1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 LAKE COUNTY, MONTANA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 948 1 079 Land in farms ..................acres.. 631 377 655 528 Average size of farm .......acres.. 666 608 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 398 444 337 236 Average per acre .........dollars.. 588 543 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 41 368 28 121 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 131 155 10 to 49 acres ...................... 214 259 50 to 179 acres ..................... 241 279 180 to 499 acres .................... 203 222 500 to 999 acres .................... 78 86 1,000 acres or more ................. 81 78 Total cropland .................farms.. 841 943 acres.. 148 164 159 380 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 719 858 acres.. 80 614 84 967 Irrigated land .................farms.. 682 747 acres.. 92 087 90 202 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 36 674 33 184 Average per farm .........dollars.. 38 686 30 754 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 12 027 8 883 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 24 647 24 301 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 269 246 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 95 144 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 123 167 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 177 218 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 103 134 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 91 87 $100,000 or more .................... 90 83 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 29 991 27 217 Average per farm .........dollars.. 31 603 25 248 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 949 1 078 $1,000.. 6 991 4 640 Average per farm..........dollars.. 7 367 4 304 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 522 602 Other ............................... 426 477 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 490 579 200 days or more ................... 287 320 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 552 618 number.. 60 147 60 910 Beef cows ..................farms.. 480 522 number.. 34 245 32 500 Milk cows ..................farms.. 75 94 number.. 2 238 3 285 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 540 620 number.. 34 540 37 745 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 28 38 number.. 3 849 5 688 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 25 29 number.. 4 482 5 837 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 60 68 number.. 6 630 5 111 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 48 87 number.. (D) 2 073 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 3 number.. (D) 90 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 4 10 acres.. 148 503 tons, green.. 2 650 8 427 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 115 126 acres.. 16 530 10 302 bushels.. 835 256 489 138 Barley for grain..............farms.. 109 158 acres.. 8 446 10 276 bushels.. 505 200 571 171 Oats for grain................farms.. 56 69 acres.. 2 271 2 298 bushels.. 166 433 155 027 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 tons.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 500 616 acres.. 51 301 59 213 tons, dry.. 121 622 139 668 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: - Represents zero (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms (X) Not applicable (Z) Less than half the unit shown (NA) Not available Source: 1992 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Geographic Area Series, "Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1992." This electronic series presents summary statistics for each county and state together with comparable data from the 1987 census. The items included are the same for all states and counties, except selected crops harvested, which vary by state. Data for 1992 and 1987 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 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. If you have any questions concerning the data in this report or need additional information or order forms for agriculture publications, please call Agriculture Division, Bureau of the Census, at 1-800-523-3215. .