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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



WINTER WHEAT 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1970 1,638,000 1,548,000 



1971 1,913,000 1,827,000 



1972 2,143,000 1,790,000 



1973 2,200,000 2,080,000 



1974 2,750,000 2,650,000 



1975 3,100,000 3,000,000 



1976 3,200,000 3,080,000 



1977 3,050,000 2,800,000 



1978 2,900,000 2,700,000 



1979 3,000,000 2,250,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Bushels 



27.0 41,7%,000 



30.0 54,810,000 



27.0 48,330,000 



26.5 55,120,000 



29.5 78,175,000 



35.0 105,000,000 



32.0 98,560,000 



29.0 81,200,000 



31.0 83,700,000 



25.5 57,375,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.22 

 1.17 

 1.87 

 4.18 

 3.98 



3.34 

 2.32 

 2.30 

 2.73 

 3.60 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



50,991,000 



64,128,000 



90,377,000 



230,402,000 



311,137,000 



350,700,000 

 228,659,000 

 182,760,000 

 228,501,000 

 206,550,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



32.94 



35.10 



50.49 



110.77 



117.41 



116.90 

 74.24 

 65.27 

 84.63 

 91.80 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1970. 

 1971 . 

 1972. 

 1973. 

 1974. 



1975, 



1976, 



1977 



1978. 



1979 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 

 20,000 

 23,100 

 26,000 

 21,000 

 21,900 



22,200 

 22,000 

 19,000 

 14,000 

 16,200 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



49.8 

 54.0 

 52.0 

 48.8 

 50.6 



54.9 

 51.8 

 53.0 

 54.0 

 48.9 



995,000 

 1,247,400 

 1,353,000 

 1,025,000 

 1,107,100 



1,218,900 



1,140,000 



1,007,000 



756,000 



791,500 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 

 1,528,000 

 1,803,900 

 1,764,000 

 2,059,000 

 2,628,100 



2,977,800 

 3,058,000 

 2,781,000 

 2,686,000 

 2,233,800 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



26.7 

 29.7 

 26.6 

 26.3 

 29.3 



34.9 

 31.9 

 28.8 

 30.9 

 25.3 



Bushels 



40,801,000 

 53,562,600 

 46,977,000 

 54,095,000 

 77,067,900 



103,781,100 

 97,420,000 

 80,193,000 

 82,944,000 

 56,583,500 



ACRES HARVESTED 



All Spring and Winter Wheat, 1930-1979 



