| CLARK COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 588 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 525,585 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 894 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 20 | Soybeans | 17 | All Cattle | 22 | |||||
| All Wheat | 22 | Winter Wheat | 40 | Beef Cows | 33 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 11 | Oats | 22 | Milk Cows | 38 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 27 | Other Hay | 25 | Hogs & Pigs | 4 | |||||
| Sunflower | 27 | CRP 1/ | 6 | Sheep | 29 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 81,700 | 111 | 9,031,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 119,200 | 25 | 2,980,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 42,200 | 52 | 2,176,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 6,000 | 54 | 323,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 36,200 | 51 | 1,853,000 | bu |
| Oats | 3,700 | 75 | 276,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 39,000 | 2.00 | 78,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 21,000 | 1.53 | 32,200 | tons |
| Sunflower | 3,000 | 1,430 | 4,290,000 | pounds |
| 49,087 acres were in the2003 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 62,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 23,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 55,753 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,385 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $38,870 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $52,228 | |||
| Total Receipts | $91,098 | |||
| Government Payments | $9,891 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $110,527 | |||
| 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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