2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Montana

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Nov/15/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	2,207
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	27,100
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	59,800,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	1,497,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	13,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	2,550,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	45,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	225,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	179,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	22,154
Milk - Production, Measured in $	50,400,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	288,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
HAY
HAY		2,550,000	1.91 TONS / ACRE	4,880,000 TONS	141 $ / TON	686,880,000
HAY, ALFALFA		1,600,000	2.1 TONS / ACRE	3,360,000 TONS	142 $ / TON	477,120,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		950,000	1.6 TONS / ACRE	1,520,000 TONS	136 $ / TON	209,760,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						686,880,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	100,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	5,140,000	4,665,000	27.3 BU / ACRE	127,430,000 BU	5.34 $ / BU	674,243,000
WHEAT, WINTER	1,750,000	1,590,000	42 BU / ACRE	66,780,000 BU	4.76 $ / BU	300,510,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)	2,500,000	2,290,000	21 BU / ACRE	48,090,000 BU	6.21 $ / BU	293,349,000
WHEAT, SPRING, DURUM	890,000	785,000	16 BU / ACRE	12,560,000 BU	6.32 $ / BU	80,384,000
BARLEY
BARLEY	770,000	565,000	51 BU / ACRE	28,815,000 BU	4.34 $ / BU	125,345,000
LENTILS
LENTILS	730,000	670,000	650 LB / ACRE	4,355,000 CWT	25.3 $ / CWT	112,359,000
BEANS
BEANS, DRY EDIBLE	275,000	260,000	1,000 LB / ACRE	2,594,000 CWT	34.5 $ / CWT	89,493,000
POTATOES
POTATOES	11,100	11,100	340 CWT / ACRE	3,774,000 CWT	12.8 $ / CWT	48,307,000
PEAS
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE	525,000	470,000	820 LB / ACRE	3,854,000 CWT	11 $ / CWT	42,394,000
PEAS, AUSTRIAN WINTER	20,000	4,000	630 LB / ACRE	25,000 CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CANOLA
CANOLA	155,000	137,000	870 LB / ACRE	119,190,000 LB	15.7 $ / CWT	18,117,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		65,000	70 BU / ACRE	4,550,000 BU	3.5 $ / BU	15,925,000
CORN, SILAGE		25,000	20 TONS / ACRE	500,000 TONS
CORN	115,000
FLAXSEED
FLAXSEED	52,000	38,000	9 BU / ACRE	342,000 BU	8.9 $ / BU	3,044,000
OATS
OATS	70,000	18,000	47 BU / ACRE	846,000 BU	2.86 $ / BU	2,919,000
LEGUMES
LEGUMES, ALFALFA, SEED		12,800	360 LB / ACRE	4,610,000 LB
LEGUMES, ALFALFA, IRRIGATED, SEED		9,100	470 LB / ACRE	4,277,000 LB
LEGUMES, ALFALFA, NON-IRRIGATED, SEED		3,700	90 LB / ACRE	333,000 LB
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS	42,900	42,700	32.7 TONS / ACRE	1,396,000 TONS
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER	39,000	28,000	610 LB / ACRE	17,080,000 LB	(D) $ / CWT	(D)

(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

Census State Profile: Montana

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	4,230,083	29	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	2,255,996	27	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	1,974,087	27	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	1,787,162	17	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	-	-	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	33,199	38	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	3,658	43	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	28,566	43	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	160	42	49
Other crops and hay	403,251	14	50
Poultry and eggs	(D)	44	50
Cattle and calves	1,783,908	11	50
Milk from cows	44,671	38	50
Hogs and pigs	54,091	23	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	31,233	10	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	22,824	18	50
Aquaculture	3,172	43	50
Other animals and other animal products	(D)	(D)	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Wheat for grain, all	5,627,463	3	49
Spring wheat for grain	2,909,910	2	29
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	2,267,198	8	50
Winter wheat for grain	2,168,021	4	48
Barley for grain	778,521	2	43

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Cattle and calves	2,633,740	10	50
Layers	464,802	40	50
Sheep and lambs	236,646	7	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	225,021	38	50
Hogs and pigs	173,953	22	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	8,243
$1,000 to $2,499	1,927
$2,500 to $4,999	1,747
$5,000 to $9,999	1,988
$10,000 to $19,999	1,939
$20,000 to $24,999	592
$25,000 to $39,999	1,420
$40,000 to $49,999	633
$50,000 to $99,999	2,178
$100,000 to $249,999	2,945
$250,000 to $499,999	2,276
$500,000 or more	2,120

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	3,516,180
Average per farm ($)	125,542

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	1,172,280
Average per farm ($)	41,855

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	15,434
Other	12,574

Principal operators by sex
Male	23,765
Female	4,243

Average age of principal operator	58.9

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	1,787
Asian	79
Black or African American	20
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13
White	42,092
More than one race	258

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	430

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.