1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 MARSHALL COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 487 522 Land in farms ..................acres.. 485 748 468 868 Average size of farm .......acres.. 997 898 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 338 759 271 746 Average per acre .........dollars.. 354 316 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 92 680 72 289 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 18 24 10 to 49 acres ...................... 24 21 50 to 179 acres ..................... 51 54 180 to 499 acres .................... 95 130 500 to 999 acres .................... 128 129 1,000 acres or more ................. 171 164 Total cropland .................farms.. 439 479 acres.. 342 465 341 768 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 413 465 acres.. 257 375 234 681 Irrigated land .................farms.. 8 6 acres.. 1 083 1 256 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 86 835 67 552 Average per farm .........dollars.. 178 306 129 410 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 22 659 14 722 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 64 176 52 830 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 22 32 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 22 24 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 34 46 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 84 104 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 81 95 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 96 103 $100,000 or more .................... 148 118 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 71 176 53 657 Average per farm .........dollars.. 146 151 102 399 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 487 524 $1,000.. 15 613 11 670 Average per farm..........dollars.. 32 060 22 271 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 393 427 Other ............................... 94 95 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 152 173 200 days or more ................... 73 76 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 306 357 number.. 72 186 72 256 Beef cows ..................farms.. 262 287 number.. 23 369 22 504 Milk cows ..................farms.. 27 48 number.. 1 462 1 583 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 317 362 number.. 75 528 69 391 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 74 102 number.. 29 005 27 635 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 73 100 number.. 54 725 49 813 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 48 64 number.. 6 119 6 155 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 3 18 number.. 100 3 701 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 3 number.. 0 220 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 227 249 acres.. 61 710 42 319 bushels.. 3 930 972 3 142 958 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 93 125 acres.. 6 755 6 761 tons, green.. 47 176 47 770 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 295 379 acres.. 88 779 88 205 bushels.. 3 463 547 2 482 227 Barley for grain..............farms.. 104 233 acres.. 10 352 22 645 bushels.. 540 494 1 034 046 Oats for grain................farms.. 96 186 acres.. 5 689 10 334 bushels.. 380 570 483 380 Sunflower seed................farms.. 64 86 acres.. 8 616 11 415 pounds.. 11 792 070 17 930 579 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 310 348 acres.. 44 153 48 892 tons, dry.. 87 070 82 363 @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. .