1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 KIDDER COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 513 499 Land in farms ..................acres.. 724 896 723 816 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 413 1 451 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 307 447 320 477 Average per acre .........dollars.. 221 204 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 75 351 72 305 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 3 3 10 to 49 acres ...................... 16 17 50 to 179 acres ..................... 36 23 180 to 499 acres .................... 91 67 500 to 999 acres .................... 94 116 1,000 acres or more ................. 273 273 Total cropland .................farms.. 471 472 acres.. 416 231 399 143 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 408 452 acres.. 251 924 238 536 Irrigated land .................farms.. 15 21 acres.. 6 992 6 565 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 33 940 30 002 Average per farm .........dollars.. 66 159 60 125 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 15 887 10 552 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 18 052 19 450 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 67 34 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 15 23 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 38 39 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 101 88 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 87 108 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 112 119 $100,000 or more .................... 93 88 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 25 998 23 304 Average per farm .........dollars.. 50 678 46 701 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 370 421 Other ............................... 143 78 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 206 156 200 days or more ................... 90 56 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 357 376 number.. 66 393 61 669 Beef cows ..................farms.. 335 347 number.. 35 157 32 597 Milk cows ..................farms.. 30 49 number.. 1 187 1 963 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 365 380 number.. 33 365 31 168 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 16 35 number.. 932 3 260 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 14 33 number.. 1 791 6 976 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 48 41 number.. 8 288 8 737 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 10 7 number.. 346 617 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 31 27 acres.. 4 952 3 987 bushels.. 500 205 197 726 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 64 108 acres.. 6 733 10 537 tons, green.. 35 882 60 341 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 241 311 acres.. 75 884 75 935 bushels.. 1 448 897 2 369 281 Barley for grain..............farms.. 75 140 acres.. 8 135 13 438 bushels.. 267 034 580 858 Oats for grain................farms.. 144 196 acres.. 15 297 16 614 bushels.. 530 082 920 191 Sunflower seed................farms.. 22 12 acres.. 6 360 2 167 pounds.. 6 633 231 1 906 000 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 343 376 acres.. 129 600 126 905 tons, dry.. 164 146 158 279 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: (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.