| 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 - 1997 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 9 | Soybeans | 7 | All Cattle | 19 | |||||
| All Wheat | 45 | Winter Wheat | 21 | Beef Cows | 26 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 56 | Oats | 25 | Milk Cows | 7 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 12 | Other Hay | 39 | Hogs & Pigs | 1 | |||||
| Sunflower | 47 | CRP 1/ | 47 | Sheep | 30 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1997 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 125,000 | 86 | 10,750,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 144,000 | 35 | 5,040,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 14,700 | 36 | 533,900 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 12,700 | 37 | 469,900 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 2,000 | 32 | 64,000 | bu |
| Oats | 4,100 | 55 | 225,500 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 35,000 | 3.20 | 112,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 16,000 | 1.60 | 25,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 7,079 acres were in the1997 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: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1997 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $68,366 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $59,054 | |||
| Total Receipts | $127,420 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,970 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $137,869 | |||
| 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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