1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 PRAIRIE COUNTY, MONTANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 158 165 Land in farms ..................acres.. 612 906 683 088 Average size of farm .......acres.. 3 879 4 140 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 600 313 540 909 Average per acre .........dollars.. 158 133 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 108 061 86 316 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 5 1 10 to 49 acres ...................... 4 2 50 to 179 acres ..................... 11 6 180 to 499 acres .................... 19 27 500 to 999 acres .................... 12 20 1,000 acres or more ................. 107 109 Total cropland .................farms.. 139 152 acres.. 123 251 (D) Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 120 136 acres.. 66 332 55 734 Irrigated land .................farms.. 54 52 acres.. 11 390 11 681 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 20 292 18 951 Average per farm .........dollars.. 128 428 114 856 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 267 6 762 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 14 024 12 189 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 13 13 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 9 1 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 9 13 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 13 23 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 20 21 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 36 33 $100,000 or more .................... 58 61 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 17 429 14 758 Average per farm .........dollars.. 110 310 89 443 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 131 141 Other ............................... 27 24 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 52 53 200 days or more ................... 27 20 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 123 126 number.. 33 547 35 839 Beef cows ..................farms.. 117 119 number.. 19 480 18 981 Milk cows ..................farms.. 6 10 number.. 25 25 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 125 131 number.. 26 821 22 605 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 3 6 number.. (D) 518 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 3 10 number.. (D) 590 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 19 16 number.. 5 199 6 450 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 5 15 number.. 134 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 21 28 acres.. 1 365 1 908 tons, green.. 22 203 31 933 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 85 81 acres.. 37 493 29 531 bushels.. 881 516 1 031 955 Barley for grain..............farms.. 31 45 acres.. 5 572 5 546 bushels.. 185 235 249 325 Oats for grain................farms.. 17 23 acres.. 1 251 720 bushels.. 60 671 39 795 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 21 25 acres.. 2 738 2 874 tons.. 53 435 63 577 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 102 105 acres.. 17 038 14 700 tons, dry.. 25 586 25 507 @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.