| CLARK COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 588 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 525,585 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 894 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2006 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 24 | Soybeans | 16 | All Cattle | 21 | |||||
| All Wheat | 15 | Winter Wheat | 42 | Beef Cows | 33 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 8 | Oats | 13 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 26 | Other Hay | 38 | Hogs & Pigs | 4 | |||||
| Sunflower | 35 | CRP 1/ | 6 | Sheep | 29 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2006 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 71,700 | 80 | 5,759,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 130,500 | 27 | 3,540,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 47,700 | 44 | 2,108,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 4,000 | 46 | 185,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 43,700 | 44 | 1,923,000 | bu |
| Oats | 2,200 | 58 | 128,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 28,000 | 1.66 | 46,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 11,000 | 1.32 | 14,500 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 49,725 acres were in the2006 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 63,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 21,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | -- |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 55,753 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,385 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2007 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2005 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $50,947 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $66,464 | |||
| Total Receipts | $117,411 | |||
| Government Payments | $15,422 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $144,197 | |||
| SOURCE: Bureau of Economis Analysis, U.S. Dept of Commerce | 1/     Includes crops, livestock, gov. pymts, and misc. income. | |||
Prepared by: South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service
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