MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION 



By Primary Nutrients and Fertilizer Materials, 1972-1977' 



PRIMARY 

 NUTRIENTS 



1972 



Nitrogen 43,913 



Available P^O* 50,154 



K^P 2,504 



TOTAL NUTRIENTS^ 96,571 



FERTILIZER 

 MATERIALS 



1973 



1974 



1975 



118,169 



Tons 



1976 



110,972 



86,158 



122.6% 



1977 



146,927 



NITROGEN MATERIALS: 



Anhydrous Ammonia 2,069 



Aqua Ammonia 153 



Ammonium Nitrate 60,936 



Ammonium Sulphate 3,090 



Nitrogen Solution 3,213 



Urea 239 



Other 6 



PHOSPHATE MATERIALS: 



Phosphate Rock 



Superphosphate — over 22% 11,414 



Ammonium Phosphate 33,748 



Other 2,212 



POTASH MATERIALS: 



Chloride 50-62% 3,878 



Other 



NATURAL ORGANIC 166 



SECONDARY AND MICRONUTRIENTS: 



Gypsum 215 



Other 20 



MIXTURES 81,654 



TOTAL MATERIALS 203,013 



150 



237 



109 



153 



127 



ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1968-1977 

 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



Number 



1968 1,535,789 



1%9 1,586,689 



1970 1,492,439 



1971 1,458,155 



1972 1,564,355 



1973 1,733,455 



1974 1,6%,290 



1975 1 ,736,490 



1976 1,692,400 



1977 1,640,400 



1972-76 Avg 1,684,600 



Acres Harvested 



%of 

 Total 



19 

 19 

 18 

 17 

 19 



19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 



19 



Value of Crop 

 Production 



Dollars 



93,848,600 



98,947,100 



91,106,900 



105,725,900 



139,386,700 



264,698,400 

 247,490,700 

 224,270,400 

 212,882,700 

 227,784,700 



217,745,800 



%of 

 Total 



32 



33 



31 



32 



31 



31 

 28 

 24 

 28 

 33 



28 



Acres 

 Harvested 



Number 



6,742,100 

 6,682,500 

 6,809,900 

 7,280,300 

 6,773,300 



7,226,900 

 7,273,300 

 7,360,300 

 7,431,800 

 7,505,200 



Value of 



Crop 



Production 



Dollars 

 201,663,400 

 203,881,900 

 203,731,100 

 223,941,100 

 313,103,300 



595,484,600 

 650,425,300 

 704,827,600 

 549,749,300 

 456,706,300 



7,213,100 562,718,000 



