MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



27 



DURUM WHEAT 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1%8 379,000 365,000 



1%9 235,000 230,000 



1970 129,000 124,000 



1971 168,000 160,000 



1972 137.000 134,000 



1973 185,000 182,000 



1974 270,000 267,000 



1975 380,000 375,000 



1976 300,000 295,000 



1977 230,000 220,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Bushels 



7,665,000 

 7,130,000 

 3,162,000 

 3,680,000 

 4,221,000 



21.0 

 31.0 

 25.5 

 23.0 

 31.5 



22.0 

 19.0 

 27.0 

 29.0 

 22.0 



4,004,000 

 5,073,000 

 10,125,000 

 8,555,000 

 4,840,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.41 

 1.25 

 1.30 

 1.26 

 1.86 



5.90 

 5.84 

 4.48 

 2.46 

 Z60 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



10,808,000 

 8,913,000 

 4,111,000 

 4,637,000 

 7,851,000 



23,624,000 

 29,626,000 

 45,360,000 

 21,045,000 

 12,584,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



29.61 

 38.75 

 33.15 

 28.98 

 58.59 



129.80 



110.% 



120.% 



71.34 



57.20 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1%8 

 1%9 

 1970 

 1971 , 

 1972. 



1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 

 1977, 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



2,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 1,000 

 1,000 



800 



700 

 4,000 

 3,300 

 3,600 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



36.5 

 42.0 

 40.1 

 41.3 

 38.0 



39.5 

 38.6 

 45.3 

 40.7 

 37.8 



Bushels 



73,000 

 84,000 

 80,200 

 41,300 

 38,000 



31,600 



27,000 



181,200 



134,400 



135,900 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



363,000 

 228,000 

 122,000 

 159,000 

 133,000 



181,200 

 266,300 

 371,000 

 291,700 

 216,400 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



20.9 

 30.9 

 25.3 

 22.9 

 31.5 



21.9 

 18.9 

 26.8 

 28.9 



21.7 



7,592,000 

 7,046,000 

 3,081,800 

 3,638,700 

 4,183,000 



3,972,400 

 5,046,000 

 9,943,800 

 8,420,600 

 4,704,100 



SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1%8 1,466,000 1,434,000 



1%9 1,129,000 1,104,000 



1970 1,739,000 1,711,000 



1971 2,435,000 2,327,000 



1972 1,850,000 1,780,000 



1973 1,850,000 1,790,000 



1974 2,000,000 1,940,000 



1975 1,650,000 1,600,000 



1976 2,080,000 2,040,000 



1977 2,120,000 2,040,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Bushels 



31,548,000 

 29,808,000 

 40,209,000 

 53,521,000 

 46,280,000 



22.0 

 27.0 

 23.5 

 23.0 

 26.0 



21.0 

 19.0 

 25.5 

 29.5 

 22.0 



37,590,000 

 36,860,000 

 40,800,000 

 60,180,000 

 44,880,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.31 

 1.36 

 1.40 

 1.29 

 1.90 



4.16 

 4.57 

 4.01 

 2.61 

 2.50 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



41,328,000 

 40,539,000 

 56,293,000 

 69,042,000 

 87,932,000 



156,374,000 

 168,450,000 

 163,608,000 

 157,070,000 

 112,200,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



28.82 

 36.72 

 32.90 

 29.67 

 49.40 



87.36 

 86.83 

 102.26 

 77.00 

 55.00 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1%8 

 1%9 

 1970 

 1971 

 1972 



1973 

 1974 

 1975 , 

 1976 

 1977 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



39,000 

 32,000 

 36,000 

 42,000 

 36,000 



34,300 

 44,100 

 56,100 

 89,000 

 77,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



41.0 1,599,000 

 38.2 1,223,000 

 37.7 1,358,000 



40.2 1,690,300 

 41.5 1,494,000 



41.3 1,418,300 

 41.7 1,839,400 



44.1 2,471,400 



44.3 3,944,000 



45.4 3,492,000 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



1,395,000 

 1,072,000 

 1,675,000 

 2,285,000 

 1,744,000 



1,755,700 

 1,895,900 

 1,543,900 

 1,951,000 

 1,%3,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



21.5 

 26.7 

 23.2 

 22.7 

 25.7 



20.6 

 18.5 

 24.8 

 28.8 

 21.1 



29,949,000 

 28,585,000 

 38,851,000 

 51,830,700 

 44,786,000 



36,171,700 

 35,020,600 

 38,328,600 

 56,236,000 

 41,388,000 



