Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture
Released: March 3, 2008
 
ITEM TOTAL UNIT PERIOD OR DATE RANK % U.S. Total
Number of farms and ranches
Land in farms and ranches
Average Farm Size
28,300 
60,000,000 
2,120 
 farms/ranches
 acres
 acres
2007
2007
2007
30
2
4
1.4
6.4
N/A
INCOME FROM CASH RECEIPTS, EXCLUDING GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
Total
Crops
Livestock
2,349,159 
1,069,977 
1,279,182 
 thousand dollars
t housand dollars
t housand dollars
2006
2006
2006
33
30
30
1.0
0.9
1.1
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 
1,540,000 
1,523,000 
17,000 
40,000 
290,000 
265,000 
11,000 
2,000 
180,000 
485,000 
 head
 head
 head
 head
 head
 head
 head
 head
 head
 head
 head
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Jan. 1, 2008
Dec. 1, 2007
Dec. 1, 2007
11
8
6
40
24
6
5
34
35
25
37
2.7
3.7
4.7
0.2
0.3
4.8
5.9
0.4
0.7
0.3
0.1
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
Calf Crop
Lamb Crop
Pig Crop
Wool Production
Egg Production
Honey Production
1,600,000 
270,000 
337,000 
2,350,000 
107,000,000 
9,180,000 
 head
 head
 head
 pounds
 eggs
 pounds
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
7
4
27
5
37
5
4.3
6.7
0.3
6.8
0.1
6.2
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
149,820,000 
83,220,000 
11,400,000 
55,200,000 
31,680,000 
1,820,000 
5,145,000 
3,795,000 
1,350,000 
278,000 
192,000 
86,000 
842,000 
3,689,000 
26,000  
3,696,000 
1,161,000 
180,000 
30,295,000 
10,087,000 
5,510,000 
1,012,000  
 bushels
 bushels
  bushels
 bushels
 bushels
 bushels
t ons
t ons
t ons
 cwt
 cwt
 cwt
 cwt
 cwt
cwt
 cwt
t ons
 bushels
 pounds
 pounds
 bushels
t ons
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
3
8
2
3
3
14
11
7
19
10
8
5
2
2
3
13
6
2
2
3
37
23
7.2
5.5
15.9
11.5
15.0
2.0
3.4
5.2
1.7
1.1
1.7
5.7
24.7
23.2
20.5
0.9
3.6
3.0
14.5
0.7
1/
1.0
1/  Less than one-tenth of one percent.
 
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