| FALL RIVER COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 278 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 982,282 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,533 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 57.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2002 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 51 | Soybeans | 52 | All Cattle | 27 | |||||
| All Wheat | 47 | Winter Wheat | 30 | Beef Cows | 13 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 65 | Oats | 54 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 44 | Other Hay | 60 | Hogs & Pigs | 50 | |||||
| Sunflower | 42 | CRP 1/ | 63 | Sheep | 45 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2002 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 1,000 | 91 | 91,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 8,300 | 24 | 195,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 8,100 | 24 | 193,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Oats | 500 | 32 | 16,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 29,000 | 1.01 | 29,400 | tons |
| Other Hay | 6,000 | 0.85 | 5,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 454 acres were in the2002 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 59,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 39,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 205 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 1,974 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2003 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2002 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $2,418 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $63,674 | |||
| Total Receipts | $66,092 | |||
| Government Payments | $1,813 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $69,322 | |||
| 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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