| DAY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 693 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 536,160 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 774 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.6 | ||||
| DAY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 693 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 536,160 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 774 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.6 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 38 | Soybeans | 23 | All Cattle | 46 | |||||
| All Wheat | 11 | Winter Wheat | 47 | Beef Cows | 44 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 7 | Oats | 23 | Milk Cows | 8 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 30 | Other Hay | 26 | Hogs & Pigs | 43 | |||||
| Sunflower | 22 | CRP 1/ | 3 | Sheep | 46 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 42,000 | 71 | 2,982,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 67,000 | 26 | 1,742,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 93,500 | 39 | 3,599,900 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 3,500 | 29 | 101,500 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 87,100 | 39 | 3,396,900 | bu |
| Oats | 6,300 | 57 | 359,100 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 37,000 | 2.10 | 77,800 | tons |
| Other Hay | 30,000 | 1.40 | 42,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | 10,900 | 1,287 | 14,033,000 | pounds |
| 79,702 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 | 42,300 |
| Beef Cows | 16,446 |
| Milk Cows | 4,104 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 4,971 |
| All Sheep | 1,999 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $29,375 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $26,078 | |||
| Total Receipts | $55,453 | |||
| Government Payments | $7,005 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $68,089 | |||
| 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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