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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



ALL WHEAT 



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



ACRES 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1970 3,506,000 3,383,000 



1971 4,516,000 4.314,000 



1972 4,130,000 3,704,000 



1973 4,235,000 4,052,000 



1974 5,020,000 4,857,000 



1975 5,130,000 4,975,000 



1976 5,580,000 5,415,000 



1977 5,400,000 5,060,000 



1978 5,100,000 4,840,000 



1979 5,985,000 5,125,000 



PRODUCTION 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Bushels 



25.2 85,167,000 

 26.0 112,011,000 

 26.7 98,831,000 

 23.9 96,714,000 

 24.7 120,108,000 



31.3 155,925,000 

 30.9 167,295,000 

 25.9 130,920,000 

 30.2 146,050.000 

 22.7 116,475,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.31 

 1.23 

 1.88 

 4.24 

 4.24 



3.59 

 2.43 

 2.36 

 2.75 

 3.63 



VALUE 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 

 111.395,000 

 137,807,000 

 186,160.000 

 410,400,000 

 509,213,000 



559,668,000 

 406,774,000 

 309,287,000 

 402,081,000 

 423,064,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



32.93 



31.94 



50.26 



101.28 



104.84 



112.50 

 75.12 

 61.12 

 83,07 

 82.55 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1970 . 



1971 . 

 1972. 

 1973. 

 1974 



1975, 



1976 



1977 



1978 



1979 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



58,000 



66,100 



63,000 



56,100 



66,700 



82,300 

 114,300 

 99,600 

 68,800 

 79,100 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



42.0 

 45.1 

 45.8 

 44.1 

 44.6 



47.0 

 45.7 

 46.5 

 50.5 

 48.9 



Bushels 



2,433,200 

 2,979,000 

 2,885,000 

 2,474,900 

 2,973,500 



3,871,500 

 5,218,400 

 4,634,900 

 3,471 ,700 

 3,867,000 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 

 3,325,000 

 4,247,900 

 3,641,000 

 3,995,900 

 4,790.300 



4,892,700 

 5,300,700 

 4,960,400 

 4,771,200 

 5,045,900 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



24.9 82,733,800 



25.7 109,032,000 



26.4 95,946,000 

 23.6 94,239,100 



24.5 117,134,500 



31.1 152,053,500 



30.6 162,076,600 

 25.5 126,285,100 

 29.9 142,578,300 

 22.3 112,608.000 



YIELD PER ACRE 



All Wheat, Barley and oats, 1930-1979 



