1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1992 AND 1987 SULLY COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA Item ALL FARMS 1992 1987 Farms .........................number.. 282 309 Land in farms ..................acres.. 615 479 609 036 Average size of farm .......acres.. 2 183 1 971 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 727 761 861 274 Average per acre .........dollars.. 337 410 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 111 969 84 206 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 7 16 10 to 49 acres ...................... 6 5 50 to 179 acres ..................... 26 28 180 to 499 acres .................... 33 37 500 to 999 acres .................... 38 42 1,000 acres or more ................. 172 181 Total cropland .................farms.. 258 285 acres.. 476 887 454 276 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 254 283 acres.. 342 805 288 317 Irrigated land .................farms.. 21 22 acres.. 19 552 18 667 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 53 337 49 961 Average per farm .........dollars.. 189 137 161 687 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 26 918 18 996 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 26 418 30 966 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 10 15 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 10 11 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 17 40 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 33 40 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 46 60 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 58 69 $100,000 or more .................... 108 74 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 42 367 42 541 Average per farm .........dollars.. 150 771 137 229 Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit.......farms.. 281 310 $1,000.. 10 654 8 559 Average per farm..........dollars.. 37 916 27 610 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 222 232 Other ............................... 60 77 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 117 135 200 days or more ................... 54 69 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 130 138 number.. 35 246 51 046 Beef cows ..................farms.. 125 124 number.. 14 419 (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 7 5 number.. 20 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 131 136 number.. 33 453 51 253 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 36 35 number.. 9 413 7 829 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 40 39 number.. 17 016 24 962 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 16 20 number.. 3 147 3 630 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory.............farms.. 6 17 number.. 1 560 1 379 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 0 number.. (D) 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 135 143 acres.. 45 081 41 808 bushels.. 2 860 991 2 465 651 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 27 53 acres.. 2 810 4 288 tons, green.. 18 087 26 314 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 214 253 acres.. 194 831 166 337 bushels.. 5 387 494 4 246 051 Barley for grain..............farms.. 12 39 acres.. 1 944 4 236 bushels.. 73 034 122 210 Oats for grain................farms.. 56 95 acres.. 5 206 12 426 bushels.. 283 144 516 501 Sunflower seed................farms.. 100 87 acres.. 48 109 28 794 pounds.. 55 073 944 30 738 627 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 108 123 acres.. 25 229 22 749 tons, dry.. 36 677 34 112 @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. .