Issn: 



MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



1095-7278 Volume XLII October 2005 



OCT 1 2 2006 



state of Montana 

 Brian Schweitzer, Governor 



Issued Cooperatively by 



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Montana Department of Agriculture 



Nancy K. Peterson, Director 



303 N. Roberts, Room 317 



Helena, MT 59620 





U.S. Department of Agriculture 



National Agricultural Statistics Service 



Ron Bosecker, Administrator 



Washington, D.C. 20250 



Compiled by 



USDA, NASS, Montana Field Office 



Peggy Stringer, Director 



John Hilton, Deputy Director 



10 West 15th street, Suite 3100 



Helena, MT 59626-3100 



(406) 441-1240 or 1-800-835-2612 



e-mail: nass-mt(a)nass. usda.gov 



website: www.nass.usda.gov/mt/ 



Estimates Section 



Thomas Chard II 

 Wendy Bruski 

 Kim Haughee 

 Christel PachI 

 Ron Schumacher 

 Eric Siettens 

 Billye Vincent 



Survey Section 



Jodie Sprague 



Bonnie Heller 



Toby Paterson- 



Carmen Pennington 



Carol Stefely 



Annette Ronningen 

 Retta Johnson 



2005 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



Foreword 1 



