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VOLUME XVIII COUNTY STATISTICS 1978 and 1979

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

VOLUME XVIII

fiTATt DOCUMENTS COLLECTION
STATE OF MONTANA ^^^ ^ ^^

DEC 10 1980

THOMAS L. JUDGE— Governor

MONTANA STATE LIBRARY

930 E Lyndale Ave.

Heltn^ Montana 59601

MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
W. GORDON McOMBER, Director

Cooperating With

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, & COOPERATIVE SERVICE

KENNETH W. FARRELL, Administrator

WILLIAM E. KIBLER, Deputy Adm. for Statistics

Compiled By

MONTANA CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTING SERVICE

DANIEL L. HERBERT, State Statistician

C. R. (BUD) LIES, Assistant State Statistician

OLLIE K. MIRES, Bulletin Coordinator

FEDERAL BUILDING and U.S. COURTHOUSE

P.O. Box 4369

Helena, Montana 5%01

(Phone — 449-5303)

December 1980

Prinie<J by

COLOR WORLD OF MONTANA INC

201 E Mendenhad, Bozeman, MT 59715

THOMAS L. JUDGE

GOVERNOR

Montana State Ubrary

3 0864 1004 7802 6

State of (iHontana
C)fficc of (Elic (SoDrmor

September 2, 1980

To The People of The State of Montana:

Montana Agricultural Statistics is the most comprehensive collection
of agricultural data in Montana. It identifies the scope of agriculture,
which is the leading industry in the state.

The facts contained in Volume XVI II will assist all who need informa-
tion for research, planning, and decision-making.

I commend the cooperative effort of the Montana Department of Agricul-
ture and the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service in compiling this statis-
tical handbook.

Sincerely,

THOMAS L. JUDGE
Governor

THOMAS L JUDGE

GOVERNOR

SXAXK OF- MOIVTATVA
DEPxVKTMKXX OF- AC;RICUL,XURE

agriculture/livestock blog.
capitol station

TELEPHONE:

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W. GORDON MCOMBER
DIRECTOR

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Today's world is placing increased pressures on American agriculture. We must
feed not only ourselves but a large portion of the world's population as well.

Farmers are charged to complete this task with less farm labor and land, less
projected income, more expense in fixed costs and more pressure from the general
public regarding farm practices.

This is a time when maximum production must be achieved while maintaining solvency
for the farmer. To help accomplish this, a sound record of historical performance
must be maintained for review and for developing future plans.

Montana Agricultural Statistics, Volume XVIII, is such a record. Accurate statistical
data is made available to the reader. I am pleased to present this important and
useful document.

Sincerely,

^

W. Gordon McOmber, Director
Montana Department of Agriculture

An Affirmative \clinn Equal EmpUtyment Opportunity Employer

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CONTENTS

Letter from the Governor 2

Message from the Commissioner of Agriculture 3

Table of Contents 4

Foreword 5

Crop and Livestock Summary 1978 and 1979 6

Montana Department of Agriculture 7

Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 8

STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS

Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size 9

Farm Income 11, 12, 13 10, 14, 15

Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 16, 17

Importance of Montana Industries 18

Land Uses 19

Number of Workers on Farms 20

Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 21

Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres & Value of Production 21 22, 23

Climatological Data 24, 25

Prices Received by Montana Farmers, Selected Commodities 37

Commodity Statistics

Grain Crops

Barley 29. 30, 52 35, 54, 55

Barley Purchased for Malt 53

Barley Varieties 56, 57

Corn 31 58, 59 60

Oats 29, 52 36, 62, 63

Wheat, All 28, 52 38, 39

Wheat, Durum 27, 30 35, 42, 43

Wheat, Spring excluding Durum 27, 30 34, 44, 45

Wheat, Winter 26, 30, 52 34. 40, 41

Wheat Shipped Out of State 50, 51

Wheat Varieties 46, 47 47. 48, 49

Stocks of Grain 52

Hay Crops

All Hay 33 64, 65

Alfalfa Hay 33 36

Other Hay 33

Wild Hay 33

Other Crops

Beans, Dry 31 61

Potatoes 31 60

Seed, Alfalfa 32 68

Sugarbeets 32 61

Fruits

Cherries 32

Livestock

Bees 76

Cattle and Calves 69. 70. 71 80. 82

Cattle and Calves on Feed 69, 78 79

Beef Cows 70 81

Milk Cows 71 80

Hogs 74, 75 83, 84

Sheep and Lambs 73, 74, 81 81 . 83

Livestock Products

Dairy Products Mfg 77

Honey and Beeswax 76

Milk Production & Marketings 71. 72

Wool Production 73

Commercial Slaughter T!

Poultry

Chickens 76 84

Eggs 76

Statistical Methods 85

Release Dates for Crop and Livestock Reports 86

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

FOREWORD

Agriculture is the largest economic force in Montana and the statistics in this bulletin
provide a measure of its size and health — both at the State level and by counties. In 1979, the
State's farms and ranches contributed 1.4billion dollars to the economy — more than double the
next largest industry.

The Economics, Statistics, & Cooperatives Services, USDA, and the Montana Department of
Agriculture, cooperating as the "Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service" collect and
publish a comprehensive array of agricultural statistics. These are published currently through-
out the year; and are combined with special county data for this biennial bulletin.

Most of the basic information is obtained by sample surveys of farmers and ranchers.
Supplemental information is also acquired from agri-business firms. Several State, Federal and
local governmental agencies also contribute toward the development of these statistics. OUR
SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED PERSONS AND FIRMS WHO HAVE
HELPED.

Special statistics on wheat — varieties, stocks by class, movement, utilization; and barley for
malt, were funded by the Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee. Data on barley
varieties were funded by the National Malting Barley Improvement Association.

Earlier issues of biennial bulletins are available on a limited basis for historical county
statistics.

In mid-1978 a special historical bulletin was published and is available, showing State-level
statistics back to 1867.

Daniel L. Herbert,
State Statistician

COPIES OF THE CURRENT PUBLICATION, EARLIER ISSUES, AND THE HISTORICAL
BULLETIN ARE AVAILABLE FROM:

Montana Crop & Livestock Reporting Service
P.O. Box 4369 — Helena, Montana 59601

or

Montana Department of Agriculture

Agriculture/Livestock Bldg — 6th & Roberts

Helena, Montana 59601

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1978

JANUARY: Temperatures averaged below normal. Heavy snowcover in all major winter wheat growing
areas. Heavy snows required extensive use ot hay supplies to maintain livestock. FEBRUARY: Great
fluctuations in temperature and snowfall. A blizzard raged in the eastern third of the State most of the
second week. Considerable stress placed on livestock — death losses slightly above normal. Hay supplies
short in the eastern part of the State. MARCH: The month began cold and damp, with near or record
breaking warm temperatures at the end of the month. The long winter and snow contributed to a higher-
than-normal death loss among calves. APRIL: Precipitation generally light and spotty but heavy the last
week of the month. Winter wheat broke out of dormancy in good condition. Seeding of major spring crops
ran behind average. Significant number of livestock were still on supplemental feed as range growth was
slow. MAY: Precipitation fell as rain or snow each week of the month, with temperatures averaging near
normal. Planting progress was slow due to the wet weather. Range growth slow. JUNE: A wide range of
weather during the month characterized by frequent heavy showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures
generally averaged near to above normal. Winter wheat and spring crops were in good condition. Haying
was active in all areas with progress ahead of normal. Range feed supplies and stockwater were better than
average. JULY: The month was characterized by frequent thundershowers and near-normal temperatures.
Crops were in good condition, with haying delayed by frequent showers. Winter wheat harvest started the
last of the month. AUGUST: The weather was variable — hot and dry during the middle of the month, but
cooler weather and some precipitation during the last week. Winter wheat harvest was in full swing, with
most of it completed by the end of the month — slightly ahead of normal. In contrast, spring grain
development and harvest continued to lag behind normal. Winter wheat seeding started in some areas.
SEPTEMBER: Precipitation was generally light and scattered. Small grain harvest made good progress
during the month. Livestock movement to winter ranges was slow due to good conditions of summer
ranges. OCTOBER: The month was mild with sunny days and cool nights. Harvest of sugarbeets and
potatoes was nearing completion. Winter wheat germination was good. Livestock were in good condition
and started receiving supplemental feed toward the end of the month. NOVEMBER: A general snowstorm
swept over the State on the 8th and 9th. Temperatures averaged below normal. Adequate fall grazing had
put livestock in good condition and the majority were on supplemental feed by the end of the month.
DECEMBER: A cold month as temperatures averaged below normal. An inch or more of snow covered the
ground the entire month over all the State. Considerable stress was placed on livestock due to cold weather.
Heavy snow and frequent winds made it difficult to get feed to livestock.

MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1979

JANUARY: Temperatures averaged much below normal. Combined with November and December, this
was the coldest three-month period on record for much of the State. Precipitation was generally light.
Livestock feeding heavy, but d iff icu It due to drifting snow. FEBRUARY: Great temperature fluctuations and
periods of heavy precipitation. Snowcover reached a record number of days in most areas of the State.
Continued heavy feeding necessary for livestock. MARCH: Winter released its grip and provided fairly
good conditions for spring calving and lambing. Death losses varied. Somegreeningof winter wheat began.
APRIL: Precipitation was generally light to moderate with below- normal tempertures. Winterkill of winter
wheat generally greater than normal. Spring planting started but frequent snow and rain showers prevented
extensive fieldwork. MAY: Moderate amounts of precipitation first of the month with variable
temperatures. Warm, dry weather permitted significant planting progress. Range growth slow, but normal
movement of livestock to summer ranges. JUNE: Temperatures generally above normal, but precipitation
below normal. Dry conditions retarded crop growth and range development. Many winter wheat fields
patchy, with irregular development. JULY: Most of the month was hot and dry with grains, hay and ranges
showing stress because of the warm temperatures and below-normal precipitation. Winter wheat harvest
began the latter part of the month. AUGUST: Near-normal to above-normal temperatures with scattered
light precipitation, changing to general over the State by month's end. Harvesting hampered by the
widespread rainfall and progress was running behind normal. Shortage of soil moisture limited planting of
winter wheat. SEPTEMBER: Generally a very warm, dry month. Seeding of winter wheat was running
behind the normal pace due to continued dry conditions. OCTOBER: Above-normal temperatures most of
the month, with the first overall freeze of the season occurring the first week of the month. Precipitation
generally light. The sugarbeet and potato harvest was essentially completed by the end of the month.
Livestock movement from summer ranges slightly ahead of the normal pace. NOVEMBER: Continued very
dry during the month with temperatures generally below normal. Snowcover remained light and grazing
remained open in most areas. Cattle and sheep were both in good condition going into the winter.
DECEMBER: Temperatures averaged well above normal. Precipitation in the northeast and southeast much
below normal. Fields were bare most of the month and grazing remained open in most areas, although it was
only rated fair.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Historically, the Department basically has been a regulatory agency. It should bemorethan
that. The State's constitution and statutes provide authority for it to be more than regulatory.

To follow through with this change in scope, the Department was completely reorganized
in November of 1977. Ten divisions were reduced to three with a view of providing new services
to the people of Montana as well as strengthening the administrative procedure in the
Department.

The Department controls the sale and use of chemicals. This is for the protection of the
public and the environment while providing for their use by agriculture. An accelerated pro-
gram has been conducted to qualify commercial and private applicators for use of restricted
chemicals. Currently over 10,000 applicators are licensed.

Another program controls the quality of fruits, vegetables and nursery stock as well as the
agricultural seed business. The Department registers feeds and fertilizers to guarantee product
quality. Grain warehousemen and grain handlers are licensed to ensure they are properly
bonded and insured for the protection of Montana's farmers and ranchers. Also, the Depart-
ment has a grain testing laboratory that provides official grades and protein tests on grains.

Attached to the Department for administrative purposes are two important service pro-
grams. First, the Wheat Research and Marketing Committee, financed by a self-imposed tax on
wheat and barley, which has been successful in exporting millions of dollars worth of Montana
grain. It has also put large amounts of money into Montana State University of the development
of improved strains of grain and new agricultural practices.

Second, the Crop Hail Insurance Program; another self-financed program that has re-
turned millions of dollars of hail insurance to Montana farmers.

Another relatively new program is the Marketing and Transportation Unit. This Unit has
saved Montana citizens some nine million dollars over the last five years. It has also assisted in
establishing markets for food processed in Montana, and has enhanced export markets for
grain, fruits and honey.

Basic to these many operations are the statistics provided by the Crop and Livestock Re-
porting Unit. This Unit is the result of a cooperative effort between this Department and the
U.S.D.A.

The Department of Agriculture, representing Montana's largest industry which contributes
nearly as much income to the state as the next three industries combined, is now morethan a
regulatory agency.

The Department has moved into the service area. Its fundamental goal is to better serve
Montana agriculture in the eighties.

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

MONTANA'S RANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE

Item

Acres in strip cropping
Land in farms and ranches
Income from cash receipts,
excluding Gov't payments

Total

Crops

Livestock

Unit
(000)

4,489 acres
62,000 acres

$1,231,650
$ 548,876
$ 682,774

Period or Date

1969 Census
1979

1978
1978
1978

Rank

1
2

32
33
29

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS

All cattle and calves

All cows

Milk cows

Beef cows

Cattle on feed
Hogs and pigs
Sheep ana lambs
Wool production (July prel.
All chickens
Honey production

2,645

1,455

28

1,427

63

209

494

4,017

890

13,184

head

Jan. 1

1980

14

head

)an. 1

1980

10

head

)an. 1

1980

44

head

Jan. 1

1980

8

head

Jan. 1

1980

22

head

Dec.1

1979

28

head

Jan. 1

1980

8

Dounds
Dirds

July 1

1979

9

Dec.1

1979

42

pounds

Dec.1

1979

6

CROPS (PRODUCTION)

All wheat

Winter wheat
Durum wheat
Spring wheat other
than durum

All hay

Alfalfa hay

Dry beans

Barley

Oats

Potatoes— fall

Sugarbeets

116,475 bushels

57,375 bushels

6,825 bushels

52,275 bushels
4,291 tons
2,835 tons
175 cwt.
40,560 bushels
5,460 bushels
1,800 cwt.
829 tons

1979

6

1979

9

1979

2

1979

3

1979

13

1979

13

1979

10

1979

5

1979

14

1979

20

1979

9

RECORD HIGHS

Livestock

Cattle & calves
Sheep & lambs
Hogs & pigs
Chickens
Honey prod.

Crops

All wheat

Winter wheat
All spring wheat

(incl. durum)
Durum wheat

Barley

Oats

All hay

Sugarbeets

Potatoes

Size & Unit

Date

(000)

3,380 head

Jan

. 1, 1974

5,736 head

Jan

. 1, 1903

445 head

Jan

. 1, 1944

2,738 birds

Jan

. 1, 1944

13,184 Lbs.

1979

167.295 Bu.

1976

105,000 Bu.

1975

68,735 Bu.

1976

18,093 Bu.

1956

67,914 Bu.

1969

25,650 Bu.

1915

4,576 Tons

1978

1,206 Tons

1969

2,871 Cwt.

1918

J MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

Year

1910

Number

of

Farms

Thous.
28 8

1911

31.5

1912

34.0

1913

37.0

1914

40 0

1915

45 0

1916

50 0

1917

54.0

1918

56 0

1919

57.0

NUMBER OF FARMS 1910-1980
ALL LAND IN FARMS ~ AND AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS

1950-1980

Number of Farms — 1910-1949

Number Number Number

of of of

Year Farms Year Farms Year Farms

Thous. Thous. Thous.

1920 57.7 1930 55.0 1940 44 5

1921 57.0 1931 54.5 1941 ' " 420

1922 55.0 1932 54.0 1942 410

1923 52.5 1933 53.5 1943 40 8

1924 51.0 1934 53.0 1944 40 6

1925 50.0 1935 52.0 1945 40 4

1926 51.0 1936 50.0 1946 39 8

1927 52.5 1937 48.0 1947.. "39 2

1928 53.5 1938 46.0 1948 '.['.'" 38 5

1929 54.0 1939 45.0 1949 37 8

Number of farms, all land in farms
and average size of farm, 1950-1980

All

Number Land Average

of In Size of

Year Farms Farms Farms

Thous. Thous. Acres Acres

1950 37.2 65,000 1,747

1951 36.8 65,200 1,772

1952 36.4 65,500 1 ,799

1953 35.9 65,800 1,833

1954 35.4 66,100 1,867

1955 34.8 66,100 1,899

1956 34.2 66,200 1 ,936

1957 33.6 66,300 1,973

1958 33.0 66,500 2,015

1959 32.4 66,600 2,056

1960 31.7 66,700 2,104

1961 30.8 66,800 2,169

1%2 30.1 66,800 2,219

1%3 29.5 66,800 2,264

1964 28,9 67,200 2,325

1965 28.4 66,700 2,349

1%6 28.0 66,200 2,364

1%7 27.6 65,700 2,380

1968 27.1 65,200 2,406

1969 26.7 64,700 2,423

1970 26.4 64,200 2,432

1971 26.0 63,700 2,450

1972 25.5 63,200 2,478

1973 25.1 63,000 2,510

1974 24.6 62,800 2,553

1975 23.V 62,400 2,701

1976 22.7 62,200 2,740

1977 22.3 62,100 2,785

1978 22.0 62,100 2,823

1979 21.7 62,000 2,857

1980 21.5 62,000 2,884

'Places which had annual sale of agricultural products of $1000 or
more. Series initiated with 1975.

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CASH RECEIPTS — 1970-1979

Cash Receipts from the Sale of Principal Farm Products and Government Payments

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Livestock

Total

and

Receipts

Total

Livestock

from

Government

All Cash

Products

Crops

Marketings

Payments

Receipts

Thousand Dollars

357,058

246,096

603,154

85,361

688,515

407,393

209.940

617.333

77,789

695,122

495.281

328,465

823.746

103,169

926,915

572,107

554,964

1.127.071

64,990

1,192,061

433,124

720,745

1.153.869

14.998

1,168,867

420,949

587,992

1.008.941

9.350

1.018.291

456,119

582,365

1.038.484

10.497

1.048.981

494,453

470,666

965.119

61.443

1,026,562

683,234

545.060

1.228.294

137,237

1,365,531

800,312

571,071

1,371,383

33,997

1,405,380

CASH RECEIPTS
All Crops, Livestock and Livestock Products 1945-1979

Thous. Dollars

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS BY COMMODITIES

1974-19791

1974

Livestock and Products

Cattle and calves 348,072

Dairy products 22,552

Sheep and lambs 12,013

Wool 4,857

Hogs 29,312

EBgs 9,157

Chickens 274

Honey and beeswax 3,680

Other- 3,221

TOTAL 433,138

Crops

Field crops

Wheat 552,220

Barley 89,710

Sugarbeets 43,050

Hay 34,872

Potatoes 14,745

Oats 4,558

Dry edible beans 2,336

Alfalfa seed 1,926

Other' 7,185

Fruits and berries

Cherries 859

Other* 28

Other products

Forest 2,000

Greenhouse and nursery 1.417

TOTAL 754,906

All commodities 1,188,044

1975

1976
Thousan

1977
id Dollars

1978

1979

339,916

373,307

412,820

582.260

700.0%

22,245

23,653

27.092

30,175

31.611

10,695

10,381

10,749

15.340

10,752

2,693

3,467

3,332

3.547

4,049

28,984

27,575

23,399

34,348

27.973

8.879

8,630

8,076

8.372

8.906

186

288

174

154

85

3,709

4,539

3,293

4,825

7,576

3,642

4,552

5,518

4,213

9,264

420,949

456,392

494,453

683,234

800,312

446,722

429,583

328,917

382,302

400.299

66,771

85,487

70.181

75,012

72.997

25,036

21,683

21,504

25.753

26.528

28,017

20,186

25,740

25.947

30.211

5.856

9,667

6,422

7,962

7,225

2,580

3,551

2,410

2,920

3,620

3,425

2,812

1,840

1.989

2,978

595

1,229

2,705

2,854

3,175

3,627

3,360

4.863

13.005

15,092

1,416

1,081

1,300

1.276

2,005

28

33

34

40

41

2,300

2,000

3.200

4,200

4,700

1.619

1,820

1,550

1.800

2.200

587,992

582,492

470,666

545.060

571,071

1,008,941

1,038,884

%5,119

1,228,294

1,371,383

'Revised.

