| BRULE COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 382 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 460,707 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,206 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.8 | ||||
| BRULE COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 382 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 460,707 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,206 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.8 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 32 | Soybeans | 34 | All Cattle | 21 | |||||
| All Wheat | 24 | Winter Wheat | 9 | Beef Cows | 22 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 35 | Oats | 8 | Milk Cows | 41 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 17 | Other Hay | 14 | Hogs & Pigs | 24 | |||||
| Sunflower | 13 | CRP 1/ | 49 | Sheep | 26 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 65,000 | 79 | 5,135,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 9,400 | 32 | 300,800 | bu |
| All Wheat | 60,300 | 38 | 2,307,700 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 49,300 | 39 | 1,922,700 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 11,000 | 35 | 385,000 | bu |
| Oats | 10,500 | 62 | 651,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 38,000 | 2.70 | 102,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 37,000 | 1.60 | 59,300 | tons |
| Sunflower | 17,700 | 2,007 | 35,532,000 | pounds |
| 6,547 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 | 67,387 |
| Beef Cows | 28,468 |
| Milk Cows | 505 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 22,001 |
| All Sheep | 4,386 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $18,048 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $28,958 | |||
| Total Receipts | $47,006 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,405 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $51,868 | |||
| 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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