| AURORA COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 401 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 350,943 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 875 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.6 | ||||
| AURORA COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 401 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 350,943 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 875 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.6 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2002 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 39 | Soybeans | 33 | All Cattle | 27 | |||||
| All Wheat | 32 | Winter Wheat | 19 | Beef Cows | 34 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 32 | Oats | 22 | Milk Cows | 37 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 39 | Other Hay | 34 | Hogs & Pigs | 24 | |||||
| Sunflower | 24 | CRP 1/ | 36 | Sheep | 14 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2002 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 27,700 | 35 | 969,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 52,800 | 20 | 1,056,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 12,300 | 34 | 412,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 9,300 | 37 | 340,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 3,000 | 24 | 72,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,900 | 47 | 90,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 28,000 | 1.42 | 39,700 | tons |
| Other Hay | 20,000 | 0.93 | 18,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | 2,000 | 1,100 | 2,200,000 | pounds |
| 13,856 acres were in the2002 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 59,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 24,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 400 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 23,934 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 6,743 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2003 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2002 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $10,552 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $44,306 | |||
| Total Receipts | $54,858 | |||
| Government Payments | $3,466 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $62,262 | |||
| SOURCE: Bureau of Economis Analysis, U.S. Dept of Commerce | 1/ Includes crops, livestock, gov. pymts, and misc. income. | |||
Prepared by: South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service
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