| KINGSBURY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 580 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 480,507 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 828 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.6 | ||||
| KINGSBURY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 580 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 480,507 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 828 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.6 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 18 | Soybeans | 17 | All Cattle | 26 | |||||
| All Wheat | 29 | Winter Wheat | 30 | Beef Cows | 29 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 19 | Oats | 41 | Milk Cows | 29 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 24 | Other Hay | 34 | Hogs & Pigs | 39 | |||||
| Sunflower | 23 | CRP 1/ | 38 | Sheep | 11 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 82,000 | 91 | 7,462,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 87,200 | 31 | 2,703,200 | bu |
| All Wheat | 48,000 | 38 | 1,817,400 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 17,100 | 34 | 581,400 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 30,900 | 40 | 1,236,000 | bu |
| Oats | 3,000 | 73 | 219,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 35,000 | 2.50 | 87,500 | tons |
| Other Hay | 24,000 | 1.40 | 33,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | 10,000 | 1,394 | 13,936,000 | pounds |
| 11,264 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 | 61,362 |
| Beef Cows | 24,553 |
| Milk Cows | 995 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 9,666 |
| All Sheep | 8,167 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $33,848 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $33,077 | |||
| Total Receipts | $66,925 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,516 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $76,534 | |||
| 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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