| ZIEBACH COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
| Number of Farms | 259 | ||||
| Land in Farms (acres) | 1,499,058 | ||||
| Average Farm Size (acres) | 5,788 | ||||
| Average Age of Farmers | 52.5 | ||||
| COUNTY RANKING - 1996 | ||||||||||
| Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
| Corn | 64 | Soybeans | -- | All Cattle | 41 | |||||
| All Wheat | 35 | Winter Wheat | 24 | Beef Cows | 23 | |||||
| Spring Wheat | 34 | Oats | 31 | Milk Cows | 53 | |||||
| Alfalfa Hay | 51 | Other Hay | 28 | Hogs & Pigs | 55 | |||||
| Sunflower | 36 | CRP 1/ | 11 | Sheep | 17 | |||||
| 1/     Conservation Reserve Program | ||||||||||
| CROP PRODUCTION - 1996 1/ | ||||
| Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
| Corn | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| Soybeans | -- | -- | -- | bu |
| All Wheat | 48,500 | 27 | 1,324,200 | bu |
| Winter Wheat | 31,600 | 28 | 884,800 | bu |
| Spring Wheat | 16,900 | 26 | 439,400 | bu |
| Oats | 6,600 | 43 | 283,800 | bushels |
| Alfalfa Hay | 35,000 | 1.40 | 49,000 | tons |
| Other Hay | 30,000 | 1.30 | 39,000 | tons |
| Sunflower | -- | -- | -- | pounds |
| 51,761 acres were in the 1996 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
| 1/     Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
| LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
| Species | Number |
| All Cattle | 44,982 |
| Beef Cows | 28,263 |
| Milk Cows | 159 |
| Hogs & Pigs | 1,289 |
| All Sheep | 6,259 |
| 1/     Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census | |
| CASH RECEIPTS - 1996 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
| Crops | $9,007 | |||
| Livestock & Related Products | $12,848 | |||
| Total Receipts | $21,855 | |||
| Government Payments | $2,836 | |||
| All Cash Receipts 1/ | $26,405 | |||
| 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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