PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS 1/ 



COMMODITY 



1980 



1985 



1986 



1987 



1988 



1989 



1990 1991 2/ 



-Dollars- 



Winter Wheat 

 Spring Wheat Other 



Than Durum 

 Durum Wheat 

 All Wheat 

 Oats 

 Barley 



All Hay Baled (ton) 

 Hogs 



Beef Cattle 

 Steers & Heifers 

 Calves 

 Cows 

 Lambs 

 Sheep 

 Chickens 



Eggs 

 Wool 

 All Milk 



3.90 



4.15 



5.75 



4.14 



1.96 



2.83 



62.50 



37.20 



58.00 



68.30 



76.80 



44.80 



61.70 



17.70 



.08 



.57 



1.00 



12.80 



3.28 



3.64 



3.18 



3.47 



1.50 



2.03 



84.50 



38.50 



47.60 



58 40 



62.20 



35.70 



66.80 



17.60 



.07 



.51 



.67 



13.10 



2.39 



2.62 



2.75 



2.52 



1.37 



1.60 



51.00 



42.10 



49.30 



57.90 



62.60 



35.90 



67.20 



22.70 



.08 



.56 



.74 



12.70 



2.66 



2.78 



3.40 



2.74 



1.49 



1.82 



45.00 



45.80 



61.10 



70.30 



80.70 



44.20 



80.50 



27.40 



.06 



.50 



1.02 



12.50 



3.86 



3.73 



2.53 



3.15 



4.10 3.64 2.80 3.10 



5.20 3.31 2.72 2.60 



3.98 3.66 2.65 3.10 



2.26 1.42 1.25 1.27 



2.82 2.21 2.30 2.60 



85.00 69.50 64.00 52.00 



36.60 38.30 50.00 44.40 



65.70 68.20 70.60 69.80 



77.80 80.30 83.30 84.90 



90.60 88.40 95.30 93.70 



46.40 46.50 51.00 50.10 



66.30 65.80 48.30 46.80 



22.20 20.80 17.60 18.50 



.06 .07 .045 .04 



.48 .75 .68 .66 



1.48 1.36 .91 .57 



12.20 13.50 13.70 3/ 



year. Other prices are averages weighted by 



1/ Crops are season average prices for each crop's respective marketing 

 monthly sales. 2/ Prelimmary. 3/ Available May 13, 1992. 



MONTANA'S RANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE 



ITEM 



Land in farms and ranches 

 Income firom cash receipts, 

 excluding Gov't payments: 



Total 

 Crops 

 Livestock 



All Cattle & Calves 



All Cows 



Beef Cows 



Milk Cows 



Cattle on Feed 

 Hogs and Pigs 

 Sheep and Lambs 

 Wool Production 

 All Chickens 

 Egg Production 

 Honey Production 



All Wheat 



Winter Wheat 



Durum Wheat 



Spring Wheat Other 



than Durum 

 Barley 

 Oats 

 All Hay 

 Alfalfa Hay 

 Dry Beans 

 Potatoes-fall 

 Sugar Beets 

 Com 



Grain 



Silage 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 JAMES K. SANDS. STATE STATISTICIAN 



MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 EVERETT SNORTLAND. DIRECTOR 



