1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 SPINK COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 647 743 Land in farms ..................acres.. 849 345 890 711 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 313 1 199 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 582 978 460 934 Average per acre .........dollars.. 430 377 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 143 201 119 998 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 17 21 10 to 49 acres ...................... 28 34 50 to 179 acres ..................... 62 70 180 to 499 acres .................... 111 111 500 to 999 acres .................... 129 159 1,000 acres or more ................. 300 348 Total cropland .................farms.. 585 678 acres.. 685 793 712 322 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 545 653 acres.. 530 747 560 768 Irrigated land .................farms.. 39 74 acres.. 14 006 21 325 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 116 647 120 071 Average per farm .........dollars.. 180 290 161 603 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 74 592 44 925 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 42 055 75 146 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 58 41 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 15 22 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 31 39 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 75 75 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 71 127 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 98 167 $100,000 or more .................... 299 272 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 90 149 99 349 Average per farm .........dollars.. 139 335 133 713 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 505 601 Other ............................... 142 142 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 219 243 200 days or more ................... 119 124 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 405 496 number.. 80 821 101 521 Beef cows ..................farms.. 364 441 number.. 34 769 34 227 Milk cows ..................farms.. 11 21 number.. 424 881 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 409 500 number.. 55 970 90 344 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 51 147 number.. 47 344 58 711 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 57 160 number.. 68 211 90 904 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 48 92 number.. 5 442 17 273 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 11 17 number.. 2 129 (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 3 1 number.. 1 700 (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 390 495 acres.. 127 657 124 760 bushels.. 12 664 660 7 217 858 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 125 185 acres.. 9 056 16 251 tons, green.. 98 388 129 121 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 375 528 acres.. 140 970 215 150 bushels.. 4 222 758 6 206 744 Barley for grain..............farms.. 12 101 acres.. 1 724 12 152 bushels.. 57 780 501 168 Oats for grain................farms.. 49 155 acres.. 3 175 11 077 bushels.. 191 095 529 967 Sunflower seed................farms.. 180 179 acres.. 34 618 35 049 pounds.. 41 359 421 39 926 473 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 347 430 acres.. 51 668 55 713 tons, dry.. 124 954 118 893 @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.