1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 WHEATLAND COUNTY, MONTANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 144 146 Land in farms ..................acres.. 833 757 850 599 Average size of farm .......acres.. 5 790 5 826 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 1 224 219 1 106 275 Average per acre .........dollars.. 217 191 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 103 961 85 505 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 3 8 10 to 49 acres ...................... 2 8 50 to 179 acres ..................... 12 11 180 to 499 acres .................... 11 12 500 to 999 acres .................... 24 11 1,000 acres or more ................. 92 96 Total cropland .................farms.. 122 116 acres.. 181 955 146 452 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 109 104 acres.. 105 095 88 372 Irrigated land .................farms.. 58 64 acres.. 19 489 29 514 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 22 834 21 367 Average per farm .........dollars.. 158 571 146 352 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 445 5 504 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 16 389 15 864 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 18 13 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 5 10 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 8 11 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 16 22 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 25 20 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 22 24 $100,000 or more .................... 50 46 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 18 699 15 416 Average per farm .........dollars.. 129 857 105 587 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 112 108 Other ............................... 32 38 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 59 61 200 days or more ................... 26 31 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 105 109 number.. 35 960 34 927 Beef cows ..................farms.. 103 104 number.. 21 664 20 785 Milk cows ..................farms.. 7 11 number.. 424 311 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 107 111 number.. 21 980 21 027 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 8 10 number.. 8 297 10 062 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 7 9 number.. 15 875 16 267 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 46 48 number.. 23 275 29 589 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 3 9 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons, green.. 0 0 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 50 54 acres.. 45 468 38 561 bushels.. 1 609 696 1 337 138 Barley for grain..............farms.. 40 42 acres.. 17 293 18 056 bushels.. 837 595 770 481 Oats for grain................farms.. 21 13 acres.. 1 082 1 205 bushels.. 65 534 56 040 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 97 84 acres.. 44 990 31 833 tons, dry.. 80 926 63 315 @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.