| 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 - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 17 | Soybeans | 6 | All Cattle | 36 | |||||
| All Wheat | 9 | Winter Wheat | 61 | Beef Cows | 38 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 4 | Oats | 36 | Milk Cows | 11 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 25 | Other Hay | 21 | Hogs & Pigs | 17 | |||||
| Sunflower | 34 | CRP 1/ | 21 | Sheep | 28 | |||||
| 1/ Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 80,000 | 101 | 8,080,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 139,000 | 30 | 4,170,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 99,700 | 44 | 4,387,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 400 | 47 | 18,800 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 98,800 | 44 | 4,347,200 | bu |
| Oats | 3,900 | 68 | 265,200 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 29,000 | 3.00 | 87,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 37,000 | 1.40 | 51,800 | tons |
| Sunflower | 2,600 | 1,146 | 2,980,000 | pounds |
| 35,367 acres were in the 1996 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 - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $57,276 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $34,458 | |||
| Total Receipts | $91,734 | |||
| Government Payments | $5,540 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $104,783 | |||
| 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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