CODINGTON COUNTY
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2002 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms 694
Land in Farms (acres) 386,607
Average Farm Size (acres) 557
Average Age of Farmers 52.2

 
COUNTY RANKING - 2006
Crops Livestock
Corn 23 Soybeans 27 All Cattle 10
All Wheat 12 Winter Wheat 37 Beef Cows 46
Spring Wheat 5 Oats 4 Milk Cows 7
Alfalfa Hay 7 Other Hay 41 Hogs & Pigs 28
Sunflower 32 CRP 1/ 18 Sheep 10
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 2006 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 59,400 99 5,868,000 bu
Soybeans 83,800 32 2,637,000 bu
All Wheat 46,400 51 2,362,000 bu
Winter Wheat 4,200 64 268,000 bu
Spring Wheat 42,200 50 2,094,000 bu
Oats 3,900 86 334,000 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 32,000 2.99 95,700 tons
Other Hay 8,000 1.65 13,200 tons
Sunflower -- -- -- pounds
28,215 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/ 80,000
Beef Cows 1/ 17,000
Milk Cows 1/ 4,500
Hogs & Pigs 2/ 17,162
All Sheep 2/ 9,349
1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2007
2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 2005 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $35,192
Livestock & Related Products $66,247
Total Receipts $101,439
Government Payments $13,462
All Cash Receipts 1/ $125,440
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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