Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan - Town of Liberty

Draft Town of Liberty Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan
Appendix 6. US Agricultural Census County Data
Census of Agriculture: Sullivan County 1997 2002 2,007 %
Change
Farms (number) 311 381 323 3.9
Land in farms (acres) 58,067 63,614 50,443 -13.1
Land in farms - average size of farm (acres) 187 167 156 -16.6
Land in farms - median size of farm (acres) 116 106 100 -13.8
Estimated market value of land and buildings: average per 379,677 522,088 546,478 43.9
farm (dollars)
Estimated market value of land and buildings: average per 1,861 2,798 3,493 87.7
acre (dollars)
Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment:aver per 62,091 72,534 81,001 30.5
farm (dollars)
Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres 27 27 19 -29.6
Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres 50 107 81 62.0
Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres 125 128 134 7.2
Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres 83 92 66 -20.5
Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres 23 19 19 -17.4
Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more 3 8 4 33.3
Total cropland (farms) 279 322 274 -1.8
Total cropland (acres) 34,813 34,476 24,614 -29.3
Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms) 261 274 236 -9.6
Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres) 25,045 26,541 21,198 -15.4
Irrigated land (farms) 19 35 24 26.3
Irrigated land (acres) 109 293 75 -31.2
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000) 23,364 37,753 42,117 80.3
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