| STANLEY COUNTY | |||||
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2002 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 166 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 866,345 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 5,219 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 55.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2002 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | Soybeans | All Cattle | 53 | |||||||
| All Wheat | 17 | Winter Wheat | 7 | Beef Cows | 48 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 35 | Oats | 60 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 66 | Other Hay | 45 | Hogs & Pigs | 55 | |||||
| Sunflower | 27 | CRP 1/ | 10 | Sheep | 61 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2002 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 40,100 | 23 | 910,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 35,200 | 24 | 850,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 4,900 | 12 | 60,000 | bu |
| Oats | 400 | 18 | 7,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 3,000 | 0.63 | 1,900 | tons |
| Other Hay | 18,000 | 0.75 | 13,500 | tons |
| Sunflower | 3,200 | 790 | 2,528,000 | pounds |
| 42,238 acres were in the2002 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 36,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 16,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 35 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 89 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2003 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2002 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $5,941 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $12,162 | |||
| Total Receipts | $18,103 | |||
| Government Payments | $3,633 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $26,546 | |||
| 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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