| MOODY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 549 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 283,783 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 517 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 49.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2000 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 9 | Soybeans | 16 | All Cattle | 52 | |||||
| All Wheat | 57 | Winter Wheat | 56 | Beef Cows | 55 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 46 | Oats | 47 | Milk Cows | 22 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 44 | Other Hay | 61 | Hogs & Pigs | 19 | |||||
| Sunflower | CRP 1/ | 29 | Sheep | 43 | ||||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2000 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 105,000 | 143 | 15,040,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 101,800 | 41 | 4,131,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 2,400 | 48 | 116,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 700 | 46 | 32,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 1,700 | 49 | 84,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,100 | 78 | 86,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 16,000 | 3.30 | 52,800 | tons |
| Other Hay | 5,000 | 1.96 | 9,800 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 16,461 acres were in the2000 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 39,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 13,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 1,500 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 31,657 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 2,219 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2001 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2000 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $44,666 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $35,470 | |||
| Total Receipts | $80,136 | |||
| Government Payments | $16,528 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $105,475 | |||
| 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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