| GRANT COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 548 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 350,299 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 639 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.7 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 30 | Soybeans | 26 | All Cattle | 37 | |||||
| All Wheat | 25 | Winter Wheat | 50 | Beef Cows | 61 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 10 | Oats | 37 | Milk Cows | 1 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 34 | Other Hay | 46 | Hogs & Pigs | 33 | |||||
| Sunflower | CRP 1/ | 16 | Sheep | 33 | ||||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 69,800 | 96 | 6,694,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 95,500 | 24 | 2,244,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 35,900 | 56 | 2,014,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 2,300 | 55 | 126,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 33,600 | 56 | 1,888,000 | bu |
| Oats | 2,200 | 81 | 178,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 29,000 | 2.18 | 63,200 | tons |
| Other Hay | 12,000 | 1.33 | 15,900 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 30,311 acres were in the2003 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 50,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 10,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 7,800 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 9,517 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,228 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $30,586 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $59,251 | |||
| Total Receipts | $89,837 | |||
| Government Payments | $8,144 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $103,158 | |||
| 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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