1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 SANBORN COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 408 421 Land in farms ..................acres.. 322 784 324 946 Average size of farm .......acres.. 791 772 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 259 392 187 891 Average per acre .........dollars.. 307 253 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 55 298 38 080 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 11 25 10 to 49 acres ...................... 41 24 50 to 179 acres ..................... 60 60 180 to 499 acres .................... 96 112 500 to 999 acres .................... 91 101 1,000 acres or more ................. 109 99 Total cropland .................farms.. 370 393 acres.. 210 741 193 835 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 339 369 acres.. 136 177 122 132 Irrigated land .................farms.. 5 2 acres.. 122 (D) Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 49 964 38 670 Average per farm .........dollars.. 122 461 91 852 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 8 967 5 756 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 40 997 32 914 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 52 40 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 13 29 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 47 45 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 70 97 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 56 87 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 81 64 $100,000 or more .................... 89 59 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 46 447 33 222 Average per farm .........dollars.. 113 562 78 726 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 409 422 $1,000.. 3 569 5 906 Average per farm..........dollars.. 8 727 13 996 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 300 315 Other ............................... 108 106 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 158 161 200 days or more ................... 91 88 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 297 297 number.. 54 053 49 462 Beef cows ..................farms.. 259 258 number.. 21 217 19 228 Milk cows ..................farms.. 18 30 number.. 676 509 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 304 308 number.. 48 093 43 228 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 78 107 number.. 21 523 19 055 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 86 113 number.. 38 595 28 521 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 54 59 number.. 5 479 4 331 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 11 25 number.. (D) 2 236 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 2 5 number.. (D) 320 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 252 295 acres.. 56 796 44 184 bushels.. 4 236 193 2 788 189 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 81 77 acres.. 4 280 3 815 tons, green.. 24 971 27 240 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 95 104 acres.. 12 742 9 379 bushels.. 341 751 230 718 Barley for grain..............farms.. 25 58 acres.. 1 875 5 596 bushels.. 82 626 207 402 Oats for grain................farms.. 117 183 acres.. 10 279 13 033 bushels.. 538 927 516 307 Sunflower seed................farms.. 9 4 acres.. 2 253 220 pounds.. 2 826 694 260 800 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 271 299 acres.. 39 916 40 633 tons, dry.. 74 404 83 193 @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. .