| MINER COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 370 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 291,066 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 787 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.8 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2006 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 26 | Soybeans | 22 | All Cattle | 43 | |||||
| All Wheat | 37 | Winter Wheat | 23 | Beef Cows | 40 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 31 | Oats | 18 | Milk Cows | 29 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 37 | Other Hay | 33 | Hogs & Pigs | 27 | |||||
| Sunflower | 28 | CRP 1/ | 31 | Sheep | 17 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2006 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 53,200 | 92 | 4,918,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 70,700 | 42 | 3,001,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 16,100 | 58 | 941,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 10,700 | 63 | 674,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 5,400 | 49 | 267,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,400 | 71 | 100,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 14,000 | 2.46 | 34,500 | tons |
| Other Hay | 11,000 | 1.58 | 17,400 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 17,406 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/ | 44,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 18,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 400 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 18,367 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 5,637 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2007 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2005 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $23,319 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $30,170 | |||
| Total Receipts | $53,489 | |||
| Government Payments | $8,991 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $67,380 | |||
| 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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