TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword...................................................................................... 1
State Rankings (Revised 10/02/2009)......................................... 2
Crop Highlights (Revised 10/13/2009) ........................................ 4
Livestock Highlights (Revised 10/13/2009).................................. 5
Record Highs (Revised 10/06/2009)............................................ 6
Production Records...................................................................... 7
Farm Numbers (Revised 10/13/2009).......................................... 8
Weather Summary........................................................................ 9
Median Frost Dates........................................................................10
Monthly Precipitation.......................................................................11
Planting and Harvesting Dates.......................................................12-13
Crop Summary...............................................................................14
Historical Crop Data:
Corn, Soybeans, Oats, Barley, Canola (Revised 10/02/2009)...15
Wheat, Sunflowers, Sugarbeets.................................................16
Hay..............................................................................................17
Dry Edible Beans, Flaxseed.......................................................18
Sweet Corn, Green Peas, Potatoes, Apples...............................19
Objective Yield Data for Corn, Soybeans, Spring Wheat
Revised (10/13/2009)....................................................... ...............20
Organic Crops.................................................................................21
Corn..............................................................................................22-23
Corn for Silage..............................................................................24-25
Soybeans..................................................................................... 26-27
All Wheat (Revised 10/14/2009) ................................................. 28-29
Spring Wheat, Canola (Revised 10/13/2009) ............................. 30-31
Winter Wheat................................................................................32
Potatoes........................................................................................33
Oats..............................................................................................34-35
All Hay...........................................................................................36-37
Alfalfa Hay.....................................................................................38-39
Other Hay......................................................................................40-41
Barley and Barley Varieties...........................................................42-43
Sugarbeets....................................................................................44
Dry Edible Beans...........................................................................45
All Sunflowers................................................................................46
Non-Oil Sunflowers........................................................................46
Oil Sunflowers................................................................................47
Flaxseed.........................................................................................47
Sweet Corn for Processing............................................................48
Green Peas for Processing............................................................49
Grain Storage Capacity......................................................................50
Grain and Hay Stocks........................................................................51
Livestock Summary...........................................................................52
Operations by Size Groups...............................................................53
Inventory and Values..........................................................................54
Cattle and Calves, Production and Income.......................................55
Cattle, Sheep County Estimates.......................................................56-57
Beef Cows, Milk Cows County Estimates........................................58-59
Dairy Summary.................................................................................60-61
Milk Cows and Milk Production County Estimates...........................62-63
Dairy Farm Numbers by County.......................................................64
Hogs and Pigs...................................................................................65
Hogs and Pigs County Estimates.....................................................66
Sows Farrowed and Pig Crop (Revised 10/05/2009). ................... .67
Sheep, Lambs, and Wool (Revised 10/13/2009) ............................ 68
Commercial Livestock Slaughter.......................................................69
Poultry Summary...............................................................................70
Poultry and Eggs, Production and Value...........................................71-72
Mink Pelt Production......................................................................... 73
Honey Production and Value............................................................ 73
Exports...............................................................................................74
Land Values.......................................................................................74-75
Cropland Cash Rent......................................................................... 75
Cash Rents....................................................................................... 76-77
Farm Income and Expenses............................................................. 78
Cash Receipts from Marketings........................................................ 79
Farm Balance Sheet.......................................................................... 80
Crop Prices........................................................................................ 81-82
Crop Marketings................................................................................. 83
Livestock Prices (Page 85 Revised 10/06/2009).............................. 84-85
Dairy Prices....................................................................................... 86
Egg Prices (Revised 10/06/2009) ..................................................... 86
Farm Labor......................................................................................... 87
Fertilizer Prices.................................................................................. 88
Cost of Production:
Corn and Soybeans.........................................................................89
Wheat and Barley............................................................................ 90
Oats and Sugarbeets.......................................................................91
Hogs................................................................................................ 92
Cow-Calf..........................................................................................93
Milk....................................................................................................94
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION MAPS
Soybeans and Corn............................................................................ 95
Wheat and Hay................................................................................... 96
Cattle and Hogs.................................................................................. 97
Milk Cows and Sheep......................................................................... 98
Summary of County Statistics (Revised 10/13/2009) ....................... 99-120
Reports and Data from USDA/NASS................. ............................... 121
INDEX
............................................................................................ 122-123