| 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 | |||||
| |
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 - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 57 | Soybeans | 58 | All Cattle | 2 | |||||
| All Wheat | 31 | Winter Wheat | 17 | Beef Cows | 1 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 34 | Oats | 45 | Milk Cows | 26 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 5 | Other Hay | 19 | Hogs & Pigs | 49 | |||||
| Sunflower | 19 | CRP 1/ | 23 | Sheep | 7 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 2,000 | 32 | 64,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 44,300 | 30 | 1,322,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 30,300 | 35 | 1,049,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 14,000 | 20 | 273,000 | bu |
| Oats | 3,900 | 36 | 140,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 175,000 | 0.97 | 169,500 | tons |
| Other Hay | 53,000 | 0.71 | 37,700 | tons |
| Sunflower | 10,000 | 680 | 6,800,000 | pounds |
| 24,311 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/ | 117,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 78,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 900 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 390 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 15,272 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $9,164 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $49,599 | |||
| Total Receipts | $58,763 | |||
| Government Payments | $9,748 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $76,416 | |||
| 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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