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ALL HAY 



ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, PRICE, TOTAL VALUE, and VALUE PER ACRE 



Year 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



ACRES 



Harvested 



2,420,000 

 2,380,000 

 2,200,000 

 2,380,000 

 2,450,000 



2,170,000 

 2,200,000 

 1,950,000 

 2,250,000 

 2,200,000 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



--Tons- 



Price Per 

 Ton Baled 



44.00 

 55.50 

 62.50 

 48.50 

 50.00 



63.00 

 78.00 

 84.50 

 51.00 

 46.00 



Value of 

 Production 



--Dollars — 



201,344,000 

 240,260,000 

 260,625,000 

 240,754,000 

 245,750,000 



254,583,000 

 294,840,000 

 233,220,000 

 220,320,000 

 193,660,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



83.20 

 100.95 

 118.47 

 101.16 

 100.31 



117.32 



134.02 



119.60 



97.92 



88.03 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



Acres 

 Harvested 



1,175,700 

 1,188,100 

 1,230,000 

 1,245,000 

 1,276,900 



1,118,000 

 1,317,000 

 1,200,000 

 1,115,000 

 1,120,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



— Tons- 



35 

 41 

 45 

 62 

 61 



47 

 19 

 93 



57 

 70 



2,760,300 

 2,862,300 

 3,010,000 

 3,261,500 

 3,329,900 



2,762,000 

 2,882,500 

 2,310,000 

 2,869,000 

 2,970,000 



Acres 

 Harvested 



1,244,300 

 1,191,900 

 970,000 

 1,075,000 

 1,173,100 



1,052,000 



883,000 



750,000 



1,135,000 



1,080,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre Production 

 — Tons — 



1.46 

 1.20 



20 

 44 

 51 



1.22 



1.02 



.60 



1.28 



1.10 



1,815,700 

 1,428,700 

 1,160,000 

 1,546,500 

 1,775,100 



1,279,000 



897,500 



450,000 



1,451,000 



1,240,000 



Year 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 

 1982. 



1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 

 1986. 

 1987. 



TOTAL 



ALFALFA HAY 



ACREAGE and PRODUCTION 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



TOTAL 



OTHER HAY 1/ 



ACREAGE and PRODUCTION 



IRRIGATED 



NON-IRRIGATED 



