| BUTTE COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 547 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,165,934 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,132 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.2 | ||||
| BUTTE COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 547 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,165,934 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,132 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 51 | Soybeans | -- | All Cattle | 28 | |||||
| All Wheat | 53 | Winter Wheat | 44 | Beef Cows | 24 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 46 | Oats | 64 | Milk Cows | 14 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 15 | Other Hay | 53 | Hogs & Pigs | 54 | |||||
| Sunflower | -- | CRP 1/ | 23 | Sheep | 1 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 3,800 | 115 | 437,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 14,700 | 25 | 372,300 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 7,700 | 23 | 177,100 | bu |
| Oats | 1,100 | 29 | 31,900 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 39,000 | 2.80 | 109,100 | tons |
| Other Hay | 17,000 | 1.10 | 18,700 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 30,388 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 | 60,358 |
| Beef Cows | 28,209 |
| Milk Cows | 2,720 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 1,377 |
| All Sheep | 73,479 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $8,557 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $32,611 | |||
| Total Receipts | $41,168 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,439 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $45,638 | |||
| 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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