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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



MONTANA'S RANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE 



Item 



Acres in strip cropping 

 Land in farms and ranches 

 Income from cash receipts, 

 excluding Gov't payments 



Total 



Crops 



Livestock 



Unit 

 (000) 



4,489 acres 

 62,000 acres 



$1,231,650 

 $ 548,876 

 $ 682,774 



Period or Date 



1969 Census 

 1979 



1978 

 1978 

 1978 



Rank 



1 

 2 



32 

 33 

 29 



LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 



All cattle and calves 



All cows 



Milk cows 



Beef cows 



Cattle on feed 

 Hogs and pigs 

 Sheep ana lambs 

 Wool production (July prel. 

 All chickens 

 Honey production 



2,645 



1,455 



28 



1,427 



63 



209 



494 



4,017 



890 



13,184 



CROPS (PRODUCTION) 



All wheat 



Winter wheat 

 Durum wheat 

 Spring wheat other 

 than durum 



All hay 



Alfalfa hay 



Dry beans 



Barley 



Oats 



Potatoes— fall 



Sugarbeets 



116,475 bushels 



57,375 bushels 



6,825 bushels 



52,275 bushels 

 4,291 tons 

 2,835 tons 

 175 cwt. 

 40,560 bushels 

 5,460 bushels 

 1,800 cwt. 

 829 tons 



RECORD HIGHS 



Livestock 



Cattle & calves 

 Sheep & lambs 

 Hogs & pigs 

 Chickens 

 Honey prod. 



Crops 



All wheat 



Winter wheat 

 All spring wheat 



(incl. durum) 

 Durum wheat 



Barley 



Oats 



All hay 



Sugarbeets 



Potatoes 



