| GREGORY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 570 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 565,516 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 992 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.7 | ||||
| GREGORY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 570 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 565,516 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 992 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.7 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 31 | Soybeans | 32 | All Cattle | 10 | |||||
| All Wheat | 42 | Winter Wheat | 25 | Beef Cows | 15 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 39 | Oats | 5 | Milk Cows | 10 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 2 | Other Hay | 13 | Hogs & Pigs | 38 | |||||
| Sunflower | 18 | CRP 1/ | 56 | Sheep | 48 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 60,500 | 85 | 5,142,500 | bu |
| Soybeans | 14,800 | 38 | 562,400 | bu |
| All Wheat | 28,500 | 38 | 1,081,200 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 21,600 | 36 | 777,600 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 6,900 | 44 | 303,600 | bu |
| Oats | 11,300 | 66 | 745,800 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 83,000 | 2.70 | 224,100 | tons |
| Other Hay | 40,000 | 1.50 | 60,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | 12,600 | 1,608 | 20,260,000 | pounds |
| 4,637 acres were in the 1996 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 74,867 |
| Beef Cows | 35,298 |
| Milk Cows | 3,657 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 9,800 |
| All Sheep | 1,918 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $17,032 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $26,360 | |||
| Total Receipts | $43,392 | |||
| Government Payments | $1,698 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $48,219 | |||
| 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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