1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 DAY COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 693 721 Land in farms ..................acres.. 536 160 561 312 Average size of farm .......acres.. 774 779 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 334 761 244 949 Average per acre .........dollars.. 416 312 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 76 125 67 513 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 15 17 10 to 49 acres ...................... 42 38 50 to 179 acres ..................... 116 68 180 to 499 acres .................... 180 211 500 to 999 acres .................... 160 202 1,000 acres or more ................. 180 185 Total cropland .................farms.. 625 662 acres.. 384 792 424 282 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 546 636 acres.. 276 631 298 292 Irrigated land .................farms.. 8 17 acres.. 1 318 2 593 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 49 180 47 967 Average per farm .........dollars.. 70 967 66 528 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 30 064 20 168 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 19 116 27 798 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 113 58 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 35 32 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 48 57 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 138 149 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 93 143 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 131 148 $100,000 or more .................... 135 134 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 42 412 38 113 Average per farm .........dollars.. 61 201 52 861 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 517 599 Other ............................... 176 122 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 286 196 200 days or more ................... 160 98 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 420 495 number.. 42 300 55 579 Beef cows ..................farms.. 333 381 number.. 16 446 18 918 Milk cows ..................farms.. 84 134 number.. 4 104 5 463 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 425 492 number.. 24 906 31 247 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 25 111 number.. 4 971 13 505 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 29 112 number.. 7 883 25 191 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 33 57 number.. 1 999 4 680 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 10 21 number.. 398 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 4 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 250 317 acres.. 35 802 35 448 bushels.. 2 966 885 1 794 208 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 126 194 acres.. 6 225 9 781 tons, green.. 50 424 69 090 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 347 468 acres.. 98 478 112 120 bushels.. 3 031 708 3 559 628 Barley for grain..............farms.. 62 216 acres.. 4 259 19 905 bushels.. 175 811 1 008 367 Oats for grain................farms.. 116 223 acres.. 6 011 10 668 bushels.. 323 916 659 096 Sunflower seed................farms.. 38 48 acres.. 3 900 5 198 pounds.. 5 408 293 6 267 540 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 388 477 acres.. 50 190 53 863 tons, dry.. 102 573 106 545 @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.