1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 STEELE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 290 335 Land in farms ..................acres.. 412 763 439 846 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 423 1 313 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 685 223 596 445 Average per acre .........dollars.. 496 473 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 201 385 145 262 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 6 6 10 to 49 acres ...................... 10 9 50 to 179 acres ..................... 22 19 180 to 499 acres .................... 34 39 500 to 999 acres .................... 62 66 1,000 acres or more ................. 156 196 Total cropland .................farms.. 272 326 acres.. 377 451 405 379 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 259 324 acres.. 353 900 355 660 Irrigated land .................farms.. 7 9 acres.. 4 441 3 276 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 46 718 49 645 Average per farm .........dollars.. 161 097 148 194 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 44 793 47 355 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 1 926 2 290 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 26 6 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 5 5 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 10 9 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 15 24 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 19 34 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 62 56 $100,000 or more .................... 153 201 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 41 125 36 440 Average per farm .........dollars.. 141 810 108 777 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 245 301 Other ............................... 45 34 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 116 112 200 days or more ................... 39 35 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 79 84 number.. 7 344 5 614 Beef cows ..................farms.. 70 72 number.. 3 638 2 496 Milk cows ..................farms.. 7 6 number.. 165 316 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 76 83 number.. 3 519 2 621 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 3 9 number.. 42 1 881 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 3 9 number.. 60 2 978 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 14 13 number.. 2 395 1 569 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 3 3 number.. (D) 254 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 2 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 49 58 acres.. 12 290 8 883 bushels.. 1 228 732 488 566 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 13 22 acres.. 753 710 tons, green.. 6 410 6 389 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 241 312 acres.. 166 810 182 556 bushels.. 4 150 815 8 004 635 Barley for grain..............farms.. 177 264 acres.. 57 976 71 760 bushels.. 2 873 790 4 834 352 Oats for grain................farms.. 9 17 acres.. 534 905 bushels.. 26 350 77 740 Sunflower seed................farms.. 100 139 acres.. 22 931 25 633 pounds.. 33 016 762 36 525 967 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 79 83 acres.. 6 078 5 838 tons, dry.. 13 751 12 176 @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.