PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS 1/ 



1/ Crops are season average prices for each crop's respective marketing year. 



Other prices are averages weighted by monthly sales. 

 2/ Preliminary. 



MONTANA'S RANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE 



ITEM ONIT PERIOD OR DATE 



RANK 



Land in farms and ranches 

 Income from cash receipts, 

 excluding Gov't payments: 



Total 

 Crops 

 Livestock 



60,700,000 



1,347,409,000 dollars 

 587,140,000 dollars 

 760,269,000 dollars 



1988 



1987 

 1987 

 1987 



33 



LIVESTOCK and LIVESTOCK PRCHJDCTS 



All Cattle & Calves 



All Cows 



Beef Cows 



Milk Cows 



Cattle on Feed 

 Hogs and Pigs 

 Sheep and Lambs 

 Wool Production 

 All Chickens 



CROPS (Production) 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



LYLE H. PRATT. STATE STATISTICIAN 



MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



EVERETT SNORTLAND. DIRECTOR 



