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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Letter from the Governor 2 



Message from the Director of Agriculture 3 



Montana Department of Agriculture 4 



Contents 5 



Foreword ^ 



Crop and Livestock Sununary 1987 7 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 8 



Montana Facts and Figures 9 



Montana and U.S. Exports 80 



STATB STATISTICS COOHTy STATISTICS 



Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size 10 



Farm Income 14f 15, 16 11, 12, 13 



Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 38, 39 



A Comparison of Selected Montana Industries 17 



Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 19 



Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres 



Climatological Data 20, 21 



Prices Received by Montana Farmers, Selected Commodities 18 



Marketings of Major Crops 35 



COMMODITY STATISTICS 



GRAIN CROPS 



Barley 25, 26, 32 42, 52, 53 



Barley Varieties 34, 35 



Corn 27 56, 57, 58 



Oats 25, 32 43, 54, 55 



Wheat, All 22, 32 44, 45 



Wheat, Durum 24, 26 42, 50, 51 



Wheat, Spring excluding Durum 24, 26 41, 48, 49 



Wheat, Winter 23, 26, 32 41, 46, 47 



Wheat Varieties 36, 37 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 30, 31 



Stocks of Grains 32 



HAY CROPS 



All Hay 28 60,61 



Alfalfa Hay 28 43, 62, 63 



Other Hay 28 64, 65 



OTHBR CROPS 



Beans, Dry 27 59 



Potatoes 27 58 



Sugarbeets 29 59 



PRDITS 



Cherries 29 



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 PRODOCTS 



Dairy Products Mfg 74 



Honey and Beeswax 73 



Milk Production & Marketing 68, 69 



Wool Production 71 



Commercial Slaughter 74 



POOLTRY 



Chickens 73 79 



Eggs 73 



