Foreword 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FOREWARD 



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 



Ciimatological Data 7 



Montana Facts and Figures 8 



Number of Farms and Land in Farms 9 



Census of Agriculture, Number of Farms, Montana 10 



Census of Agriculture, Number of Farms by County 11 



ECONOMIC 



Industry Comparison to Agriculture 12 



Value Added to the US Economy by the Agriculture Sector 13 



Farm Real Estate Values 14 



Cash Receipts from Sale of Prinicipal Products 



and Government Payments 14 



Cash Receipts by County 15 



Cash Receipts by Commodities 16 



Cash Receipt Charts from Marketing of Commodities 17 



Prices Received for Selected Commodities 18 



Average Prices and Marketings of Major Commotidites 20 



RANK 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 21 



Record Highs and Lows for Montana Commodities 22 



Winter Wheat and Spring Wheat Production Maps 24 



Durum Wheat and Barley Production Maps 25 



Oats and Alfalfa Hay Production Maps 26 



Cattle & Calves; Sheep & Lamb Inventory Maps 27 



STATE ESTIMATES - CROPS 



ACREAGE, PRODUCTION & VALUE 



All Wheat 28 



Winter Wheat 29 



Other Spring Wheat 30 



Durum Wheat 31 



Barley 32 



Oats 33 



Potatoes 33 



Canola 34 



Safflower 34 



Sunflovi^er 34 



Mustard Seed 34 



Flaxseed 34 



All Dry Beans 35 



Garbanzo Beans 35 



Pinto Beans 35 



Lentils 35 



All Dry and Austrian Winter Peas 35 



Sweet Cherries 36 



Sugar Beets 36 



Alfalfa Seed 36 



All Hay 37 



Alfalfa Hay 37 



All Other Hay 37 



Stocks of Major Grains 38 



Grain Movement 39 



Wheat Utilization 40 



All Wheat Varieties 41 



Winter Wheat Varieties 42 



Spring Wheat Varieties 43 



Durum Wheat Varieties 44 



Barley Varieties 45 



COUNTY ESTIMATES - CROPS 



PUNTED, HARVESTED. PRODUCTION & RANKING BY COUNTY 



All Wheat 46 



Winter Wheat 50 



Other Spring Wheat 54 



Durum Wheat 58 



Barley 60 



Oats 64 



Corn 66 



Alfalfa Seed 67 



Mustard Seed 67 



Potatoes 68 



Sugar Beets 68 



All Dry Beans 69 



Pinto Beans 69 



Garbanzo Beans 70 



Lentils 70 



Dry Peas 71 



Austrian Winter Peas 71 



Flaxseed 72 



Safflower 72 



Sunflower 73 



Canola 73 



All Hay 74 



Alfalfa Hay 76 



Grain Hay 78 



All Other Hay 80 



Wild Hay 82 



CRPHay 83 



ALL Crops Harvested Acres 84 



STATE ESTIMATES - LIVESTOCK 



CATTLE & CALVES 



Inventory by Class & Cattle on Feed 85 



Calf Crop and Disposition 85 



Private Grazing Fee Rates 85 



Production and Income 85 



Number of Operations & Percent of Total Inventory 86 



Milk Cows on Farms, Production, and Milkfat 86 



SHEEP & LAMBS 



Inventory by Class & Number of Operations 87 



Lamb Crop and Disposition 87 



Wool Production 87 



Production and Income 87 



Death Loss & Percent of Inventory Loss 88 



Predator & Non-Predator Loss and Value 88 



Death Loss by Cause 89 



Percent of Losses for Size of Flock by Cause 89 



HOGS & PIGS 



Inventory by Caiss & Number of Opeartions 90 



Annual Farrowings and Disposition 90 



Production and Income 90 



CHICKENS, EGGS, & HONEY 



Chickens: Inventory, Value, Production & Income 91 



Eggs: Production and Value 91 



Honey: Inventory, Yield, Production, Stocks & Value 91 



Dairy Products Marketed: Income and Value 91 



Red Meat Production by Month 92 



Monthly Slaughter 92 



COUNTY ESTIMATES - LIVESTOCK 



INVENTORY & COUNTY RANKING 



All Cattle & Calves 93 



Beef Cows & Heifers 93 



Milk Cows & Heifers 94 



All Sheep & Lambs 94 



Hogs & Pigs 95 



Chickens 95 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 96 



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