1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HAAKON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 309 321 Land in farms ..................acres.. 1 325 137 1 204 465 Average size of farm .......acres.. 4 288 3 752 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 683 288 738 937 Average per acre .........dollars.. 167 191 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 95 112 88 600 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 8 14 10 to 49 acres ...................... 7 9 50 to 179 acres ..................... 22 30 180 to 499 acres .................... 26 26 500 to 999 acres .................... 35 25 1,000 acres or more ................. 211 217 Total cropland .................farms.. 261 261 acres.. 427 689 354 005 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 245 240 acres.. 254 739 166 672 Irrigated land .................farms.. 2 4 acres.. (D) 870 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 40 786 32 083 Average per farm .........dollars.. 131 994 99 946 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 14 017 9 303 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 26 770 22 780 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 21 33 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 24 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 12 28 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 40 40 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 44 39 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 55 56 $100,000 or more .................... 121 101 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 29 618 26 379 Average per farm .........dollars.. 95 853 81 921 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 250 258 Other ............................... 59 63 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 107 104 200 days or more ................... 49 58 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 238 253 number.. 86 855 70 266 Beef cows ..................farms.. 217 243 number.. 45 433 38 815 Milk cows ..................farms.. 13 27 number.. 19 84 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 246 253 number.. 53 282 37 745 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 8 32 number.. 1 847 7 495 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 11 35 number.. 4 388 12 649 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 12 22 number.. 8 105 10 566 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 11 14 number.. (D) 606 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 23 21 acres.. 4 043 3 349 bushels.. 288 210 164 370 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 14 21 acres.. 2 537 2 743 tons, green.. 20 082 17 978 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 164 156 acres.. 136 440 84 748 bushels.. 3 476 393 2 534 767 Barley for grain..............farms.. 13 23 acres.. 2 384 3 269 bushels.. 67 104 103 861 Oats for grain................farms.. 45 63 acres.. 7 500 6 302 bushels.. 344 325 358 111 Sunflower seed................farms.. 6 1 acres.. 1 715 (D) pounds.. 1 974 430 (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 214 193 acres.. 94 353 61 257 tons, dry.. 133 162 62 619 @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.