| CORSON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 425 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,604,504 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,775 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.0 | ||||
| CORSON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 425 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,604,504 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,775 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.0 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2000 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 51 | Soybeans | 49 | All Cattle | 15 | |||||
| All Wheat | 11 | Winter Wheat | 33 | Beef Cows | 6 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 6 | Oats | 3 | Milk Cows | 38 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 6 | Other Hay | 21 | Hogs & Pigs | 46 | |||||
| Sunflower | 13 | CRP 1/ | 20 | Sheep | 25 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2000 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 9,000 | 58 | 525,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 3,700 | 24 | 90,100 | bu |
| All Wheat | 108,900 | 33 | 3,569,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 8,300 | 43 | 357,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 97,000 | 32 | 3,104,000 | bu |
| Oats | 16,000 | 52 | 824,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 111,000 | 1.34 | 149,100 | tons |
| Other Hay | 28,000 | 1.30 | 36,400 | tons |
| Sunflower | 18,800 | 1,179 | 22,169,000 | pounds |
| 25,403 acres were in the2000 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 76,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 46,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 600 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 2,139 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 4,476 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2001 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2000 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $14,872 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $25,145 | |||
| Total Receipts | $40,017 | |||
| Government Payments | $8,139 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $54,459 | |||
| 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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