ALFALFA HAY, SOUTH DAKOTA 2011 1/          
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                    : Harvested : Yield : Production  
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                    :   Acres     ------ Tons ------  
                    :                                 
Butte ..............:    62,000   2.75       170,000  
Corson .............:   106,000   1.90       203,000  
Dewey ..............:    78,000   1.80       142,000  
Harding ............:    83,000   2.00       167,000  
Perkins ............:   131,000   1.95       256,000  
Ziebach ............:    55,000   1.75        96,000  
Northwest ..........:   515,000   2.00     1,034,000  
                    :                                 
Brown ..............:    28,000   2.75        77,000  
Campbell ...........:                                 
Edmunds ............:    28,000   3.05        86,000  
Faulk ..............:    31,000   3.60       112,000  
McPherson ..........:    63,000   3.05       193,000  
Potter .............:                                 
Spink ..............:    33,000   3.80       126,000  
Walworth ...........:    27,000   2.55        69,000  
Combined counties ..:    35,000   3.65       128,000  
North Central ......:   245,000   3.25       791,000  
                    :                                 
Clark ..............:    22,000   3.75        83,000  
Codington ..........:    24,000   4.30       103,000  
Day ................:                                 
Deuel ..............:    19,000   4.60        87,000  
Grant ..............:    20,000   4.25        85,000  
Hamlin .............:                                 
Marshall ...........:    19,000   2.90        55,000  
Roberts ............:    24,000   3.00        72,000  
Combined counties ..:    25,000   3.60        90,000  
Northeast ..........:   153,000   3.75       575,000  
                    :                                 
Haakon .............:    60,000   2.05       122,000  
Jackson ............:    82,000   1.80       146,000  
Lawrence ...........:    18,000   2.10        38,000  
Meade ..............:   188,000   1.90       355,000  
Pennington .........:    84,000   1.85       156,000  
Stanley ............:    20,000   2.10        42,000  
West Central .......:   452,000   1.90       859,000  
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Aurora .............:    17,000   4.05        69,000  
Beadle .............:    43,000   3.50       150,000  
Brule ..............:    28,000   3.50        98,000  
Buffalo ............:     8,000   2.75        22,000  
Hand ...............:    45,000   3.40       152,000  
Hughes .............:     8,000   3.15        25,000  
Hyde ...............:    31,000   3.10        96,000  
Jerauld ............:    23,000   2.95        68,000  
Sully ..............:     5,000   2.80        14,000  
Central ............:   208,000   3.35       694,000  
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Brookings ..........:    20,000   4.85        97,000  
Davison ............:    18,000   4.55        82,000  
Hanson .............:     6,000   3.85        23,000  
Kingsbury ..........:    23,000   3.70        85,000  
Lake ...............:    10,000   4.60        46,000  
McCook .............:    10,000   4.20        42,000  
Miner ..............:    11,000   4.00        44,000  
Minnehaha ..........:    26,000   4.55       118,000  
Moody ..............:    10,000   4.80        48,000  
Sanborn ............:    26,000   3.70        96,000  
East Central .......:   160,000   4.25       681,000  
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Bennett ............:    45,000   2.00        89,000  
Custer .............:    29,000   1.70        49,000  
Fall River .........:    32,000   1.95        62,000  
Shannon ............:    14,000   1.50        21,000  
Southwest ..........:   120,000   1.85       221,000  
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Gregory ............:    61,000   3.05       187,000  
Jones ..............:    33,000   2.20        73,000  
Lyman ..............:    25,000   2.30        57,000  
Mellette ...........:    60,000   2.05       122,000  
Todd ...............:    67,000   1.85       124,000  
Tripp ..............:    89,000   2.35       210,000  
South Central ......:   335,000   2.30       773,000  
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Bon Homme ..........:    24,000   4.45       107,000  
Charles Mix ........:    33,000   4.10       136,000  
Clay ...............:    10,000   5.10        51,000  
Douglas ............:                                 
Hutchinson .........:    27,000   4.65       126,000  
Lincoln ............:                                 
Turner .............:    17,000   4.35        74,000  
Union ..............:     8,000   4.90        39,000  
Yankton ............:    23,000   4.50       103,000  
Combined counties ..:    20,000   4.05        81,000  
Southeast ..........:   162,000   4.45       717,000  
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South Dakota .......: 2,350,000   2.70     6,345,000  
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    publication standards are combined and shown under
    "Combined counties" or "Combined districts" and   
    included in the District and/or State Totals.