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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



ALL WHEAT 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



1964 4,156,000 



1965 4,551,000 



1966 3,885,000 



1967 4,825,000 



1968 4,722,000 



1969 3,920,000 



1970 3,506,000 



1971 4,516,000 



1972 4,130,000 



1973 4,235,000 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



3,877,000 

 4,140,000 

 3,745,000 

 4,734,000 

 4,550,000 



3,750,000 

 3,383,000 

 4,314,000 

 3,704,000 

 4,052,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



24.2 

 25.4 

 26.6 

 25.2 

 27.7 



26.6 

 25.2 

 26.0 

 26.7 

 23.9 



Bushels 



93,752.000 

 105.350,000 



99, 694. (X 10 

 119.i:!6.(K)0 

 125,869.000 



99,754,000 

 85,167,000 

 112,011,000 

 98,831,000 

 96,714,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.27 

 1.23 

 1.49 

 1.29 

 1.16 



1.23 

 1.31 

 1.23 

 1,88 

 4.30 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



118,798,000 

 129,924,000 

 148,781,000 

 154,040,000 

 146,591,000 



122„319.000 

 111. .395.000 

 137,880,000 

 186,160,000 

 415,870,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



30.64 

 31.38 

 39.73 

 32.54 

 32.22 



32.62 

 32.93 

 31.96 

 50.26 

 102.63 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



1964 105,600 101,000 



1965 99,200 94,200 



1966 83,600 78.100 



1967 81,100 78,100 



1968 74,000 72,000 



1969 66,200 63,000 



1970 61,000 58,000 



1971 68,700 66,100 



1972 65,500 63,000 



1973 58,400 56,100 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Bushels 



37.2 

 40.0 

 41.0 

 42.5 

 44.1 



41.5 

 42.0 

 45.1 

 45.8 

 44.1 



3.762,000 

 3,767,500 

 3,206,000 

 3,318.000 

 3,176,000 



2,612,000 

 2,433,200 

 2,979.000 

 2,885,000 

 2,474,900 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



4,050,400 

 4,451,800 

 3,801,400 

 4,743,900 

 4,648,000 



3,853,800 

 3,445.000 

 4. 447, .300 

 4,064,500 

 4.176,600 



3,776.000 

 4.045.800 

 3,666,900 

 4.6.55.900 

 4.478.000 



3,687,000 

 3,325,000 

 4,247,900 

 3,641,000 

 3,995,900 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



23.8 

 25.1 

 26.3 

 24.9 

 27.4 



26.3 

 24.9 

 25.7 

 26.4 

 23.6 



Bushels 



89,990,000 

 101,.582.500 



96,488,000 

 115,818,000 

 122,693,000 



97,142,000 

 82,733,800 

 109,032,000 

 95,946,000 

 94,239,100 



YIELD PER ACRE 



All Wheat. Barley, and Oat.s, 1930-1973 



Bu. per Acre 



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