| 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 - 2004 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 60 | Soybeans | 51 | All Cattle | 3 | |||||
| All Wheat | 31 | Winter Wheat | 22 | Beef Cows | 1 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 30 | Oats | 53 | Milk Cows | 31 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 18 | Other Hay | 13 | Hogs & Pigs | 49 | |||||
| Sunflower | 29 | CRP 1/ | 25 | Sheep | 7 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2004 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 1,000 | 40 | 40,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 1,400 | 9 | 13,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 49,500 | 29 | 1,422,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 24,400 | 32 | 790,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 25,100 | 25 | 632,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,900 | 31 | 58,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 144,000 | 0.76 | 109,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 62,000 | 0.81 | 50,400 | tons |
| Sunflower | 4,200 | 710 | 2,984,000 | pounds |
| 21,891 acres were in the2004 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 113,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 77,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 600 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 390 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 15,272 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2005 | |
| 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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