1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HUGHES COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 287 256 Land in farms ..................acres.. 391 370 390 720 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 364 1 526 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 523 668 434 538 Average per acre .........dollars.. 374 324 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 104 623 80 641 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 8 9 10 to 49 acres ...................... 26 15 50 to 179 acres ..................... 43 42 180 to 499 acres .................... 52 32 500 to 999 acres .................... 41 33 1,000 acres or more ................. 117 125 Total cropland .................farms.. 236 221 acres.. 237 173 221 814 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 215 204 acres.. 192 674 145 373 Irrigated land .................farms.. 30 34 acres.. 11 858 12 344 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 36 908 27 809 Average per farm .........dollars.. 128 599 108 630 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 20 958 12 563 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 15 950 15 246 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 35 27 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 16 10 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 26 25 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 37 35 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 30 39 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 47 43 $100,000 or more .................... 96 77 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 32 093 20 180 Average per farm .........dollars.. 111 823 78 523 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 202 196 Other ............................... 85 60 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 139 123 200 days or more ................... 82 60 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 167 156 number.. 31 133 31 772 Beef cows ..................farms.. 151 147 number.. 16 294 16 268 Milk cows ..................farms.. 17 13 number.. 315 95 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 165 156 number.. 18 659 16 603 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 23 37 number.. 30 290 32 327 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 22 38 number.. 57 080 62 820 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 21 25 number.. 2 350 3 873 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 5 3 number.. (D) 75 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 106 97 acres.. 27 635 25 536 bushels.. 2 344 327 1 658 952 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 23 29 acres.. 1 889 3 343 tons, green.. 15 202 20 658 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 137 113 acres.. 85 075 67 024 bushels.. 2 523 687 1 712 138 Barley for grain..............farms.. 0 7 acres.. 0 588 bushels.. 0 26 292 Oats for grain................farms.. 22 53 acres.. 3 068 6 071 bushels.. 181 310 340 746 Sunflower seed................farms.. 78 27 acres.. 25 618 8 334 pounds.. 39 761 787 9 982 621 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 132 144 acres.. 32 189 28 976 tons, dry.. 52 238 43 432 @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.