H'urkeys, turkey eggs, ducks, geese, other fowl, game birds, rabbits, mink, bees, horses, and mules.

'Dry field peas, cabbage, sweet corn, lettuce, onions, green peas, tomatoes, miscellaneous vegetables, rye, corn sorghum
grain, soybeans, alsike clover seed, red clover seed, mustard seed, timothy seed. Kentucky bluegrass seed,
bromegrass seed, fescue seed, rapeseed, wheatgrass seed, white clover seed, flaxseed, and other seeds.

'Apples, plums, prunes, strawberries, raspberries, other berries.

CASH RECEIPTS FROM MARKETINGS BY COMMODITIES AS A
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR ALL COMMODITIES — 1974-1979^

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

Livestock and Products

Cattle and calves . . .

Dairy products

Sheep and lambs . . .

Wool

Hogs

Chickens and eggs . .
Honey and beeswax.

Other

TOTAL

Crops

Wheat

Barley

Sugarbeets

Hay

Potatoes

Other

TOTAL

All commodities ,

Percent of Total

29.3

1.9

1.0

.4

2.5

.8

.3

.3

33.7

2.2

1.1

.3

2.9

.9

.4

.3

35.9 42.8

2.3 2.8

1.0 1.1

.3 .4

2.7 2.4

.9 .8

.4 .3

.4 .6

47.4

25

1.2

.3

28

.7

.4

.3

51.1
23
.8
.3
20
.6
.6
.7

36.5

41.8

43.9 51.2

55.6

58.4

46.5
7.6
3.6
2.9
1.2
1.7

44.3
6.6
2.5
2.8
.6
1.4

41.4 34.1
8.2 7.3
21 22
1.9 27

.9 .7

1.6 1.8

31.1
6.1
21
21
.7
23

29.2
5.3
1.9
22
.5
25

63.5

58.2

56.1 48.8

44.4

41.6

100.0

100.0

100.0 100.0

100.0

100.0

'Revised

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

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CASH RECEIPTS
FROM FARM MARKETINGS OF COMMODITIES

1974-1978 AVERAGE

Livestock
S4%.633.000

45.2%

Crops

$602,626,000

54.8%

1979

Livestock
$800,312,000

58.4%

Crops

$571,071,000

41.6%

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES— 1978

From Sale of Principal Products and Covernmenl Payments

COUNTY

&

DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau ....

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . .
Lewis & Clark

Meagher

Musselshell . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland . . .
CENTRAL ....
Beaverhead . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . .

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone . .
S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River .

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

Livestock

Total

and

Receipts

Govern-

Livestock

from

ment

All Cash

Products

Crops

Marketings
Dollars

Payments

Receipts

2,845,700

667.000

3,512,700

144,600

3,657,300

8,761,200

6,309,000

15,070,200

1,499,100

16,569,300

6,485,300

1,038,000

7,523,300

153,000

7,676,300

16,464,200

7,983,000

24,447.200

703,100

25,150,300

1,703,100

483,000

2.186,100

142,700

2,328,800

618,200

199,000

817,200

29,800

847,000

3,598,200

1,257,000

4,855,200

398,600

5,253,800

9,440,400

1,730,000

11,170,400

382,700

11,553,100

14,747,500

2,713,000

17,460,500

437.200

17,897,700

5,125,600

766,000

5,891,600

501,700

6,393,300

69.789,400

23,145.000

92,934,400

4,392,500

97.326,900

18,647,100

15,830,000

34,477,100

3,433,600

37,910,700

14,079,500

48.926,000

63,005,500

10,694,700

73,700,200

8,546,600

12,551,000

21,097.600

6,798,500

27,896,100

6,562,400

41,466,000

48,028,400

6,688,600

54,717,000

3,663,100

19,029,000

22,692,100

2,7%, 100

25,488,200

18,493.200

12,926,000

31,419,200

3,408,500

34,827,700

7,823,800

19,%5,000

27,788,800

5,651.400

33,440,200

15,605,900

19,315,000

34,920,900

5,161,000

40,081,900

5,332,500

20.566.000

25,898,500

4.286.800

30,185.300

98,754,100

210.574.000

309,328,100

48,919,200

358,247,300

5,440,200

17,080,000

22,520,200

3,914.400

26,434,600

9,929,600

13,500,000

23,429.600

3.617.600

27,047.200

15,920,400

5,489,000

21,409,400

3.410.400

24,819,800

9.685,500

13,974,000

23.659.500

4,316.500

27,976,000

16,414,500

23,020,000

39,434,500

3.790,500

43,225,000

8,105,700

21,722,000

29,827,700

5,173,200

35,000,900

5,335,400

23,890,000

29,225,400

5,553,900

34,779,300

16,588,700

23,517,000

40,105.700

7,459.500

47,565,200

87,420,000

142,192,000

229.612.000

37,236,000

266,848,000

6,787,500

7,176,000

13,%3,500

1,394.400

15,357,900

23,264,300

15,628,000

38,892,300

4.623.900

43,516,200

27,307,000

18,216,000

45,523,000

6.076.200

51,599,200

6,170,400

1,657,000

7,827,400

827.000

8,654,400

13,874,300

8,946,000

22,820,300

3,190,200

26,010,500

11,173,300

2,504,000

13,677,300

1,043,000

14,720,300

12,892,300

1,803,000

14,695.300

374,400

15,069,700

8,351,800

2,326.000

10,677,800

1,229,000

11,906,800

6,987,300

1,039,000

8,026,300

595,200

8,621,500

9,256,300

2,%0,000

12,216,300

955,900

13,172,200

126,064,500

62,255.000

188.319,500

20,309,200

208,628,700

36,694,500

7,218,000

43,912,500

770,200

44.682,700

23,616,700

12,829,000

36,445,700

2,156,100

38,601 ,800

5,363,000

1.079,000

6,442,000

233,700

6,675,700

19,782,500

2,339,000

22,121,500

516,000

22,637,500

1,200,700

161,000

1.361,700

30.200

1.391,900

86,657,400

23,626.000

110,283,400

3,706.200

113,989,600

23,573,600

10,811,000

34,384,600

2,498,200

36,882,800

17,759,300

9,458,000

27,217,300

1,205,800

28,423,100

10,891,800

2,514,000

13,405,800

539,500

13,945,300

14,843,200

6,449,000

21,292,200

1,871.800

23,164,000

10,212,500

1.431,000

11,643,500

619,400

12,262,900

5,566,900

4,213,000

9,779,900

637.400

10,417,300

38.503,600

17,980,000

56,483,600

2,612,300

59.095,900

121,350,900

52,856,000

174,206,900

9,984,400

184,191,300

16,631,200

3,309,000

19,940,200

2,573,800

22.514.000

17,398,300

4,416,000

21,814.300

2,174,500

23.988.800

9,073,700

5,166.000

14,239,700

2,001,700

16.241,400

17,511,000

3,702,000

21,213,000

1,253,200

22,466,200

9,058,400

4,433,000

13.491,400

1,454,000

14,945,400

18.255,700

5,203,000

23,458,700

1,908,500

25,367,200

5,269,400

4.183,000

9,452,400

1,323,800

10,776,200

93.197,700

30,412.000

123.609.700

12,689,500

136,299,200

683,234,000

545,060,000

1.228,294,000

137,237,000

1,365,531,000

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

15

CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES— 1979

From sale of Principal Products and Government Payments

COUNTY

&

DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau ....

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt ....

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater. . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . .
Lewis & Clark

Meagher

Musselshell . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland . . .
CENTRAL . . . .
Beaverhead . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . .

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone . .
S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River .

