CONTENTS 



Letter from the Governor 2 



Message from the Director of Agriculture 3 



Montana Department of Agriculture 4 



Contents 5 



Foreword 6 



Crop and Livestock Summary 1984 7 



Montana's Rank In the Nation's Agriculture 8 



Planting and Harvesting Dates 9 



Land Values 6 5 



Montana and U.S. Exports 80 



STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS 



Number of Farms, Land In Farms and Average Size 10, 11 



Farm I ncome 15, 14, 15 12, 16 



Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 18, 19 



Importance of Montana Industries 20 



Montana Facts and Figures 21 



Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 22 



Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres 23 



CI Imatolog lea I Data 24, 25 



Prices Received by Montana Farmers, Selected Commodities 37 



Marketings of Major Crops 51 



coHHOoirr statistics 



GRAIN CROPS 



Barley 29, 30, 64 35, 48, 49 



Barley Varieties 50, 51 



Corn 31 52, 53, 54 



Oats 29, 64 36, 56, 57 



Wheat, All 28, 64 38, 39 



Wheat, Durum 27, 30 35, 42, 43 



Wheat, Spring excluding Durum 27, 30 34, 44, 45 



Wheat, Winter 26, 30, 64 34, 40, 41 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 46, 47 



Stocks of Grains 64 



HAY CROPS 



All Hay 33 58, 59 



Alfalfa Hay 33 36, 60, 61 



Other Hay 33 62, 63 



Wild Hay 33 



OTHER CROPS 



Beans, Dry 31 55 



Potatoes 31 54 



Sugarbeets 32 55 



FRUITS 



Cherries 32 



LIVESTOCK 



Bees 72 



Cattle and Calves 66, 67, 68 75. 76, 77 



Beef Cows 67 77 



Milk Cows 68 76 



Hogs 70, 72 78, 79 



Sheep and Lambs 70, 71 77, 78 



LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 



Dairy Products Mfg 74 



Honey and Beeswax 72 



Milk Production i Marketing 68, 69 



Wool Production 71 



Commercial Slaughter 74 



POULTRY 



Chickens 73 79 



Eggs 73 



