2018 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Montana

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: May/26/2019

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	2,156
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	26,900
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	58,000,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	1,448,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	12,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	2,500,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	40,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	215,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2018 )	192,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	22,833
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	274,000,000

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
WHEAT
WHEAT	5,390,000	5,165,000	38.3 BU / ACRE	197,630,000 BU	5.3 $ / BU	1,054,840,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)	2,900,000	2,820,000	34 BU / ACRE	95,880,000 BU	5.5 $ / BU	527,340,000
WHEAT, WINTER	1,650,000	1,570,000	50 BU / ACRE	78,500,000 BU	5.15 $ / BU	404,275,000
WHEAT, SPRING, DURUM	840,000	775,000	30 BU / ACRE	23,250,000 BU	5.3 $ / BU	123,225,000
HAY
HAY		2,900,000	1.93 TONS / ACRE	5,595,000 TONS	145 $ / TON	799,160,000
HAY, ALFALFA		1,900,000	2.05 TONS / ACRE	3,895,000 TONS	148 $ / TON	576,460,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		1,000,000	1.7 TONS / ACRE	1,700,000 TONS	131 $ / TON	222,700,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						799,160,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	115,000
BARLEY
BARLEY	790,000	600,000	56 BU / ACRE	33,600,000 BU	4.7 $ / BU	157,920,000
LENTILS
LENTILS	500,000	450,000	1,080 LB / ACRE	4,860,000 CWT	15.2 $ / CWT	73,872,000
POTATOES
POTATOES	11,100	11,100	345 CWT / ACRE	3,830,000 CWT	13 $ / CWT	49,790,000
PEAS
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE	335,000	310,000	1,620 LB / ACRE	5,022,000 CWT	9.7 $ / CWT	48,814,000
PEAS, AUSTRIAN WINTER	12,000	8,000	950 LB / ACRE	76,000 CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		68,000	85 BU / ACRE	5,780,000 BU	3.5 $ / BU	20,230,000
CORN, SILAGE		37,000	20 TONS / ACRE	740,000 TONS
CORN	115,000
CANOLA
CANOLA	120,000	117,000	1,120 LB / ACRE	131,040,000 LB	14.8 $ / CWT	19,394,000
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER	42,000	36,000	990 LB / ACRE	35,640,000 LB	22 $ / CWT	7,841,000
FLAXSEED
FLAXSEED	39,000	37,000	17 BU / ACRE	629,000 BU	9 $ / BU	5,661,000
OATS
OATS	70,000	23,000	43 BU / ACRE	989,000 BU	2.9 $ / BU	2,868,000
CHICKPEAS
CHICKPEAS	390,000	382,000	1,350 LB / ACRE	5,138,000 CWT
LEGUMES
LEGUMES, ALFALFA, SEED		7,700	398 LB / ACRE	3,063,000 LB
LEGUMES, ALFALFA, IRRIGATED, SEED		6,000	485 LB / ACRE	2,910,000 LB
LEGUMES, ALFALFA, NON-IRRIGATED, SEED		1,700	90 LB / ACRE	153,000 LB
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS	43,500	42,400	31.1 TONS / ACRE	1,319,000 TONS

(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.