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

Livestock

Total

and

Receipts

Govern-

Livestock

from

ment

All Cash

Products

Crops

Marketings
Dollars
3,%3,40O

Payments

Receipts

3.370,400

593,000

35,300

3.998,700

8,951.300

6,642.000

15.593.300

284,000

15,877,300

8,009,200

1,059,000

9,068,200

70,000

9,138,200

19.602,500

8.493,000

28,095,500

290,400

28,385.900

2,065.100

557.000

2,622,100

170,300

2,792,400

727.500

244,000

971,500

35,600

1,007,100

4,304,600

1,391.000

5,695,600

264,100

5,959,700

11,629,700

1,735.000

13,364,700

238,100

13,602,800

17,382,200

2,604,000

19,986,200

300,800

20,287,000

6,374,800

847,000

7,221.800

290.000

7.511.800

82,417,300

24,165,000

106,582,300

1,978,600

108,560,900

22,175,100

16,590,000

38,765,100

1,147.600

39,912,700

14,928,000

49,430,000

64,358,000

1,268,100

65,626,100

10,133,300

14,915.000

25,048,300

2,048,700

27,097,000

7,912,500

41,956,000

49,868,500

862,400

50,730,900

4,262,300

21,166,000

25,428,300

124,700

25,553,000

22.411,100

12,074,000

34,485,100

973,800

35,458,900

8.786.000

22,542,000

31,328,000

609,200

31,937,200

19,237,100

20,267,000

39.504.100

939,200

40.443.300

5,991,700

24,524,000

30.515.700

522,700

31,038,400

115,837,100

223,464,000

339,301,100

8,4%,4O0

347,797,500

6,031.700

14,498,000

20.529,700

1,365.600

21,895,300

11,635,800

14,942,000

26,577,800

505,400

27,083,200

18,282,700

5,637,000

23,919,700

1,182,700

25.102.400

11.466, 900

14,957.000

26,423,900

837,500

27,261.400

17.350,600

22,527,000

39.877,600

862.900

40,740,500

9.681.700

23.012,000

32,693,700

725,900

33,419,600

6.406,200

24,967,000

31,373.200

875,600

32,248,800

19,678,300

22,221.000

41,899.300

1,350.600

43,249,900

100,533,900

142,761,000

243,294,900

7,706,200

251,001,100

8,036,900

6,661.000

14.697.900

358,500

15,056,400

25,761,000

18,604.000

44.365,000

1,345.900

45,710,900

32,949,100

18.765.000

51,714.100

1,141,500

52,855,600

7.309,100

1.701.000

9,010,100

457,600

9,467.700

15,901,000

9,576,000

25.477,000

429,800

25,906,800

12,806,300

2,850,000

15.656,300

559,600

16,215,900

15,556,300

1,829.000

17,385,300

318,800

17,704,100

9,988,000

2,629,000

12,617,000

621,600

13,238,600

8.488,900

1,222,000

9,710.900

290,100

10,001,000

10,%3,100

2.844.000

13.807.100

623,500

14,430.600

147,759,700

66,681,000

214,440,700

6,146,900

220,587,600

44,830,200

4,187,000

49,017.200

697,400

49,714,600

26,472,300

13.643,000

40,115,300

455,500

40,570,800

6,506,400

1,021.000

7,527,400

128,400

7,655,800

23,877,300

2,667,000

26,544,300

445,400

26,989,700

1 ,477,900

139,000

1,616,900

20,400

1.637,300

103,164,100

21,657,000

124,821,100

1,747,100

126,568,200

29,322,700

12.452,000

41,774.700

344,500

42,119,200

19,434,800

10.031.000

29.465.800

865.300

30.331,100

13,261,200

2,819,000

16.080.200

194.700

16,274,900

14,940.500

6,221.000

21,161.500

1.026,600

22,188,100

12,161,900

1.423.000

13,584.900

490,900

14.075,800

6,134,900

5.189.000

11,323.900

%,400

11.420,300

44,690.200

19,883.000

64,573,200

591.200

65,164,400

139,946,200

58,018,000

197,%4,200

3,609,600

201,573,800

18.617,500

3.977.000

22,594.500

1,819.800

24,414,300

21,140,200

4,881.000

26,021.200

529.900

26.551.100

10,630.000

6,135,000

16,765,000

245.300

17.010.300

20.553.500

4,278,000

24,831,500

467.200

25.298.700

9.799,900

4,745,000

14.544.900

390.500

14,935,400

23,616,700

5.995,000

29.611.700

646.800

30,258,500

6,295.900

4,314,000

10.609.900

212.700

10,822.600

110,653.700

34,325,000

144,978,700

4,312,200

149,290.900

800,312,000

571,071,000

1,371,383,000

33,997.000

1,405,380,000

16

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

NUMERICAL RANKING OF COUNTIES

1979 Crop Production

COUNTY

Beaverhead

Big Horn

Blaine

Broadwater

Carbon

Carter

Cascade

Chouteau

Custer

Daniels

Dawson

Deer Lodge

Fallon

Fergus

Flathead

Gallatin

Garfield

Glacier

Golden Valley ..
Granite

Hill

Jefferson

Judith Basin ...

Lake

Lewis and Clark

Liberty

Lincoln

McCone

Madison

Meagher

Mineral

Missoula

Musselshell ....

Park

Peteroleum . . . .

Phillips

Pondera

Powder River . .

Powell

Prairie

Ravalli

Richland

Roosevelt

Rosebud

Sanders

Sheridan

Silver Bow

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . . .
Teton

Toole

Treasure

Valley

Wheatland

Wibaux

Yellowstone . . .

Spring

All

Winter

Wheat

Durum

All

Wheat

Wheat
45

Excl. Durum
29

Wheat

Barley
24

Oats

Hay

40

38

1

21

11

32

14

18

5

12

9

13

13

12

8

14

31

32

20

13

24

28

35

27

37

17

15

8

29

21

27

24

40

29

25

9

3

18

27

7

11

6

1

1

4

12

2

7

26

32

23

30

36

31

15

13

51

6

10

31

36

50

15

18

8

7

29

31

30

55

53

51

52

52

48

22

22

17

35

22

36

10

4

22

11

5

4

4

33

29

28

10

34

31

23

14

23

19

6

9

2

24

25

21

26

37

23

45

17

30

9

8

4

46

41

37

31

44

20

43

33

51

52

53

47

53

52

40

2

2

3

17

18

3

44

46

42

52

48

30

43

20

13

24

21

9

2

22

39

36

31

15

26

9

43

38

5
53
12
43

41

52
49
33
28
44

20
6
17
50
15

47
24
37
19
48

46

16

40

8

7

39
34
26
35
10

41

7
50
12
33
48

50
45
40
35
49

14
16
36

46
42

38
10

2

25
44

11

43
50
15

5
34

1
39
19
26

15
16

28

3

23

9
2

1
18

6

4
22
14

5
25

25

19
55
28
30
32

55
49
42
26

45

16
3
46
50
41

38
20
23
34
51

27
54
22
39
1

8
47
21
33
44
11

25

41
49
23
30
32

51
45
37
14
50

6
28
39
44
43

13
1
10
27
48

35
47
16
19
17

40
42
5
20
21
12

12

6

52

54

52

11

38

42

3

45

20

53

55

50

35

38

37

36

13

48

42

18

10

8

33

30

18

51

17

25

49

47

16

16

32

5

27

26

21

49

29

3

39

56

54

27

24

44

23

14

7

4

53

41

47

7

11

34

34

28

46

19

19

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

17

NUMERICAL RANKING OF COUNTIES

Cash Receipts— 1979

Livestock Numbers

COUNTY
Beaverhead . .

Big Horn

Blaine

Broadwater . .
Carbon

Carter

Cascade

Chouteau . . . .

Custer

Daniels

Dawson

Deer Lodge . .

Fallon

Fergus

Flathead

Gallatin

Garfield

Glacier

Golden Valley
Granite

Hill

Jefferson

Judith Basin . .

Lake

Lewis & Clark

Liberty

Lincoln

McCone

Madison

Meagher

Mineral

Missoula

Musselshell . .

Park

Petroleum . . .

Phillips

Ponciera

Powder River.

Powell

Prairie

Ravalli

Richland

Roosevelt . . . .

Rosebud

Sanders

Sheridan

Silver Bow . . .

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . .
Teton

Toole

Treasure

Valley

Wheatland . . .

Wibaux

Yellowstone . .

All

Livestock
and

Cattle

Sheep

Hogs

Products

Products

Crops

Jan. 1, 1979

Ian. 1, 1979

Jan. 1. 1979

5

1

36

1

3

29

8

4

20

2

32

13

12

10

14

8

21

8

39

40

26

41

25

28

19

15

22

18

5

19

30

17

37

14

1

24

6

6

13

12

17

23

2

24

1

20

37

10

24

11

32

10

19

27

32

49

18

48

30

14

21

28

16

30

24

28

53

53

53

51

43

36

35

32

28

28

25

16

3

3

12

3

12

1

38

37

25

49

39

3

9

5

19

16

18

18

29

18

30

13

2

26

27

33

17

35

37

5

49

43

46

39

20

29

48

41

50

37

38

39

4

42

2

42

39

6

50

44

51

44

40

32

25

21

23

17

23

28

20

14

24

19

28

17

37

26

38

29

10

26

26

52

9

52

43

12

54

54

54

54

43

36

23

30

15

31

6

24

22

7

41

4

9

25

34

22

44

15

15

25

56

56

55

56

43

39

52

51

48

53

42

37

44

34

42

34

12

33

36

25

40

23

27

26

47

39

49

36

22

35

13

9

21

7

13

18

16

38

6

40

26

15

28

12

35

9

8

33

43

29

45

26

36

27

40

35

33

32

29

30

33

19

43

25

16

20

10

20

7

27

18

4

14

36

5

38

33

8

18

8

29

6

11

21

51

46

52

45

41

34

15

45

3

46

35

24

55

55

56

55

44

38

31

23

27

24

11

11

42

n

47

22

4

30

11

16

10

21

14

2

17

50

4

50

31

9

45

48

31

43

42

34

7

13

8

11

24

7

41

31

39

33

7

22

46

47

34

47

34

31

1

2

11

5

23

22

18

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTED MA|OR MONTANA INDUSTRIES

Percent of Total

■

VALUE BY CROUPS

Industry

Agriculture'

Mining''

Manufacturing*

Travel*
Oil & Gas^
Lumber & Wood
Products'

Basis

Cash Receipts
Gross Value
Value added

(excluding lumber and

wood products)
Estimated value
Value of Production

Value added
Total of above industries

Year

Value in Millions

1979

1.371

1979

588

1977

515

1979

263

1979

460

1977

287

3,484

'USDA. Economics, Statistics, & Cooperative Service.

•Montana Department of Revenue

'Census of Manufacturers, Bureau of Census

^Montana Department of Highways (travelers from out of State)

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

19

I

MONTANA LAND AREA AND LAND IN FARMS

MONTANA LAND AREA (93.3 Million Acres)
Ownership as Percentage of Total

Source: "Public Land Statistics. 1976" and Montana Department of Lands.

