Alfalfa Hay Acreage Yield & Production

ALFALFA HAY
Acreage, Yield, and Production, Montana, USA

Last updated October 9, 2009

Year

Total

Value

Irrigated

Non-Irrigated

Acres

Production

New
Seed-
ings
(000)

Har-
vested
(000)

Yield
Per Acre
Tons

Total Tons
(000)

Price Per Ton Dols.

Value of Prod-
uction (000) Dols.

Value Per Acre Dols.

Harvested
Acres
(000)

Yield
Per Acre
Tons

Pro-
duction
Tons
(000)

Harvested
Acres
(000)

Yield
Per Acre
Tons

Pro-
duction
Tons
(000)

2009
2008
2007
2006

85
135
125

1,650
1,600
1,700
1,550

2.2
1.9
2.2
2.1

3,630
3,040
3,740
3,255

117.00
79.00
78.00

355,680
295,460 253,890

224
174
164

595
687
715

3.3
3.5
3.4

1,959
2,412
2,430

1,005
963
835

1.1
1.4
1.0

1,081
1,383
825

Year

Total

Value

Irrigated

Non-Irrigated

Acres

Production

New
Seed-
ings
(000)

Total
(000)

Har-
vested
(000)

Yield
Per Acre
Tons

Total Tons
(000)

Price Per Ton Dols.

Value of Prod-
uction (000) Dols.

Value Per Acre Dols.

Total
Acres
(000)

Har-
vested
Acres
(000)

Yield
Per Acre
Tons

Pro-
duction
Tons
(000)

Total
Acres
(000)

Har-
vested
Acres
(000)

Yield
Per Acre
Tons

Pro-
duction
Tons
(000)

2005
2004
2003
2002

135
105
120
120

1,892
1,866
1,785
1,854

1,750
1,400
1,600
1,500

2.20
2.30
2.10
2.00

3,850
3,220
3,360
3,000

71.00
77.00
75.00
85.00

273,350
247,940
252,000
255,000

144
177
158
170

781
795
795
759

755
750
775
720

3.4
3.4
3.3
3.1

2,580
2,530
2,520
2,240

1,111
1,071
990
1,095

995
650
825
780

1.3
1.1
1.0
1.0

1,270
690
840
760

Year	Total				Value			Irrigated			Non-Irrigated
	Acres		Production		Value			Irrigated			Non-Irrigated
	New Seed- ings (000)	Har- vested (000)	Yield Per Acre Tons	Total Tons (000)	Price Per Ton Dols.	Value of Prod- uction (000) Dols.	Value Per Acre Dols.	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield Per Acre Tons	Pro- duction Tons (000)	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield Per Acre Tons	Pro- duction Tons (000)
2001	120	1,600	2.20	3,520	95.50	336,160	210	790.0	3.40	2,685.0	810.0	1.00	835.0
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996	130 200 130 150 --	1,400 1,700 1,700 1,650 1,700	2.10 2.20 2.20 2.40 2.10	2,940 3,740 3,740 3,960 3,570	86.50 66.00 73.00 80.00 81.00	254,310 246,840 273,020 316,800 289,170	182 145 161 192 170	750.0 773.0 790.0 710.0 800.0	3.10 3.20 3.40 3.50 3.10	2,350.0 2,485.0 2,680.0 2,490.0 2,500.0	650.0 927.0 910.0 940.0 900.0	0.90 1.40 1.20 1.60 1.20	590.0 1,255.0 1,060.0 1,470.0 1,070.0
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991	-- -- -- -- --	1,600 1,550 1,450 1,300 1,350	2.50 2.30 2.40 2.30 2.50	4,000 3,565 3,480 2,990 3,375	67.50 71.50 69.50 71.50 51.50	270,000 254,898 241,860 213,785 173,813	169 164 167 164 129	780.0 780.0 720.0 710.0 715.0	3.40 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.40	2,655.0 2,500.0 2,335.0 2,290.0 2,415.0	820.0 770.0 730.0 590.0 635.0	1.60 1.40 1.60 1.20 1.50	1,345.0 1,065.0 1,145.0 700.0 960.0
1990 1989 1988 1987 1986	-- -- -- -- --	1,300 1,200 1,100 1,300 1,300	2.50 2.20 1.90 2.20 2.30	3,250 2,640 2,090 2,860 2,990	65.00 70.00 -- -- --	211,250 184,800 -- -- --	163 154 -- -- --	720.0 680.0 740.0 700.0 680.0	3.40 3.00 2.50 3.10 3.10	2,450.0 2,020.0 1,850.0 2,200.0 2,108.0	580.0 520.0 360.0 600.0 620.0	1.40 1.20 0.70 1.10 1.40	800.0 620.0 240.0 660.0 882.0

