1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 BENNETT COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 258 284 Land in farms ..................acres.. 797 299 787 857 Average size of farm .......acres.. 3 090 2 774 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 696 940 472 226 Average per acre .........dollars.. 247 174 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 124 968 62 507 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 5 19 10 to 49 acres ...................... 10 19 50 to 179 acres ..................... 29 22 180 to 499 acres .................... 34 35 500 to 999 acres .................... 21 36 1,000 acres or more ................. 159 153 Total cropland .................farms.. 223 233 acres.. 233 806 244 081 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 211 211 acres.. 162 151 116 310 Irrigated land .................farms.. 18 24 acres.. 5 232 5 576 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 28 772 21 692 Average per farm .........dollars.. 111 521 76 379 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 9 987 5 107 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 18 785 16 585 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 19 19 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 19 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 20 39 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 31 56 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 39 37 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 44 63 $100,000 or more .................... 89 51 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 20 423 17 982 Average per farm .........dollars.. 79 159 63 316 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 195 229 Other ............................... 63 55 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 97 103 200 days or more ................... 45 43 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 192 200 number.. 52 433 43 420 Beef cows ..................farms.. 177 173 number.. 26 083 22 495 Milk cows ..................farms.. 9 19 number.. 65 147 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 194 198 number.. 35 462 27 895 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 11 29 number.. 2 058 3 446 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 10 29 number.. 3 353 7 531 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 3 3 number.. 583 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 19 number.. (D) 612 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 4 number.. 0 280 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 32 19 acres.. 8 821 3 589 bushels.. 787 964 264 607 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 11 11 acres.. 783 898 tons, green.. 10 625 14 518 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 122 106 acres.. 59 972 30 249 bushels.. 1 509 065 681 909 Barley for grain..............farms.. 14 10 acres.. 3 656 1 522 bushels.. 184 762 84 725 Oats for grain................farms.. 16 27 acres.. 2 529 3 385 bushels.. 94 196 181 748 Sunflower seed................farms.. 16 1 acres.. 4 610 (D) pounds.. 5 613 388 (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 174 180 acres.. 61 190 51 793 tons, dry.. 99 630 70 846 @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.