1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 JONES COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 203 198 Land in farms ..................acres.. 588 702 584 231 Average size of farm .......acres.. 2 900 2 951 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 626 304 447 492 Average per acre .........dollars.. 215 154 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 84 807 76 180 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 1 12 10 to 49 acres ...................... 8 4 50 to 179 acres ..................... 17 18 180 to 499 acres .................... 33 17 500 to 999 acres .................... 22 25 1,000 acres or more ................. 122 122 Total cropland .................farms.. 178 178 acres.. 214 260 206 917 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 154 161 acres.. 114 925 95 351 Irrigated land .................farms.. 3 9 acres.. (D) 1 215 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 18 584 18 467 Average per farm .........dollars.. 91 546 93 269 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 5 347 3 578 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 13 237 14 889 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 24 25 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 6 10 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 18 23 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 32 18 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 35 24 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 37 47 $100,000 or more .................... 51 51 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 15 863 14 321 Average per farm .........dollars.. 78 141 72 327 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 155 159 Other ............................... 48 39 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 71 73 200 days or more ................... 37 32 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 143 127 number.. 43 803 41 009 Beef cows ..................farms.. 133 118 number.. 22 359 20 576 Milk cows ..................farms.. 3 14 number.. 5 145 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 143 132 number.. 27 099 24 626 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 11 16 number.. 1 264 2 423 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 9 17 number.. 1 608 3 677 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 9 6 number.. 913 3 101 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 4 10 number.. 135 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 34 7 acres.. 9 690 844 bushels.. 645 829 54 475 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 5 3 acres.. 390 225 tons, green.. 3 640 2 400 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 85 95 acres.. 30 109 41 272 bushels.. 595 572 812 332 Barley for grain..............farms.. 1 3 acres.. (D) 87 bushels.. (D) 5 200 Oats for grain................farms.. 17 33 acres.. 1 910 3 108 bushels.. 88 785 183 107 Sunflower seed................farms.. 19 1 acres.. 6 782 (D) pounds.. 8 494 994 (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 133 135 acres.. 61 714 46 288 tons, dry.. 77 205 60 947 @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.