1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 DOUGLAS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 392 442 Land in farms ..................acres.. 246 947 252 419 Average size of farm .......acres.. 630 571 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 339 681 227 790 Average per acre .........dollars.. 560 391 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 93 080 71 947 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 23 10 to 49 acres ...................... 31 27 50 to 179 acres ..................... 38 60 180 to 499 acres .................... 116 120 500 to 999 acres .................... 127 149 1,000 acres or more ................. 66 63 Total cropland .................farms.. 357 396 acres.. 196 898 207 165 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 337 384 acres.. 148 966 156 546 Irrigated land .................farms.. 4 5 acres.. 1 356 1 162 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 54 808 40 519 Average per farm .........dollars.. 139 817 91 672 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 19 502 10 037 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 35 306 30 482 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 17 18 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 12 9 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 16 44 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 48 51 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 65 78 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 71 105 $100,000 or more .................... 163 137 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 42 197 32 281 Average per farm .........dollars.. 107 646 73 035 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 317 384 Other ............................... 75 58 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 121 128 200 days or more ................... 62 52 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 279 337 number.. 33 639 38 658 Beef cows ..................farms.. 226 268 number.. 12 061 13 030 Milk cows ..................farms.. 46 66 number.. 2 874 2 983 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 281 339 number.. 18 030 21 646 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 107 214 number.. 57 151 58 007 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 118 228 number.. 141 509 118 574 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 35 32 number.. 3 905 3 924 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 10 23 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 3 2 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 285 317 acres.. 53 321 53 122 bushels.. 4 485 517 4 120 989 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 107 112 acres.. 4 813 4 493 tons, green.. 43 734 39 070 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 108 154 acres.. 11 156 20 233 bushels.. 381 779 698 919 Barley for grain..............farms.. 10 65 acres.. 798 4 189 bushels.. 33 317 197 935 Oats for grain................farms.. 77 241 acres.. 3 685 18 241 bushels.. 205 146 1 075 333 Sunflower seed................farms.. 28 4 acres.. 2 651 107 pounds.. 3 218 514 214 000 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 283 311 acres.. 32 368 33 137 tons, dry.. 84 598 71 757 @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.