LAND IN FARMS & RANCHES (62.2 Million Acres)
Utilization as Percentage of Total

Source: 1974 Census of Agriculture

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS

Family and Hired Workers, 1970-1980

Year January

1970 27,000

1971 26,000

1972 27.000

1973 26,000

1974 22,000

1975 26,000

1976 28,000

1977 22,600

1978 24,500

1979 30,200

1980' 25,000

1970 23,000

1971 22,000

1972 23,000

1973 22,000

1974 16,000

1975 18,000

1976 21,000

1977 18,000

1978 20.000

1979 23,300

1980' 16,000

1970 4.000

1971 4,000

1972 4,000

1973 4,000

1974 6.000

1975 8.000

1976 7,000

1977 4.600

1978 4.500

1979 6.900

1980' 9.000

April

37.000
46,000
45.000
42.000
37.000

29.000
34.000
36.000
34.100
34.000
35.000

29,000
35.000
33,000
31,000
26,000

20,000
25,000
28,000
27,000
23,000
25,000

8,000
11,000
12,000
11.000
11,000

9.000
9.000
8,000
7,100
11.000
10.000

luly

Oaober

Numbers

Total Workers

53,000
54,000
51,000
55,000
51,000

40,000
36,000
37,000
38,000
39,000

41,000
39,000
41.000
41,000
43,000

33,000
32,000
28,000
31.600
26,000

Family Workers

31,000
30.000
31.000
30,000
31,000

29.000
27.000
28.000
28,000
26,000

26,000
27,000
29.000
27.000
32.000

23,000
23,000
22,000
26.000
17,000

Hired Workers

22,000
24,000
20,000
25,000
20.000

11.000

9.000

9.000

10,000

13,000

15.000
12.000
12.000
14.000
11.000

10,000
9.000
6.000
5.600
9,000

Annual
Average

39,000
41.000
40,000
40.000
37.000

32.000
33,300
31.900
32,800
33,500

28.000
29.000
29.000
28.000
25,000

22,000
24,000
24,000
25,000
24,000

11,000
12.000
11,000
13.000
13.000

11.000
9.300
7,700
7.800
9.500

FARM WAGE RATES

Paid to all Hired Workers Per Hour, 1970-1980

Year January

1970 1-68

1971 1.73

1972 1-80

1973 1-95

1974 2.22

1975 2.38

1976 2.53

1977 2.58

1978 2.50

1979 2.84

1980' 3.25

April

1.60
1.69
1.80
2.00
1.84

1.94
2.20
2.30
2.72
2.80
3.14

July

October

Dollars

1.61

1.64

1.71

1.75

1.80

1.93

2.04

2.08

1.97

2.35

1.89

2.55

2.08

2.42

2.10

2.37

2.38

2.53

2.52

2.93

Annual
Average

1.63
1.72
1.83
2.02
2.10

2.19
2.31
2.34
2.53
2.77

'Some data not available in time for publication.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

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COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION

By Primary Nutrients and Fertilizer Materials, 1974-1979'

PRIMARY
NUTRIENTS

1974

Nitrogen 45, %1

Available P-O^ '

K-O

TOTAL NUTRIENTS^ 110,972

FERTILIZER
MATERIALS

NITROGEN MATERIALS:

Anhydrous Ammonia 2,049

Aqua Ammonia 441

Ammonium Nitrate 57,295

Ammonium Sulphate 10,768

Nitrogen Solution 2,539

Urea 649

Other 955

PHOSPHATE MATERIALS:

Phosphate Rock 0

Superphosphate-over 22% 9,799

Ammonium Phosphate 35,532

Other 1,049

POTASH MATERIALS:

Chloride 50-62", 5,534

Other 0

NATURAL ORGANIC 237

SECONDARY AND
MICRONUTRIENTS:

Gypsum 2,058

Other 4

MIXTURES 100,965

TOTAL MATERIALS

AND MIXTURES 229,874

1975

1976

1977

1978

109

153

127

1979

Tons

45,%1

39.029

53,982

64,024

53,982

76,382

60,786

43,973

62,989

74,294

59,816

78,997

4.225

3.155

5,725

8,609

5,298

10,292

110,972

86,158

122,6%

146,927

119,097

165,671

5,818

3.683

6,055

2,607

6,576

260

30

148

47

0

47,750

68,588

69,115

57,519

66,088

5,645

1,450

5,174

3,969

5,469

1,720

4,707

5,143

5,121

6,846

3,305

4,455

9,261

14,741

34,455

1,208

3,875

1.036

0

250

0

0

50

0

0

7,268

8,305

10,581

10,083

7,977

32,822

33,890

27,144

21,777

16,626

1,125

1,306

991

291

824

4.004

8,725

13,318

7,188

0

0

0

0

0

15,020

3,813
151

5,823
217

9,587
406

6,791
495

3,227
3,911

63,975

111,176

143.946

119,293

166,565

178,973

256,383

302,082

249,922

333,834

'Year ending June 1.

-Data for some years may not add due to rounding.

ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED - 1970-1979
Acres Flarvested and Value of Crop Production

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Year Number

1970 1,492,439

1971 1.458,155

1972 1,564,355

1973 1,733.455

1974 1,696,290

1975 1,736,490

1976 1.692.400

1977 1.640.400

1978 1.691.400

1979 1,685.000

1974-78 Avg 1.691,400

Acres Harvested

'%. of
Total

18
17
19
19
19

19
19
18
19
19

Value of Crop
Production

19

Dollars

91.106.900
105.725.900
139.386,700
264.698.400
247.490.700

224,270,400
212,882.700
234.235.700
223,804.400
269.694.900

228,536,800

%of
Total

31
32
31
31
28

24
28
34
29
33

28

Acres
Harvested

Number

6,809,900
7,280,300
6,773,300
7,226,900
7.273,300

7,360,300
7,431.800
7,505,200
7,340,500
7,185,000

Value of

Crop

Production

Dollars

203,731.100
223.941.100
313.103,300
595.484,600
650,425,300

704,827,600
549.749,300
456,706,300
557,526.600
549.796.100

7.382,200 583,847,000

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1978
Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT
Deer Lodge . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau ....

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt . . . .

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . .
Lewis & Clark

Meagher

Musselshell . .
Petroleum . . .
Wheatland . . .

CENTRAL . . .

Beaverhead . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . .

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater ....
Sweet Grass .

Treasure

Yellowstone .

S. CENTRAL .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River

Prairie

Rosebud ....
Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

IRRIGATED

NO!

■ IRRIGATED

Acres

Value of Crop

Acres

Value of Crop

Harvested

Production

Harvested
600

Produaion

12.600

1,251.000

40.100

36.920

5.349.300

48.600

4,705.700

27.100

2,435.000

1.900

122.700

61.770

11,711.300

26.900

2,332.700

5.100

452.900

3.600

215.400

1.300

152.100

1.600

130.700

24.660

2.649.000

8.800

641.800

43.490

3.843.900

19.000

1.151.000

45.090

6.086.900

5.800

453.500

16.500

1.906.400

18,400

1.358.000

274.530

35.837,800

135.200

11,151.600

43.460

4.623.200

222,300

18.087.100

13.350

1,296.000

617,650

53.361.300

23.300

2,310.900

203.500

15.989.000

10,310

900,900

560.400

45.332.200

2,500

253.100

277.100

21.483.700

56.820

4.753.200

189.200

15.367.600

47,610

5,015.900

234.950

20.183.400

84.230

9.844.600

221,500

16.898.900

2.600

248.100

312,500

24.727.700

284,180

29.245.900

2,839.100

231,430.900

2,890

285.400

265.350

18.742.100

14,990

3,958.800

199,600

13.365.100

7,260

885.100

112,900

7,718,700

7,410

735.300

240,400

18,358.600

37,180

11.866.300

221,150

17,029.800

7,000

825.700

387,000

27.020.900

2,900

280.600

362.100

28.123,700

34,600

4.246.600

383.000

27,799,100

114,230

23,083,800

2,171,500

158.138.000

47.040

7.258.400

31.600

2.360.800

35.350

3,948.300

220.500

16.802.100

20,300

2.305.000

349.600

26.125.500

7,300

812.100
1.282.400
4,297,600

34.400

167,700

21,200

2,036.400

14,900

12,467,000

39.720

1.436,400

38,500

3,554.000
1,264,300
1,467.200
2.537.000

28,726,300

12.855.000

13.378.700

2.128.100

9.209.300

947.300

38,318,400

8.871.600

11.784.100

5,169,800

2,754,400

2,481.600

4,350.600

15,773.500

51,185,600

23.800
39.200
22.100
60.900

971,000

8,400

86.200

11.100

9.400

1.000

116.100

116.100
38.750
35.100

111.200
36.100
13.900

119.650

470.800

1,479,600

9,110

2,353.900

13,950

1,523,800

26.100

3,894,700

252,270

70,480,200

150,450

593.000

86,480

8.350.300

24,200

709.700

78,150

710.200

9,300

53.500

348,380

10.416,700

57,665

8,327,400

62.490

2,704.400

53,205

2,383,600

20,115

7,707.000

26.405

2,235.500

16,010

1,030.200

69.820

8.786.300

303,710

33.174.400

12.405

1,021.300
4,827.200

664.300
1.417.500
2,999.300
6.061.300

215.700

17,206,600
223,804,400

111.800
83.700

136.800
95.400
61.100
58.800
89,200

636.800
7,340,300

7.286.900

28.625

5.332.800

5.405

8.682,300

17.305

6,371,100

10.900

4.291.700

35.255

4.138.800

2,005

6,611,200

111,900

42.714.800

1.691,400

557,326.600

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ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1979

Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau . . . .

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt . . . .

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . .
Lewis & Clark

Meagher

Musselshell . .
Petroleum . . .
Wheatland . . .

CENTRAL . . .

Beaverhead . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . .

