1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 PETROLEUM COUNTY, MONTANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 88 105 Land in farms ..................acres.. 541 361 669 516 Average size of farm .......acres.. 6 152 6 376 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 1 110 237 880 794 Average per acre .........dollars.. 188 134 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 76 830 66 665 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 0 3 10 to 49 acres ...................... 2 0 50 to 179 acres ..................... 7 9 180 to 499 acres .................... 7 8 500 to 999 acres .................... 4 7 1,000 acres or more ................. 68 78 Total cropland .................farms.. 71 83 acres.. 64 035 99 031 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 65 69 acres.. 34 556 35 057 Irrigated land .................farms.. 34 43 acres.. 11 130 12 698 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 9 371 11 676 Average per farm .........dollars.. 106 484 111 196 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 2 231 1 891 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 7 139 9 784 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 9 7 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 2 6 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 8 8 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 7 7 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 10 14 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 23 27 $100,000 or more .................... 29 36 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 6 860 8 429 Average per farm .........dollars.. 77 951 80 277 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 65 88 Other ............................... 23 17 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 37 36 200 days or more ................... 21 11 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 71 85 number.. 23 815 28 610 Beef cows ..................farms.. 70 81 number.. 13 993 19 361 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 8 number.. 4 15 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 73 86 number.. 13 666 18 773 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 10 19 number.. 4 620 4 725 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 0 2 number.. 0 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) tons, green.. 0 (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 25 25 acres.. 14 624 15 244 bushels.. 477 507 397 588 Barley for grain..............farms.. 9 8 acres.. 1 253 561 bushels.. 56 104 10 070 Oats for grain................farms.. 2 6 acres.. (D) 331 bushels.. (D) 8 407 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 57 57 acres.. 18 700 18 591 tons, dry.. 30 916 27 290 @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.