GREGORY COUNTY

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 - 1997
Crops Livestock
Corn 33 Soybeans 35 All Cattle 10
All Wheat 41 Winter Wheat 34 Beef Cows 15
Spring Wheat 41 Oats 3 Milk Cows 10
Alfalfa Hay 4 Other Hay 16 Hogs & Pigs 38
Sunflower 17 CRP 1/ 58 Sheep 48
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 1997 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 56,500 79 4,463,500 bu
Soybeans 14,500 36 522,000 bu
All Wheat 18,400 32 589,800 bu
Winter Wheat 9,700 33 320,100 bu
Spring Wheat 8,700 31 269,700 bu
Oats 10,100 63 636,300 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 71,000 2.50 177,500 tons
Other Hay 28,000 2.00 55,900 tons
Sunflower 13,300 1,364 18,135,000 pounds
4,365 acres were in the1997 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: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 1997 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $27,106
Livestock & Related Products $26,767
Total Receipts $53,873
Government Payments $2,070
All Cash Receipts 1/ $58,522
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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