| STANLEY COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 194 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 895,781 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 4,617 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 54.7 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2000 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 58 | Soybeans | 59 | All Cattle | 45 | |||||
| All Wheat | 7 | Winter Wheat | 4 | Beef Cows | 32 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 24 | Oats | 54 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 64 | Other Hay | 33 | Hogs & Pigs | 63 | |||||
| Sunflower | 16 | CRP 1/ | 11 | Sheep | ||||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2000 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 7,000 | 38 | 267,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 900 | 14 | 12,300 | bu |
| All Wheat | 113,000 | 36 | 4,093,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 89,000 | 37 | 3,282,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 24,000 | 34 | 811,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,800 | 36 | 65,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 14,000 | 1.16 | 16,300 | tons |
| Other Hay | 27,000 | 1.04 | 28,200 | tons |
| Sunflower | 17,700 | 1,166 | 20,640,000 | pounds |
| 37,942 acres were in the2000 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 45,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 25,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 218 |
| All Sheep 2/ | Not Disclosed |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2001 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2000 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $13,648 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $15,267 | |||
| Total Receipts | $28,915 | |||
| Government Payments | $6,659 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $40,012 | |||
| 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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