1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HANSON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 326 353 Land in farms ..................acres.. 231 423 245 174 Average size of farm .......acres.. 710 695 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 359 008 372 910 Average per acre .........dollars.. 557 508 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 108 134 84 005 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 9 5 10 to 49 acres ...................... 26 27 50 to 179 acres ..................... 49 45 180 to 499 acres .................... 87 106 500 to 999 acres .................... 80 85 1,000 acres or more ................. 75 85 Total cropland .................farms.. 304 322 acres.. 182 904 194 962 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 288 310 acres.. 152 412 157 940 Irrigated land .................farms.. 3 8 acres.. 659 1 283 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 43 346 35 314 Average per farm .........dollars.. 132 963 100 039 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 21 370 14 654 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 21 976 20 660 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 24 20 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 25 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 20 20 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 44 45 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 44 71 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 60 78 $100,000 or more .................... 118 94 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 31 544 28 265 Average per farm .........dollars.. 96 759 79 846 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 251 267 Other ............................... 75 86 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 129 117 200 days or more ................... 77 71 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 230 261 number.. 25 944 26 347 Beef cows ..................farms.. 197 214 number.. 10 720 11 392 Milk cows ..................farms.. 36 38 number.. 1 561 1 699 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 231 265 number.. 14 574 13 261 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 43 105 number.. 37 337 41 567 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 45 113 number.. 55 899 79 465 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 21 31 number.. 1 005 2 182 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 19 number.. (D) 24 976 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 221 241 acres.. 56 600 61 726 bushels.. 4 581 470 5 203 986 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 66 70 acres.. 3 037 2 540 tons, green.. 26 684 27 622 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 77 71 acres.. 12 328 13 812 bushels.. 413 937 542 321 Barley for grain..............farms.. 5 25 acres.. 347 3 074 bushels.. 16 465 177 767 Oats for grain................farms.. 53 173 acres.. 3 939 20 133 bushels.. 230 379 1 335 430 Sunflower seed................farms.. 15 13 acres.. 4 044 3 816 pounds.. 4 975 882 4 326 800 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 216 241 acres.. 18 679 18 589 tons, dry.. 41 777 40 726 @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.