| DEUEL COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 583 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 327,617 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 562 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.9 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2004 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 31 | Soybeans | 28 | All Cattle | 38 | |||||
| All Wheat | 35 | Winter Wheat | 35 | Beef Cows | 45 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 27 | Oats | 7 | Milk Cows | 4 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 12 | Other Hay | 29 | Hogs & Pigs | 37 | |||||
| Sunflower | 46 | CRP 1/ | 10 | Sheep | 27 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2004 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 61,300 | 126 | 7,745,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 74,000 | 31 | 2,259,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 19,300 | 58 | 1,128,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 6,700 | 58 | 390,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 12,600 | 59 | 738,000 | bu |
| Oats | 5,200 | 97 | 502,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 34,000 | 3.44 | 116,800 | tons |
| Other Hay | 16,000 | 2.07 | 33,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 44,451 acres were in the2004 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 51,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 18,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 4,900 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 6,993 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,593 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2005 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $23,558 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $36,515 | |||
| Total Receipts | $60,073 | |||
| Government Payments | $7,976 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $72,291 | |||
| 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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