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 «RANK 



RELEASED: March 1997 



STATE DCCUMEMTS COLLECTION 



AUG 2 2000 



Montana Stale Library 



TC 



MONTANA 

 AGRICULTURAL 

 STATISTICS SERVICE 



3 0864 1004 7767 1 



301 South Park, Drawer 10033 

 Helena, MT 59626-0033 

 Phone: (406)441-1240 

 (800)835-2612 

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



ITEM 



Land in farms and ranches 

 Number of farms and ranches 



Income from cash receipts, 

 excluding Gov't payments: 



Total 



Crops 



Livestock 



All Cattle & Calves 

 All Cows 

 Beef Cows 

 Milk Cows 

 Cattle on Feed 



Hogs and Pigs 



|Sheep and Lambs 



'All Chickens 



Calf Crop 

 Lamb Crop 

 Pig Crop 

 Wool Production 

 Egg Production 

 Honey Production 



All Wheat 



Winter Wheat 

 Durum Wheat 

 Spring Wheat Other 

 than Durum 



Barley 



Oats 



All Hay 



Alfalfa Hay 



Dry Beans 



Potatoes-fall 



Sugar Beets 



*Com 



Grain 

 Silage 



1/ Less than one-tenth of one 



UNIT 



59,700,000 

 22,000 



acres 

 farms/ranches 



1,845,168,000 dollars 



1.047.254.000 dollars 



797,914,000 dollars 



PERIOD OR DATE 



1996 

 1996 



1995 

 1995 

 1995 



LIVESTOCK INVENTORY 



2,700,000 



1,590,000 



1,570,000 



20,000 



85,000 



150,000 



432,000 



470,000 



head 

 head 

 head 

 head 

 head 

 head 

 head 

 birds 



Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 



1, 1997 

 1, 1997 

 1, 1997 

 1,1997 

 1, 1997 

 1, 1996 

 1, 1997 

 1, 1996 



LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION 



1,540,000 

 390,000 

 323,000 



4,150,000 

 108,000,000 



7,020,000 



head 



head 



head 



pounds 



eggs 



pounds 



CROP PRODUCTION 



176,710,000 



63,360,000 



6,750,000 



106.600,000 

 51.600.000 

 2,000,000 

 4.920,000 

 3,570,000 

 235,000 

 3,213,000 

 1,300,000 



2,055,000 

 819.000 

 percent. 



bushels 

 bushels 

 bushels 



bushels 



bushels 



bushels 



tons 



tons 



cwt 



cwt 



tons 



bushels 

 tons 



1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 



1996 

 1996 

 1996 



1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 

 1996 



1996 

 1996 



% U.S. 



