| POTTER COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 285 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 530,038 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,860 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| POTTER COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 285 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 530,038 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 1,860 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 33 | Soybeans | 39 | All Cattle | 42 | |||||
| All Wheat | 5 | Winter Wheat | 5 | Beef Cows | 41 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 13 | Oats | 3 | Milk Cows | 52 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 35 | |||||
| Sunflower | 7 | CRP 1/ | 18 | Sheep | 40 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 33,000 | 62 | 2,056,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 2,300 | 26 | 59,800 | bu |
| All Wheat | 115,300 | 31 | 3,598,600 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 70,800 | 37 | 2,619,600 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 44,500 | 22 | 979,000 | bu |
| Oats | 8,600 | 64 | 550,400 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | 38,700 | 1,711 | 66,214,000 | pounds |
| 39,404 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 | 44,943 |
| Beef Cows | 18,137 |
| Milk Cows | 195 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 15,109 |
| All Sheep | 2,367 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $31,020 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $25,412 | |||
| Total Receipts | $56,432 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,059 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $62,692 | |||
| 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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