| PERKINS COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 452 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,781,628 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,942 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.8 | ||||
| PERKINS COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 452 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,781,628 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 3,942 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.8 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 53 | Soybeans | All Cattle | 7 | ||||||
| All Wheat | 19 | Winter Wheat | 37 | Beef Cows | 4 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 13 | Oats | 9 | Milk Cows | 49 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 16 | Other Hay | 6 | Hogs & Pigs | 40 | |||||
| Sunflower | 31 | CRP 1/ | 13 | Sheep | 3 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 4,700 | 44 | 208,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 85,800 | 27 | 2,318,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 10,900 | 32 | 353,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 66,800 | 26 | 1,761,000 | bu |
| Oats | 9,900 | 43 | 429,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 94,000 | 1.14 | 107,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 58,000 | 1.22 | 70,900 | tons |
| Sunflower | 6,500 | 340 | 2,210,000 | pounds |
| 37,012 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/ | 84,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 51,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 1,799 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 19,193 |
| 1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/ Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $10,183 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $37,271 | |||
| Total Receipts | $47,454 | |||
| Government Payments | $12,586 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $63,752 | |||
| 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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