| FALL RIVER COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 309 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 978,000 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,165 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 54.5 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2001 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 56 | Soybeans | All Cattle | 20 | ||||||
| All Wheat | 44 | Winter Wheat | 18 | Beef Cows | 23 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 52 | Oats | 49 | Milk Cows | 50 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 55 | Other Hay | 53 | Hogs & Pigs | 62 | |||||
| Sunflower | 44 | CRP 1/ | 63 | Sheep | 13 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2001 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 3,000 | 107 | 321,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 7,500 | 32 | 237,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 6,000 | 33 | 195,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 1,500 | 28 | 42,000 | bu |
| Oats | 900 | 41 | 37,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 39,000 | 1.24 | 48,200 | tons |
| Other Hay | 13,000 | 1.30 | 16,900 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 454 acres were in the2001 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 71,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 30,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 224 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 7,103 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2002 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2001 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $3,352 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $79,342 | |||
| Total Receipts | $82,694 | |||
| Government Payments | $1,483 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $86,316 | |||
| 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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