Cropping Facts
Indiana Crop Facts
Crop (1997 census)
Value, all crops
Corn for grain
Soybeans
1997 Census
Indiana State
Wabash Co. ('97)
Wabash Co. ('02)
Next Ag Census is in 2007
Market value of production (crop & l’stk)
Market value of production (ave farm)
Government payments
Gov’t payments, ave per farm receiving pmts
Wabash County Crop Facts
2004, Agriculture cash receipts
Indiana $6,200,000,000
Wabash Co. $104,000,000
Grant Co. $73,000,000
Miami Co. $79,000,000
Carroll Co. $123,000,000
Kosciusko $166,000,000
Huntington $81,000,000
Please note, that it is difficult to find many of these facts broke down to just Wabash County. However, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture has done a great job of valuating agriculture for the State of Indiana. You can find the commodity you are interested in under Indiana Facts and guesstimate it’s value to Wabash County based on how much of that commodity Wabash raises.
1997
$100,852,000
$115,656
$2,975,000
$5,939
2002
$103,224,000 (up 2%)
$129,191 (up 12%)
$4,583,000 (up 54%)
$9,628
Value
$3,246,617,000
$1,515,617,000
$1,344,904,000
Indiana Rank in U.S.
9th of 50
5th of 48
4th of 40
Number of Farms
57,916
872
799 (down 8%)
Land in Farms
15,111,022 Acres
194,640
214,703 (up 10%)
Ave.Size of Farms
261 Acres
223
269 (up 21%)
Value, total crops
Value, grains
Value, nursery, green Hs
Value, hay
Market Value
$38,152,000
$36,091,000
$ 1,421,000
$ 432,000
Ranking with in Indiana
38th
34th
32nd
45th
Top Crop Items
Soybeans
Corn for grain
Corn for Silage
Wheat for grain
Forage (hay,grass silage, etc)
Acres
94,045
68,632
1,422
6,189
5,066
Ranking with in Indiana
16th
33rd
27th
7th
50th