| 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 - 2001 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 61 | Soybeans | 59 | All Cattle | 51 | |||||
| All Wheat | 13 | Winter Wheat | 3 | Beef Cows | 35 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 17 | Oats | 59 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 66 | Other Hay | 25 | Hogs & Pigs | 63 | |||||
| Sunflower | 9 | CRP 1/ | 11 | Sheep | ||||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2001 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 2,500 | 66 | 166,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 68,600 | 33 | 2,282,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 25,800 | 34 | 866,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 42,600 | 33 | 1,411,000 | bu |
| Oats | 400 | 35 | 14,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 16,000 | 1.06 | 17,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 31,000 | 1.39 | 43,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | 27,100 | 946 | 25,646,000 | pounds |
| 41,750 acres were in the2001 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 39,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 24,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 218 |
| All Sheep 2/ | Not Disclosed |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2002 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2001 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $12,014 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $14,847 | |||
| Total Receipts | $26,861 | |||
| Government Payments | $6,040 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $37,550 | |||
| 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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