| 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 - 2004 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 61 | Soybeans | 56 | All Cattle | 56 | |||||
| All Wheat | 24 | Winter Wheat | 14 | Beef Cows | 45 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 23 | Oats | 54 | Milk Cows | ||||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 60 | Other Hay | 32 | Hogs & Pigs | 55 | |||||
| Sunflower | 21 | CRP 1/ | 8 | Sheep | 61 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2004 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 300 | 73 | 22,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 500 | 10 | 5,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 84,100 | 28 | 2,369,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 47,900 | 30 | 1,444,000 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 36,200 | 26 | 925,000 | bu |
| Oats | 1,300 | 39 | 51,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 16,000 | 0.98 | 15,600 | tons |
| Other Hay | 23,000 | 1.37 | 31,600 | tons |
| Sunflower | 11,700 | 512 | 5,987,000 | pounds |
| 45,785 acres were in the2004 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle 1/ | 32,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 18,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 0 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 35 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 89 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2005 | |
| 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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