1998 Montana Agricultural Statlstics 



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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



ISSN: 1095-7278 VOLUME XXXV OCTOBER 1998 



STATE OF MONTANA 



MARC RACICOT. GOVERNOR 



MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



W. RALPH PECK, DIRECTOR 



COOFERATIMG WITH 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 



DONALD M. BAY, ADMINISTRATOR 



COMPILED BY 



MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 



FEDERAL BUILDING and U.S. COURTHOUSE 



301 SOUTH PARK AVENUE, DRAWER 10033 



HELENA. MONTANA 59626-0033 



PHONE: (406) 441-1240 or (800) 835-2612 



e-mail: nass-mt@nass.usda.gov 



home page: http:/Av\v\\ .nass.usda.go\/mt/ 



PEGGY STRINGER. STATE STATISTICIAN 



CURTIS E. LUND, DEPUTY STATE STATISTICIAN 



LIX'ESTOCK. CROPS, & DATA PROCESSING 



Thomas Chard II 

 Carmen Pennington 

 Jonathan Turnbow 

 Ron Schumacher 

 Bonnie Heller 

 Retta Johnson 



Sie\e Sakry 

 Darin Janlzi 

 Biilye Vincent 

 Carol Stefel> 

 Pat Barker 

 Kim Moreno 



ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT 



Annette Ronningen 

 Wendy Bruski 



