| SULLY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 228 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 573,429 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,515 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 55.9 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2006 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 36 | Soybeans | 43 | All Cattle | 48 | |||||
| All Wheat | 6 | Winter Wheat | 5 | Beef Cows | 51 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 13 | Oats | 56 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 66 | Other Hay | 27 | Hogs & Pigs | 45 | |||||
| Sunflower | 1 | CRP 1/ | 27 | Sheep | 52 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2006 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 18,500 | 73 | 1,347,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 9,300 | 25 | 230,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 150,900 | 20 | 3,040,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 74,500 | 25 | 1,862,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 76,400 | 15 | 1,178,000 | bu |
| Oats | -- | -- | -- | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 1,000 | 0.90 | 900 | tons |
| Other Hay | 24,000 | 0.81 | 19,400 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 20,457 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/ | 39,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 15,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | -- |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 761 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 1,425 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2007 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2005 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $65,258 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $22,950 | |||
| Total Receipts | $88,208 | |||
| Government Payments | $14,662 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $110,635 | |||
| 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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