1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LINCOLN COUNTY, MONTANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 252 219 Land in farms ..................acres.. 46 167 50 220 Average size of farm .......acres.. 183 229 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 461 051 341 849 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 997 1 488 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 23 243 24 811 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 14 10 to 49 acres ...................... 75 64 50 to 179 acres ..................... 92 64 180 to 499 acres .................... 54 58 500 to 999 acres .................... 10 11 1,000 acres or more ................. 7 8 Total cropland .................farms.. 219 189 acres.. 17 088 13 779 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 188 156 acres.. 11 109 8 219 Irrigated land .................farms.. 85 84 acres.. 4 754 4 233 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 3 675 2 253 Average per farm .........dollars.. 14 582 10 287 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 1 425 314 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 2 250 1 939 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 115 107 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 49 36 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 34 26 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 33 21 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 10 15 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 5 13 $100,000 or more .................... 6 1 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 3 244 2 931 Average per farm .........dollars.. 12 924 13 446 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 102 99 Other ............................... 150 120 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 162 126 200 days or more ................... 96 80 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 119 127 number.. 4 134 4 852 Beef cows ..................farms.. 104 99 number.. 2 634 3 110 Milk cows ..................farms.. 12 20 number.. 21 38 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 106 107 number.. 2 518 3 096 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 10 15 number.. 34 828 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 4 12 number.. 16 1 257 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 6 9 number.. 181 323 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 23 21 number.. 843 696 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons, green.. 0 0 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 1 2 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Barley for grain..............farms.. 1 7 acres.. (D) 162 bushels.. (D) 7 598 Oats for grain................farms.. 7 6 acres.. 145 130 bushels.. 8 885 4 085 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 164 145 acres.. 8 663 7 972 tons, dry.. 14 407 13 306 @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.