1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 FALLON COUNTY, MONTANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 309 302 Land in farms ..................acres.. 952 884 944 497 Average size of farm .......acres.. 3 084 3 127 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 630 078 386 125 Average per acre .........dollars.. 200 122 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 74 638 62 032 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 5 11 10 to 49 acres ...................... 17 15 50 to 179 acres ..................... 28 16 180 to 499 acres .................... 33 27 500 to 999 acres .................... 24 25 1,000 acres or more ................. 202 208 Total cropland .................farms.. 261 248 acres.. 232 081 (D) Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 224 220 acres.. 127 642 95 307 Irrigated land .................farms.. 15 13 acres.. 1 277 1 001 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 20 407 18 793 Average per farm .........dollars.. 66 042 62 228 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 5 568 5 096 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 14 839 13 696 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 50 40 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 15 20 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 36 23 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 44 43 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 45 47 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 52 68 $100,000 or more .................... 67 61 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 16 112 14 354 Average per farm .........dollars.. 52 141 47 531 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 216 236 Other ............................... 93 66 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 133 110 200 days or more ................... 74 53 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 225 226 number.. 41 530 36 943 Beef cows ..................farms.. 214 215 number.. 26 251 24 425 Milk cows ..................farms.. 5 12 number.. 14 97 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 228 230 number.. 28 476 24 119 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 14 32 number.. 948 2 846 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 14 31 number.. 1 477 3 567 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 24 37 number.. 4 191 6 945 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 12 20 number.. (D) 739 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 1 0 acres.. (D) 0 tons, green.. (D) 0 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 120 124 acres.. 62 498 49 861 bushels.. 1 368 275 1 603 609 Barley for grain..............farms.. 58 80 acres.. 5 080 6 873 bushels.. 167 213 263 835 Oats for grain................farms.. 42 39 acres.. 2 752 1 908 bushels.. 121 208 82 329 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 198 195 acres.. 58 380 39 093 tons, dry.. 47 172 35 155 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: - Represents zero (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.