| DEWEY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 375 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,850,727 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 4,935 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| DEWEY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 375 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,850,727 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 4,935 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 50 | Soybeans | 49 | All Cattle | 27 | |||||
| All Wheat | 33 | Winter Wheat | 22 | Beef Cows | 12 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 19 | Oats | 32 | Milk Cows | 40 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 44 | |||||
| Sunflower | 31 | CRP 1/ | 6 | Sheep | 21 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 6,100 | 50 | 303,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 42,500 | 26 | 1,096,500 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 19,500 | 35 | 682,500 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 23,000 | 18 | 414,000 | bu |
| Oats | 2,400 | 51 | 122,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | 2,900 | 1,300 | 3,770,000 | pounds |
| 70,838 acres were in the 1995 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 61,015 |
| Beef Cows | 39,246 |
| Milk Cows | 537 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 4,324 |
| All Sheep | 4,791 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $7,220 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $20,391 | |||
| Total Receipts | $27,611 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,715 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $35,353 | |||
| 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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