| HYDE COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 187 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 468,836 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,507 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 46 | Soybeans | 44 | All Cattle | 29 | |||||
| All Wheat | 20 | Winter Wheat | 15 | Beef Cows | 22 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 21 | Oats | 40 | Milk Cows | 49 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 58 | Other Hay | 38 | Hogs & Pigs | 48 | |||||
| Sunflower | 6 | CRP 1/ | 47 | Sheep | 30 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 17,700 | 49 | 865,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 6,100 | 32 | 195,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 59,900 | 37 | 2,213,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 38,700 | 38 | 1,488,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 21,200 | 34 | 725,000 | bu |
| Oats | 2,700 | 57 | 154,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 26,000 | 1.14 | 29,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 28,000 | 0.83 | 23,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | 23,400 | 891 | 20,852,000 | pounds |
| 7,600 acres were in the2003 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 58,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 29,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 565 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,379 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $10,842 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $19,805 | |||
| Total Receipts | $30,647 | |||
| Government Payments | $6,624 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $38,887 | |||
| 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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