| 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 - 1998 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 52 | Soybeans | 54 | All Cattle | 27 | |||||
| All Wheat | 30 | Winter Wheat | 20 | Beef Cows | 12 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 25 | Oats | 16 | Milk Cows | 40 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 46 | Other Hay | 22 | Hogs & Pigs | 44 | |||||
| Sunflower | 24 | CRP 1/ | 8 | Sheep | 21 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1998 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 8,500 | 63 | 535,500 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 48,200 | 34 | 1,616,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 22,200 | 40 | 888,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 26,000 | 28 | 728,000 | bu |
| Oats | 6,900 | 66 | 455,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 54,000 | 1.20 | 64,800 | tons |
| Other Hay | 48,000 | 0.90 | 43,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | 8,400 | 1,580 | 13,275,000 | pounds |
| 53,291 acres were in the1998 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 - 1998 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $8,288 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $18,034 | |||
| Total Receipts | $26,322 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,339 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $34,163 | |||
| 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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