| DAVISON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 429 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 274,474 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 640 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 49.4 | ||||
| DAVISON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 429 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 274,474 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 640 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 49.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 37 | Soybeans | 27 | All Cattle | 54 | |||||
| All Wheat | 43 | Winter Wheat | 30 | Beef Cows | 47 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 47 | Oats | 37 | Milk Cows | 25 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 28 | |||||
| Sunflower | 32 | CRP 1/ | 55 | Sheep | 53 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 24,500 | 65 | 1,593,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 27,500 | 27 | 742,500 | bu |
| All Wheat | 16,800 | 31 | 527,100 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 15,300 | 32 | 489,600 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 1,500 | 25 | 37,500 | bu |
| Oats | 1,900 | 53 | 100,700 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | 3,100 | 1,100 | 3,410,000 | pounds |
| 5,164 acres were in the 1995 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 34,720 |
| Beef Cows | 15,685 |
| Milk Cows | 1,276 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 20,193 |
| All Sheep | 1,309 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $15,476 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $18,521 | |||
| Total Receipts | $33,997 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,129 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $38,322 | |||
| 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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