| 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 - 1999 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 49 | Soybeans | 53 | All Cattle | 8 | |||||
| All Wheat | 3 | Winter Wheat | 2 | Beef Cows | 4 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 23 | Oats | 31 | Milk Cows | 54 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 41 | Other Hay | 9 | Hogs & Pigs | 49 | |||||
| Sunflower | 28 | CRP 1/ | 10 | Sheep | 12 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1999 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 14,500 | 53 | 765,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 1,300 | 17 | 22,600 | bu |
| All Wheat | 163,400 | 38 | 6,242,600 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 126,300 | 42 | 5,304,600 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 37,100 | 25 | 938,000 | bu |
| Oats | 3,800 | 40 | 150,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 50,000 | 1.54 | 77,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 50,000 | 1.40 | 70,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | 8,200 | 1,085 | 8,897,000 | pounds |
| 44,150 acres were in the1999 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 87,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 48,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 1,847 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 8,105 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2000 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1999 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $25,429 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $29,369 | |||
| Total Receipts | $54,798 | |||
| Government Payments | $11,013 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $69,965 | |||
| 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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