PROGRAM - AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



GOAL ; 



To collect, prepare and publish agricultural statistics by county 

 for Montana and to assist in the collection and preparation of 

 selected agricultural statistics and special statistics on a State- 

 wide basis. Data are collected in conjunction with U.S.D.A. surveys 

 and/or special surveys, through the cooperative agreement between the 

 Montana Department of Agriculture and the Statistical Reporting 

 Service, U.S.D.A. 



OBJECTIVE ; 



Design and conduct appropriate surveys to obtain needed data. 



Employ new sampling procedures and the latest data processing techniques. 



Investigate needs for new types of agricultural statistics on a State 

 and county basis. 



ACHIEVEMENTS : 



Utilization of computer summarization for most State-Federal cooperative 

 statistical projects. 



Preparation of statistics, assembly and publication of the Biennial 

 issue of MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, Volume XIV, December 1972. 

 This contains the most required and used data on Montana agriculture — 

 including county statistics under the cooperative program. Statistics 

 from matched fund projects and regular U.S.D.A. sources. About 3,000 

 copies were distributed. 



A publication CATTLE ON FEED BY COUNTIES as of January 1, 1973. This 

 answers numerous requests for more localized data on Montana's growing 

 cattle feeding industry. 



Two publications, MONTANA WHEAT MOVEMENT SUMMARY, January-June 1971 

 and 1972 and July-December 1971 and 1972, A matched funds project 

 supported in part by the Wheat Commission provides needed data on mode 

 and direction of wheat shipped out of State. Attached to the last issue 

 was a summarization of movement to the Pacific Northwest and utilization 

 for milling and export. 



A quarterly publication STOCKS of GRAIN on farms and in commercial 

 elevators, using data from State sources and U.S.D.A. surveys. Stocks 

 of wheat in Montana storages, both farm and commercial, were shown 

 separately for major class (winter and spring) through a matched funds 



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