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KRIS Sheepscot: Chart Source Table Page

Area Basin-wide/Regional
Topic Land Use: Cropland Acreage in 3 Sheepscot Counties, 1987-1997

Caption:  The Source Table "land_use_sheepcounties_census_87_99_source.db" contains data on the changes in agricultural land use in Kennebec, Lincoln, and Waldo counties during the period 1987-1997. These three counties comprise most of the Sheepscot watershed. Note that the data are for the entire extent of the each county, not just the pieces that are in the Sheepscot watershed. Data were collected by the U.S. Census of Agriculture. See Info Links for more information. (D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms and (N) = Not available. Except for the first column, columns headings begin with county, followed by year. A key to column headings: Statistic = The data statistic (units in parentheses), Kennebec_ = Kennebec County, Lincoln_ = Lincoln County, Waldo_ = Waldo County.

 50 rows of a possible 115 have been displayed.
StatisticKennebec_1997Kennebec_1992Kennebec_1987Lincoln_1997Lincoln_1992Lincoln_1987Waldo_1997Waldo_1992Waldo_1987
Farms (number)455494576210202228315339426
Land in farms (acres)8813495402112203259202435029230685697189085137
Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)194193195123121128218212200
Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)100--75--140--
Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)258170226983226082205766317804137480222268258191187317
Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)1509123210201705209313159521218886
Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)522314074935175325512970922747344553812131473
Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres343635221111171626
Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres928391575057584462
Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres1721922378499108116134164
Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres12214716538364594109139
Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres283042866243130
Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more766101655
Total cropland (farms)422471533196190211298324394
Total cropland (acres)445914827352280110101018712017283382903633301
Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)380427476169174192278309368
Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)344253588636093754171627934214602130023629
Irrigated land (farms)424127261310262912
Irrigated land (acres)36519599927058609242
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)451813654342263632947454817147681713232140
Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)992997397373374301402348921127468845053875446
Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)617553295216227019641640254027961894
Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)390063121337047405927813177122291433630246
Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,50013815118777761079887121
Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999666590333446425057
Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999636750293324424548
Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999625664302518384742
Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,99931303814910273233
Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999293946131112282554
Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more6686101141411405371
Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)332723092931900512343523699132121376426316
Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)731246248355477243952165016151419434072261774
Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)455495575210201229315338426
Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)11142498990035554451008162734745679
Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)24488100801565726432216440151661027713332
Operators by principal occupation: Farming2372592991039185173186251
Operators by principal occupation: Other218235277107111143142153175
Operators by days worked off farm: Any250255302118123168177189221
Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more14617820370791179392115
Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)208241337778195142159215
Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)15699164441904526422488322893031020811768
Beef cows (farms)103115148394951526077
Beef cows (number)110410911550364386382492707665
Milk cows (farms)841181672120307685124
Milk cows (number)785078458539850798992460045205544
Cattle and calves sold (farms)183232311626988134144201
Cattle and calves sold (number)5279550675249278151661300139334131
Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)262639142117202222
Hogs and pigs inventory (number)393198109387137104170319419
Hogs and pigs sold (farms)202533161314121216



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