| CHARLES MIX COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 735 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 679,852 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 925 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| CHARLES MIX COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 735 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 679,852 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 925 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 7 | Soybeans | 18 | All Cattle | 3 | |||||
| All Wheat | 21 | Winter Wheat | 7 | Beef Cows | 6 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 29 | Oats | 1 | Milk Cows | 18 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 6 | Other Hay | 6 | Hogs & Pigs | 2 | |||||
| Sunflower | 14 | CRP 1/ | 47 | Sheep | 22 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 132,500 | 104 | 13,780,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 70,500 | 38 | 2,679,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 67,300 | 40 | 2,692,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 51,500 | 40 | 2,060,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 15,800 | 40 | 632,000 | bu |
| Oats | 13,800 | 78 | 1,076,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 48,000 | 3.30 | 158,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 37,000 | 2.20 | 81,300 | tons |
| Sunflower | 17,900 | 1,702 | 30,466,000 | pounds |
| 8,173 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 | 105,282 |
| Beef Cows | 43,953 |
| Milk Cows | 1,914 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 72,528 |
| All Sheep | 4,788 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $52,532 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $54,741 | |||
| Total Receipts | $107,273 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,198 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $116,385 | |||
| 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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