S. WEST

Big FHorn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Crass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone . .
S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Acres

Value of Crop

Acres

Value of Crop

Harvested

Production

Harvested
600

Produaion

13.450

1.872.100

39,600

30.700

5.688.200

45.300

4,139,900

27,000

2.553,300

1.800

116,700

54.700

12,107,000

28.050

2,071,000

6.600

857,600

2,700

215,000

2.000

328,500

1.400

125,300

21.510

2,841.700

6,650

548.900

41,500

4.483.400

13.000

745,100

38.140

6.000.100

5.500

401,800

20.100

2.749.500

17.100

1.250,400

255,700

39.481,400

122,100

9,653,700

37.670

5.187.000

223.850

17.604.700

14.205

2.108.800

598.100

54.787.100

24.405

3.560.600

188.000

15,626,100

11.110

1.207.600

566.300

44.276.500

4.505

714.800

267.100

23.230.800

45.020

4.580.900

185.200

12.619.500

46.505

6,527.900

217.800

22,254.700

91.225

13.491.400

191,900

16,780,200

4.205

477.800

313.000

28.004.500

278,850

37,856,800

2,751,250

235,184,100

2.230

263.400

260,700

14,137,200

19,585

5.331.300

218.700

14.180,200

8.755

1.433.800

104.350

5.441.700

6.105

944.700

247.050

16.278.300

33.560

11,842.100

195.150

12.915.500

12,755

1,963,000

380.750

25.261.100

4,105

479,900

375,800

27.681,700

26,805

4,350,400

373,800

22,376,400

113.900

26,608,600

2,156,300

138,272,100

42.050

7,445,800

27,100

2,281,000

38.950

6,200.400

236,300

21,535.600

13.005

1.611,900

330,300

28,780.700

8,005

907,900

31,400

2.021.900

10.405

1,174,200

161,400

14.118.000

46.820

6,133,200

19,100

1.296.500

43.305

4,786,700

16,600

1.135.400

15.105

2,431.100

39,300

2.342.600

14.600

2,374,200

19,100

1,125,400

21.105

2,571,600

46,700

2,972,600

253,350

35,637.000

927,300

77,609,700

169.450

16.140.300

10,100

611,100

89.800

17.653.600

79,500

7,391.300

23.400

2.408.900

9,700

692.700

90.050

11.443,900

11,700

876,000

7.200

825,200

800

54,900

379,900

48,471,900

111,800

9,626,000

45.655

11,115.900

140,400

11,969,000

56.170

13,385,600

37,800

2,838,300

43,005

5,319,800

36,200

3,126.400

21,295

3,614,900

100,200

7,000,100

34,805

3,795,300

26,000

1 .600.900

18,500

6,084,800

16,800

1,208,500

70,750

18,767,400

106.650

8,571,300

290,180

62,083,700

464,050

36,314,500

10,205

1.235.600

108.600

7,050.700

30,125

5.845.500

77.600

4.854.300

6,105

947.500

134.100

8.778.600

17.605

2.066.200

104.000

7.323.300

11.070

2.349.800

65.900

4.656.600

35.605

6.792.300

70.400

4.913.600

2.405

318.600

91.600

5.558.900

113.120

19,555,500

652,200

43,136,000

1,685.000

269,694,900

7,185,000

549,7%, 100

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CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA

PREPARED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, GREAT FALLS. MONTANA
Precipitation and Number of Days Between Freezing Temperatures — 1978 and 1979

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT STATIONS

Deer Lodge ...E. Anaconda

Flathead Kalispell

Granite Phillipsburg . . . .

Lake St. Ignatius

Lincoln Fortine

Mineral Superior

Missoula Missoula

Powell Ovando

Ravalli Hamilton

Sanders Thompson Falls.

N. WEST Averages

Blaine Chinook

Choteau Ft. Benton

Glacier Cut Bank

Hill Havre

Liberty Joplin

Phillips Malta

Pondera Valier

Teton Fairfield

N. CENTRAL . Averages

Daniels Scobey

Dawson Glendive

Garfield Jordan

McCone Vida

Richland Savage

Roosevelt Culbertson

Sheridan Medicine Lake. ,

Valley Glasgow

N. EAST Averages

Broadwater . . . .Townsend

Cascade Great Falls

Fergus Lewistown

Golden Valley. .Barber

Judith Basin . . .Stanford

Lewis & Clark . .Helena

Meagher White Sul Spgs. .

Musselshell ...Roundup

Petroleum Flat willow

Wheatland .... Harlowtown . . . .

CENTRAL Averages

Beaverhead ...Dillon

Gallatin Bozeman

Madison Virginia City . . . .

Silver Bow .... Butte

S. WEST Averages

Big Horn Crow Agency . ,

Carbon Red Lodge

Park Livingston

Stillwater Columbus

Sweet Grass . . . Big Timber

Treasure Hysham

Yellowstone . . . Billings

S. CENTRAL . Averages

Carter Ekalaka

Custer Miles City

Fallon Plevna

Powder River . .Broadus

Prairie Mildred

Rosebud Forsyth

Wibaux Wibaux

S. EAST Averages

1978

12.52
16.74
14.22
20.06
15.89
16.18
11.77
12.19
10.21
21.89

15.17

15.22
14.93
20.24
15.84
11.89
18.12
17.18
16.94

16.30

19.30
16.65
22.11
23.35
17.93
19.57
19.76
15.86

19.39

12.21
19.17
28.11
17.37
25.54
10.%
19.38
21.81
19.10
16.65
19.03
8.31
20.33
15.67
12.60

14.23

26.04
30.41
18.39
26.60
16.17
20.45
26.81

23.55

19.31
20.28
17.25
17.95

18.75
17.01
18.43

Precipitation, Inches

Annual

Growing Season
April thru September

1979

NormaM

1978

1979

Normal^

7.99"

14.32

9.18

3.90* *

9.21

13.12

16.24

10.69

6.13

8.83

8.41

14.93

11.51

5.33

9.93

12.37

16.36

13.81

5.99

10.29

12.23

18.02

10.75

6.11

9.92

10.75*

17.93

9.82

5.65

8.57

10.37

13.34

7.29

4.58

7.71

8.49

16.43

7.04

3.54

8.49

9.95

12.99

6.49

4.95

7.14

16.21

22.52

11.63

4.66

9.10

10.99

16.31

9.82

5.08

8.92

8.29**

11.95

13.32

6.26**

8.97

11.69

14.78

13.93

8.55

10.28

8.58

11.58

16.90

6.63

9.36

8.85

11.55

11.28

5.90

8.59

8.14

10.72

9.30

6.64

8.67

13.41

11.58

15.04

11.14

8.91

6.65

13.03

14.22

4.86

10.70

8.66

12.51

13.43

6.09

9.85

9.28

12.21

13.43

7.01

9.42

11.82

13.62

15.51

7.97

10.40

7.14

13.82

13.70

5.40

11.13

7.91

11.42

18.60

4.55

9.09

7.08**

16.34

19.79

4.93**

12.28

8.40

14.06

15.68

6.74

11.69

9.50

14.18

17.52

8.02

11.36

9.56

14.18

17.44

7.69

11.44

8.11

10.87

13.81

5.99

8.53

8.69

13.56

16.51

6.41

10.74

12.00*

11.44

9.19

8.60

8.49

9.91

14.99

13.11

6.24

10.19

13.29

17.47

19.72

7.41

13.12

10.14

12.65

11.70

7.18

9.75

12.87**

14.96

19.72

9.45

11.19

10.39

11.38

7.11

6.53

7.98

8.66**

17.51

15.64

5.10**

10.90

7.74**

11.64

16.67

4.73**

9.23

9.54

13.45

14.21

6.87

10.57

10.29

12.75

10.95

8.25

9.84

10.48

13.82

13.80

7.04

10.13

7.03**

9.55

7.46

4.63**

8.45

15.43

18.66

14.29

10.08

12.10

14.04

15.93

11.61

8.38

11.05

8.25

12.17

10.13

5.69

8.86

11.19

14.08

10.87

7.20

10.12

9.28

14.87

19.58

6.29

10.18

19.87

23.20

19.50

10.50

15.06

16.30

14.89

13.69

10.95

10.68

10.05

13.64

18.85

4.83

10.14

13.33

15.13

10.48

8.86

11.02

8.09**

11.95

17.32

5.34**

8.72

8.41

14.15

18.48

4.67

9.51

12.19

15.40

16.86

7.35

10.76

14.05

15.22

14.35

10.66

12.02

8.68

13.93

15.39

6.38

10.58

8.88**

13.36

12.82

7.00**

10.65

10.51

14.05

13.29

7.27

10.39

5.81**

13.28

—

3.78**

10.63

7.82*

12.13

14.82

5.45

9.51

8.07**

14.19

14.19

6.91

11.68

9.12

13.74

14.14

6.78

10.78

Number of Days Between
Dates of Temperature of

32°, Last in Spring and
First in Fall'

'In this Comparison the "first in Fall" is the first freezing temperature after June 30.
-Normal for period 1941-1970.
— Data not available.
•Estimated Water Equivalent of snow for one or two months.
**Estimated rainfall amount for some of the months.
•"Estimates for some of the temperatures during one or two months.

