| ROBERTS COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 803 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 570,758 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 711 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.0 | ||||
| ROBERTS COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 803 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 570,758 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 711 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 51.0 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 10 | Soybeans | 2 | All Cattle | 36 | |||||
| All Wheat | 7 | Winter Wheat | 62 | Beef Cows | 38 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 2 | Oats | 22 | Milk Cows | 11 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | -- | Other Hay | -- | Hogs & Pigs | 17 | |||||
| Sunflower | 22 | CRP 1/ | 19 | Sheep | 28 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1995 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 71,000 | 91 | 6,464,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 136,500 | 32 | 4,368,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 79,000 | 36 | 2,842,400 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 78,200 | 36 | 2,815,200 | bu |
| Oats | 3,900 | 48 | 187,200 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Other Hay | N/A | N/A | N/A | tons |
| Sunflower | 16,700 | 974 | 16,264,000 | pounds |
| 37,221 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 | 50,971 |
| Beef Cows | 19,534 |
| Milk Cows | 3,217 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 35,914 |
| All Sheep | 3,851 |
| 1/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1995 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $73,057 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $35,078 | |||
| Total Receipts | $108,135 | |||
| Government Payments | $4,823 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $119,636 | |||
| 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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