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MONTANA 

 AGRICULTURAL 

 STATISTICS 

 SERVICE 



P Boi 4369 

 Heleni.MT 59604 



STATE D0CUIW^}T9*^)^LECTI0N 



Agricultural Facts™° 



5/88 



1987 



MONTANA STATE LIBRARY 



1515 E. 6lh AVE. 

 HELENA, MCri'AM/". "^^no 



AGRICULTURE: 



Montana's Most Important Industry 



Agriculture accounts for one-third or 

 more of the total receipts generated by 

 Montana's primary industries. Crop sales 

 for 1986 (up 17%) recovered from the sharp 

 reductions suffered in 1985 due to drouth. 

 Livestock sales dropped 19% after herd 

 liquidations boosted sales in 1985. Total 

 agricultural receipts in 1986 (including 

 government payments) were up 4% from 1985. 

 Receipts from other industries were up in 

 1986; but oil and gas were down sharply. 



RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTED 

 MAJOR MONTANA INDUSTRIES 



PERCENT OF TOTAL 



FARM COUNTS ft MEASUREMENTS 



Number of Farms & Ranches 



Average Size of Farm or Ranch 



Total Farm and Ranch Assets 



Average Value per Farm or Ranch 



Average Value per Acre 



Real Estate Value per Farm or Ranch 



Farm and Ranch Debt per Operation 



MONTANA FACTS & FIGURES 



Montana's 1980 population, at 

 786,690, was up 13 percent from 1970. 

 Population density, measured in people 

 per square mile, was 5.3 in 1980 — third 

 lowest in the United States. Montana's 

 60.80 million acres of land in farms and 

 ranches ranks second in the nation behind 

 Texas . 



MONTANA POPULATION 



Total, 1980 Census 786,690 

 Farm 67,546 



People per Farm 2.9 



LAND & LAND DTILIZATION 



147,138 Sq. Miles 



Montana Total 



Land Area: 



S14.0 Bil 



$592,047 2/ 



5164 3/ 



$430,945 4/ 



$141,746 5/ 



1/ Places with annual sale of agricultural products 



of 51,000 or more, 1987 preliminary. 

 2/ Includes household, buildings, machinery, 



livestock, crops, savings, and investments (1986) 

 3/ Per acre, land and buildings, February 1, 1988. 

 4/ Includes dwelling and other farm buildings. 

 5/ Includes real estate, non-real estate, and CCC 



loans (1986). 



OR 



93.2 Mil. Acres 

 5.3 



People Per 



Square Mile: 

 All Land in Farms 



and Ranches: 60,800,000 Acres 1/ 

 Proportion of Land 



in Farms & Ranches: 66 Percent 



1/ 1987 preliminary. 



LAND IN FARMS & RANCHES 



UTILIZATION AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL 1/ 



23,300 1/ 

 2,609 Acres 1/ 

 2/ 



1/ 1982 U.S. Census of Agriculture. 



