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74 County Statistics-Potatoes Montana Agricultural Statistics 1996 



POTATOES: Principally Irrigated Acreage, Yield, & Production, By Counties & Districts, 1994-1995 



COUNTY 1994 1995 



& Planted Harvested Yield Planted Harvested Yield 



DISTRICT Acres '^ Acres Per Acre Production Acres ''^ Acres Per Acre Production 



--Cwt.-- --Cwt.-- 



Deer Lodge 850 850 280 239,000 780 780 225 175,000 



Flathead 690 690 335 231,000 590 590 310 183,000 



Lake 2,490 2,490 270 675,000 2,500 2,500 300 750,000 



Other 90 90 310 28,000 80 80 290 23,300 



NGRTITWEST 4.120 4.120 285 1.173.000 3.950 3.950 285 1.131.300 



Broadwater 580 580 400 231,000 650 650 310 202,000 



Other 295 295 330 97,000 30 30 190 5,700 



CENTRAL 875 875 375 328.000 680 680 305 207.700 



Gallatin 3,430 3,430 350 1,200,000 3,470 3,470 315 1,100,000 



Madison 830 830 310 257,000 760 760 340 257,000 



Other 470 470 370 175,000 540 540 255 137,000 



SOUTHWEST 4.730 4.730 345 1.632.000 4.770 4.770 315 1.494.000 



OTHER DISTRICTS 155 155 MS 37.000 400 400 270 107.000 



MONTANA 10.000 10.000 320 3.200.000 9.800 9.800 300 2.940.000 



" Counties with less than 100 acres planted are combined into "other" counties to avoid disclosure of individual information. 



Montana Potatoes 



Harvested Acres and Production 



Cwt 



3,500,000 



3,000,000 



2,500,000 



2,000,000 



1,500,000 



1,000,000 



500,000 







1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 

 Harvested Acres Production 



