| 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 - 2004 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 39 | Soybeans | 46 | All Cattle | 25 | |||||
| All Wheat | 19 | Winter Wheat | 13 | Beef Cows | 25 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 22 | Oats | 18 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 48 | Other Hay | 17 | Hogs & Pigs | 48 | |||||
| Sunflower | 5 | CRP 1/ | 47 | Sheep | 30 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2004 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 31,500 | 95 | 2,998,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 11,000 | 26 | 287,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 58,500 | 43 | 2,495,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 36,800 | 42 | 1,558,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 21,700 | 43 | 937,000 | bu |
| Oats | 3,400 | 81 | 276,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 24,000 | 1.57 | 37,700 | tons |
| Other Hay | 29,000 | 1.49 | 43,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | 23,000 | 1,583 | 36,418,000 | pounds |
| 8,466 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/ | 60,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 28,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 565 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,379 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2005 | |
| 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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