OATS, SOUTH DAKOTA 1997 1/
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                    :  Planted  : Harvested : Yield : Production
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                    :  ------ Acres ------    ----- Bushels ----
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Butte...............:    6,000       2,800    51.0       142,800
Corson..............:   19,000       9,400    49.0       460,600
Dewey...............:   10,500       6,000    40.0       240,000
Harding.............:   13,200       5,000    39.0       195,000
Perkins.............:   13,400       7,400    49.0       362,600
Ziebach.............:    5,500       4,000    47.0       188,000
Northwest...........:   67,600      34,600    45.9     1,589,000
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Brown...............:    6,500       6,100    53.0       323,300
Campbell............:   11,000       8,300    56.0       464,800
Edmunds.............:   10,500       8,700    60.0       522,000
Faulk...............:    7,600       5,700    58.0       330,600
McPherson...........:   18,500      17,200    42.0       722,400
Potter..............:   12,000      10,500    71.0       745,500
Spink...............:    4,300       3,300    58.0       191,400
Walworth............:   10,000       7,300    60.0       438,000
North Central.......:   80,400      67,100    55.7     3,738,000
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Clark...............:    4,900       3,600    56.0       201,600
Codington...........:    8,300       7,100    55.0       390,500
Day.................:    7,000       6,100    54.0       329,400
Deuel...............:    6,000       4,400    56.0       246,400
Grant...............:    3,600       2,600    60.0       156,000
Hamlin..............:    5,500       3,700    65.0       240,500
Marshall............:    3,700       3,100    53.0       164,300
Roberts.............:    4,000       3,200    55.0       176,000
Northeast...........:   43,000      33,800    56.4     1,904,700
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Haakon..............:
Jackson.............:    3,800       3,100    44.0       136,400
Lawrence............:      700         500    56.0        28,000
Meade...............:    6,500       3,400    40.0       136,000
Pennington..........:    3,000       2,400    44.0       105,600
Stanley.............:
Combined counties...:   18,500       8,500    43.9       373,500
West Central........:   32,500      17,900    43.5       779,500
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Aurora..............:    5,000       4,000    59.0       236,000
Beadle..............:    3,300       2,200    64.0       140,800
Brule...............:   10,000       6,700    55.0       368,500
Buffalo.............:    1,000         900    52.0        46,800
Hand................:    9,400       4,400    58.0       255,200
Hughes..............:    3,700       3,100    56.0       173,600
Hyde................:    5,500       3,700    58.0       214,600
Jerauld.............:    2,300       2,200    69.0       151,800
Sully...............:    2,700       2,600    54.0       140,400
Central.............:   42,900      29,800    58.0     1,727,700
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Brookings...........:    6,700       4,700    58.0       272,600
Davison.............:    3,200       2,800    69.0       193,200
Hanson..............:    4,100       4,000    60.0       240,000
Kingsbury...........:    3,500       2,700    58.0       156,600
Lake................:    2,000       1,700    64.0       108,800
McCook..............:    2,300       2,200    61.0       134,200
Miner...............:    1,500       1,400    48.0        67,200
Minnehaha...........:    6,000       3,700    70.0       259,000
Moody...............:    2,000       1,400    70.0        98,000
Sanborn.............:    2,200       1,600    52.0        83,200
East Central........:   33,500      26,200    61.6     1,612,800
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Bennett.............:    3,300       2,800    37.0       103,600
Custer..............:
Fall River..........:
Shannon.............:
Combined counties...:    2,400       2,000    37.5        75,000
Southwest...........:    5,700       4,800    37.2       178,600
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Gregory.............:   10,500      10,100    63.0       636,300
Jones...............:    2,300       2,200    46.0       101,200
Lyman...............:
Mellette............:
Todd................:    2,500       2,000    51.0       102,000
Tripp...............:   13,000      10,500    58.0       609,000
Combined counties...:    5,900       4,300    46.0       197,900
South Central.......:   34,200      29,100    56.6     1,646,400
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Bon Homme...........:    5,500       3,400    55.0       187,000
Charles Mix.........:    8,200       6,300    66.0       415,800
Clay................:    1,000         600    73.0        43,800
Douglas.............:    6,800       3,800    55.0       209,000
Hutchinson..........:    5,000       4,100    55.0       225,500
Lincoln.............:    2,300       1,300    67.0        87,100
Turner..............:    4,000       2,600    66.0       171,600
Union...............:    4,400       2,300    80.0       184,000
Yankton.............:    3,000       2,300    65.0       149,500
Southeast...........:   40,200      26,700    62.7     1,673,300
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South Dakota........:  380,000     270,000    55.0    14,850,000
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1/  Counties and Districts with less than 500 acres planted for
    all purposes are combined with the next smallest county or
    district and shown under "Combined counties" or "Combined
    districts" and included in the District and/or State Totals.