ALFALFA HAY, SOUTH DAKOTA 2008 1/ ------------------------------------------------------ : Harvested : Yield : Production ------------------------------------------------------ : Acres ------ Tons ------ : Butte...............: 78,000 2.25 177,200 Corson..............: 107,000 1.55 166,300 Dewey...............: 65,000 2.10 137,500 Harding.............: 76,000 1.30 99,200 Perkins.............: 149,000 1.35 200,300 Ziebach.............: 40,000 1.55 62,500 Northwest...........: 515,000 1.65 843,000 : Brown...............: 42,000 2.55 106,100 Campbell............: Edmunds.............: 33,000 2.55 83,900 Faulk...............: 30,000 2.90 86,300 McPherson...........: 59,000 2.00 116,600 Potter..............: Spink...............: 34,000 3.25 110,700 Walworth............: 25,000 2.05 51,000 Combined counties...: 50,000 2.25 113,400 North Central.......: 273,000 2.45 668,000 : Clark...............: 26,000 2.95 76,300 Codington...........: 22,000 3.60 78,900 Day.................: 21,000 3.60 75,300 Deuel...............: 29,000 3.70 107,400 Grant...............: 21,000 3.50 73,800 Hamlin..............: 11,000 2.95 32,400 Marshall............: 19,000 2.40 45,400 Roberts.............: 24,000 3.00 72,500 Northeast...........: 173,000 3.25 562,000 : Haakon..............: 64,000 1.65 104,600 Jackson.............: 56,000 1.55 86,200 Lawrence............: 14,000 1.70 24,100 Meade...............: 196,000 1.65 323,200 Pennington..........: 90,000 1.75 155,700 Stanley.............: 18,000 1.25 22,200 West Central........: 438,000 1.65 716,000 : Aurora..............: 17,000 3.05 52,200 Beadle..............: 36,000 3.15 114,100 Brule...............: 24,000 2.85 68,300 Buffalo.............: 8,000 2.20 17,500 Hand................: 50,000 2.60 130,200 Hughes..............: Hyde................: 23,000 1.70 38,900 Jerauld.............: Sully...............: Combined counties...: 32,000 2.70 86,800 Central.............: 190,000 2.65 508,000 : Brookings...........: 19,000 3.45 65,600 Davison.............: 23,000 2.80 64,800 Hanson..............: 8,000 3.35 26,800 Kingsbury...........: 27,000 3.65 99,100 Lake................: 12,000 3.90 46,800 McCook..............: 13,000 4.05 52,700 Miner...............: 15,000 2.70 40,300 Minnehaha...........: 32,000 4.40 140,300 Moody...............: 11,000 3.90 43,000 Sanborn.............: 35,000 3.05 107,600 East Central........: 195,000 3.50 687,000 : Bennett.............: 34,000 1.80 62,000 Custer..............: 24,000 1.80 42,600 Fall River..........: Shannon.............: Combined counties...: 57,000 1.25 72,400 Southwest...........: 115,000 1.55 177,000 : Gregory.............: 63,000 2.70 169,100 Jones...............: Lyman...............: 34,000 1.85 63,000 Mellette............: Todd................: 43,000 1.65 70,900 Tripp...............: 89,000 2.05 183,200 Combined counties...: 81,000 1.55 124,800 South Central.......: 310,000 1.95 611,000 : Bon Homme...........: 29,000 3.40 99,200 Charles Mix.........: 44,000 3.30 144,900 Clay................: 14,000 4.70 65,700 Douglas.............: 18,000 3.80 68,100 Hutchinson..........: 23,000 4.30 99,000 Lincoln.............: 10,000 4.25 42,700 Turner..............: 19,000 4.00 76,300 Union...............: 9,000 4.50 40,500 Yankton.............: 25,000 4.45 111,600 Southeast...........: 191,000 3.90 748,000 : South Dakota........: 2,400,000 2.30 5,520,000 ------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Counties and Districts not meeting NASS publication standards are combined and shown under "Combined counties" or "Combined districts" and included in the District and/or State Totals.