| LAKE COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 500 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 307,210 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 614 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 49.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 13 | Soybeans | 14 | All Cattle | 59 | |||||
| All Wheat | 57 | Winter Wheat | 58 | Beef Cows | 55 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 56 | Oats | 55 | Milk Cows | 33 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 53 | Other Hay | 52 | Hogs & Pigs | 11 | |||||
| Sunflower | -- | CRP 1/ | 53 | Sheep | 42 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 105,500 | 110 | 11,605,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 99,000 | 32 | 3,168,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 3,500 | 33 | 115,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 1,500 | 22 | 33,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 2,000 | 41 | 82,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,800 | 54 | 97,200 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 17,000 | 2.80 | 47,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 9,000 | 2.10 | 18,900 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 5,649 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 | 31,807 |
| Beef Cows | 11,843 |
| Milk Cows | 846 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 42,546 |
| All Sheep | 2,276 |
| 1/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $35,810 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $40,079 | |||
| Total Receipts | $75,889 | |||
| Government Payments | $3,254 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $82,069 | |||
| 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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