2 Foreword 



Montana Agricultural Statistics 2000 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FOREWORD 



Commenis 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 



Chmatologica) Data 7 



Freeze/Frost Occurrence Data 8-9 



Weekly Progress by Crop 



(Winter, Spring Wheat and Barley) 10 



Montana Facts and Figures 11 



Number of Farms and Land in Farms 12 



Farm Real Estate 13 



Census of Agriculture, Farms by Size and Value of Sales 13 

 Census of Agriculture, Number of Farms, Land in 



Farms and Average Farm Sue by County 14 



ECONOMIC 



CASH RECEIPTS: 



Principal Products and Government Payments 15-16 



Marketings by Commodities 17-18 



Value Added to the US Economy by the Agriculture Sector 19 



Selected Industries Comparison 20 



Fertilizer and Fertilizer Materials Sold 21 



Ag Chemical Use, Winter Wheat and Other Spring Wheat 2 1 



Pnces Received for Selected Commodities 22-23 



Marketing Year Average Prices Received, Montana and US 24 



RANK 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 25 



Crop and Livestock Record Highs and Lows 26 



Winter Wheat and Spring Wheat Production Maps 27 



Durum Wheat and Barley Production Maps 28 



Oats and Alfalfa Hay Production Maps 29 



Cattle and Calves and Sheep and Lambs Inventory Maps . 30 



STATE ESTIMATES —CROPS 



ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, YIELD, AND VALUE: 



All Wheat 31 



Winter Wheat 32 



Other Spring Wheat 33 



Durum Wheat 34 



Barley 35 



Oats 36 



Com 36 



Potatoes 36 



Dry Beans 37 



Sugar Beets 37 



Sweet Cherries 37 



Alfalfa Seed 38 



All Hay 39 



Alfalfa Hay 39 



All Other Hay 39 



Stocks of Major Grains 40 



Wheal Shipped Out of State 



By Class and Destination 41 



Wheat and Bariey Shipped 



By Class, District, Mode and Destination 41 



All Wheat Supply and Disposition 42 



All Wheal. Movement, Utilization. Exports 42 



Wheat Varieties: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 



and Seeded Acreage 43 



Winter Wheat Varieties by District 44 



Spring Wheat Varieties by District 45 



Durum Wheat Varieties by District 46 



Barley Varieties by District 47 



Barley Varieties: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 



and Seeded Acreage 48 



Marketings of Major Crops 48 



COUNTY ESTIMATES— CROPS 



ACREAGE, YIELD, and PRODUCTION: 



All Crops. In-igated and Non-Irrigated 1998-99 49 



All Wheat. 1998-99 50-53 



Winter Wheat. 1998-99 54-57 



Other Spnng Wheat. 1998-99 58-61 



Dunim Wheat. 1998-99 62-63 



Barley. 1998-99 64-67 



Oats, 1998-99 68-71 



Com, Acreage, Utilization, and Yield. 1998-99 72 



Potatoes, 1998-99 73 



Sugar Beets, 1998-99 73 



All Dry Beans, 1998-99 74 



Dry Beans, Principally Pintos. 1999 74 



Garbanzo Beans, 1999 75 



Lentils, 1999 75 



Dry Peas, 1999 76 



Sunflower, 1999 77 



Flax Seeds, 1999 77 



Mustard Seeds, 1999 77 



Safflower, 1999 78 



Canola, 1999 78 



All Hay, 1998-99 79-80 



Alfalfa Hay, 1998-99 81-82 



All Other Hay, 1998-99 83-84 



STATE ESTIMATES— LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and Calves: Inventory, Numbers by Class, Cattle 



on Feed, & Value 85 



Calf Crop and Disposition 85 



Cattle and Calves: Production and Income 85 



Cattle and Calves: Number of Operations and Percent 



of Total Inventory by Size Groups 85 



Beef Cows: Number of Operations and Percent of Total 



Inventory by Size Groups 86 



Milk Cows on Farms: Production, Milkfat, and Total ... . 86 



Milk Marketed: Quantity and Cash Receipts 86 



Dairy Products Marketed: Income and Value 86 



Sheep. Lambs, and Wool: Inventory, Value, 



Production, Disposition, Income 87 



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Sheep and Lambs: 

 Sheep and Lambs: 

 Sheep and Lambs: 



s: Inventory. Death Loss, and Value 



s: Losses by Cause 



s: Percent of Losses by Cause 



and Size of Flock 89 



Hogs and Pigs: Number of Operations, Inventory, Value. 



Production, Disposition, and Income 90 



Chickens: Inventory, Value, Production, and Income .... 91 



Eggs: Production and Value 91 



Honey: Colonies, Yield. Production, Stocks. 



Price, and Value 91 



Commercial Livestock Slaughter 92 



COUNTY ESTIMATES— LIVESTOCK 



LIVESTOCK INVENTORY BY COUNTIES: 



All Cattle and Calves & Beef Cows & Heifers, 1999-00 93 



Milk Cows and All Sheep and Lambs. 1999-00 94 



Hogs and Pigs & Chickens, 1998-99 95 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 96 



REPORTS ISSUED and PUBLICATION DATES 



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