2 Foreword 



Montana Agricultural Statistics 2004 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FOREWORD 



Comments from the Governor 3 



Message from the Director - MT Department of Agriculture ..4 

 Notes from the Director- MT Ag Statistics Service 4 



GENERAL 



Montana Department of Agriculture 5 



Montana Crop, Livestock, and Weather Digest 6 



Climatological Data 7 



Montana Freeze/Frost Occurrence 8 



Montana Facts and Figures 10 



Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Size 1 1 



Census of Agriculture, Number of Farms 12 



Census of Agriculture, Number of Farms by County 13 



ECONOMIC 



Montana Selected Industries Comparison 14 



Value Added to the US Economy by the Ag Sector 15 



Farm Real Estate Values 16 



Cash Receipts from Sale of Principal Products 



and Government Payments 16 



Cash Receipts by County 17 



Cash Receipts by Commodities 18 



Cash Receipt Charts from Marketing by Commodities 19 



Prices Received for Selected Commodities 20 



Marketing Year Average Prices Received 22 



Marketing of Major Commodities 22 



RANK 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 23 



Montana Record Highs and Lows "by Commodity 24 



Winter Wheat and Spring Wheat Production Maps 26 



Durum Wheat and Bariey Production Maps 27 



Oats and Alfalfa Hay Production Maps 28 



Cattle & Calves; Sheep & Lamb Inventory Maps 29 



STATE CROPS 



Acreage, Production, and Value 



Afl Wheat 30 



Winter Wheat 31 



Other Spring Wheat 32 



Durum Wheat 33 



Bariey 34 



Oats 35 



Corn 35 



Potatoes 35 



Sugar Beets 36 



All Dry Beans 36 



Pinto Beans 36 



Garbanzo Beans 36 



All Dry Peas 37 



Lentils 37 



Austrian Winter Peas 37 



Flaxseed 37 



Safflower 38 



Sunflower 38 



Mustard Seed 38 



Canola 38 



AlfaflaSeed 38 



All Hay 39 



Alfalfa Hay 39 



All Other Hay 39 



Grain Hay 40 



Wild Hay 40 



CRPHay 40 



Sweet Cherries 40 



Grain Movement 41 



Wheat Utilization 42 



Major Grain Stocks 43 



Bariey Varieties, Historic 43 



All Wheat Varieties, Historic 44 



Winter Wheat Varieties 45 



Spring Wheat Varieties 46 



Durum Wheat Varieties 47 



Barley Varieties 48 



COUNTY CROPS 



Planted, Harvested, Yield, and Production by Counties 



All Crops, Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Harvested Acres 49 



All Wheat 50 



Winter Wheat 54 



Other Spring Wheat 58 



Durum Wheat 62 



Bariey 64 



Oats 68 



Corn 70 



Potatoes 71 



Sugar Beets 71 



All Dry Beans 71 



Pinto Beans 72 



Garbanzo Beans 72 



Dry Peas 72 



Lentils 73 



Austrian Winter Peas 73 



Flaxseed 73 



Sunflower 73 



Safflower 74 



Mustard Seed 74 



Canola 74 



All Hay 75 



Alfalfa Hay 77 



All Other Hay 79 



Grain Hay 81 



Wild Hay 83 



CRPHay 85 



STATE LIVESTOCK 



CATTLE and CALVES 



Inventory by Class and Cattle on Feed 87 



Calf Crop and Disposition 87 



Private Grazing Fee Rates 87 



Production and Income 87 



Number of Operations and Percent of Total Inventory.. 88 



Milk Cows on Farms, Production, and Milkfat 88 



Dairy Products Marketed, Income and Value 88 



SHEEP and LAMBS 



Inventory by Class and Number of Operations 89 



Lamb Crop and Disposition 89 



Wool Production 89 



Production and Income 89 



Death Loss and Percent of Total Inventory Lost 90 



Death Loss by Cause and Value of Loss 90 



Death Loss by Cause 91 



Percent of Loss by Cause and Size of Flock 91 



HOGS and PIGS 



Inventory by Class and Number of Operations 92 



Annual Farrowings and Disposition 92 



Production, Income, and Value 92 



CHICKENS, EGGS, and HONEY 



Chicken Inventory, Value, Production and Income 93 



Eggs Production and Value 93 



Honey Inventory, Production, Stocks and Value 93 



RED MEAT PRODUCTION, MONTHLY 94 



Monthly Slaughter by Class 94 



COUNTY LIVESTOCK 



Inventory by Counties 



All Cattle and Calves 95 



Beef Cows and Heifers 96 



Milk Cows and Heifers 97 



Chickens by District 97 



All Sheep and Lambs 98 



Hogs and Pigs 99 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 100 



