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 - 1997 | ||||||||||
Crops | Livestock | |||||||||
Corn | 8 | Soybeans | 12 | All Cattle | 3 | |||||
All Wheat | 25 | Winter Wheat | 13 | Beef Cows | 6 | |||||
Spring Wheat | 31 | Oats | 9 | Milk Cows | 18 | |||||
Alfalfa Hay | 5 | Other Hay | 7 | Hogs & Pigs | 2 | |||||
Sunflower | 18 | CRP 1/ | 48 | Sheep | 22 | |||||
1/ Conservation Reserve Program |
CROP PRODUCTION - 1997 1/ | ||||
Commodity | Hvstd Acres | Yield | Production | Unit |
Corn | 118,000 | 101 | 11,918,000 | bu |
Soybeans | 100,000 | 38 | 3,800,000 | bu |
All Wheat | 39,500 | 40 | 1,567,000 | bu |
Winter Wheat | 22,000 | 41 | 902,000 | bu |
Spring Wheat | 17,500 | 38 | 665,000 | bu |
Oats | 6,300 | 66 | 415,800 | bushels |
Alfalfa Hay | 47,000 | 3.20 | 150,500 | tons |
Other Hay | 37,000 | 1.90 | 70,400 | tons |
Sunflower | 10,700 | 1,481 | 15,844,000 | pounds |
7,055 acres were in the1997 Conservation Reserve Program | ||||
1/ Dashes indicate valid zeros or not published due to disclosure rules. | ||||
LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 1/ | |
Species | Number |
All Cattle | 105,282 |
Beef Cows | 43,953 |
Milk Cows | 1,914 |
Hogs & Pigs | 72,528 |
All Sheep | 4,788 |
1/ Reference Date: January 1, 1998; Source: 1997 Ag Census |
CASH RECEIPTS - 1997 (thousands of dollars) | ||||
Crops | $71,024 | |||
Livestock & Related Products | $64,971 | |||
Total Receipts | $135,995 | |||
Government Payments | $5,598 | |||
All Cash Receipts 1/ | $147,277 | |||
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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