1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 RENVILLE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 390 396 Land in farms ..................acres.. 515 600 503 575 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 322 1 272 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 604 773 424 080 Average per acre .........dollars.. 494 356 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 145 721 99 323 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 1 2 10 to 49 acres ...................... 6 6 50 to 179 acres ..................... 32 36 180 to 499 acres .................... 62 58 500 to 999 acres .................... 85 82 1,000 acres or more ................. 204 212 Total cropland .................farms.. 374 390 acres.. 456 243 445 807 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 356 385 acres.. 373 361 311 151 Irrigated land .................farms.. 2 0 acres.. (D) 0 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 37 791 32 322 Average per farm .........dollars.. 96 901 81 622 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 34 806 29 593 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 2 986 2 729 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 22 7 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 10 13 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 15 23 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 47 68 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 79 65 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 90 91 $100,000 or more .................... 127 129 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 29 354 21 040 Average per farm .........dollars.. 75 267 53 132 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 314 340 Other ............................... 76 56 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 163 173 200 days or more ................... 72 64 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 103 119 number.. 8 105 6 807 Beef cows ..................farms.. 95 102 number.. 4 248 3 580 Milk cows ..................farms.. 5 10 number.. 223 312 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 106 119 number.. 4 654 4 076 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 3 9 number.. 50 417 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 3 10 number.. 62 750 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 14 19 number.. 1 932 2 070 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 4 7 number.. 100 264 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 4 2 acres.. 183 (D) bushels.. 6 350 (D) Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 9 10 acres.. 551 599 tons, green.. 2 923 3 770 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 337 365 acres.. 237 727 205 643 bushels.. 5 106 001 8 114 995 Barley for grain..............farms.. 270 299 acres.. 80 280 72 696 bushels.. 3 381 375 4 105 301 Oats for grain................farms.. 64 98 acres.. 6 192 8 008 bushels.. 309 985 473 555 Sunflower seed................farms.. 69 30 acres.. 17 519 5 956 pounds.. 19 733 750 5 855 320 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 112 112 acres.. 12 422 11 919 tons, dry.. 14 708 11 775 @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.