1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MINIDOKA COUNTY, IDAHO Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 674 774 Land in farms ..................acres.. 206 882 208 161 Average size of farm .......acres.. 307 269 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 537 948 336 218 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 856 1 261 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 128 936 99 307 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 129 134 10 to 49 acres ...................... 157 141 50 to 179 acres ..................... 135 181 180 to 499 acres .................... 130 201 500 to 999 acres .................... 79 80 1,000 acres or more ................. 44 37 Total cropland .................farms.. 576 698 acres.. (D) (D) Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 477 618 acres.. 175 250 174 157 Irrigated land .................farms.. 589 696 acres.. 180 791 177 516 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 152 214 129 253 Average per farm .........dollars.. 225 836 166 994 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 114 714 100 274 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 37 500 28 979 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 108 86 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 58 58 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 62 70 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 80 100 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 58 77 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 57 83 $100,000 or more .................... 251 300 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 122 141 101 533 Average per farm .........dollars.. 181 488 131 349 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 436 563 Other ............................... 238 211 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 329 333 200 days or more ................... 207 200 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 326 388 number.. 33 817 33 270 Beef cows ..................farms.. 149 170 number.. 4 744 7 303 Milk cows ..................farms.. 57 70 number.. 7 874 5 213 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 318 384 number.. 21 946 21 934 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 28 42 number.. 2 197 2 225 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 26 44 number.. 2 836 4 326 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 24 26 number.. 27 821 35 213 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 22 25 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 3 number.. (D) 1 280 Selected crops harvested: Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 233 319 acres.. 49 354 46 919 bushels.. 5 210 100 4 580 404 Barley for grain..............farms.. 205 276 acres.. 31 063 32 375 bushels.. 3 443 947 3 279 421 Dry beans, excl. dry limas....farms.. 79 158 acres.. 6 733 11 758 cwt.. 140 371 183 604 Potatoes, excl. sweetpotatoes.farms.. 101 114 acres.. 23 812 18 729 cwt.. 9 275 578 6 882 284 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 169 297 acres.. 41 630 42 939 tons.. 1 017 405 1 010 080 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 304 365 acres.. 21 914 17 869 tons, dry.. 111 425 88 065 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms (X) Not applicable (Z) Less than half the unit shown (NA) Not available Source: 1997 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Geographic Area Series, "Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1997." This electronic series presents summary statistics for each county and State together with comparable data from the 1992 census. The items included are the same for all States and counties, except selected crops harvested, which vary by State. Data for 1997 and 1992 are directly comparable for acreage and inventories. Dollar values have not been adjusted for changes in price levels. You can obtain the Volume 1 Geographic Area Series from the National Technical Information Service. If you have any questions concerning the data in this report or need additional information or order forms for agriculture publications, please call the National Agricultural Statistics Service at 1-800-523-3215 or 1-800-727-9540.