CONTENTS 



Letter from the Governor 2 



Message from the Commissioner of Agriculture 3 



Montana Department of Agriculture 4 



Contents 5 



Foreword 6 



Crop and Livestock Summary 1980 and 1981 7 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 8 



STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS 



Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size 9 



Farm Income 11, 12, 13 10, 14 



Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 15, 16 



Importance of Montana Industries 17 



Land Uses 18 



Number of Workers on Farms 19 



Commercial Fertil izer Consumption 20 



Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres 21 



CI imatological Data 22, 23 



Prices Received by Montana Farmers, Selected Commodities 35 



Marketings of Major Crops 55 



COMMODfTY STATISTICS 



GRAIN CROPS 



Barley 27, 28, 50 33, 52, 53 



Barley Varieties 54, 55 



Corn 29 56 , 57 , 58 



Oats 27 , 50 34 , 60 , 61 



Wheat, All 26, 50 36, 37 



Wheat, Durum 25, 28 33, 40, 41 



Wheat, Spring excluding Durum 25, 28 32, 42, 43 



Wheat, Winter 24, 28, 50 32, 38, 39 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 48, 49 



Wheat Varieties 44, 45 45, 46, 47 



Stocks of Grain 50 



Minor Crops 51 



HAY CROPS 



Al 1 Hay 31 62 , 63 



Al f a 1 f a Hay 31 34 , 64 , 65 



Other Hay 31 



Wild Hay 31 



OTHER CROPS 



Beans, Dry 29 59 



Potatotes 29 58 



Seed , Al f a 1 f a 30 



Sugarbeets 30, 32 59 



FRUITS 



Cherries 30 



LIVESTOCK 



Bees 73 



Cattle and Calves 66, 67, 68 76, 77, 78 



Cattle and Calves on Feed and Number of Feedlots 66, 75 



Beef Cows 67 77 



Milk Cows 68 76 



Hogs 70,72 79 , 80 



Sheep and Lambs 70, 71 77, 79 



LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 



Dairy Products Mfg 74 



Honey and Beeswax 73 



Milk Production & Marketings 6fl, 69 



Wool Production 71 



Conmercial Slaughter 74 



POULTRY 



Chickens 73 80 



Eggs 73 , 76 



