1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 CHARLES MIX COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 735 796 Land in farms ..................acres.. 679 852 688 081 Average size of farm .......acres.. 925 864 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 438 247 307 370 Average per acre .........dollars.. 486 361 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 114 750 81 892 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 22 45 10 to 49 acres ...................... 53 38 50 to 179 acres ..................... 98 104 180 to 499 acres .................... 138 153 500 to 999 acres .................... 211 229 1,000 acres or more ................. 213 227 Total cropland .................farms.. 662 715 acres.. 495 998 479 605 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 637 697 acres.. 380 389 368 552 Irrigated land .................farms.. 45 44 acres.. 15 016 15 533 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 111 347 82 873 Average per farm .........dollars.. 151 493 104 112 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 49 683 24 992 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 61 665 57 881 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 40 33 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 29 30 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 40 42 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 94 115 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 102 169 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 157 181 $100,000 or more .................... 273 226 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 80 350 64 553 Average per farm .........dollars.. 109 320 80 996 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 600 669 Other ............................... 135 127 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 249 259 200 days or more ................... 101 124 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 569 603 number.. 105 282 100 017 Beef cows ..................farms.. 503 536 number.. 43 953 41 773 Milk cows ..................farms.. 41 53 number.. 1 914 2 517 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 573 607 number.. 64 946 58 581 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 125 276 number.. 72 528 84 916 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 126 295 number.. 111 850 151 316 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 58 44 number.. 4 788 5 395 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 18 41 number.. (D) 26 441 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 5 5 number.. (D) 290 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 512 535 acres.. 122 292 91 187 bushels.. 11 471 919 7 649 642 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 126 122 acres.. 7 560 6 408 tons, green.. 73 239 62 700 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 224 291 acres.. 39 187 57 707 bushels.. 1 391 628 1 881 308 Barley for grain..............farms.. 2 48 acres.. (D) 2 467 bushels.. (D) 129 115 Oats for grain................farms.. 113 372 acres.. 5 907 34 022 bushels.. 380 952 2 270 639 Sunflower seed................farms.. 89 42 acres.. 11 801 7 875 pounds.. 17 373 233 12 151 484 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 528 586 acres.. 79 842 82 868 tons, dry.. 185 711 175 572 @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.