1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SLOPE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 263 270 Land in farms ..................acres.. 757 051 785 713 Average size of farm .......acres.. 2 879 2 910 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 558 579 493 238 Average per acre .........dollars.. 199 174 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 93 072 69 976 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 4 2 10 to 49 acres ...................... 7 8 50 to 179 acres ..................... 23 24 180 to 499 acres .................... 38 14 500 to 999 acres .................... 36 37 1,000 acres or more ................. 155 185 Total cropland .................farms.. 243 248 acres.. (D) 282 120 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 221 232 acres.. 165 441 149 212 Irrigated land .................farms.. 3 9 acres.. 210 358 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 21 432 18 688 Average per farm .........dollars.. 81 490 69 216 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 12 289 9 443 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 9 143 9 245 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 27 25 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 8 8 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 13 16 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 34 41 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 51 57 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 74 63 $100,000 or more .................... 56 60 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 16 297 14 650 Average per farm .........dollars.. 61 966 54 060 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 217 229 Other ............................... 46 41 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 105 104 200 days or more ................... 48 27 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 175 179 number.. 30 632 27 787 Beef cows ..................farms.. 167 172 number.. 17 793 16 293 Milk cows ..................farms.. 8 14 number.. 154 145 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 174 179 number.. 18 015 15 203 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 15 19 number.. 1 101 2 048 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 15 22 number.. 2 379 3 343 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 18 31 number.. 2 327 3 539 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 8 number.. (D) 132 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 10 1 acres.. 745 (D) bushels.. 34 054 (D) Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 11 15 acres.. 781 1 443 tons, green.. 4 280 6 180 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 180 188 acres.. 115 834 102 358 bushels.. 3 202 542 2 972 439 Barley for grain..............farms.. 64 102 acres.. 7 382 12 089 bushels.. 280 577 501 498 Oats for grain................farms.. 59 65 acres.. 3 667 5 131 bushels.. 173 139 245 459 Sunflower seed................farms.. 8 2 acres.. 2 127 (D) pounds.. 2 792 350 (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 169 179 acres.. 35 417 31 016 tons, dry.. 41 726 27 664 @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.