| 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. |
|