1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 MC PHERSON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 464 473 Land in farms ..................acres.. 661 474 601 832 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 426 1 272 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 361 213 221 578 Average per acre .........dollars.. 258 179 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 82 378 59 256 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 14 17 10 to 49 acres ...................... 16 10 50 to 179 acres ..................... 37 36 180 to 499 acres .................... 48 66 500 to 999 acres .................... 107 113 1,000 acres or more ................. 242 231 Total cropland .................farms.. 427 446 acres.. 361 829 344 869 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 404 431 acres.. 229 035 226 139 Irrigated land .................farms.. 13 13 acres.. 2 054 2 330 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 47 793 32 725 Average per farm .........dollars.. 103 002 69 186 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 9 673 5 800 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 38 120 26 924 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 26 26 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 28 28 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 34 37 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 57 92 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 101 97 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 93 111 $100,000 or more .................... 125 82 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 35 953 25 417 Average per farm .........dollars.. 77 318 53 849 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 465 472 $1,000.. 9 784 7 039 Average per farm..........dollars.. 21 041 14 913 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 383 413 Other ............................... 81 60 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 141 129 200 days or more ................... 59 52 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 374 373 number.. 77 426 64 996 Beef cows ..................farms.. 323 314 number.. 31 839 29 269 Milk cows ..................farms.. 59 87 number.. 2 815 4 335 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 381 380 number.. 47 812 36 913 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 58 62 number.. 26 673 16 568 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 64 74 number.. 46 590 34 606 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 32 41 number.. 3 898 3 482 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 23 30 number.. 11 537 12 040 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 4 3 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 52 83 acres.. 5 999 6 198 bushels.. 361 302 402 524 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 143 167 acres.. 16 148 13 378 tons, green.. 102 455 73 144 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 295 354 acres.. 75 903 65 125 bushels.. 2 346 075 1 185 337 Barley for grain..............farms.. 151 217 acres.. 20 308 24 178 bushels.. 1 043 019 801 552 Oats for grain................farms.. 230 255 acres.. 20 259 21 340 bushels.. 1 210 163 783 619 Sunflower seed................farms.. 15 11 acres.. 3 800 2 238 pounds.. 4 996 723 2 184 300 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 327 347 acres.. 92 849 94 109 tons, dry.. 143 200 139 345 @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. .