BROWN COUNTY
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2002 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms 1,155
Land in Farms (acres) 1,155,342
Average Farm Size (acres) 1,000
Average Age of Farmers 54.2

 
COUNTY RANKING - 2004
Crops Livestock
Corn 1 Soybeans 1 All Cattle 9
All Wheat 10 Winter Wheat 36 Beef Cows 22
Spring Wheat 8 Oats 19 Milk Cows 11
Alfalfa Hay 10 Other Hay 22 Hogs & Pigs 15
Sunflower 34 CRP 1/ 1 Sheep 4
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 2004 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 260,600 134 34,932,000 bu
Soybeans 317,000 34 10,604,000 bu
All Wheat 64,200 60 3,843,000 bu
Winter Wheat 5,900 54 321,000 bu
Spring Wheat 58,200 61 3,519,000 bu
Oats 2,300 114 262,000 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 49,000 2.58 126,200 tons
Other Hay 21,000 1.87 39,200 tons
Sunflower 800 1,530 1,224,000 pounds
94,397 acres were in the2004 Conservation Reserve Program
1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules.

 
LIVESTOCK INVENTORY
Species Number
All Cattle 1/ 84,000
Beef Cows 1/ 29,000
Milk Cows 1/ 2,200
Hogs & Pigs 2/ 34,029
All Sheep 2/ 18,627
1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2005
2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $117,372
Livestock & Related Products $59,764
Total Receipts $177,136
Government Payments $23,599
All Cash Receipts 1/ $216,189
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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