| GREGORY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 587 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 650,897 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,109 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 54.5 | ||||
| GREGORY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 587 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 650,897 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,109 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 54.5 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2002 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 43 | Soybeans | 43 | All Cattle | 12 | |||||
| All Wheat | 35 | Winter Wheat | 21 | Beef Cows | 14 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 42 | Oats | 16 | Milk Cows | 10 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 8 | Other Hay | 14 | Hogs & Pigs | 34 | |||||
| Sunflower | 14 | CRP 1/ | 60 | Sheep | 46 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2002 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 20,300 | 32 | 645,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 19,900 | 15 | 293,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 11,800 | 31 | 363,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 9,300 | 35 | 321,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 2,500 | 17 | 42,000 | bu |
| Oats | 3,700 | 31 | 115,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 96,000 | 1.06 | 102,200 | tons |
| Other Hay | 38,000 | 0.88 | 33,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | 7,200 | 880 | 6,336,000 | pounds |
| 3,162 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/ | 74,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 38,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 2,600 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 8,709 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 1,894 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2003 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2002 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $9,362 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $31,009 | |||
| Total Receipts | $40,371 | |||
| Government Payments | $3,599 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $47,292 | |||
| 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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