| 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 - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 50 | Soybeans | 50 | All Cattle | 27 | |||||
| All Wheat | 41 | Winter Wheat | 34 | Beef Cows | 12 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 30 | Oats | 37 | Milk Cows | 40 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 14 | Other Hay | 5 | Hogs & Pigs | 44 | |||||
| Sunflower | 29 | CRP 1/ | 6 | Sheep | 21 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 8,700 | 55 | 478,500 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 43,000 | 26 | 1,111,200 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 18,100 | 27 | 488,700 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 24,700 | 25 | 617,500 | bu |
| Oats | 5,500 | 48 | 264,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 73,000 | 1.50 | 109,500 | tons |
| Other Hay | 57,000 | 1.50 | 85,300 | tons |
| Sunflower | 4,000 | 1,269 | 5,075,000 | pounds |
| 71,109 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 | 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 - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $5,795 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $18,907 | |||
| Total Receipts | $24,702 | |||
| Government Payments | $3,288 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $31,265 | |||
| 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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