ALFALFA HAY: Acreage and Production

Year	Total			Irrigated			Non-Irrigated
	Acres	Production		Irrigated			Non-Irrigated
	Harvested (000)	Yield Per Acre Tons	Total Tons (000)	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield Per Acre Tons	Pro- duction Tons (000)	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield Per Acre tons	Pro- duction Tons (000)
1988 1987 1986	1,100 1,300 1,300	1.90 2.20 2.30	2,090 2,860 2,990	740.0 700.0 680.0	2.50 3.10 3.10	1,850.0 2,200.0 2,108.0	360.0 600.0 620.0	0.70 1.10 1.40	240.0 660.0 882.0
1985 1984 1983 1982 1981	950 1,150 1,170 1,350 1,360	1.80 2.10 2.30 2.50 2.60	1,710 2,415 2,691 3,375 3,536	600.0 650.0 608.0 699.0 700.4	2.50 2.80 3.10 3.20 3.40	1,500.0 -- -- -- --	350.0 500.0 562.0 651.0 659.6	0.60 1.10 1.40 1.70 1.70	210.0 -- -- -- --
1980 1979 1978 1977 1976	1,200 1,300 1,320 1,170 1,170	2.35 2.25 2.30 2.15 2.20	2,820 2,925 3,036 2,516 2,574	660.0 660.4 672.0 616.5 652.8	3.10 3.10 2.80 2.80 2.80	-- -- -- -- --	540.0 639.6 648.0 553.5 517.2	1.40 1.30 1.80 1.50 1.50	-- -- -- -- --
1975 1974 1973 1972 1971	1,230 1,220 1,220 1,200 1,160	2.30 2.10 2.10 2.15 2.05	2,829 2,562 2,562 2,580 2,378	683.7 693.0 760.0 679.4 630.0	2.80 2.70 2.60 2.70 2.70	-- -- -- -- --	546.3 527.0 460.0 520.6 530.0	1.70 1.30 1.30 1.40 1.30	-- -- -- -- --
1970 1969 1968 1967 1966	1,162 1,118 1,107 1,118 1,045	2.15 2.05 2.05 2.15 1.85	2,498 2,292 2,269 2,404 1,933	628.9 652.0 646.0 638.0 599.5	2.70 2.60 2.60 2.60 2.40	-- -- -- -- --	533.1 466.0 461.0 480.0 445.5	1.50 1.30 1.30 1.50 1.10	-- -- -- -- --
1965 1964 1963 1962 1961	1,100 1,048 1,048 1,017 959	1.95 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.70	2,145 2,096 2,096 2,034 1,630	608.0 581.5 566.0 544.5 520.0	2.40 2.40 2.52 2.46 2.39	-- -- -- -- --	492.0 466.5 482.0 472.5 439.0	1.40 1.40 1.39 1.47 0.88	-- -- -- -- --
1960 1959 1958 1957 1956	979 1,009 999 1,041 964	1.80 1.80 1.85 1.80 1.65	1,762 1,816 1,848 1,874 1,591	503.0 505.0 559.5 578.0 572.2	2.33 2.26 2.40 2.30 2.18	-- -- -- -- --	476.0 504.0 439.5 463.0 391.8	1.24 1.34 1.15 1.19 0.88	-- -- -- -- --
1955 1954 1953 1952 1951	974 955 946 845 768	1.75 1.70 1.75 1.65 1.50	1,704 1,624 1,656 1,394 1,152	561.2 563.9 572.3 525.6 465.4	2.16 2.11 2.12 2.06 1.88	-- -- -- -- --	412.8 391.1 373.7 319.4 302.6	1.19 1.11 1.18 0.97 0.92	-- -- -- -- --
1950 1949 1948 1947 1946	753 710 657 670 684	1.65 1.45 1.70 1.60 1.55	1,242 1,030 1,117 1,072 1,060	447.3 448.0 405.6 415.7 418.0	2.01 1.82 1.99 1.89 1.88	-- -- -- -- --	305.7 262.0 251.4 254.3 266.0	1.12 0.82 1.23 1.13 1.03	-- -- -- -- --
1945 1944 1943 1942 1941	736 759 730 723 657	1.60 1.62 1.70 1.75 1.70	1,178 1,230 1,241 1,265 1,117	456.6 474.4 463.6 476.5 449.4	1.92 1.91 1.96 1.99 1.97	-- -- -- -- --	279.4 284.6 266.4 246.5 207.6	1.07 1.14 1.25 1.29 1.12	-- -- -- -- --
1940 1939 1938 1937 1936	602 590 566 515 554	1.60 1.70 1.65 1.55 1.40	963 1,003 934 798 776	442.2 446.5 398.6 392.9 433.6	1.86 1.90 1.88 1.77 1.63	-- -- -- -- --	159.8 143.5 167.4 122.1 120.4	0.89 1.06 1.11 0.85 0.58	-- -- -- -- --
1935 1934 1933 1932 1931	660 600 809 825 660	1.20 1.45 1.50 1.70 1.40	792 870 1,214 1,402 924	451.6 414.4 423.5 450.8 429.9	1.40 1.76 1.88 2.03 1.73	-- -- -- -- --	208.4 185.6 385.5 374.2 230.1	0.76 0.75 1.08 1.30 0.78	-- -- -- -- --
1930 1929 1928 1927 1926	733 740 689 710 592	1.50 1.55 1.95 2.05 1.80	1,100 1,147 1,344 1,456 1,066	447.3 427.4 -- -- --	1.82 1.83 -- -- --	-- -- -- -- --	285.7 312.6 -- -- --	1.00 1.16 -- -- --	-- -- -- -- --
1925 1924 1923 1922 1921	604 598 536 486 466	1.75 1.80 2.10 1.90 1.95	1,057 1,076 1,126 923 909	-- -- -- -- --	-- -- -- -- --	-- -- -- -- --	-- -- -- -- --	-- -- -- -- --	-- -- -- -- --
1920 1919	424 374	1.95 1.60	827 598	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --	-- --

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