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MONTANA'S RANK
IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE

Last updated: March 6, 2000
ITEM UNIT PERIOD OR DATE RANK % U.S. Total
Land in farms and ranches
Number of farms and ranches
57,000,000
28,000
acres
farms/ranches
1999
1999
2
31
6.0
1.3
Income from cash receipts, excluding Gov't payments:
Total
Crops
Livestock
1,799
934
865
million dollars
million dollars
million dollars
1998
1998
1998
34
31
32
0.9
0.9
0.9
LIVESTOCK INVENTORY
All Cattle & Calves
All Cows
Beef Cows
Milk Cows
Cattle on Feed
All Sheep and Lambs
2,600,000
1,600,000
1,582,000
18,000
70,000
370,000
head
head
head
head
head
head
Jan. 1, 2000
Jan. 1, 2000
Jan. 1, 2000
Jan. 1, 2000
Jan. 1, 2000
Jan. 1, 2000
11
7
6
43
22
7
2.7
3.7
4.7
0.2
0.5
5.3
Hogs and Pigs
All Chickens
150,000
410,000
head
birds
Dec. 1, 1999
Dec. 1, 1999
28
41
0.3
0.1
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
Calf Crop
Lamb Crop
Pig Crop
Wool Production
Egg Production
Honey Production
1,570,000
340,000
325,000
3,196,000
94,000,000
8,540,000
head
head
head
pounds
eggs
pounds
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
6
3
27
5
41
7
4.1
7.2
0.3
6.9
0.1
4.2
CROP PRODUCTION
All Wheat
Winter Wheat
Durum Wheat
Spring Wheat Other Than Durum
Barley
Oats
154,310,000
36,860,000
9,450,000
108,000,000
57,500,000
3,220,000
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels
bushels
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
3
12
2
2
2
14
6.7
2.2
9.5
21.5
20.4
2.2
All Hay
Alfalfa Hay
5,055,000
3,630,000
tons
tons
1999
1999
12
9
3.2
4.3
Dry Beans
Potatoes--fall
Sugar Beets
441,000
3,325,000
1,468,000
cwt
cwt
tons
1999
1999
1999
11
17
6
1.3
0.7
4.4
Corn for Grain
Corn for Silage
1,980,000
900,000
bushels
tons
1999
1999
40
25
1/
0.9
1/ Less than one-tenth of one percent.

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