1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 BURKE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 479 462 Land in farms ..................acres.. 615 294 559 385 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 285 1 211 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 390 494 303 788 Average per acre .........dollars.. 325 251 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 105 942 70 963 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 5 8 10 to 49 acres ...................... 6 7 50 to 179 acres ..................... 43 37 180 to 499 acres .................... 84 73 500 to 999 acres .................... 102 105 1,000 acres or more ................. 239 232 Total cropland .................farms.. 448 451 acres.. 454 543 444 536 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 397 427 acres.. 300 089 239 886 Irrigated land .................farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 28 788 23 723 Average per farm .........dollars.. 60 100 51 349 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 24 940 20 023 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 3 848 3 700 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 78 45 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 22 27 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 35 35 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 75 92 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 82 103 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 97 96 $100,000 or more .................... 90 64 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 23 606 16 241 Average per farm .........dollars.. 49 282 35 078 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 347 366 Other ............................... 132 96 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 199 181 200 days or more ................... 99 87 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 171 160 number.. 13 698 11 412 Beef cows ..................farms.. 162 153 number.. 8 691 7 173 Milk cows ..................farms.. 4 7 number.. 113 210 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 176 161 number.. 8 686 6 270 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 9 24 number.. (D) 1 385 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 7 24 number.. (D) 3 556 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 12 23 number.. 527 3 184 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 2 10 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 2 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 0 5 acres.. 0 248 bushels.. 0 10 396 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 2 2 acres.. (D) (D) tons, green.. (D) (D) Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 349 385 acres.. 225 975 173 731 bushels.. 4 866 166 6 336 654 Barley for grain..............farms.. 137 194 acres.. 27 427 27 986 bushels.. 960 196 1 452 887 Oats for grain................farms.. 53 127 acres.. 3 225 8 451 bushels.. 123 917 523 105 Sunflower seed................farms.. 16 36 acres.. 2 993 8 881 pounds.. 2 478 585 7 354 126 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 205 208 acres.. 30 327 23 834 tons, dry.. 34 191 30 083 @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.