| HUTCHINSON COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 768 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 505,603 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 658 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.0 | ||||
| HUTCHINSON COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 768 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 505,603 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 658 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.0 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2004 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 8 | Soybeans | 4 | All Cattle | 17 | |||||
| All Wheat | 42 | Winter Wheat | 21 | Beef Cows | 28 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 52 | Oats | 20 | Milk Cows | 9 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 20 | Other Hay | 57 | Hogs & Pigs | 1 | |||||
| Sunflower | CRP 1/ | 42 | Sheep | 26 | ||||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2004 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 150,300 | 134 | 20,200,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 147,000 | 37 | 5,405,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 15,000 | 60 | 896,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 13,900 | 60 | 834,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 1,100 | 56 | 62,000 | bu |
| Oats | 2,500 | 98 | 246,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 31,000 | 3.43 | 106,300 | tons |
| Other Hay | 6,000 | 1.68 | 10,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 11,226 acres were in the2004 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 70,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 25,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 2,300 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 111,708 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,616 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2005 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $60,874 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $67,781 | |||
| Total Receipts | $128,655 | |||
| Government Payments | $12,314 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $148,444 | |||
| 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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