POTTER COUNTY
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2002 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms 256
Land in Farms (acres) 452,912
Average Farm Size (acres) 1,769
Average Age of Farmers 54.1

 
COUNTY RANKING - 2003
Crops Livestock
Corn 36 Soybeans 34 All Cattle 59
All Wheat 2 Winter Wheat 6 Beef Cows 47
Spring Wheat 5 Oats 1 Milk Cows 46
Alfalfa Hay 61 Other Hay 10 Hogs & Pigs 36
Sunflower 2 CRP 1/ 19 Sheep 47
1/     Conservation Reserve Program

 
CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/
Commodity Hvstd Acres Yield Production Unit
Corn 51,300 71 3,628,000 bu
Soybeans 44,000 20 857,000 bu
All Wheat 135,200 48 6,457,000 bu
Winter Wheat 61,200 51 3,136,000 bu
Spring Wheat 74,000 45 3,321,000 bu
Oats 9,200 78 717,000 bushels
Alfalfa Hay 12,000 1.83 21,900 tons
Other Hay 33,000 1.58 52,200 tons
Sunflower 39,700 1,347 53,479,000 pounds
27,592 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/ 30,000
Beef Cows 1/ 16,000
Milk Cows 1/ 0
Hogs & Pigs 2/ 7,774
All Sheep 2/ 1,747
1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2004
2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census

 
CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars)
Crops $34,114
Livestock & Related Products $17,721
Total Receipts $51,835
Government Payments $13,002
All Cash Receipts 1/ $71,531
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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