| 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 - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 57 | Soybeans | -- | All Cattle | 8 | |||||
| All Wheat | 16 | Winter Wheat | 8 | Beef Cows | 4 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 25 | Oats | 34 | Milk Cows | 59 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 41 | Other Hay | 16 | Hogs & Pigs | 49 | |||||
| Sunflower | 47 | CRP 1/ | 8 | Sheep | 12 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 2,300 | 46 | 105,800 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 99,000 | 29 | 2,826,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 72,000 | 28 | 2,016,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 27,000 | 30 | 810,000 | bu |
| Oats | 6,100 | 44 | 268,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 54,000 | 1.20 | 64,800 | tons |
| Other Hay | 48,000 | 1.20 | 57,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 66,278 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 | 86,855 |
| Beef Cows | 45,433 |
| Milk Cows | 19 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 1,847 |
| All Sheep | 8,105 |
| 1/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $24,163 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $18,631 | |||
| Total Receipts | $42,794 | |||
| Government Payments | $5,234 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $50,903 | |||
| 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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