Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture
Released: March 5, 2009
 
ITEM TOTAL UNIT PERIOD OR DATE RANK % U.S. Total
Number of farms and ranches
Land in farms and ranches
Average Farm Size
29,500
60,800,000
2,061
  farms/ranches
  acres
  acres
2008
2008
2008
31
2
3
1.3
6.6
N/A
INCOME FROM CASH RECEIPTS, EXCLUDING GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
Total
Crops
Livestock
2,394,304
1,237,053
1,157,251
  thousand dollars
  thousand dollars
  thousand dollars
2007
2007
2007
34
30
32
0.8
0.8
0.8
LIVESTOCK INVENTORY
All Cattle and Calves
All Cows
Beef Cows
Milk Cows
Cattle on Feed
All Sheep and Lambs
Breeding Sheep
Meat Goats
Milk Goats
Hogs and Pigs
Chickens
2,600,000
1,510,000
1,494,000
16,000
45,000
255,000
230,000
9,000
1,900
175,000
510,000
  head
  head
  head
  head
  head
  head
  head
  head
  head
  head
  head
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Jan. 1, 2009
Dec. 1, 2008
Dec. 1, 2008
10
9
7
39
24
7
6
36
35
26
37
2.8
3.7
4.7
0.2
0.3
4.4
5.4
0.4
0.6
0.3
0.1
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
Calf Crop
Lamb Crop
Pig Crop
Wool Production
Egg Production
Honey Production
1,490,000
235,000
371,000
2,150,000
115,000,000
9,380,000
  head
  head
  head
  pounds
  eggs
  pounds
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
7
4
27
7
37
6
4.1
6.3
0.3
6.5
0.1
5.8
CROP PRODUCTION
All Wheat
Winter Wheat
Durum Wheat
Other Spring Wheat
Barley
Oats
All Hay
Alfalfa Hay
Other Hay
Dry Beans
Pinto Beans
Garbanzo Beans
Lentils
Dry Edible Peas
Austrian Winter Peas
Fall Potatoes
Sugar Beets
Flaxseed
Safflower
Canola
Corn for Grain
Corn for Silage
164,730,000
94,380,000
10,830,000
59,520,000
37,740,000
1,530,000
4,080,000
3,040,000
1,040,000
191,000
174,000
17,000
608,000
2,495,000
29,000
3,465,000
823,000
72,000
16,800,000
14,134,000
4,760,000
902,000
  bushels
  bushels
  bushels
  bushels
  bushels
  bushels
  tons
  tons
  tons
  cwt
  cwt
  cwt
  cwt
  cwt
  cwt
  cwt
  tons
  bushels
  pounds
  pounds
  bushels
  tons
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
5
6
4
4
3
17
14
8
25
13
8
6
2
2
2
13
7
3
2
3
37
25
6.6
5.1
12.8
10.9
15.8
1.7
2.8
4.4
1.4
0.7
1.7
1.5
25.2
20.3
27.9
0.9
3.1
1.3
5.4
1.0
1/
0.8
1/  Less than one-tenth of one percent.
 
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