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 



All Wheat 30 



Winter Wheat 31 



Other Spring Wheat 32 



Durum Wheat 33 



All 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 38 



Safflower 38 



Sunflower 38 



Mustard Seed 38 



Canola 39 



Alfafa Seed 39 



Leaf Cutter bees 39 



Sweet Cherries 39 



All Hay 40 



Alfalfa Hay 40 



Hay on CRP Land 40 



All Other Hay 41 



Grain Hay 41 



Wild Hay 41 



Grain Movement 41 



Wheat Utilization 43 



All Wheat, All Barley, and Oats Stocks 44 



All Bariey Varieties, Historic 44 



All Wheat Varieties, Historic 45 



Winter Wheat Varieties 46 



Spring Wheat Varieties 47 



Durum Wheat Varieties 48 



All Bariey Varieties 49 



COUNTY CROPS 



Planted, Harvested, Yield, and Production by Counties 



All Wheat 50 



Winter Wheat 54 



Other Spring Wheat 58 



Durum Wheat 62 



All Bariey 64 



Oats 68 



Corn 70 



Potatoes 71 



Sugar Beets 71 



All Dry Beans 72 



Pinto Beans 72 



Garbanzo Beans 72 



Dry Peas 73 



Lentils 73 



Austrian Winter Peas 74 



Flaxseed 74 



Safflower 74 



Sunflower 75 



Mustard Seed 75 



Canola 75 



All Hay 76 



Alfalfa Hay 78 



Hay on CRP Land 80 



All Other Hay 82 



Grain Hay 84 



Wild Hay 86 



All Crops Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Harvested Acres . 88 



STATE LIVESTOCK 



CATTLE and CALVES 



Inventory by Class and Value and Cattle on Feed 89 



Calf Crop and Disposition 89 



Private Grazing Fee Rates 89 



Production and Income 89 



Number of Operations and Percent of Total Inventory.. 90 



Milk Cows on Farms, Production, and Milkfat 90 



Dairy Products Marketed and Income 90 



SHEEP and LAMBS 



Inventory by Class and Value and Operation Numbers 91 



Lamb Crop and Disposition 91 



Wool Production 91 



Production and Income 91 



Death Loss and Percent of Total Inventory Lost 92 



Death Loss by Cause and Value of Loss 92 



Death Loss by Cause 93 



Percent of Loss by Cause and Size of Flock 93 



HOGS and PIGS 



Inventory by Class and Value and Operation Numbers 94 



Annual Farrowings and Disposition 94 



Production and Income 94 



CHICKENS, EGGS, and HONEY 



Chicken Inventory, Value, Production and Income 95 



Eggs Production and Value 95 



Honey Inventory, Production, Stocks and Value 95 



COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER 



Commercial Red Meat Production 96 



Monthly Slaughter by Class 96 



COUNTY LIVESTOCK 



Inventory by Counties 



All Cattle and Calves 97 



Beef Cows and Heifers 97 



Milk Cows and Heifers 98 



All Sheep and Lambs 98 



Hogs and Pigs 99 



Chickens by District 99 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 100 



2 Foreword 



Montana Agricultural Statistics 2005 



