| BROWN COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 1,006 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,069,597 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,063 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.0 | ||||
| BROWN COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 1,006 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,069,597 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,063 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.0 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 2 | Soybeans | 3 | All Cattle | 4 | |||||
| All Wheat | 2 | Winter Wheat | 33 | Beef Cows | 11 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 1 | Oats | 12 | Milk Cows | 16 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 23 | |||||
| Sunflower | 3 | CRP 1/ | 8 | Sheep | 7 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 120,000 | 91 | 10,860,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 127,500 | 33 | 4,207,500 | bu |
| All Wheat | 143,500 | 37 | 5,243,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 11,000 | 43 | 473,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 132,500 | 36 | 4,770,000 | bu |
| Oats | 6,000 | 51 | 306,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | 67,400 | 1,480 | 99,735,000 | pounds |
| 67,734 acres were in the 1995 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 102,037 |
| Beef Cows | 39,583 |
| Milk Cows | 2,350 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 22,775 |
| All Sheep | 12,921 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $102,092 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $69,348 | |||
| Total Receipts | $171,440 | |||
| Government Payments | $9,470 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $188,894 | |||
| 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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