1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 MINER COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 369 424 Land in farms ..................acres.. 280 289 313 435 Average size of farm .......acres.. 760 739 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 398 632 276 014 Average per acre .........dollars.. 506 382 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 67 059 62 880 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 12 18 10 to 49 acres ...................... 22 21 50 to 179 acres ..................... 78 67 180 to 499 acres .................... 84 105 500 to 999 acres .................... 69 108 1,000 acres or more ................. 104 105 Total cropland .................farms.. 333 378 acres.. 199 170 236 970 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 294 362 acres.. 149 246 163 870 Irrigated land .................farms.. 2 2 acres.. (D) (D) Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 40 045 36 909 Average per farm .........dollars.. 108 524 87 049 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 19 598 12 769 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 20 447 24 140 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 41 23 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 19 18 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 33 30 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 59 81 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 46 69 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 60 94 $100,000 or more .................... 111 109 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 30 995 26 780 Average per farm .........dollars.. 83 997 63 160 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 273 346 Other ............................... 96 78 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 137 129 200 days or more ................... 81 54 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 282 313 number.. 42 649 43 383 Beef cows ..................farms.. 258 280 number.. 19 143 19 380 Milk cows ..................farms.. 18 34 number.. 988 1 338 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 283 324 number.. 22 824 24 175 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 42 108 number.. 20 018 38 252 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 47 112 number.. 64 589 84 233 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 33 59 number.. 3 683 6 783 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 10 number.. 98 802 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 1 number.. 0 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 214 299 acres.. 50 610 56 398 bushels.. 4 103 174 4 150 440 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 84 88 acres.. 5 550 4 221 tons, green.. 55 423 27 425 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 66 140 acres.. 9 860 21 935 bushels.. 344 194 732 379 Barley for grain..............farms.. 1 76 acres.. (D) 5 763 bushels.. (D) 298 775 Oats for grain................farms.. 25 159 acres.. 1 009 10 231 bushels.. 47 446 648 572 Sunflower seed................farms.. 7 21 acres.. 1 914 5 578 pounds.. 2 209 895 7 385 920 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 253 292 acres.. 32 472 37 133 tons, dry.. 74 622 74 757 @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.