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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



ALL WHEAT 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1968 4,722,000 4,550,000 



1%9 3,920,000 3,750,000 



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 5,1 30,000 4,975,000 



1976 5,580,000 5,415,000 



1977 5,400,000 5,060,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Bushels 



125,869,000 

 99,754,000 

 85,167,000 



112,011,000 

 98,831,000 



27.7 

 26.6 

 25.2 

 26.0 

 26.7 



23.9 

 24.7 

 31.3 

 30.9 

 25.9 



%,714,000 

 120,108,000 

 155,925,000 

 167,295,000 

 130,920,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



1.16 

 1.23 

 1.31 

 1.23 

 1.88 



4.24 

 4.24 

 3.59 

 2.43 

 2.38 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



146,591,000 

 122,319,000 

 111,395,000 

 137,807,000 

 186,160,000 



410,400,000 

 509,213,000 

 559,668,000 

 406,774,000 

 311,544,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



32.22 

 32.62 

 32.93 

 31.94 

 50.26 



101.28 



104.84 



112.50 



75.12 



61.57 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1968 

 1%9 

 1970 

 1971 

 1972 



1973 

 1974 

 1975 

 1976 

 1977 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



72,000 

 63,000 

 58,000 

 66,100 

 63,000 



56,100 

 66,700 

 82,300 

 114,300 

 99,600 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



44.1 

 41.5 

 42.0 

 45.1 

 45.8 



44.1 

 44.6 

 47.0 

 45.7 

 46.5 



Bushels 



3,176,000 

 2,612,000 

 2,433,200 

 2,979,000 

 2,885,000 



2,474,900 

 2,973,500 

 3,871,500 

 5,218,400 

 4,634,900 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 

 4,478,000 

 3,687,000 

 3,325,000 

 4,247,900 

 3,641,000 



3,995,900 

 4,790,300 

 4,892,700 

 5,300,700 

 4,960,400 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



27.4 

 26.3 

 24.9 

 25.7 

 26.4 



23.6 

 24.5 

 31.1 

 30.6 

 25.5 



122,693,000 

 97,142,000 

 82,733,800 



109,032,000 

 95,946,000 



94,239,100 

 117,134,500 

 152,053,500 

 162,076,600 

 126,285,100 



YIELD PER ACRE 



All Wheat, Barley and Oats, 1930-1977 



