1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LOGAN COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 401 472 Land in farms ..................acres.. 531 220 598 832 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 325 1 269 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 348 557 324 752 Average per acre .........dollars.. 254 246 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 110 297 72 886 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 5 10 10 to 49 acres ...................... 9 16 50 to 179 acres ..................... 24 24 180 to 499 acres .................... 69 48 500 to 999 acres .................... 106 120 1,000 acres or more ................. 188 254 Total cropland .................farms.. 363 445 acres.. 287 066 344 586 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 327 423 acres.. 212 249 223 101 Irrigated land .................farms.. 5 6 acres.. 1 779 1 550 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 32 325 37 738 Average per farm .........dollars.. 80 612 79 953 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 11 366 12 416 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 20 960 25 321 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 46 32 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 5 15 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 32 28 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 71 64 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 72 83 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 77 140 $100,000 or more .................... 98 110 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 28 093 27 969 Average per farm .........dollars.. 70 058 59 257 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 323 407 Other ............................... 78 65 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 154 124 200 days or more ................... 69 41 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 278 365 number.. 49 684 57 371 Beef cows ..................farms.. 234 295 number.. 20 236 24 021 Milk cows ..................farms.. 37 79 number.. 1 725 3 534 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 289 380 number.. 34 987 37 145 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 7 15 number.. 645 1 544 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 8 16 number.. 1 420 4 200 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 5 9 number.. 613 803 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 4 19 number.. 65 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 2 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 17 15 acres.. 2 207 1 534 bushels.. 188 512 83 623 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 46 112 acres.. 4 103 9 509 tons, green.. 26 779 49 858 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 239 342 acres.. 104 164 108 465 bushels.. 1 825 132 3 552 353 Barley for grain..............farms.. 115 215 acres.. 14 372 21 554 bushels.. 504 465 1 044 412 Oats for grain................farms.. 109 191 acres.. 8 859 10 893 bushels.. 368 425 700 636 Sunflower seed................farms.. 50 25 acres.. 15 417 4 400 pounds.. 17 341 656 4 408 869 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 272 338 acres.. 69 183 77 518 tons, dry.. 90 394 116 772 @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.