1979 Avg.

1978

110 121*** 116

115 89 135
31 62 55

116 104 119
86 69 39

116 122**^ 85

114 125 112
64 20 39

115 123 122

117 164 115

98 100

123 117

157 127

94

%*** 119

113 97 127

112 109 108

159 123 138

108 122 115

150 114*** 131

110 137 114

110 141

122

152 117 116

168 145 139
149 97 108

115***

169 154*** 131
127 96 114
168 136 107
166 155 124

120

113 114

132 145 135

89 116 107

117 97 108

115 116 104

132 116 134
83 97 97

138 114 129

149 116 122
92 97 96

116 113 115

89 93*** 99

109 116 107

58 93 94

89 87 81

86 97 95

147 98*** 125
103 116 104
116 97 116

134 116

162 97*** 123

129 127 121

165 153 132

137 115 120

97 122

162 155 150

150 116*** 118

148 113 128
126*** 119

133 116 130
82 97

135 117 128

26

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

WINTER WHEAT

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

ACRES

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Year

Planted

Harvested
for Grain

1970 1,638,000 1,548,000

1971 1,913,000 1,827,000

1972 2,143,000 1,790,000

1973 2,200,000 2,080,000

1974 2,750,000 2,650,000

1975 3,100,000 3,000,000

1976 3,200,000 3,080,000

1977 3,050,000 2,800,000

1978 2,900,000 2,700,000

1979 3,000,000 2,250,000

Yield
Per Acre

Total

Bushels

27.0 41,7%,000

30.0 54,810,000

27.0 48,330,000

26.5 55,120,000

29.5 78,175,000

35.0 105,000,000

32.0 98,560,000

29.0 81,200,000

31.0 83,700,000

25.5 57,375,000

Price
Per Bu.

1.22
1.17
1.87
4.18
3.98

3.34
2.32
2.30
2.73
3.60

Value of
Production

Dollars

50,991,000

64,128,000

90,377,000

230,402,000

311,137,000

350,700,000
228,659,000
182,760,000
228,501,000
206,550,000

Value
Per Acre

32.94

35.10

50.49

110.77

117.41

116.90
74.24
65.27
84.63
91.80

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Year

1970.
1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975,

1976,

1977

1978.

1979

Harvested
for Grain

Acres
20,000
23,100
26,000
21,000
21,900

22,200
22,000
19,000
14,000
16,200

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

49.8
54.0
52.0
48.8
50.6

54.9
51.8
53.0
54.0
48.9

995,000
1,247,400
1,353,000
1,025,000
1,107,100

1,218,900

1,140,000

1,007,000

756,000

791,500

Harvested
for Grain

Acres
1,528,000
1,803,900
1,764,000
2,059,000
2,628,100

2,977,800
3,058,000
2,781,000
2,686,000
2,233,800

Yield
Per Acre

Production

26.7
29.7
26.6
26.3
29.3

34.9
31.9
28.8
30.9
25.3

Bushels

40,801,000
53,562,600
46,977,000
54,095,000
77,067,900

103,781,100
97,420,000
80,193,000
82,944,000
56,583,500

ACRES HARVESTED

All Spring and Winter Wheat, 1930-1979

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

27

DURUM WHEAT

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

Year

1970 ,

1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975.
1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.

Year

1970.
1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975.
1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.

ACI

RES

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Harvested

Yield

Price

Value of

Value

Planted

for Grain

Per Acre

Bush(

Total Per Bu.

Production

Per Acre

;l5

Dollars

129.000

124,000

25.5

3,162.000 1.30

4,111.000

33.15

168,000

160,000

23.0

3,680.000 1.26

4.637,000

28.98

137,000

134,000

31.5

4,221,000 1.86

7,851,000

58.59

185,000

182,000

22.0

4,004,000 5.90

23.624.000

129.80

270,000

267,000

19.0

5.073,000 5.84

29.626.000

110.%

380.000

375,000

27.0

10,125,000 4.48

45.360.000

120.%

300,000

295,000

29.0

8.555,000 2.46

21.045.000

71.34

230,000

220,000

22.0

4.840,000 2.69

13.020.000

59.18

300,000

290,000

30.0

8.700,000 2.87

24.%9,000

86.10

335,000

325,000

21.0

6,825,000 4.15

28,324,000

87.15

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Harvested

Yield

Harvested

Yield

for Grain

Per Acre

Production for Grain

Per Acre

Production

Acres

Bi

jshels

Acres

Bushels

2.000

40.1

80,200

122.000

25.3

3,081,800

1,000

41.3

41,300

159.000

22.9

3.638.700

1.000

38.0

38,000

133,000

31.5

4.183,000

800

39.5

31,600

181,200

21.9

3.972,400

700

38.6

27.000

266,300

18.9

5,046,000

4,000

45.3

181.200

371,000

26.8

9.943,800

3,300

40.7

134,400

291,700

28.9

8,420,600

3.600

37.8

135,900

216,400

21.7

4,704,100

800

36.0

28,800

289,200

30.0

8.671,200

600

45.0

27.000

324,400

21.0

6,798,000

Year

SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

ACRES

Planted

Harvested
for Grain

1970 1,739.000 1.711,000

1971 2.435,000 2,327,000

1072 1,850,000 1,780,000

1973 1,850.000 1.790.000

1974 2,000,000 1,940,000

1975 1,650.000 1,600,000

1976 2,080.000 2.040,000

1977 2,120,000 2,040,000

1978 1,900,000 1,850,000

1979 2,650,000 2,550,000

PRODUCTION

Yield
Per Acre

Total

Bushels
23.5 40,209,000

23.0 53,521.000

26.0 46.280,000

21.0 37,590,000

19.0 36.860.000

25.5
29.5
22.0
29.0
20.5

40,800,000
60,180,000
44,880,000
53,650,000
52,275,000

Price
Per Bu.

1.40
1.29
1.90
4.16
4.57

4.01
2.61
2.44
2.77
3.60

VALUE

Value of
Production

Dollars

56,293,000

69,042,000

87,932.000

156.374,000

168.450.000

163.608.000
157,070,000
109,507,000
148,611,000
188,190,000

Value
Per Acre

32.90
29.67
49.40
87.36
86.83

102.26
77.00
53.68
80.33
73.80

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Year

1970.
1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975,

1976.

1977.

1978

1979

Harvested
for Grain

Acres
36,000
42,000
36,000
34.300
44.100

56.100
89,000
77,000
54,000
62,300

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

37.7
40.2
41.5
41.3
41.7

44.1
44.3
45.4
49.8
48.9

1,358,000
1,690,300
1,494,000
1,418,300
1,839,400

2.471.400
3.944.000
3.492.000
2,686,900
3,048,500

Harvested
for Grain

Acres
1,675,000
2,285,000
1 ,744,000
1,755,700
1,895,900

1,543,900
1,951,000
1,%3,000
1,796,000
2,487,700

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

23.2
22.7
25.7
20.6
18.5

24.8
28.8
21.1
28.4
19.8

38,851,000
51,830,700
44,786.000
36,171.700
35.020,600

38,328,600
56.236.000
41,388,000
50,%3,100
49,226,500

28

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

ALL WHEAT

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

ACRES

Year

Planted

Harvested
for Grain

1970 3,506,000 3,383,000

1971 4,516,000 4.314,000

1972 4,130,000 3,704,000

1973 4,235,000 4,052,000

1974 5,020,000 4,857,000

1975 5,130,000 4,975,000

1976 5,580,000 5,415,000

1977 5,400,000 5,060,000

1978 5,100,000 4,840,000

1979 5,985,000 5,125,000

PRODUCTION

Yield
Per Acre

Total

Bushels

25.2 85,167,000
26.0 112,011,000
26.7 98,831,000
23.9 96,714,000
24.7 120,108,000

31.3 155,925,000
30.9 167,295,000
25.9 130,920,000
30.2 146,050.000
22.7 116,475,000

Price
Per Bu.

1.31
1.23
1.88
4.24
4.24

3.59
2.43
2.36
2.75
3.63

VALUE

Value of
Production

Dollars
111.395,000
137,807,000
186,160.000
410,400,000
509,213,000

559,668,000
406,774,000
309,287,000
402,081,000
423,064,000

Value
Per Acre

32.93

31.94

50.26

101.28

104.84

112.50
75.12
61.12
83,07
82.55

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Year

1970 .

1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974

1975,

1976

1977

1978

1979

Harvested
for Grain

Acres

58,000

66,100

63,000

56,100

66,700

82,300
114,300
99,600
68,800
79,100

Yield
Per Acre

Production

42.0
45.1
45.8
44.1
44.6

47.0
45.7
46.5
50.5
48.9

Bushels

2,433,200
2,979,000
2,885,000
2,474,900
2,973,500

3,871,500
5,218,400
4,634,900
3,471 ,700
3,867,000

Harvested
for Grain

Acres
3,325,000
4,247,900
3,641,000
3,995,900
4,790.300

4,892,700
5,300,700
4,960,400
4,771,200
5,045,900

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

24.9 82,733,800

25.7 109,032,000

26.4 95,946,000
23.6 94,239,100

24.5 117,134,500

31.1 152,053,500

30.6 162,076,600
25.5 126,285,100
29.9 142,578,300
22.3 112,608.000

YIELD PER ACRE

All Wheat, Barley and oats, 1930-1979

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

29

OATS

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

ACRES

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Year

1970.
1971 .
1972.

1973 .

1974 .

1975 .
1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975

1976,

1977

1978

1979

Planted

Harvested
for Grain

Yield
Per Acre

Total

Price
Per Bu.

