| 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 - 1999 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 51 | Soybeans | 57 | All Cattle | 26 | |||||
| All Wheat | 35 | Winter Wheat | 31 | Beef Cows | 10 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 27 | Oats | 3 | Milk Cows | 42 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 17 | Other Hay | 14 | Hogs & Pigs | 44 | |||||
| Sunflower | 18 | CRP 1/ | 17 | Sheep | 21 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1999 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 10,100 | 67 | 681,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 34,000 | 32 | 1,096,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 10,000 | 47 | 470,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 24,000 | 26 | 626,000 | bu |
| Oats | 10,000 | 59 | 590,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 65,000 | 1.98 | 129,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 48,000 | 1.25 | 60,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | 15,000 | 1,290 | 19,350,000 | pounds |
| 29,346 acres were in the1999 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 64,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 42,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 500 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 4,324 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 4,791 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2000 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1999 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $7,866 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $22,261 | |||
| Total Receipts | $30,127 | |||
| Government Payments | $5,217 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $39,061 | |||
| 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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