| JONES COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 163 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 516,489 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,169 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 58.3 | ||||
| JONES COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 163 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 516,489 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,169 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 58.3 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2002 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 52 | Soybeans | All Cattle | 40 | ||||||
| All Wheat | 18 | Winter Wheat | 6 | Beef Cows | 27 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 44 | Oats | 46 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 59 | Other Hay | 15 | Hogs & Pigs | ||||||
| Sunflower | 15 | CRP 1/ | 31 | Sheep | 57 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2002 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 2,700 | 32 | 85,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 32,900 | 27 | 898,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 29,300 | 30 | 864,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 3,600 | 9 | 34,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,400 | 14 | 20,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 14,000 | 0.54 | 7,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 47,000 | 0.71 | 33,500 | tons |
| Sunflower | 12,800 | 466 | 5,968,000 | pounds |
| 16,010 acres were in the2002 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 50,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 27,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | Not Disclosed |
| All Sheep 2/ | 475 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2003 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2002 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $4,267 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $17,749 | |||
| Total Receipts | $22,016 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,358 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $29,485 | |||
| 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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