CHARLES MIX COUNTY | |||||
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1997 AG CENSUS | ||||
Number of Farms | 735 | ||||
Land in Farms (acres) | 679,852 | ||||
Average Farm Size (acres) | 925 | ||||
Average Age of Farmers | 51.4 | ||||
COUNTY RANKING - 2000 | ||||||||||
Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
Corn | 17 | Soybeans | 18 | All Cattle | 3 | |||||
All Wheat | 34 | Winter Wheat | 20 | Beef Cows | 6 | |||||
Spring Wheat | 39 | Oats | 26 | Milk Cows | 18 | |||||
Alfalfa Hay | 12 | Other Hay | 7 | Hogs & Pigs | 2 | |||||
Sunflower | 36 | CRP 1/ | 46 | Sheep | 22 | |||||
1/ Conservation Reserve Program |
CROP PRODUCTION - 2000 1/ | ||||
Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
Corn | 120,000 | 85 | 10,242,000 | bu |
Soybeans | 141,700 | 27 | 3,826,000 | bu |
All Wheat | 28,500 | 35 | 996,000 | bu |
Winter Wheat | 19,700 | 38 | 756,000 | bu |
Spring Wheat | 8,800 | 27 | 240,000 | bu |
Oats | 2,800 | 64 | 179,000 | bushels |
Alfalfa Hay | 52,000 | 2.29 | 119,000 | tons |
Other Hay | 36,000 | 1.44 | 52,000 | tons |
Sunflower | 1,000 | 1,790 | 1,790,000 | pounds |
7,023 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/ | 111,000 |
Beef Cows 1/ | 46,000 |
Milk Cows 1/ | 2,000 |
Hogs & Pigs 2/ | 72,528 |
All Sheep 2/ | 4,788 |
1/ Reference Date: January 1, 2001 | |
2/ Reference Date: December 31, 1997; Source: 1997 Ag Census |
CASH RECEIPTS - 2000 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
Crops | $40,168 | |||
Livestock & Related Products | $72,968 | |||
Total Receipts | $113,136 | |||
Government Payments | $17,660 | |||
All Cash Receipts 1/ | $139,054 | |||
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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