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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



WINTER WHEAT 



Acreage, Production. Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre 



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



1964 2,045,000 



1%5 2,699,000 



1966 2,213,000 



1967 2,877,000 



1968 2,877,000 



1%9 2,556,000 



1970 1,638,000 



1971 1,913.000 



1972 2,143.000 



1973 2,200,000 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1.834,000 

 2,329.000 

 2,143,000 

 2,807.000 

 2,751.000 



2.416.000 

 1,548,000 

 1,827,000 

 1.790.000 

 2,080.000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Bushels 



52,269.000 

 67.541.000 

 64.290.000 

 84.210.000 

 86.656.000 



28.5 

 29.0 

 30.0 

 30.0 

 31.5 



26.0 

 27.0 

 30.0 

 27.0 

 26.5 



62.816.000 

 41,7%.000 

 54.810.000 

 48,330.000 

 55,120.000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.23 

 1.18 

 1.45 

 1.23 

 1,09 



1.16 

 1.22 

 1.17 

 1.87 

 4.30 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



64.291.000 

 79.698.000 

 93.220.000 

 103.578.000 

 94.455.000 



72.867.000 

 50.991,000 

 64,128.000 

 90.377.000 

 237,148,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



35.06 

 34.22 

 43.50 

 36.90 

 34.33 



30.16 

 32.94 

 35.10 

 50.49 

 114.01 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Harvested 



Year Planted for Grain 



Acres 



1964 38.700 37,000 



1%5 41,700 40,400 



1%6 33,900 32.200 



1967 30.100 29.300 



1968 32.000 .31.000 



1%9 30,000 29,000 



1970 21,000 20.000 



1971 23.700 23.100 



1972 27,000 26.000 



1973 22.000 21.000 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Bushels 



1.507.000 

 1.964.000 

 1.546.tXM) 

 1.389.000 

 1.504.000 



40.7 

 48.6 

 48.0 

 47.4 

 48.5 



45.0 

 49.8 

 M.O 

 52.0 

 48.8 



1.305,000 

 995,000 

 1,247.400 

 1,353.000 

 1.025.000 



Pianied 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



2.006.300 

 2.637.300 

 2.179.100 

 2,846,900 

 2,84.5.000 



2.526,000 

 1.617.000 

 1.889.300 

 2.116.000 

 2,178.000 



1.797.000 

 2.288.600 

 2.110.800 

 2.777.700 

 2.720.000 



2.387.000 

 1.528.000 

 1.803.900 

 1.764.000 

 2.059.000 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 ducUon 



Bushels 



50.762,000 

 65.577,000 

 62.744,000 

 82.821.000 

 85.152.000 



28.2 

 28.7 

 29.7 

 29.8 

 31.3 



25.8 

 26.7 

 29.7 

 26.6 

 26.3 



61.511.000 

 40.801.000 

 53.562.600 

 46.977,000 

 54,095,000 



ACRES HARVESTED 



Spring and Winter Wheat, 1930-1973 



Thous. Acres 



4,000 



3,000 



2.000 



1.000 



1930 



1940 



1950 



1960 



1970 



1980 



