (number)               6811         8219        16019
 Hogs and pigs sold (farms)                      102          132          274
 Hogs and pigs sold (number)                   16075        19649        31954
 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms)                71           73           98
 Sheep and lambs inventory (number)             1973         1944         1668
 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f)            98          149          253
 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num)        4993        14072        22949
 Broilers... chickens sold (farms)                22           25           24
 Broilers... chickens sold (number)             2972        11940         2861
 Corn for grain or seed (farms)                  781         1336         1301
 Corn for grain or seed (acres)                40763        51303        47450
 Corn for grain or seed (bushels)            3189446      5608778      4228717
 Corn for silage or green chop (farms)          1311         1403         1800
 Corn for silage or green chop (acres)         47597        27577        45140
 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn)       419107       352133       494825
 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms)               ...          ...          ...
 Sorghum for grain or seed (acres)               ...          ...          ...
 Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)             ...          ...          ...
 Wheat for grain (farms)                         ...          ...          ...
 Wheat for grain (acres)                         ...          ...          ...
 Wheat for grain (bushels)                       ...          ...          ...
 Barley for grain (farms)                        ...          ...          ...
 Barley for grain (acres)                        ...          ...          ...
 Barley for grain (bushels)                      ...          ...          ...
 Oats for grain (farms)                         1026         1434         1848
 Oats for grain (acres)                        22534        31505        41179
 Oats for grain (bushels)                    1326838      1905413      2140393
 Rice (farms)                                    ...          ...          ...
 Rice (acres)                                    ...          ...          ...
 Rice (cwt)                                      ...          ...          ...
 Sunflower seed (farms)                          ...          ...          ...
 Sunflower seed (acres)                          ...          ...          ...
 Sunflower seed (pounds)                         ...          ...          ...
 Cotton (farms)                                  ...          ...          ...
 Cotton (acres)                                  ...          ...          ...
 Cotton (bales)                                  ...          ...          ...
 Tobacco (farms)                                 ...          ...          ...
 Tobacco (acres)                                 ...          ...          ...
 Tobacco (pounds)                                ...          ...          ...
 Soybeans for beans (farms)                      122           14           19
 Soybeans for beans (acres)                     4268          519          395
 Soybeans for beans (bushels)                  86736        19430        13639
 Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (farms)         ...          ...          ...
 Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (acres)         ...          ...          ...
 Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (cwt)           ...          ...          ...
 Irish potatoes (farms)                            9           22           31
 Irish potatoes (acres)                         1516         2453         2916
1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE                                               PAGE 3
     Marathon County,
       Wisconsin                            

 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

-----------------------------------------------[1992]-------[1987]-------[1982]
 Irish potatoes (cwt)                         458275       591625       839024
 Sugar beets for sugar (farms)                   ...          ...          ...
 Sugar beets for sugar (acres)                   ...          ...          ...
 Sugar beets for sugar (tons)                    ...          ...          ...
 Sugarcane for sugar (farms)                     ...          ...          ...
 Sugarcane for sugar (acres)                     ...          ...          ...
 Sugarcane for sugar (tons)                      ...          ...          ...
 Pineapples harvested (farms)                    ...          ...          ...
 Pineapples harvested (acres)                    ...          ...          ...
 Pineapples harvested (tons)                     ...          ...          ...
 Peanuts for nuts (farms)                        ...          ...          ...
 Peanuts for nuts (acres)                        ...          ...          ...
 Peanuts for nuts (pounds)                       ...          ...          ...
 Hay-all (see text) (farms)                     2042         2478         2635
 Hay-all (see text) (acres)                   170221       202967       188734
 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry)               330238       477995       438353
 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms)               34           32           36
 Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres)             1693          431          990
 Land in orchards (farms)                        ...          ...          ...
 Land in orchards (acres)                        ...          ...          ...



     (D)  Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
     (X)  Not applicable.
     (Z)  Less than half of the unit shown.
     (NA) Not available.
     ...  Unpublished data.
     [B]  Not available due to brackets.

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