HAAKON COUNTY
State Map Haakon County Highlighted

1997 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms 309
Land in Farms (acres) 1,325,137
Average Farm Size (acres) 4,288
Average Age of Farmers 54.4

 
COUNTY RANKING - 2000
Crops Livestock
Corn 52 Soybeans 48 All Cattle 9
All Wheat 3 Winter Wheat 2 Beef Cows 4
Spring Wheat 25 Oats 25 Milk Cows 53
Alfalfa Hay 35 Other Hay 11 Hogs & Pigs 49
Sunflower 19 CRP 1/ 13 Sheep 12
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 2000 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 11,000 45 499,000 bu
Soybeans 7,400 14 106,500 bu
All Wheat 148,500 40 5,883,000 bu
Winter Wheat 126,000 41 5,145,000 bu
Spring Wheat 22,500 33 738,000 bu
Oats 5,000 37 183,000 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 57,000 1.30 74,200 tons
Other Hay 49,000 0.95 46,600 tons
Sunflower 10,300 1,302 13,411,000 pounds
35,594 acres were in the2000 Conservation Reserve Program
1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules.

 
LIVESTOCK INVENTORY
Species Number
All Cattle 1/ 88,000
Beef Cows 1/ 49,000
Milk Cows 1/ 0
Hogs & Pigs 2/ 1,847
All Sheep 2/ 8,105
1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2001
2/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 2000 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $25,517
Livestock & Related Products $31,954
Total Receipts $57,471
Government Payments $8,899
All Cash Receipts 1/ $70,836
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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