| MEADE COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 895 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 2,228,839 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,490 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 54.2 | ||||
| MEADE COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 895 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 2,228,839 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 2,490 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 54.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2002 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 55 | Soybeans | All Cattle | 2 | ||||||
| All Wheat | 33 | Winter Wheat | 20 | Beef Cows | 1 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 35 | Oats | 39 | Milk Cows | 26 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 6 | Other Hay | 13 | Hogs & Pigs | 49 | |||||
| Sunflower | 30 | CRP 1/ | 23 | Sheep | 7 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2002 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 900 | 61 | 55,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 19,000 | 21 | 399,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 13,300 | 26 | 339,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 5,700 | 11 | 60,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,700 | 20 | 34,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 109,000 | 0.99 | 107,800 | tons |
| Other Hay | 40,000 | 0.90 | 36,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | 3,200 | 631 | 2,020,000 | pounds |
| 24,035 acres were in the2002 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 120,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 72,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 800 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 390 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 15,272 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2003 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2002 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $6,534 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $42,127 | |||
| Total Receipts | $48,661 | |||
| Government Payments | $5,864 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $63,590 | |||
| 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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