| STANLEY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 166 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 866,345 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 5,219 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 55.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2005 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 55 | Soybeans | 49 | All Cattle | 56 | |||||
| All Wheat | 14 | Winter Wheat | 6 | Beef Cows | 40 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 30 | Oats | 64 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 58 | Other Hay | 21 | Hogs & Pigs | 55 | |||||
| Sunflower | 22 | CRP 1/ | 9 | Sheep | 61 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2005 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 2,500 | 71 | 178,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 3,700 | 11 | 41,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 106,700 | 33 | 3,479,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 78,500 | 36 | 2,858,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 28,200 | 22 | 621,000 | bu |
| Oats | -- | -- | -- | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 16,000 | 1.46 | 23,400 | tons |
| Other Hay | 36,000 | 1.18 | 42,300 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 45,665 acres were in the2005 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 34,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 19,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | -- |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 35 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 89 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2006 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2005 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $17,919 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $16,071 | |||
| Total Receipts | $33,990 | |||
| Government Payments | $8,067 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $47,069 | |||
| 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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