| PENNINGTON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 637 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,043,959 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,639 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 54.7 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 62 | Soybeans | -- | All Cattle | 20 | |||||
| All Wheat | 11 | Winter Wheat | 7 | Beef Cows | 13 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 28 | Oats | 44 | Milk Cows | 34 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 60 | |||||
| Sunflower | 50 | CRP 1/ | 28 | Sheep | 58 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 63,900 | 40 | 2,564,100 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 57,700 | 41 | 2,365,700 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 6,200 | 32 | 198,400 | bu |
| Oats | 2,600 | 34 | 88,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 22,200 acres were in the 1995 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 68,107 |
| Beef Cows | 37,742 |
| Milk Cows | 784 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 741 |
| All Sheep | 808 |
| 1/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $21,180 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $27,818 | |||
| Total Receipts | $48,998 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,917 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $55,516 | |||
| 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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