MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



25 



DURUM WHEAT 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



1964 183,000 



1965 117,000 



1966 163,000 



1967 243,000 



1968 379,000 



1969 235,000 



1970 129,000 



1971 168,000 



1972 137,000 



1973 185,000 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



178,000 

 114,000 

 160,000 

 240,000 

 365,000 



230,000 

 124,000 

 160,000 

 134,000 

 182,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



23.5 

 26.5 

 23.0 

 19.0 

 21.0 



31.0 

 25.5 

 23.0 

 31.5 

 22.0 



Bushels 



4,183,000 

 3,021,000 

 3,680,000 

 4,560,000 

 7,665,000 



7,130,000 

 3,162,000 

 3,680,000 

 4,221,000 

 4,004,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.26 

 1.31 

 1.65 

 1.61 

 1.41 



1,25 

 1.30 

 1.28 

 1.86 

 5.65 



Value of 

 Production 



Value 

 Per Acre 



Dollars 



5,271,000 

 3,958,000 

 6,072,000 

 7,342,000 

 10,808,000 



8,913,000 

 4,111,000 

 4,710,000 

 7,851,000 

 22,636,000 



29.61 

 34.72 

 37.95 

 30.59 

 29.61 



38.75 

 33.15 

 29.44 

 58.59 

 124.37 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



1964 4,300 3,900 



1965 2,300 2,300 



1966 2,900 2,600 



1967 2.900 2,800 



1968 2,000 2,000 



1969 2,200 2,000 



1970 2,000 2,000 



1971 1,000 1,000 



1972 1,000 1,000 



1973 800 800 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



34.1 

 36.7 

 32.3 

 40.0 

 36.5 



42.0 

 40.1 

 41.3 

 38.0 

 39.5 



Bushels 



133,000 

 84,500 

 84,000 



112,000 

 73,000 



84,000 

 80,200 

 41,300 

 38,000 

 31,600 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



178,700 

 114,700 

 160,100 

 240,100 

 377,000 



232,800 

 127,000 

 167,000 

 136,000 

 184,200 



174,100 

 111,700 

 157,400 

 237,200 

 363,000 



228,000 

 122,000 

 159,000 

 133,000 

 181,200 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



23.3 

 26.3 

 22.8 

 18.8 

 20.9 



30.9 

 25.3 

 22.9 

 31.5 

 21.9 



Bushels 



4,050,000 

 2,936,500 

 3,596,000 

 4,448,000 

 7.592,000 



7,046,000 

 3,081,800 

 3,638,700 

 4,183,000 

 3,972,400 



SPRING WHEAT (Excluding Durum) 



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



ACRES 



Year 



Planted 



1964 „ 1,928,000 



1965 1,735,000 



1966 1,509,000 



1967 1,705,000 



1968 1,466,000 



1%9 1,129,000 



1970 1,739,000 



1971 2,435,000 



1972 1,850,000 



1973 1,850,000 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



1964 62,600 60,100 



1965 55,200 51,500 



1966 46,800 43,300 



1%7 48,100 46,000 



1968 40,000 39,000 



1969 34,000 32,000 



1970 38,000 36,000 



1971 44,000 42,000 



1972 37,500 36,000 



1973 35,600 34,300 



Yield 



Per Pro- 



Acre duction 



Bushels 



35.3 

 33.4 

 36.4 

 39.5 

 41.0 



38.2 

 37.7 

 40.2 

 41.5 

 41.3 



2,122,000 

 1,719,000 

 1,576,000 

 1,817,000 

 1,599,000 



1,223,000 

 1,358,000 

 1,690,300 

 1,494,000 

 1,418,300 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



1,865,400 

 1,679,800 

 1,462,200 

 1,656,900 

 1.426,000 



1,095,000 

 1,701,000 

 2,391,000 

 1,812,500 

 1,814,400 



1,804,900 

 1,645,500 

 1,398,700 

 1,641,000 

 1.395,000 



1,072,000 

 1,675,000 

 2,285,000 

 1,744,000 

 1,755,700 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



19.5 

 20.1 

 21.6 

 17.4 

 21.5 



26.7 

 23.2 

 22.7 

 25.7 

 20.6 



Bushels 



35,178,000 

 33,069,000 

 30,148,000 

 28,549,000 

 29,949,000 



28,585,000 

 38,851,000 

 51,830,700 

 44,786,000 

 36,171,700 



