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Annual Summary 1993 



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Montana All Wheat 



MONTANA 

 AGRICULTURAL 

 STATISTICS SERVICE 



301 South Park 



P.O. Box 4369 



Helena, MT 59601 



Phone: (406) 449-5303 

 (800) 835-2612 



250 



200 



150- 



Milllons of Bushels 



Millions of Acres 



100 



1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 

 ■^ Harvested Acres ^ Production 



Montana Barley 



100 



Millions of Bushels 



Millions of Acres 



1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 

 ^ Harvested Acres ^ Production 



1993 CROP PRODUCTION 



Montana's 1993 growing season was unusually wet and cool. Cereal grain harvest dragged on late 

 into the fall because of heavy yields and unfavorable harvest weather. 



Total wheat production, at 204.5 million bushels, was 7.7 million bushels above the October 1 

 foro^ast, and the largest wheat crop ever harvested in Montana. The previous record was 180.3 million 

 bushels harvested in 1982. Average yield, at 39.2 bushels per harvested acre, was a new record, replacing 

 the previous record of 36.4 set in 1991. 



Barley set a new yield record of 58 bushels per acre, 6 busheh above the previous record set in 

 1991. Harvested acreage, at 1.1 million acres was the smallest since 1980. In spite of smaller harvested 

 acreage, production was 137.2 million bushels, almost 9 percent more than last year. 



