| HUTCHINSON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 804 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 479,439 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 596 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.5 | ||||
| HUTCHINSON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 804 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 479,439 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 596 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.5 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 4 | Soybeans | 4 | All Cattle | 19 | |||||
| All Wheat | 39 | Winter Wheat | 21 | Beef Cows | 26 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 47 | Oats | 20 | Milk Cows | 7 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 12 | Other Hay | 54 | Hogs & Pigs | 1 | |||||
| Sunflower | 39 | CRP 1/ | 48 | Sheep | 30 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 165,000 | 110 | 18,150,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 124,000 | 40 | 4,960,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 26,700 | 45 | 1,193,500 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 22,700 | 45 | 1,021,500 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 4,000 | 43 | 172,000 | bu |
| Oats | 6,000 | 73 | 438,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 31,000 | 3.60 | 111,700 | tons |
| Other Hay | 10,000 | 1.80 | 18,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 7,475 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 | 68,121 |
| Beef Cows | 27,170 |
| Milk Cows | 4,110 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 93,863 |
| All Sheep | 3,728 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $50,049 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $55,094 | |||
| Total Receipts | $105,143 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,070 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $114,141 | |||
| 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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