BON HOMME COUNTY
State Map Bon Homme County Highlighted

 1997 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms 672
Land in Farms (acres) 310,703
Average Farm Size (acres) 462
Average Age of Farmers 50.4

 
COUNTY RANKING - 1996
Crops Livestock
Corn 14 Soybeans 12 All Cattle 32
All Wheat 51 Winter Wheat 40 Beef Cows 43
Spring Wheat 53 Oats 9 Milk Cows 17
Alfalfa Hay 11 Other Hay 48 Hogs & Pigs 18
Sunflower 45 CRP 1/ 51 Sheep 8
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 106,500 107 11,395,500 bu
Soybeans 84,500 39 3,295,500 bu
All Wheat 10,300 39 403,000 bu
Winter Wheat 7,300 40 292,000 bu
Spring Wheat 3,000 37 111,000 bu
Oats 8,600 75 645,000 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 33,000 3.40 112,300 tons
Other Hay 13,000 1.80 23,400 tons
Sunflower -- -- -- pounds
6,014 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 56,260
Beef Cows 17,187
Milk Cows 2,054
Hogs & Pigs 34,790
All Sheep 12,778
1/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $33,098
Livestock & Related Products $49,474
Total Receipts $82,572
Government Payments $2,465
All Cash Receipts 1/ $89,410
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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