| 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 | ||||
| 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 - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 53 | Soybeans | -- | All Cattle | 43 | |||||
| All Wheat | 28 | Winter Wheat | 13 | Beef Cows | 34 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 43 | Oats | 56 | Milk Cows | 62 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 54 | Other Hay | 36 | Hogs & Pigs | 56 | |||||
| Sunflower | 33 | CRP 1/ | 17 | Sheep | 57 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 5,900 | 50 | 295,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 63,000 | 29 | 1,845,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 57,000 | 29 | 1,653,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 6,000 | 32 | 192,000 | bu |
| Oats | 2,300 | 42 | 96,600 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 24,000 | 1.70 | 40,800 | tons |
| Other Hay | 29,000 | 1.10 | 32,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | 3,000 | 1,050 | 3,150,000 | pounds |
| 41,137 acres were in the 1996 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 - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $8,614 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $11,955 | |||
| Total Receipts | $20,569 | |||
| Government Payments | $3,262 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $26,406 | |||
| 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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