MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CONTENTS 



Letter from the Governor 2 



Message from the Commissioner of Agriculture 3 



Table of Contents 4 



Foreword 5 



Crop and Livestock Summary, 1974 and 1975 6, 7 



Montana's Flank In the Nation's Agriculture 8 



STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS 



Number of Farms, Land In Farms and Average Size 9 



Farm Income U. 12. 13 10, 14. 15 



Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 16, 17 



Importance of Montana Industries 18 



Land Uses 19 



Number of Workers on Farms 20 



Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 21 



Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres and Value of Production 21 22, 23 



aimatologlcal Data 24, 25 



Prices Received by Montana Farmers. Selected Commodities 37 



Commoditly Statistics 



Grain Crops 



Barley 29. 35. 53 35, M. 55 



Barley Varieties 56, 57 



Com 30 58, 59, 60 



Oats 29, 53 36, 62, 63 



Rye 30 



Wheat, AU 28, 53 38. 39 



Wheat. Durum 27 35, 42, 43 



Wheat. Spring Excluding Durum 27 34, 44. 45 



Wheat. Winter 26, 53 34, 40, 41 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 50, 51, 52 



Wheat Production. Stocks Utilization 52 



Wheat Varieties 46. 47 47. 48, 49 



Stocks of Grain 53 



Hay Crops 



All Hay 33 64. 65 



Alfalfa Hay 33 36, 66. 67 



Other Hay 33 



Wild Hay 33 



Other Crops 



Beans. Dry 31 61 



Haxseed 30 60 



Potatoes 31 70 



Seed. Alfalfa 32 68. 69 



Sugarbeets 31 61 



Fruits 



Cherries 32 



Livestock 



Bees 74 



Cattle and Calves 71. 72, 73 82. 84 



Cattle and Calves on Feed 71, 80 81 



Beef Cows 72 83 



Milk Cows 72. 73 82 



Hogs 76. 77 85 



Sheep and Umbs 75, 76. 83 83. 84 



Livestock Products 



Dairy Products Manufactured 73 



Honey and Beeswax 74 



Milk Production and Marketings 73. 74 



Wool F*roductlon 75 



Commercial Slaughter and Red Meat Production 79 



Poultry 



Chickens 78 85 



Eggs 78 



Statistical Methods 86 



Release Dates for Crop and Livestock Reports 87 



Why Have Crop and Livestock Reports 88 



