| 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 - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 54 | Soybeans | 47 | All Cattle | 18 | |||||
| All Wheat | 14 | Winter Wheat | 29 | Beef Cows | 10 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 15 | Oats | 16 | Milk Cows | 38 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 4 | Other Hay | 22 | Hogs & Pigs | 46 | |||||
| Sunflower | 28 | CRP 1/ | 2 | Sheep | 25 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 5,600 | 45 | 252,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 118,700 | 26 | 3,127,400 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 18,900 | 33 | 623,700 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 96,900 | 25 | 2,422,500 | bu |
| Oats | 12,300 | 41 | 504,300 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 117,000 | 1.60 | 187,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 32,000 | 1.50 | 48,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | 5,900 | 990 | 5,841,000 | pounds |
| 92,650 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 | 68,794 |
| Beef Cows | 40,886 |
| Milk Cows | 638 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 2,139 |
| All Sheep | 4,476 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $14,860 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $23,600 | |||
| Total Receipts | $38,460 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,415 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $46,350 | |||
| 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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