2 Table OF Contents 



Montana Agricultirai. Statistics 1997 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FOREWORD 



Commenis from the Governor 3 



Message from the Director 4 



Notes from the State Statistician 5 



GENERAL 



Montana Department of Agriculture 6 



Crop. Livestock, and Weather Digest 7 



Freeze/Frost Occurrence Data 8,9 



Climatological Data— Table 10 



Percent of Total Acreage Seeded and Harvested by 



Date. Winter & Spring Wheat and Barley— graphs 11 



Montana Facts and Figures 12 



Number of Farms. Land in Farms 13 



Number of Livestock Farms 14 



Farm Real Estate Values. Rent Per Acre & Rent to Value . 14 



Census of Agriculture. Farms by Size & Sales Value .... 14 

 Census of Agriculture. Number of Farms, Land in 



Farms and Average Farm Size— County 15 



ECONOMIC 



CASH RECEIPTS: 



Principal Products & Government Payments— State .... 16 



Principal Products & Government Payments— County .. 17 



Marketings by Commodities— Tables 18 



Marketings by Commodities— Pie Charts 19 



Value Added to the US Economy by the Agriculture Sector 20 



Selected Industries Comparison 21 



Fertilizer & Fertilizer Materials Sold 22 



Ag Chemical Use, Winter Wheat & Other Spring Wheat . 22 



Marketing Year Average Prices Received. Montana & US 23 



Prices Received for Selected Commodities 24, 25 



STATE STATISTICS-CROPS 



ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, YIELD, AND VALUE: 



All Wheat 26 



Winter Wheat 27 



Other Spring Wheat 28 



Durum Wheat 29 



Barley 30 



Oats 31 



Corn 31 



Potatoes 31 



Dry Beans 32 



Sugar Beets 32 



Sweet Cherries 32 



Alfalfa Seed 33 



All Hay 34 



Alfalfa Hay 34 



All Other Hay 34 



Stocks of Major Grains 35 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 



By Class & Destination 36 



Wheat & Barley Shipped 



By Class, District, Mode & Destination 36 



All Wheat Supply & Disposition 37 



All Wheat. Movement. Utilization, Exports 37 



Wheat Varieties: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 



& Seeded Acreage 38 



Winter Wheat Varieties by District and Graphs 39 



Spring Wheat Varieties by District and Graphs 40 



Durum Wheat Varieties by District and Graphs 41 



Barley: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 



& Seeded Acreage 42 



Major Barley Varieties— Graphs 43 



Marketings of Major Crops 43 



RANK 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 44 



Crop & Livestock Record Highs and Lows 45 



Winter Wheat & Spring Wheat Production— Maps 46 



Durum Wheat & Barley Production— Maps 47 



Oats & Alfalfa Hay Production-Maps 48 



COUNTY STATISTICS -CROPS 



All Crops. Irrigated & Non-Irrigated 1995-96 49 



ACREAGE. YIELD. & PRODUCTION: 



All Wheat, 1995-96 50-53 



Winter Wheat. 1995-96 54-57 



Other Spring Wheat. 1995-96 58-61 



Durum Wheat. 1995-96 62-63 



Barley. 1995-96 64-67 



Oats. 1995-96 68-71 



Corn. Acreage. Utilization. & Yield. 1995-96 72-73 



Potatoes, 1995-96 74 



Sugar Beets. 1995-96 75 



Dry Beans. 1995-96 75 



All Hay, 1995-96 76-77 



Alfalfa Hay, 1995-96 78-79 



All Other Hay. 1995-96 80-81 



STATE STATISTICS-LIVESTOCK 



Cattle & Calves: Value, Numbers, & Disposition 82 



Cattle & Calves: Production & Income. & Map 83 



Milk Cows on Farms: Production. Milkfat. & Total 83 



Milk & Cream Marketed: Quantity & Cash Receipts .... 84 



Dairy Products Marketed: Income & Value 84 



Honey: Colonies. Yield. Production. Stocks, 



Price, & Value 84 



All Cattle & Calves: Number of Operations & Percent 



of Total Inventory' by Size Groups 85 



Beef Cows: Number of Operations & Percent of Total 



Inventory by Size Groups 85 



Private Grazing Fee Rates: Average Rates by Method of 



Payment. Montana 85 



Commercial Livestock Slaughter 86 



Sheep. Lambs. & Wool: Numbers. Value. 



Production. Disposition. Income 87 



Sheep & Lambs: lnventor>'. Death Loss. & Value 88 



Sheep & Lambs: Losses by Cause 89 



Sheep & Lambs: Percent of Losses by Cause 



& Size of Flock 89 



Sheep & Lambs. Number of Head— Map 90 



Hogs & Pigs. Number of Head-Map 90 



Hogs & Pigs: Numbers. Value. 



Production. Disposition. & Income 91 



Chickens: Numbers. Value. Production, & Income 92 



COUNTY STATISTICS-LIVESTOCK 



LIVESTOCK INVENTORY BY COUNTIES: 



All Cattle & Calves 1995-97 93 



Beef Cows & Heifers That Have Calved 1995-97 93 



Milk Cows & Heifers That Have Calved 1995-97 94 



Breeding Sheep & Lambs 1995-97 94 



Hogs & Pigs 1994-96 95 



Chickens 1 994-96 95 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 96 



REPORTS ISSUED & PUBLICATION DATES 



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