MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CONTENTS 



Letter from the Governor 2 



Message from the Commissioner of Agriculture 3 



Table of Contents 4 



Foreword 5 



Crop and Livestock Summary 1978 and 1979 6 



Montana Department of Agriculture 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, 15 



Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 16, 17 



Importance of Montana Industries 18 



Land Uses 19 



Number of Workers on Farms 20 



Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 21 



Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres & Value of Production 21 22, 23 



Climatological Data 24, 25 



Prices Received by Montana Farmers, Selected Commodities 37 



Commodity Statistics 



Grain Crops 



Barley 29. 30, 52 35, 54, 55 



Barley Purchased for Malt 53 



Barley Varieties 56, 57 



Corn 31 58, 59 60 



Oats 29, 52 36, 62, 63 



Wheat, All 28, 52 38, 39 



Wheat, Durum 27, 30 35, 42, 43 



Wheat, Spring excluding Durum 27, 30 34, 44, 45 



Wheat, Winter 26, 30, 52 34. 40, 41 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 50, 51 



Wheat Varieties 46, 47 47. 48, 49 



Stocks of Grain 52 



Hay Crops 



All Hay 33 64, 65 



Alfalfa Hay 33 36 



Other Hay 33 



Wild Hay 33 



Other Crops 



Beans, Dry 31 61 



Potatoes 31 60 



Seed, Alfalfa 32 68 



Sugarbeets 32 61 



Fruits 



Cherries 32 



Livestock 



Bees 76 



Cattle and Calves 69. 70. 71 80. 82 



Cattle and Calves on Feed 69, 78 79 



Beef Cows 70 81 



Milk Cows 71 80 



Hogs 74, 75 83, 84 



Sheep and Lambs 73, 74, 81 81 . 83 



Livestock Products 



Dairy Products Mfg 77 



Honey and Beeswax 76 



Milk Production & Marketings 71. 72 



Wool Production 73 



Commercial Slaughter T! 



Poultry 



Chickens 76 84 



Eggs 76 



Statistical Methods 85 



Release Dates for Crop and Livestock Reports 86 



