ALFALFA HAY - 1985 

 ACREAGE, YIELD, and PRODUCTION BY COUNTIES - IRRIGATED and NOT IRRIGATED 



TOTAL IRRIGATED HOT IRRIGATED 



COUNTY Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield 



& Har- Per Pro- Har- Per Har- Per 



DISTRICT vested Acre duction vested Acre vested Acre 



— Tons — -Tons- -Tons- 



Deerlodge 5,200 1.77 9,200 5,000 1.80 200 1.00 



Flathead 15,400 2.38 36,700 10,400 3.00 5,000 1.10 



Granite 8,200 1.70 13,900 8,100 1.70 100 1.00 



Lake 32,400 2.35 76,300 25,800 2.70 6,600 1.00 



Lincoln 4,400 1.84 8,100 3,700 2.00 700 1.00 



Mineral 1,600 1.81 2,900 600 2.67 1,000 1.30 



Missoula 12,400 1.66 20,600 9,400 2.00 3,000 0.60 



Powell 15,800 1.49 23,500 13,000 1.70 2,800 0.50 



Ravalli 15,600 2.89 45,100 15,500 2.90 100 1.00 



Sanders 17,000 1.79 30,400 10,500 2.40 6,500 0.80 



N. WEST 128,000 2.08 266,700 102,000 2.39 26,000 0.88 



Blaine 19,600 1.74 34,200 16,300 2.00 3,300 0.48 



Chouteau 17,400 1.17 20,300 5,500 2.40 11,900 0.60 



Glacier 11,000 1.83 20,100 6,300 2.89 4,700 0.40 



Hill 6,800 0.96 6,500 2,500 1.60 4,300 0.58 



Liberty 2,400 1.04 2,500 800 1.75 1,600 0.69 



Phillips 21,200 1.40 29,700 14,700 1.80 6,500 0.49 



Pondera 12,400 2.41 29,900 10,300 2.80 2,100 0.52 



Teton 28,000 2.13 59,700 17,900 2.99 10,100 0.60 



Toole 3,200 1.03 3,300 900 2.44 2,300 0.48 



N. CENTRAL 122,000 1.69 206,200 75,200 2.40 46,800 0.55 



Daniels 4,000 0.80 3,200 600 2.50 3,400 0.50 



Dawson 7,200 2.08 15,000 4,500 3.09 2,700 0.41 



Garfield 6,400 2.11 13,500 5,000 2.60 1,400 0.36 



McCone 4,400 1.70 7,500 2,700 2.41 1,700 0.59 



Richland 13,600 1.76 24,000 6,300 3.11 7,300 0.60 



Roosevelt 9,200 1.75 16,100 4,600 3.11 4,600 0.39 



Sheridan 5,200 1.27 6,600 1,800 2.89 3,400 0.41 



Valley 22,000 2.53 55,700 18,500 2.90 3,500 0.60 



N. EAST 72,000 1.97 141,600 44,000 2.90 28,000 0.50 



Broadwater 12,000 2.62 31,400 11,000 2.80 1,000 0.60 



Cascade 43,800 1.15 50,500 15,000 2.60 28,800 0.40 



Fergus 67,400 0.85 57,500 12,200 2.00 55,200 0.60 



Golden Valley.. 7,600 1.43 10,900 5,700 1.79 1,900 0.37 



Judith Basin... 25,000 0.75 18,800 5,500 2.00 19,500 0.40 



Lewis & Clark.. 22,000 2.41 53,000 21,000 2.50 1,000 0.50 



Meagher 9,600 1.95 18,700 9,300 2.00 300 0.33 



Musselshell 8,600 1.94 16,700 6,000 2.60 2,600 0.42 



Petroleum 7,600 2.01 15,300 7,200 2.10 400 0.50 



Wheatland 11,400 1.60 18,200 9,100 1.90 2,300 0.39 



CENTRAL 215,000 1.35 291,000 102,000 2.30 113,000 0.50 



Beaverhead 34,000 2.70 91,800 34,000 2.70 



Gallatin 30,000 2.60 78,000 30,000 2.60 



Jefferson 9,000 2.76 24,800 8,800 2.80 200 1.00 



Madison 44,000 2.19 96,400 43,600 2.20 400 1.00 



Silver Bow 3,000 2.70 8,100 3,000 2.70 



S. WEST 120,000 2.49 299,100 119,400 2.50 600 1.00 



Big Horn 41,000 1.85 76,000 17,000 3.20 24,000 0.90 



Carbon 26,200 2.32 60,700 18,000 3.00 8,200 0.82 



Park 25,000 2.13 53,300 22,000 2.30 3,000 0.90 



Stillwater 24,000 1.33 32,000 11,700 2.10 12,300 0.60 



Sweet Grass 18,600 1.88 34,900 17,000 2.00 1,600 0.56 



Treasure 7,800 2.67 20,800 5,800 3.40 2,000 0.55 



Yellowstone 18,400 3.04 55,900 16,300 3.30 2,100 1.00 



S. CENTRAL 161,000 2.07 333,600 107,800 2.70 53,200 0.80 



Carter 25,600 0.61 15,500 2,100 1.76 23,500 0.50 



Custer 19,600 2.07 40,600 11,600 3.09 8,000 0.60 



Fallon 19,000 0.74 14,100 3,800 1.71 15,200 0.50 



Powder River... 34,600 1.19 41,300 11,400 2.20 23,200 0.70 



Prairie 5,600 1.98 11,100 4,000 2.50 1,600 0.69 



Rosebud 23,000 1.96 45,100 16,000 2.60 7,000 0.50 



Wibaux 4,600 0.89 4,100 700 1.86 3,900 0.72 



S. EAST 132,000 1.30 171,800 49,600 2.50 82,400 0.58 



STATE 950,000 1.80 1,710,000 600,000 2.50 350,000 0.60 



