1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HAND COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 488 542 Land in farms ..................acres.. 811 273 861 129 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 662 1 589 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 467 995 362 968 Average per acre .........dollars.. 316 235 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 110 375 86 926 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 18 10 to 49 acres ...................... 18 25 50 to 179 acres ..................... 55 43 180 to 499 acres .................... 63 74 500 to 999 acres .................... 80 89 1,000 acres or more ................. 258 293 Total cropland .................farms.. 431 485 acres.. 472 329 463 567 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 406 468 acres.. 352 550 332 624 Irrigated land .................farms.. 5 14 acres.. 488 1 967 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 65 978 62 278 Average per farm .........dollars.. 135 200 114 904 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 29 284 14 557 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 36 693 47 720 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 29 30 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 19 24 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 26 28 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 71 71 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 62 90 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 109 121 $100,000 or more .................... 172 178 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 52 804 48 122 Average per farm .........dollars.. 108 204 88 950 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 395 461 Other ............................... 93 81 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 185 182 200 days or more ................... 80 79 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 364 400 number.. 99 223 103 133 Beef cows ..................farms.. 328 363 number.. 45 028 44 968 Milk cows ..................farms.. 23 35 number.. 1 544 2 145 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 372 405 number.. 61 289 64 308 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 34 104 number.. 14 073 27 136 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 37 114 number.. 27 604 39 396 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 34 50 number.. 5 464 9 425 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 4 16 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 1 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 240 263 acres.. 64 403 49 824 bushels.. 5 418 822 2 434 695 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 102 184 acres.. 10 175 21 863 tons, green.. 109 954 141 862 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 248 325 acres.. 101 784 107 849 bushels.. 2 769 762 2 343 757 Barley for grain..............farms.. 19 128 acres.. 2 027 16 790 bushels.. 76 633 638 201 Oats for grain................farms.. 47 125 acres.. 4 327 11 143 bushels.. 231 608 466 672 Sunflower seed................farms.. 209 115 acres.. 64 446 32 127 pounds.. 85 666 633 33 854 896 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 332 391 acres.. 100 417 99 572 tons, dry.. 243 614 166 773 @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.