MONTANA'S RANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE 



UNIT 

 (000) 



PERIOD or DATE 



Cropland In cultivated summerfallow 

 Land In farms and ranches 

 Income from cash receipts, 

 excluding Gov't payments: 



Total 

 Crops 

 L I vestock 



5,557 

 61 ,300 



$1 ,503,303 

 $ 846,939 

 $ 656,364 



ac res 

 acres 



1978 Census 

 1983 



1983 

 1983 

 1983 



32 



30 

 32 



LIVESTOCK and LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 

 (000) 



All cattle and calves 

 A I I cows 

 Milk cows 

 Beef cows 

 Cattle on feed 



Hogs and pigs 



Sheep and lambs 



Wool production 



All ch Ickens 



Al I wheat 



Al I hay 



Winter wheat 

 Durum wheat 

 Spring wheat other 

 than durum 



Alfalfa hay 



Dry beans 



Bar I ey 



Oats 



Potatoes — fa I I 



Sugarbeets 



136,930 bushels 



79,100 bushels 



4,100 bushels 



53,730 



4,158 



2,688 



37 



77,700 



5,280 



1 ,800 



816 



bushels 



tons 



tons 



cwt 



bushels 



bushels 



cwt 



tons 



6 



7 

 4 



3 

 15 

 11 

 16 



2 

 14 

 20 



7 



RECORD HIGHS 



LIVESTOCK 



Catt I e and ca I ves 

 Sheep and lambs 

 Hogs and pigs 

 Ch Ickens 

 Honey production 



SIZE & UNIT 

 (000) 



3,380 head 



5,736 head 



445 head 



2,738 birds 



13,184 pounds 



Jan. 1, 1974 



Jan. 1, 1903 



Jan. 1, 1944 



Jan. 1, 1944 

 1979 



CROPS 



Al I wheat 



Winter wheat 



A I I spring wheat 



(Including durum) 

 Durum wheat 



Barley 



Oats 



Al I hay 



Sugarbeets 



Potatoes 



183,560 bushels 

 105,000 bushels 



92,800 



18,093 



77,700 



25,650 



5,105 



1 ,206 



2,871 



bushels 



bushels 



bushels 



bushels 



tons 



tons 



cwt 



1982 



1975 



1982 

 1956 

 1983 

 1915 

 1982 

 1969 

 1918 



