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 - 1998
Crops Livestock
Corn 35 Soybeans 35 All Cattle 10
All Wheat 43 Winter Wheat 30 Beef Cows 15
Spring Wheat 44 Oats 4 Milk Cows 10
Alfalfa Hay 4 Other Hay 19 Hogs & Pigs 38
Sunflower 23 CRP 1/ 57 Sheep 48
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 1998 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 54,000 93 5,022,000 bu
Soybeans 18,000 37 666,000 bu
All Wheat 18,400 35 650,500 bu
Winter Wheat 12,700 40 508,000 bu
Spring Wheat 5,700 25 142,500 bu
Oats 11,400 63 718,200 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 67,000 2.90 194,400 tons
Other Hay 30,000 1.60 48,000 tons
Sunflower 10,100 1,381 13,950,000 pounds
3,499 acres were in the1998 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 - 1998 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $17,728
Livestock & Related Products $24,696
Total Receipts $42,424
Government Payments $3,324
All Cash Receipts 1/ $48,886
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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