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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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