| MOODY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 580 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 282,751 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 488 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.6 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 8 | Soybeans | 12 | All Cattle | 52 | |||||
| All Wheat | 56 | Winter Wheat | 57 | Beef Cows | 60 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 43 | Oats | 48 | Milk Cows | 19 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 48 | Other Hay | 48 | Hogs & Pigs | 21 | |||||
| Sunflower | CRP 1/ | 30 | Sheep | 22 | ||||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 106,800 | 154 | 16,392,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 102,500 | 33 | 3,382,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 2,700 | 62 | 166,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 800 | 63 | 50,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 1,900 | 61 | 116,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,300 | 92 | 120,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 14,000 | 3.36 | 47,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 10,000 | 1.58 | 15,800 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 17,024 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/ | 34,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 11,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 1,400 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 27,088 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 3,951 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $48,926 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $35,411 | |||
| Total Receipts | $84,337 | |||
| Government Payments | $7,910 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $101,115 | |||
| 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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