| JONES COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 203 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 588,702 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,900 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.8 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 53 | Soybeans | -- | All Cattle | 43 | |||||
| All Wheat | 18 | Winter Wheat | 11 | Beef Cows | 34 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 63 | Oats | 60 | Milk Cows | 62 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 56 | |||||
| Sunflower | 38 | CRP 1/ | 17 | Sheep | 57 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 2,700 | 51 | 138,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 60,100 | 33 | 1,983,300 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 60,100 | 33 | 1,983,300 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Oats | 1,200 | 24 | 28,800 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 40,984 acres were in the 1995 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 43,803 |
| Beef Cows | 22,359 |
| Milk Cows | 5 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 1,264 |
| All Sheep | 913 |
| 1/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $11,802 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $13,319 | |||
| Total Receipts | $25,121 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,591 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $29,990 | |||
| 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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