| DEWEY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 358 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,368,092 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,821 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.3 | ||||
| DEWEY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 358 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,368,092 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,821 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.3 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 52 | Soybeans | All Cattle | 34 | ||||||
| All Wheat | 40 | Winter Wheat | 31 | Beef Cows | 8 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 31 | Oats | 47 | Milk Cows | 38 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 55 | Other Hay | 8 | Hogs & Pigs | 41 | |||||
| Sunflower | 26 | CRP 1/ | 20 | Sheep | 35 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 4,900 | 50 | 246,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 30,200 | 27 | 811,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 14,800 | 34 | 497,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 15,100 | 20 | 308,000 | bu |
| Oats | 4,300 | 31 | 132,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 39,000 | 0.89 | 34,700 | tons |
| Other Hay | 62,000 | 0.91 | 56,200 | tons |
| Sunflower | 4,800 | 993 | 4,764,000 | pounds |
| 27,573 acres were in the2003 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 53,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 43,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 400 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 1,648 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,005 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $4,893 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $23,061 | |||
| Total Receipts | $27,954 | |||
| Government Payments | $6,434 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $36,752 | |||
| 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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