| 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 - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 19 | Soybeans | 27 | All Cattle | 54 | |||||
| All Wheat | 34 | Winter Wheat | 19 | Beef Cows | 47 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 52 | Oats | 11 | Milk Cows | 25 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 19 | Other Hay | 50 | Hogs & Pigs | 28 | |||||
| Sunflower | 37 | CRP 1/ | 55 | Sheep | 53 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 68,000 | 104 | 7,072,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 39,500 | 37 | 1,461,500 | bu |
| All Wheat | 31,600 | 42 | 1,327,200 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 28,600 | 42 | 1,201,200 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 3,000 | 42 | 126,000 | bu |
| Oats | 7,700 | 82 | 631,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 32,000 | 3.10 | 99,200 | tons |
| Other Hay | 11,000 | 2.00 | 22,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 5,018 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 | 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 - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $24,557 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $18,403 | |||
| Total Receipts | $42,960 | |||
| Government Payments | $1,794 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $47,184 | |||
| 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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