| HAAKON COUNTY | |||||
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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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