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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



WINTER HUEAT 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1966 2,213,000 2,143,000 



1967 2377,000 2,807,000 



1968 2,877,000 2,751,000 



1969 2,556,000 2,416,000 



1970 1,638,000 1,548,000 



197^ 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 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



30.0 

 30.0 

 31.5 

 26.0 

 27.0 



30.0 

 27.0 

 26.5 

 29.5 

 35.0 



Bushels 



64,290,000 

 84,210,000 

 86,656,000 

 62,816,000 

 41,7%,000 



54,810.000 

 48.330,000 

 55,120,000 

 78,175,000 

 105,000,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.45 

 1.23 

 1.09 

 1.16 

 1.22 



1.17 

 1.87 

 4.18 

 3.98 

 3.30 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



93J220,000 

 103,578,000 

 94,455,000 

 72,867,000 

 50,991,000 



64,128,000 



90.337,000 



230,402,000 



311,137,000 



346,500,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



43.50 

 36.90 

 34.33 

 30.16 

 32.94 



35.10 



50.49 



110.77 



117.41 



115.50 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



1966 33.900 32,200 



1%7 30,100 29,300 



1968 32,000 31,000 



1969 30,000 29,000 



1970 21,000 20,000 



1971 23,700 23,100 



1972 27,000 26,000 



1973 22,000 21,000 



1974 22,500 21,900 



1975 23,100 22.200 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Bushels 



1,546,000 

 1,389,000 

 1.504,000 

 1,305,000 

 995,000 



48.0 

 47.4 

 48.5 

 45.0 

 49.8 



54.0 

 52.0 

 48.8 

 50.6 

 54.9 



1,247,400 

 1,353,000 

 1,025,000 

 1,107,100 

 1,218,900 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 

 2,179,100 2.110,800 



2,846,900 

 2,845,000 

 2,526,000 

 1,617,000 



1,889,300 

 2,116,000 

 2,178,000 

 2,727,500 

 3,076.900 



2,777.700 

 2,720,000 

 2,387.000 

 1,528.000 



1,803,900 

 1,764,000 

 2,059,000 

 2,628,100 

 2,977,800 



Yield 

 Per 

 Acre 



Pro- 

 duction 



Bushels 



62,744.000 

 82,821.000 

 85,152.000 

 61.511.000 

 40.801,000 



29.7 

 29.8 

 31.3 

 25.8 

 26.7 



29.7 

 26.6 

 26.3 

 29.3 

 34.9 



53.562.600 

 46,977,000 

 54,095,000 

 77,067,900 

 103,781,100 



Thous. Acres 

 5,000 



4,000 



ACRES IL4RVESTED 



AU Spring and Winter Wheat, 1940-1973 



3,000 



2,000 



1,000 



1930 



1940 



1950 



1960 



1970 



1980 



