| 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 - 2003 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 60 | Soybeans | All Cattle | 58 | ||||||
| All Wheat | 7 | Winter Wheat | 4 | Beef Cows | 47 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 30 | Oats | 59 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 64 | Other Hay | 30 | Hogs & Pigs | 55 | |||||
| Sunflower | 29 | CRP 1/ | 10 | Sheep | 61 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2003 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 500 | 44 | 22,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 117,000 | 35 | 4,103,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 102,000 | 37 | 3,779,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 15,000 | 22 | 324,000 | bu |
| Oats | 600 | 43 | 26,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 11,000 | 1.18 | 13,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 21,000 | 1.27 | 26,700 | tons |
| Sunflower | 4,300 | 551 | 2,370,000 | pounds |
| 43,054 acres were in the2003 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 31,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 16,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 35 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 89 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2004 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 2002; Source: 2002 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2003 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $11,629 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $12,132 | |||
| Total Receipts | $23,761 | |||
| Government Payments | $7,275 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $35,244 | |||
| 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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