1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SANBORN COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 382 408 Land in farms ..................acres.. 346 524 322 784 Average size of farm .......acres.. 907 791 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 313 275 259 392 Average per acre .........dollars.. 382 307 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 75 943 55 298 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 9 11 10 to 49 acres ...................... 33 41 50 to 179 acres ..................... 57 60 180 to 499 acres .................... 86 96 500 to 999 acres .................... 86 91 1,000 acres or more ................. 111 109 Total cropland .................farms.. 349 370 acres.. 219 812 210 741 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 318 339 acres.. 143 538 136 177 Irrigated land .................farms.. 4 5 acres.. (D) 122 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 41 350 49 964 Average per farm .........dollars.. 108 247 122 461 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 14 777 8 967 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 26 573 40 997 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 31 52 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 21 13 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 27 47 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 68 70 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 64 56 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 68 81 $100,000 or more .................... 103 89 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 32 558 46 447 Average per farm .........dollars.. 85 009 113 562 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 267 300 Other ............................... 115 108 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 165 158 200 days or more ................... 96 91 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 291 297 number.. 56 340 54 053 Beef cows ..................farms.. 260 259 number.. 24 362 21 217 Milk cows ..................farms.. 11 18 number.. 211 676 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 297 304 number.. 37 588 48 093 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 40 78 number.. 20 883 21 523 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 38 86 number.. 35 194 38 595 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 34 54 number.. 3 550 5 479 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 7 11 number.. 717 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 2 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 230 252 acres.. 53 185 56 796 bushels.. 4 181 443 4 236 193 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 69 81 acres.. 4 991 4 280 tons, green.. 34 771 24 971 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 45 95 acres.. 6 928 12 742 bushels.. 223 265 341 751 Barley for grain..............farms.. 0 25 acres.. 0 1 875 bushels.. 0 82 626 Oats for grain................farms.. 32 117 acres.. 1 468 10 279 bushels.. 76 385 538 927 Sunflower seed................farms.. 13 9 acres.. 2 305 2 253 pounds.. 2 402 891 2 826 694 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 263 271 acres.. 49 324 39 916 tons, dry.. 99 826 74 404 @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.