| EDMUNDS COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 449 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 635,324 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,415 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.7 | ||||
| EDMUNDS COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 449 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 635,324 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,415 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.7 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 41 | Soybeans | 35 | All Cattle | 16 | |||||
| All Wheat | 19 | Winter Wheat | 28 | Beef Cows | 21 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 11 | Oats | 13 | Milk Cows | 20 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 26 | |||||
| Sunflower | 2 | CRP 1/ | 5 | Sheep | 52 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 18,000 | 65 | 1,170,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 73,200 | 27 | 1,965,900 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 15,500 | 34 | 527,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 54,100 | 25 | 1,352,500 | bu |
| Oats | 7,500 | 40 | 300,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | 79,000 | 1,385 | 109,400,000 | pounds |
| 71,771 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 | 70,572 |
| Beef Cows | 30,347 |
| Milk Cows | 1,728 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 20,472 |
| All Sheep | 1,356 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $26,369 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $32,805 | |||
| Total Receipts | $59,174 | |||
| Government Payments | $5,716 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $70,323 | |||
| 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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