| ROBERTS COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 936 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 592,893 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 633 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 55.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2006 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 13 | Soybeans | 5 | All Cattle | 39 | |||||
| All Wheat | 10 | Winter Wheat | 64 | Beef Cows | 40 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 3 | Oats | 41 | Milk Cows | 12 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 10 | Other Hay | 4 | Hogs & Pigs | 29 | |||||
| Sunflower | 45 | CRP 1/ | 4 | Sheep | 11 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2006 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 83,300 | 114 | 9,460,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 154,300 | 35 | 5,440,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Winter Wheat | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 56,300 | 47 | 2,650,000 | bu |
| Oats | 500 | 52 | 26,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 32,000 | 2.68 | 85,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 33,000 | 1.26 | 41,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 61,046 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/ | 50,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 18,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 1,600 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 16,862 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 8,798 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2007 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2005 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $64,576 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $48,157 | |||
| Total Receipts | $112,733 | |||
| Government Payments | $19,275 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $143,573 | |||
| 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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