MCCOOK COUNTY

1997 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms 544
Land in Farms (acres) 312,485
Average Farm Size (acres) 574
Average Age of Farmers 51.9

 
COUNTY RANKING - 1997
Crops Livestock
Corn 11 Soybeans 9 All Cattle 48
All Wheat 60 Winter Wheat 57 Beef Cows 50
Spring Wheat 57 Oats 48 Milk Cows 15
Alfalfa Hay 43 Other Hay 51 Hogs & Pigs 9
Sunflower 55 CRP 1/ 41 Sheep 38
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 1997 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 93,000 105 9,765,000 bu
Soybeans 108,500 37 4,014,500 bu
All Wheat 2,500 38 96,000 bu
Winter Wheat 1,000 36 36,000 bu
Spring Wheat 1,500 40 60,000 bu
Oats 2,200 61 134,200 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 21,000 3.10 65,100 tons
Other Hay 10,000 1.90 19,000 tons
Sunflower -- -- -- pounds
9,794 acres were in the1997 Conservation Reserve Program
1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules.

 
LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/
Species Number
All Cattle 38,649
Beef Cows 14,946
Milk Cows 2,425
Hogs & Pigs 52,643
All Sheep 2,630
1/     Reference Date: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 1997 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $52,544
Livestock & Related Products $27,937
Total Receipts $80,481
Government Payments $4,047
All Cash Receipts 1/ $88,879
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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