2 Foreword 



Montana A(;RitT'LTi ral Statistk s 2001 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FOREWORD 



Comments from the Governor 3 



Message from the Director 4 



Notes from the State Statistician 4 



GENERAL 



Montana Department of Agriculture 5 



Montana Crop. Livestock, and Weather Digest 6 



Chmatoiogical Data 7 



Freeze/Frost Occurrence Data 8-9 



Weekly Progress by Crop 



(Winter, Sprmg Wheat and Barley) 10 



Montana Facts and Figures 11 



Number of Farms and Land m Farms 12 



Farm Real Estate 13 



Census of Agriculture. Farms by Size and Value of Sales 13 

 Census of Agriculture. Number of Farms. Land in 



Farms and Average Farm Size by County 14 



ECONOMIC 



CASH RECEIPTS: 



Principal Products and Government Payments 15-16 



Marketings by Commodities 17-18 



Value Added to the US Economy by the Agriculture Sector 19 



Selected Industries Comparison 20 



Fertilizer and Fertilizer Materials Sold 21 



Ag Chemical Use. Winter Wheat and Other Spring Wheat 21 



Prices Received for Selected Commodities 22-23 



Marketing Year Average Prices Received. Montana and US 24 



RANK 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 25 



Crop and Livestock Record Highs and Lows 26 



Winter Wheat and Spring Wheat Production Maps 27 



Durum Wheat and Barley Production Maps 28 



Oats and .Alfalfa Hay Production Maps 29 



Cattle and Calves and Sheep and Lambs Inventory Maps . 30 



STATE ESTIMATES— CROPS 



ACREAGE. PRODUCTION. YIELD, AND VALUE: 



All Wheat 31 



Winter Wheat 32 



Other Spring Wheat 33 



Durum Wheat 34 



Barley 35 



Oats 36 



Corn 36 



Potatoes 36 



Dry Beans 37 



Sugar Beets 37 



Sweet Cherries 37 



Alfalfa Seed 38 



All Hay 39 



AllallaHay 39 



All Other Hay 39 



Slacks of Major Grains 40 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 



By Class and Destination 41 



Wheal and Barley Shipped 



By Class. District. Mode and Destination 41 



All Wheat Supply and Disposition 42 



All Wheat, Movement. Utilization. Exports 42 



Wheat Varieties: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 



and Seeded Acreage 43 



Winter Wheal Varieties by District 44 



Spring Wheat Varieties by District 45 



Durum Wheal Varieties by District 46 



Barley Varieties by District 47 



Barley Varieties: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 



and Seeded Acreage 48 



Marketings of Major Crops 48 



COUNTY ESTIMATES— CROPS 



ACREAGE. YIELD, and PRODUCTION: 



All Crops, Irrigated and Non-Irrigated 1999-2000 49 



All Wheat, 1999-2000 50-53 



Winter Wheat, 1999-2000 54-57 



Other Spring Wheat, 1999-2000 58-61 



Durum Wheat, 1999-2000 62-63 



Barley, 1999-2000 64-67 



Oats, 1999-2000 68-71 



Com, Acreage, Utilization, and Yield, 1999-2000 72 



Potatoes, 1999-2000 73 



Sugar Beets, 1999-2000 73 



All Dry Beans, 1999-2000 74 



Dry Beans, Principally Pintos, 1999-2000 74 



Garbanzo Beans, 1999-2000 75 



Lentils. 1999-2000 75 



Dry Peas, 1999-2000 76 



Flax Seed, 1999-2000 77 



Mustard Seed, 1999-2000 77 



Safflower, 1999-2000 77 



Sunflower, 1999-2000 78 



Canola, 1999-2000 78 



All Hay, 1999-2000 79-80 



Alfalfa Hay, 1999-2000 81-82 



All Other Hay, 1999-2000 83-84 



STATE ESTIMATES— LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and Calves: Inventory, Numbers by Class, Cattle 



on Feed, & Value 85 



Calf Crop and Disposition 85 



Cattle and Calves: Production and Income and 



Private Grazing Fee Rates 85 



Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations and Percent 



of Total Inventory by Size Groups 85 



Beef Cows: Number of Operations and Percent of Total 



Inventory by Size Groups 86 



Milk Cows on Farms: Production, Milkfat, and Total .... 86 



Milk Marketed: Quantity and Cash Receipts 86 



Dairy Products Marketed: Income and Value 86 



Sheep, Lambs, and Wool: Inventory, Value. 



Production, Disposition, Income 87 



Sheep and Lambs: Inventory, Death Loss, and Value ... 88 



Sheep and Lambs: Losses by Cause 89 



Sheep and Lambs: Percent of Losses by Cause 



and Size of Flock 89 



Hogs and Pigs: Number ol' Operations. Inventory, Value. 



Production, Disposition, and Income 90 



Chickens: Inventory, Value. Production, and Income .... 91 



Eggs: Production and Value 91 



Honey: Colonies. Yield. Production. Stocks. 



Price, and Value 91 



Commercial Livestock Slaughter 92 



COUNTY ESTIMATES— LIVESTOCK 



LIVESTOCK INVEN rOR'l BY COUN I lES: 



All Cattle and Calves & Beef Cows & Heifers. 1999-01 93 



Milk Cows and All Sheep and Lambs, 1999-01 94 



Hogs and Pigs & Chickens, 1998-00 95 



AGRICULTIRAL EXPORTS 96 

 REPORTS ISSUED and PUBLICATION DATES 



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