2022 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Montana
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Sep/24/2023

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation2,137
Farm Operations - Number of Operations27,100
Farm Operations - Acres Operated57,900,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )1,270,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )10,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )2,160,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )40,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2023 )190,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2022 )225,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head22,300
Milk - Production, Measured in $56,419,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb223,000,000
County outlines for MONTANA

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
WHEAT
WHEAT5,460,0004,915,00028.3 BU / ACRE139,300,000 BU9.24 $ / BU1,329,780,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)2,700,0002,440,00025 BU / ACRE61,000,000 BU9.03 $ / BU567,300,000
WHEAT, WINTER2,050,0001,800,00033 BU / ACRE59,400,000 BU8.86 $ / BU537,570,000
WHEAT, SPRING, DURUM710,000675,00028 BU / ACRE18,900,000 BU11.2 $ / BU224,910,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE976,136,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA60,000694,540,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)281,596,000
HAY
HAY2,290,0001.8 TONS / ACRE4,116,000 TONS238 $ / TON976,136,000
HAY, ALFALFA1,400,0002.05 TONS / ACRE2,870,000 TONS242 $ / TON694,540,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)890,0001.4 TONS / ACRE1,246,000 TONS227 $ / TON281,596,000
BARLEY
BARLEY1,030,000840,00041 BU / ACRE34,440,000 BU4.93 $ / BU247,968,000
LENTILS
LENTILS500,000450,000890 LB / ACRE4,005,000 CWT32.8 $ / CWT128,561,000
PEAS
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE535,000495,0001,440 LB / ACRE7,128,000 CWT12.7 $ / CWT94,090,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN69,000112 BU / ACRE7,728,000 BU7.3 $ / BU56,414,000
CORN, SILAGE54,00021 TONS / ACRE1,134,000 TONS
CORN130,000
CHICKPEAS
CHICKPEAS187,000177,000770 LB / ACRE1,357,000 CWT33.4 $ / CWT45,324,000
CANOLA
CANOLA180,000168,0001,030 LB / ACRE173,040,000 LB24.4 $ / CWT44,817,000
FLAXSEED
FLAXSEED98,00082,00011 BU / ACRE902,000 BU19.9 $ / BU18,581,000
OATS
OATS85,00024,00038 BU / ACRE912,000 BU(D) $ / BU7,068,000
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER44,00035,000590 LB / ACRE20,650,000 LB28.7 $ / CWT5,927,000
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS33,60033,50030.5 TONS / ACRE1,022,000 TONS
LEGUMES
LEGUMES, ALFALFA, SEED3,800669 LB / ACRE2,542,000 LB
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit


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