AURORA COUNTY

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 - 1997
Crops Livestock
Corn 22 Soybeans 30 All Cattle 38
All Wheat 48 Winter Wheat 29 Beef Cows 32
Spring Wheat 51 Oats 24 Milk Cows 36
Alfalfa Hay 40 Other Hay 20 Hogs & Pigs 27
Sunflower 27 CRP 1/ 39 Sheep 24
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 1997 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 69,500 90 6,255,000 bu
Soybeans 37,000 40 1,480,000 bu
All Wheat 14,400 31 450,600 bu
Winter Wheat 10,500 34 357,000 bu
Spring Wheat 3,900 24 93,600 bu
Oats 4,000 59 236,000 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 23,000 3.00 69,000 tons
Other Hay 28,000 1.70 47,600 tons
Sunflower 6,500 1,357 8,820,000 pounds
10,026 acres were in the1997 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: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 1997 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $26,694
Livestock & Related Products $37,644
Total Receipts $64,338
Government Payments $2,548
All Cash Receipts 1/ $69,680
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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