1994 Montana Agricultural Statistics 



Table of Co^^TNTS S 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



GENERAL 



Montana Department of Agriculture 7 



Crop, Livestock, and Weather Digest 8 



Climatological Data-Table 9 



Climatological Data-Map 10 



Percent of Total Acreage Seeded and Harvested by 



Date, Winter & Spring Wheat and Barley-graphs 11 



Montana Facts and Figures 12 



Numtx-r of Farms, Land in Farms 13 



IJvestock Farms 14 



Farm land Values, Cash Rents & Real Estate Taxes 14 



Census of Agriculture, Farms by Size & Sales Value 14 



Census of Agriculture, Number of Farms, Land in 



Farms and Average Size Farms-County 15 



ECONOMIC 



CASH RECEIPTS: 



Principal Products & Government Payments-State 16 



Principal Products & Government Payments-County ... 17 



Marketings by Cxjmmodities-Tables 18 



Marketing by Commodities-Pie Charts 19 



Gross and Net Income from Farming 20 



Comparison of Selected Industries 21 



Fertilizer & Fertilizer Materials Sold 22 



Ag Chemical Use, Winter Wheat & Other Spring Wheat ... 22 



Marketing Year Average Prices Received, Montana ge US . . 23 



Prices Received for Selected Commodities 24, 25 



STATE STATISTICS-CROPS 



ACRFJ>lGE, PRODUCTION, PRICE, VALUE: 



All Wheat 26 



Winter Wheat 27 



Spring Wheat Excluding Durum 28 



Durum Wheat 29 



Barley 30 



Oats 31 



Com 31 



Potatoes 31 



Dry Beans 32 



Sugar Beets 32 



Cherries 32 



Alfalfa Seed 33 



All Hay 34 



Alfalfa Hay 34 



All Other Hay 34 



Slocks of Major Grains 35 



Wheat Shipped Out of State 



By Class & Destination 36 



Winter Wheat Shipped 



By Cla.ss, District, Mode & Destination 36 



All Wheat, Production, Slocks, & Utilization 37 



All Wheat, Movement, Ulili7.ation, Exports 37 



Wheat Varieties, % of Total Seeded Acreage 



& Seeded Acreage 38 



Major Wheat Varieties-Graphs 39 



Barley, % of Total Seeded Acreage 



& Seeded Acreage 40 



Major Bariey Varieties-Graph 41 



Marketings of Major Crops 41 



RANK 



Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 42 



Crop 8t Livestock Record Highs and laws 43 



Winter Wheat & Spring Wheat Production-Maps 44 



Durum Wheat & Barley Production -Maps 45 



Oats & Alfalfa Hay Production -Maps 46 



COUNTY STATISTICS-CROPS 



All Crops, Irrigated & Non-lrrigaied 1992-93 47 



ACMAGE, YIEID, & PRODUCIION: 



All Wheat, 1992-93 48-51 



Winter Wheal, 1992-93 52-55 



Spring Wheat, 1992-93 56-59 



Durum Wheat, 1992-93 60-61 



Bariey, 1992-93 62-65 



Oats, 1 992-93 66-69 



Com, Acreage, Utilization, & Yield, 1992-93 70, 71 



Potatoes, 1 992-93 72 



Sugar Beets, 1992-93 73 



Dry Beans, 1992-93 73 



All Hay, 1992-93 74, 75 



Alfalfa Hay, 1992-93 76, 77 



All Other Hay, 1992-93 78, 79 



STATE STATISTICS-LIVESTOCK 



Cattle ft Calves, Numbers, Value, Disposition 80 



Cattle & Calves Inventory-Graph and Map 81 



Cattle & Calves, Production & Income 82 



Milk Cows on Farms, Production, Milkfat 82 



Pasture & Range Feed Condition 82 



Milk & Cream Marketed 83 



Dairy Products Marketed 83 



Dairy Products Manufactured 83 



Sheep & LamtK Invenlory-Graph 84 



Hogs & Pigs Inventory-Graph 84 



Sheep, lambs, & Wool, Numboi^, Value, 



Production, Disposition, Income 85 



Sheep & Lamb Inventory & Death Ijoss, 1984-93 86 



Sheep & lamb losses by Cause, 1992 8e 1993 87 



Percent of Total Sheep & Iamb lx>sses by Cause & Size of Flock87 

 Hogs & Pigs, Numbers, Value, 



Production, Disposition, Income 88 



Chickens, Numbers, Value, Production, Income 89 



Honey & Beeswax, Production, Price, Value 89 



Commercial Livestock Slaughter 90 



Cattle & Calves; Number of Operations & Percent of Total 



Inventory by Size Groups 91 



Beef Cows: Numl)er of Operations and Percent of Total 



Inventory by Size Groups 91 



Private Grazing Fee Rates: Average Rates by Method of 



Payment, Montana 91 



COUNTY STATISTICS-LIVESTOCK 



LIVESTOCK INVENTORY BY COUNTIES: 



All Cattle & Calves 92 



Beef Cows & Heifers That Have Calved 92 



Milk Cows 8. Heifers That Have Calved 93 



Stock Sheep & Iambs 93 



Sheep & Lambs, Number of Head-Map 94 



Hogs 8t Pigs, Number of Head-Map 94 



Hogs 8c Pigs 95 



Chickens 95 



AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 96 



REPORTS ISSUED & PUBUCATION DATES 



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