| SHANNON COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 175 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,474,029 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 8,423 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 53.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1998 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 60 | Soybeans | -- | All Cattle | 53 | |||||
| All Wheat | 37 | Winter Wheat | 23 | Beef Cows | -- | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 40 | Oats | -- | Milk Cows | -- | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 62 | Other Hay | 28 | Hogs & Pigs | -- | |||||
| Sunflower | 42 | CRP 1/ | 50 | Sheep | -- | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1998 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 2,700 | 79 | 213,300 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 24,200 | 40 | 971,300 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 16,500 | 43 | 709,500 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 7,700 | 34 | 261,800 | bu |
| Oats | -- | -- | -- | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 11,000 | 2.30 | 25,300 | tons |
| Other Hay | 19,000 | 1.80 | 34,200 | tons |
| Sunflower | 1,800 | 1,228 | 2,211,000 | pounds |
| 7,334 acres were in the1998 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 34,844 |
| Beef Cows | Not Disclosed |
| Milk Cows | Not Disclosed |
| Hogs & Pigs | Not Disclosed |
| All Sheep | 0 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1998 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $3,770 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $8,146 | |||
| Total Receipts | $11,916 | |||
| Government Payments | $1,498 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $17,569 | |||
| 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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