| 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 - 1997 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 55 | Soybeans | 49 | All Cattle | 18 | |||||
| All Wheat | 13 | Winter Wheat | 37 | Beef Cows | 10 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 6 | Oats | 7 | Milk Cows | 38 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 15 | Other Hay | 26 | Hogs & Pigs | 46 | |||||
| Sunflower | 31 | CRP 1/ | 1 | Sheep | 25 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1997 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 5,000 | 59 | 295,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 1,000 | 26 | 26,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 110,000 | 23 | 2,504,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 13,000 | 21 | 273,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 97,000 | 23 | 2,231,000 | bu |
| Oats | 9,400 | 49 | 460,600 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 70,000 | 1.40 | 98,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 37,000 | 1.10 | 40,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | 5,000 | 1,100 | 5,500,000 | pounds |
| 94,795 acres were in the1997 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: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1997 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $15,036 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $20,789 | |||
| Total Receipts | $35,825 | |||
| Government Payments | $5,991 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $46,185 | |||
| 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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