MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION 



By Primary Nutrients and Fertilizer Materials, 1974-1979' 



PRIMARY 

 NUTRIENTS 



1974 



Nitrogen 45, %1 



Available P-O^ ' 



K-O 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS^ 110,972 



FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS 



NITROGEN MATERIALS: 



Anhydrous Ammonia 2,049 



Aqua Ammonia 441 



Ammonium Nitrate 57,295 



Ammonium Sulphate 10,768 



Nitrogen Solution 2,539 



Urea 649 



Other 955 



PHOSPHATE MATERIALS: 



Phosphate Rock 



Superphosphate-over 22% 9,799 



Ammonium Phosphate 35,532 



Other 1,049 



POTASH MATERIALS: 



Chloride 50-62", 5,534 



Other 



NATURAL ORGANIC 237 



SECONDARY AND 

 MICRONUTRIENTS: 



Gypsum 2,058 



Other 4 



MIXTURES 100,965 



TOTAL MATERIALS 



AND MIXTURES 229,874 



1975 



1976 



1977 



1978 



109 



153 



127 



1979 



'Year ending June 1. 



-Data for some years may not add due to rounding. 



ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED - 1970-1979 

 Acres Flarvested and Value of Crop Production 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year Number 



1970 1,492,439 



1971 1.458,155 



1972 1,564,355 



1973 1,733.455 



1974 1,696,290 



1975 1,736,490 



1976 1.692.400 



1977 1.640.400 



1978 1.691.400 



1979 1,685.000 



1974-78 Avg 1.691,400 



Acres Harvested 



'%. of 

 Total 



18 

 17 

 19 

 19 

 19 



19 

 19 

 18 

 19 

 19 



Value of Crop 

 Production 



19 



Dollars 



91.106.900 

 105.725.900 

 139.386,700 

 264.698.400 

 247.490.700 



224,270,400 

 212,882.700 

 234.235.700 

 223,804.400 

 269.694.900 



228,536,800 



%of 

 Total 



31 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 28 



24 

 28 

 34 

 29 

 33 



28 



Acres 

 Harvested 



Number 



6,809,900 

 7,280,300 

 6,773,300 

 7,226,900 

 7.273,300 



7,360,300 

 7,431.800 

 7,505,200 

 7,340,500 

 7,185,000 



Value of 



Crop 



Production 



Dollars 



203,731.100 

 223.941.100 

 313.103,300 

 595.484,600 

 650,425,300 



704,827,600 

 549.749,300 

 456,706,300 

 557,526.600 

 549.796.100 



7.382,200 583,847,000 



