| TURNER COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 832 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 352,353 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 424 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 50.2 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 2000 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 5 | Soybeans | 9 | All Cattle | 38 | |||||
| All Wheat | 60 | Winter Wheat | 61 | Beef Cows | 55 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 56 | Oats | 24 | Milk Cows | 6 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 40 | Other Hay | 56 | Hogs & Pigs | 5 | |||||
| Sunflower | CRP 1/ | 54 | Sheep | 6 | ||||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 2000 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | 143,000 | 118 | 16,809,000 | bu |
| Soybeans | 142,700 | 35 | 4,933,000 | bu |
| All Wheat | 1,100 | 39 | 43,000 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 700 | 39 | 27,000 | bu |
| Oats | 2,500 | 78 | 195,000 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 20,000 | 3.07 | 61,400 | tons |
| Other Hay | 7,000 | 1.59 | 11,100 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 3,680 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/ | 53,000 |
| Beef Cows 1/ | 13,000 |
| Milk Cows 1/ | 4,800 |
| Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 58,492 |
| All Sheep 2/ | 14,101 |
| 1/     Reference Date: January 1, 2001 | |
| 2/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 2000 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $51,095 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $54,544 | |||
| Total Receipts | $105,639 | |||
| Government Payments | $18,763 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $133,317 | |||
| 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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