| LYMAN COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 420 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 885,332 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,108 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.1 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2006 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 38 | Soybeans | 47 | All Cattle | 36 | |||||
| All Wheat | 5 | Winter Wheat | 2 | Beef Cows | 23 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 26 | Oats | 39 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 48 | Other Hay | 19 | Hogs & Pigs | 39 | |||||
| Sunflower | 6 | CRP 1/ | 3 | Sheep | ||||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2006 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 11,200 | 102 | 1,140,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 118,200 | 26 | 3,110,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 88,100 | 30 | 2,601,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 30,100 | 17 | 509,000 | bu |
| Oats | 800 | 34 | 27,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 20,000 | 0.67 | 13,400 | tons |
| Other Hay | 39,000 | 0.60 | 23,500 | tons |
| Sunflower | 24,400 | 825 | 20,124,000 | pounds |
| 82,076 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/ | 53,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 29,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | -- |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 2,137 |
| All Sheep 2/ | Not Disclosed |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2007 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2005 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $30,102 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $25,836 | |||
| Total Receipts | $55,938 | |||
| Government Payments | $12,878 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $76,148 | |||
| 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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