IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE
| ITEM | PERIOD OR DATE | RANK | % U.S. Total- | ||
| Number
farms and ranches Land in farms and ranches Average farm or ranch size |
28,000 60,100,000 2,146 |
farms acres acres |
2005 2005 2005 |
30 2 4 |
1.3 6.4 N/A |
| Income from cash receipts, excluding government payments | |||||
| Total Livestock Crops |
2,238,980 1,278,045 960,935 |
thousand
dollars thousand dollars thousand dollars |
2004 2004 2004 |
33 31 31 |
0.9 1.0 0.8 |
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |||||
| All
cattle and calves All cows Beef cows Milk cows Cattle on feed All sheep and lambs Breeding sheep Meat goats Milk goats Hogs and pigs Chickens |
2,400,000 1,470,000 1,451,000 19,000 55,000 295,000 270,000 9,000 2,780 175,000 480,000 |
head head head head head head head head head head head |
Jan.
1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 Dec. 1, 2005 Dec. 1, 2005 |
12 9 7 39 24 6 5 35 29 25 38 |
2.5 3.5 4.4 0.2 0.4 4.7 5.8 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.1 |
| LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION | |||||
| Calf
crop Lamb crop Pig crop Wool production Egg production Honey production |
1,480,000 275,000 319,000 2,490,000 106,000,000 8,710,000 |
head head head pounds eggs pounds |
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 |
8 4 27 6 38 6 |
3.9 6.7 0.3 6.7 0.1 5.0 |
| CROP PRODUCTION | |||||
| All
wheat Winter wheat Durum wheat Other spring wheat Barley Oats All hay Alfalfa hay Other hay Dry beans Pinto beans Garbanzo beans Lentils Dry edible peas Austrian winter peas Fall potatoes Sugar beets Flaxseed Safflower Canola Corn for grain Corn for silage |
192,480,000 94,500,000 16,380,000 81,600,000 39,200,000 1,855,000 5,850,000 3,850,000 2,000,000 282,000 239,000 43,000 1,869,000 2,196,000 159,000 3,434,000 1,143,000 918,000 25,810,000 21,285,000 2,516,000 1,104,000 |
bushels bushels bushels bushels bushels bushels tons tons tons cwt cwt cwt cwt cwt cwt cwt tons bushels pounds pounds bushels tons |
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 |
3 5 2 2 3 15 9 7 15 13 10 7 2 2 1 15 6 2 2 3 40 24 |
9.1 6.3 16.2 16.2 18.5 1.6 3.9 5.1 2.7 1.0 1.8 4.0 36.2 15.7 51.8 0.9 4.1 4.7 13.4 1.3 1/ 1.0 |
| 1/ Less than one-tenth of one percent. | |||||