| 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 - 1997 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 51 | Soybeans | 62 | All Cattle | 27 | |||||
| All Wheat | 34 | Winter Wheat | 43 | Beef Cows | 12 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 26 | Oats | 23 | Milk Cows | 40 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 29 | Other Hay | 15 | Hogs & Pigs | 44 | |||||
| Sunflower | 29 | CRP 1/ | 7 | Sheep | 21 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1997 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 8,000 | 67 | 536,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 50,900 | 20 | 991,100 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 8,000 | 22 | 176,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 42,900 | 19 | 815,100 | bu |
| Oats | 6,000 | 40 | 240,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 60,000 | 1.40 | 84,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 54,000 | 1.10 | 59,400 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 69,509 acres were in the1997 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: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1997 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $9,513 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $20,702 | |||
| Total Receipts | $30,215 | |||
| Government Payments | $5,656 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $38,862 | |||
| 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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