| AURORA COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 421 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 342,846 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 814 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| AURORA COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 421 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 342,846 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 814 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 26 | Soybeans | 30 | All Cattle | 38 | |||||
| All Wheat | 36 | Winter Wheat | 20 | Beef Cows | 32 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 51 | Oats | 10 | Milk Cows | 36 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 50 | Other Hay | 17 | Hogs & Pigs | 27 | |||||
| Sunflower | 25 | CRP 1/ | 40 | Sheep | 24 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 70,500 | 87 | 6,133,500 | bu |
| Soybeans | 20,900 | 36 | 752,400 | bu |
| All Wheat | 32,700 | 40 | 1,308,700 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 28,700 | 41 | 1,176,700 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 4,000 | 33 | 132,000 | bu |
| Oats | 9,000 | 71 | 639,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 19,000 | 2.70 | 51,300 | tons |
| Other Hay | 32,000 | 1.80 | 57,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | 7,000 | 1,344 | 9,410,000 | pounds |
| 10,003 acres were in the 1996 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 50,383 |
| Beef Cows | 23,195 |
| Milk Cows | 765 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 20,444 |
| All Sheep | 4,603 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $14,863 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $36,442 | |||
| Total Receipts | $51,305 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,261 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $55,491 | |||
| 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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