| DEUEL COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 564 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 310,529 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 551 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.7 | ||||
| DEUEL COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 564 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 310,529 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 551 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.7 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 29 | Soybeans | 20 | All Cattle | 40 | |||||
| All Wheat | 47 | Winter Wheat | 60 | Beef Cows | 49 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 28 | Oats | 26 | Milk Cows | 3 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 42 | Other Hay | 51 | Hogs & Pigs | 41 | |||||
| Sunflower | 46 | CRP 1/ | 33 | Sheep | 39 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 62,000 | 90 | 5,580,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 84,000 | 27 | 2,268,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 16,700 | 43 | 710,900 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 800 | 34 | 27,200 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 15,900 | 43 | 683,700 | bu |
| Oats | 5,700 | 62 | 353,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 25,000 | 2.50 | 62,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 13,000 | 1.50 | 19,500 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 16,994 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 | 46,726 |
| Beef Cows | 15,439 |
| Milk Cows | 5,442 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 5,029 |
| All Sheep | 2,438 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $25,167 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $31,459 | |||
| Total Receipts | $56,626 | |||
| Government Payments | $3,434 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $62,311 | |||
| 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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