MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



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OATS 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1968 332,000 206,000 



1%9 562,000 356,000 



1970 781,000 545,000 



1971 420,000 236,000 



1972 490,000 246,000 



1973 400,000 225,000 



1974 300,000 175,000 



1975 260,000 170,000 



1976 260,000 157,000 



1977 312,000 140,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



40.0 

 49.5 

 42.0 

 40.0 

 48.0 



39.0 

 38.0 

 44.0 

 48.0 

 40.0 



Bushels 



8,240,000 

 17,622,000 

 22,890,000 



9,440,000 

 11,808,000 



8,775,000 

 6,650,000 

 7,480,000 

 7,536,000 

 5,600,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



.61 

 .53 

 .53 

 .58 

 .71 



1.17 

 1.61 

 1.45 

 1.44 

 1.30 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



5,026,000 

 9,340,000 

 12,132,000 

 5,475,000 

 8,384,000 



10,267,000 

 10,707,000 

 10,846,000 

 10,852,000 

 7,280,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



24.40 

 26.24 

 22.26 

 23.20 

 34.06 



45.63 

 61.18 

 63.80 

 69.12 

 52.00 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1968 

 1%9 

 1970 

 1971 

 1972 



1973 



1974 



1975 



1976, 



1977 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



44,000 

 50,000 

 43,200 

 31,600 

 32,300 



30,000 

 26,000 

 32,000 

 31,400 

 27,700 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



60.0 

 59.0 

 55.9 

 57.9 

 64.8 



58.5 

 55.8 

 60.0 

 60.8 

 61.6 



Bushels 



2,640,000 

 2,950,000 

 2,415,000 

 1,831,000 

 2,092,000 



1,755,000 

 1,450,000 

 1,920,000 

 1,909,000 

 1,705,000 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



162,000 

 306,000 

 501,800 

 204,400 

 213,700 



195,000 

 149,000 

 138,000 

 125,600 

 112,300 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



34.6 

 47.9 

 40.8 

 37.2 

 45.5 



36.0 

 34.9 

 40.3 

 44.8 

 34.7 



5,600,000 



14,672,000 



20,475,000 



7,609,000 



9,716,000 



7,020,000 

 5,200,000 

 5,560,000 

 5,627,000 

 3,895,000 



BARLEY 



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



ACRES 



PRODUCTION 



VALUE 



Year 



Planted 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



1%8 1,200,000 1,155,000 



1969 1,680,000 1,617,000 



1970 1,800,000 1,714,000 



1971 1,740,000 1,680,000 



1972 1,820,000 1,707,000 



1973 2,100,000 2,000,000 



1974 1,370,000 1,250,000 



1975 1,360,000 1,300,000 



1976 1,220,000 1,170,000 



1977 1,650,000 1,520,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Total 



Bushels 



42,735,000 

 67,914,000 

 65,132,000 

 58,800,000 

 64,013,000 



37.0 

 42.0 

 38.0 

 35.0 

 37.5 



30.0 

 30.0 

 39.0 

 44.5 

 36.5 



60,000,000 

 37,500,000 

 50,700,000 

 52,065,000 

 55,480,000 



Price 

 Per Bu. 



.78 

 .71 

 .78 

 .88 

 1.22 



2.17 

 2.61 

 2.10 

 2.03 

 1.70 



Value of 

 Production 



Dollars 



33,333,000 

 48,219,000 

 50,803,000 

 51,744,000 

 78,0%,000 



130,200,000 



97,875,000 



106,470,000 



105,692,000 



94,316,000 



Value 

 Per Acre 



28.86 

 29.82 

 29.64 

 30.80 

 45.75 



65.10 

 78.30 

 81.90 

 90.34 

 6205 



IRRIGATED 



NOT IRRIGATED 



Year 



1968 

 1969 

 1970 

 1971 

 1972 



1973 



1974 

 1975 

 1976 

 1977 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 



93,000 



107,000 



91,000 



99,200 



105,000 



126,000 

 139,400 

 191,000 

 211,000 

 254,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



54.5 

 54.4 

 56.0 

 55.0 

 60.6 



54.4 

 49.5 

 56.3 

 59.5 

 59.0 



Bushels 



5,067,000 

 5,821,000 

 5,096,000 

 5,456,000 

 6,365,000 



6,858,500 



6,897,000 



10,745,500 



12,565,000 



14,982,000 



Harvested 

 for Grain 



Acres 

 1,062,000 

 1,510,000 

 1,623,000 

 1,580,800 

 1,602,000 



1,874,000 

 1,110,600 

 1,109,000 

 959,000 

 1,266,000 



Yield 

 Per Acre 



Production 



Bushels 



35.5 

 41.1 

 37.0 

 33.7 

 36.0 



28.4 

 27.6 

 36.0 

 41.2 

 32.0 



37,668,000 

 62,093,000 

 60,036,000 

 53,344,000 

 57,648,000 



53,141,500 

 30,603,000 

 39.954,500 

 39,500,000 

 40,498,000 



