CONTENTS 



Letter from the Governor ? 



Message from the Director of Agriculture 3 



Montana Department of Agriculture 4 



Contents 5 



Foreword 6 



Crop and Livestock Summary 1985 7 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 8 



Montana Facts and Figures 9 



Montana and U.S. Exports 80 



STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS 



Number of Farms, Land In Farms and Average Size 10, 11 



Farm Income 13, 14, 15 12, 16 



Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 18, 19 



Importance of Montana Industries 20 



Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 65 



Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres 21 



C I Imatolog lea I Data 22, 23 



Prices Received by Montana Farmers, Selected Commodities 35 



Marketings of Major Crops 31 



COMMODITY STATISTICS 



GRAIN CROPS 



Barley 27, 28, 64 



Barley Varieties 50, 51 



Corn 29 



Oats 27, 64 



Wheat, All 26, 64 



Wheat, Durum 25, 28 



Wheat, Spring excluding Durum 25, 28 



Wheat, Winter 24, 28, 64 



Wheat Varieties 44, 45 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 46, 47 



Stocks of Grains 64 



HAY CROPS 



All Hay 31 58, 59 



Alfalfa Hay 31 34, 60, 61 



Other Hay 31 62, 63 



Wild Hay 31 



OTHER CROPS 



Beans, Dry 29 55 



Potatoes 29 54 



Sugarbeets 30 55 



FRUITS 



Cherries 30 



LIVESTOCK 



Bees 73 



Cattle and Calves 66, 67, 68 75, 76, 77 



Beef Cows 67 77 



Milk Cows 68 76 



Hogs 70, 72 78, 79 



Sheep and Lambs 70, 71 77, 78 



LIVESTOCK PROOUCTS 



Dairy Products Mfg 74 



Honey and Beeswax 73 



Milk Production & Marketing 68, 69 



Wool Product I on 71 



Commercial Slaughter 74 



POULTRY 



Chickens 73 79 



Eggs 73 



