OATS, SOUTH DAKOTA 2012 1/                    
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                    :  Planted  : Harvested : Yield : Production  
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                    :  ------ Acres -----     ----- Bushels ----  
                    :                                             
Butte ..............:    4,100        700      44.3       31,000  
Corson .............:    9,100      1,300      35.4       46,000  
Dewey ..............:    4,500        400      40.0       16,000  
Harding ............:    5,100        300      26.7        8,000  
Perkins ............:    9,100      1,600      21.3       34,000  
Ziebach ............:    5,100      1,500      42.7       64,000  
Northwest ..........:   37,000      5,800      34.3      199,000  
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Brown ..............:                                             
Campbell ...........:    4,500      1,400      75.0      105,000  
Edmunds ............:                                             
Faulk ..............:                                             
McPherson ..........:    3,700      1,800      60.0      108,000  
Potter .............:    1,600        700      75.7       53,000  
Spink ..............:                                             
Walworth ...........:    3,100      1,300      75.4       98,000  
Combined counties ..:    4,100      1,800      65.6      118,000  
North Central ......:   17,000      7,000      68.9      482,000  
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Clark ..............:    2,100        200      50.0       10,000  
Codington ..........:    2,800      1,600      88.1      141,000  
Day ................:    1,500        800      77.5       62,000  
Deuel ..............:    4,000      2,200      92.3      203,000  
Grant ..............:    2,100        700      78.6       55,000  
Hamlin .............:    1,400        700      85.7       60,000  
Marshall ...........:                                             
Roberts ............:                                             
Combined counties ..:    2,100      1,000      76.0       76,000  
Northeast ..........:   16,000      7,200      84.3      607,000  
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Haakon .............:                                             
Jackson ............:                                             
Lawrence ...........:                                             
Meade ..............:    4,900        300      26.7        8,000  
Pennington .........:                                             
Stanley ............:    1,500        300      73.3       22,000  
Combined counties ..:    6,600        800      30.0       24,000  
West Central .......:   13,000      1,400      38.6       54,000  
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Aurora .............:    1,900        300      93.3       28,000  
Beadle .............:      900        500      82.0       41,000  
Brule ..............:    4,900      1,300      75.4       98,000  
Buffalo ............:                                             
Hand ...............:    1,900        700      55.7       39,000  
Hughes .............:    1,700        600      95.0       57,000  
Hyde ...............:                                             
Jerauld ............:                                             
Sully ..............:                                             
Combined counties ..:    4,700      2,000      66.5      133,000  
Central ............:   16,000      5,400      73.3      396,000  
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Brookings ..........:    3,000      2,300     112.6      259,000  
Davison ............:                                             
Hanson .............:                                             
Kingsbury ..........:    1,700      1,000     105.0      105,000  
Lake ...............:    1,200        800      88.8       71,000  
McCook .............:    1,600        600      71.7       43,000  
Miner ..............:                                             
Minnehaha ..........:    1,300        700      78.6       55,000  
Moody ..............:                                             
Sanborn ............:    1,400        700      77.1       54,000  
Combined counties ..:    2,800      1,500      94.7      142,000  
East Central .......:   13,000      7,600      95.9      729,000  
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Bennett ............:                                             
Custer .............:                                             
Fall River .........:                                             
Shannon ............:                                             
Combined counties ..:    3,000        700      34.3       24,000  
Southwest ..........:    3,000        700      34.3       24,000  
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Gregory ............:    6,900      2,700      64.8      175,000  
Jones ..............:                                             
Lyman ..............:    3,400      1,500      66.7      100,000  
Mellette ...........:                                             
Todd ...............:                                             
Tripp ..............:   11,200      4,300      57.9      249,000  
Combined counties ..:    9,500      2,900      66.9      194,000  
South Central ......:   31,000     11,400      63.0      718,000  
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Bon Homme ..........:                                             
Charles Mix ........:    3,700        400      57.5       23,000  
Clay ...............:                                             
Douglas ............:    2,100        900      51.1       46,000  
Hutchinson .........:    1,800        600      65.0       39,000  
Lincoln ............:      800        300      63.3       19,000  
Turner .............:      800        300      53.3       16,000  
Union ..............:    1,000        300      56.7       17,000  
Yankton ............:    1,300        400      50.0       20,000  
Combined counties ..:    2,500        300      36.7       11,000  
Southeast ..........:   14,000      3,500      54.6      191,000  
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South Dakota .......:  160,000     50,000      68.0    3,400,000  
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