MCCOOK COUNTY
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2002 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms 539
Land in Farms (acres) 345,010
Average Farm Size (acres) 640
Average Age of Farmers 53.8

 
COUNTY RANKING - 2003
Crops Livestock
Corn 10 Soybeans 14 All Cattle 45
All Wheat 61 Winter Wheat 60 Beef Cows 41
Spring Wheat 60 Oats 36 Milk Cows 15
Alfalfa Hay 50 Other Hay 45 Hogs & Pigs 6
Sunflower CRP 1/ 43 Sheep 23
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 112,200 130 14,589,000 bu
Soybeans 110,000 29 3,190,000 bu
All Wheat 1,100 45 49,000 bu
Winter Wheat 800 41 33,000 bu
Spring Wheat -- -- -- bu
Oats 2,600 71 184,000 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 16,000 2.69 43,100 tons
Other Hay 9,000 1.82 16,400 tons
Sunflower -- -- -- pounds
10,029 acres were in the2003 Conservation Reserve Program
1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules.

 
LIVESTOCK INVENTORY
Species Number
All Cattle 1/ 38,000
Beef Cows 1/ 19,000
Milk Cows 1/ 1,900
Hogs & Pigs 2/ 48,876
All Sheep 2/ 3,744
1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2004
2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $41,596
Livestock & Related Products $30,677
Total Receipts $72,273
Government Payments $6,865
All Cash Receipts 1/ $85,535
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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