Value of
Production

Value
Per Acre

Bushe

!ls

Dollars

781,000

545,000

42.0

22,890,000

.53

12,132,000

22.26

420,000

236,000

40.0

9,440,000

.58

5,475,000

23.20

490.000

246,000

48.0

11,808,000

.71

8,384,000

34.08

400,000

225,000

39.0

8,775,000

1.17

10.267,000

45.63

300,000

175,000

38.0

6,650,000

1.61

10,707,000

61.18

260,000

170,000

44.0

7,480,000

1.45

10,846,000

63.80

260,000

157,000

48.0

7,536,000

1.44

10,852,000

69.12

312,000

140,000

40.0

5,600,000

1.28

7,168.000

51.20

400,000

208,000

51.0

10,608,000

1.23

13,048,000

62.73

360,000

140,000

39.0

5,460,000

1.45

7,917,000

56.55

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Harvested

Yield

Harvested

Yield

for Grain

Per Acre Production
Bushels

1 for Grain

1

Per Acre

Production

Acres

Acres

Bushi

sh

43,200

55.9

2,415,000

501 ,800

40.8

20,475,000

31 ,600

57.9

1,831,000

204,400

37.2

7,609,000

32,300

64.8

2,092,000

213,700

45.5

9,716,000

30,000

58.5

1,755,000

195.000

36.0

7,020,000

26,000

55.8

1,450,000

149,000

34.9

5,200,000

32,000

60.0

1,920,000

138,000

40.3

5,560,000

31,400

60.8

1,909,000

125,600

44.8

5,627,000

27,700

61.6

1,705,000

112,300

34.7

3,895,000

33,000

63.0

2,079,000

175,000

48.7

8,529,000

34,000

59.1

2,008,200

106,000

32.6

3,451,800

BARLEY

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

ACRES

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Year

Planted

Harvested
for Grain

1970 1,800,000 1,714,000

1971 1 ,740,000 1,680,000

1972 1,820,000 1,707,000

1973 2,100,000 2,000,000

1974 1,370,000 1,250,000

1975 1,360,000 1,300,000

1976 1,220,000 1,170,000

1977 1,550,000 1,430,000

1978 1.500,000 1,375,000

1979 1 ,100,000 1,040,000

Yield
Per Acre

Total

Price
Per Bu.

Bushels

38.0 65,132,000

35.0 58,800,000

37.5 64,013,000

30.0 60,000,000

30.0 37,500,000

39.0 50,700,000

44.5 52,065,000

36.5 52,195,000

43.0 59,125,000

39.0 40,560,000

.78

.88

1.22

2.17

2.61

2.10
2.03
1.68
1.70
2.15

Value of
Production

Dollars

50,803,000
51,744,000
78,096,000
130,200,000
97,875,000

106,470,000
105,692.000

87.688,000
100.513,000

87,204,000

Value
Per Acre

29.64
30.80

45.75
65.10
78.30

81.90
90.34
61.32
73.10
83.85

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Year

1970 ,

1971 ,
1972.

1973 .

1974 ,

1975.
1976.

1977 ,

1978 ,
1979

Harvested
for Grain

Acres

91,000

99,200

105,000

126,000

139,400

191,000
211,000
240,000
249,500
235,000

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

56.0
55.0
60.6
54.4
49.5

56.3
59.5
59.0
64.0
63.0

5,096,000
5,456,000
6,365,000
6,858,500
6,897,000

10,745,500
12,565,000
14,160,000
15,968,000
14,805,000

Harvested
for Grain

Acres

1,623,000
1 ,580,800
1,602,000
1,874,000
1,110,600

1,109,000

959,000

1,190,000

1,125,500

805,000

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

37.0 60,036,000

33.7 53,344,000

36.0 57,648,000

28.4 53,141.500

27.6 30,603,000

36.0 39,954,500

41.2 39,500.000
32.0 38,035,000

38.3 43,157,000
32.0 25,755,000

30

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

NON IRRIGATED WHEAT AND BARLEY BY CROPPING PRACTICE

WINTER WHEAT

SUMMERFALLOW

CONTINUOUSLY CROPPED

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

Year

Harvested

Per Acre

Production
Bushels

Harvested

Per Acre

Production

Bushels

1970

1,491,000

26.8

40.026.200

37,000

20.9

774.800

1971

1,711.300

29.9

51,189.400

92.600

25.6

2.373,200

1972

1.662,600

26,9

44,738,000

101.400

22.1

2.239.000

1973

1.997.200

26.4

52.663.200

61.800

23.2

1.431,800

1974

2,491,800

29.6

73,752,400

136,300

24.3

3,315,500

1975

2,758,200

35.3

97,274,900

219.600

29.6

6,506.200

1976

2.907.900

32.1

93,410.100

150.100

26.7

4.009.900

1977

2,691.000

29.0

78.131,400

90,000

22.9

2.061,600

1978

2,592.000

31.1

80.500,000

94.000

26.0

2,444,000

1979

2,168,900

25.5

55,224,700

64.900

20.9

1,358,800

HARD SPRING WHEAT

SUMMERFALLOW

CONTINUOUSLY CROPPED

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

Year

Harvested

Per Acre

Production
Bushels

Harvested

Per Acre

Production

Bushels

1970

1,585,000

23.5

37,177,000

90,000

18.6

1 .674.000

1971

2,100,900

23.0

48.364,200

184,100

18.8

3,466.500

1972

1,632,000

26,0

42,380.000

112.000

21.5

2,406,000

1973

1,680,500

20.7

34,814.200

75,200

18.1

1,357,500

1974

1,722.200

18.8

32.309,100

173.700

15.6

2,711,500

1975

1,332.400

25.6

34.152.400

211.500

19.7

4,176,200

1976

1.739.300

29.6

51.448.000

211.700

22.6

4.788.000

1977

1,786,000

21.6

38.639,500

177.000

15.5

2.748.500

1978

1.658.000

28.9

47,929,100

138.000

22.0

3,034,000

1979

2,371,000

20.0

47,406,200

116,700

15.6

1,820,300

DURUM WHEAT

SUMMERFALLOW

CONTINUOUSLY CROPPED

Year

Acres
Harvested

Yield
Per Acre Production

Bushels

Acres
Harvested

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

1970

119,000

25.4
23.1
31.5
22.0
19.3

3.024,700
3.562.100
4.094.000
3.892.700
4,794.500

3.000
4.600
3.100
4.500
17.400

19.0
16.7
28.7
17.7
14.5

57,100

1971

1972

1973

1974

154.400
129.900
176.600
248.900

76,600

89.000

79.700

251.500

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

337.000
248.900
198.900

272.200

301.300

27.3
29.5
22.2
30.2

21.1

9.186,400
7,339,100
4.411.800
8,212,200
6.358,700

BARLEY

34,000
42.800
17,500
17,000
23,100

22.3
25.3
16.7
27.0
19.0

757.400
1.081.500
292.300
459.000
439.300

SUMMERFALLOW

CONTINUOUSLY CROPPED

Harvested
for Grain

Yield
Per Acre

Bushi

Production

els

Harvested
for Grain

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Bushels

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1,491,000

1,300.800

1,342,000

1,648,100

894,600

37.2
34.8
37.1
28.8
28.2

55,425.000
45.292.500
49.833.800
47,405,000
25,211,700

132.000
280.000
260,000
225.900
216.000

34.9
28.8
30.1
25.4
25.0

4.611.000
8.051.500
7.814.200
5.736,500
5,391.300

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

807,500

665.000

903.800

850.000

639.000

38.5
44.5
32.9
39.7
32.5

31.089.500
29.571.500
29,755,000
33,769,700
20,775.000

301.500
294,000
286.200
275.500
166.000

29.4
33.8
28.9
34.1
30.0

8.865.000
9.928.500
8.280.000
9,387.300
4,980.000

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

31

CORN

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value, Value Per Acre, and Utilization

TOTAL ACRES

FOR GRAIN

1

FOR SILAGE

Acres

Prod

luction

\

k'alue

Acres

Pro

iduction

Yield

Price

Value of

Yield

GRAZING

Har-

Per

Per

Pro-

Har-

Per

AND

Year

Planted

Harvested

vested

Acre

Total

Bu.

duction

vested

Acre

Total

FORAGE

Bushels

Dollars

Tons

Acres

1970..

62.000

61.000

4,000

72.0

288,000

1.40

403.000

48,000

15.5

744,000

9,000

1971 . .

75.000

73.000

7.000

76.0

532,000

1.30

692,000

47,000

15.0

705,000

19,000

1972..

80.000

79,000

6.000

78.0

468.000

1.48

693,000

68,000

16.5

1,122,000

5,000

1973..

92.000

90,000

11.000

73.0

803,000

2.61

2,096,000

73,000

17.0

1,241,000

6,000

1974..

95,000

92,000

13,000

65.0

845.000

3.43

2,898,000

73,000

16.0

1,168,000

6,000

1975..

86.000

84,000

10,000

73.0

730,000

2.78

2,029,000

68.000

17.0

1,156,000

6,000

1976..

86.000

84,000

11,000

75.0

825,000

2.45

2,021,000

68,000

16.0

1,088,000

5,000

1977..

90,000

86.000

11,000

68.0

748,000

2.27

1,698,000

70,000

17.0

1,190,000

5,000

1978..

88,000

85,000

5,000

72.0

360,000

2.23

803,000

76,000

21.0

1,596.000

4,000

1979..

85.000

83,000

5,000

77.0

385,000

2.40

924,000

73,000

16.0

1,168,000

4,000

POTATOES

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre
Principally Irrigated

Year

ACRES

1970 7,800

1971 8,000

1972 7,700

1973 7,000

1974 7,200

1975 7,700

1976 8,500

1977 8,500

1978 8,800

1979 7,500

PRODUCTION

Planted Harvested

Yield
Per Acre

Total
Cwt.

Price
Per Cwt.

VALUE

Value of
Production

Value
Per Acre

Cwt.

Dollars

7,500

205

1,538,000

2.83

4,353,000

580.40

7,800

180

1,404,000

3.15

4,423,000

567.05

7,500

220

1,650,000

5.05

8,333,000

1.111.07

6,800

215

1,462,000

10.80

15,790,000

2.322.06

7,000

250

1,750,000

4.95

8,663,000

1,237.57

7,600

230

1,748.000

6.60

11.537,000

1,518.03

8,400

215

1,806,000

4.50

8,127,000

967.50

8.400

240

2,016,000

4.75

9,576,000

1,140.00

8,700

240

2.088.000

4.00

8,352.000

960.00

7,500

240

1,800,000

4.40

7,920,000

1,056.00

DRY BEANS

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre
Principally Irrigated

Year

1970.
1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975.

1976,

1977

1978

1979

ACRES

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Yield

Total

Price

Value of

Value

Planted

Harvested

Per Acr(
100-Lb.

s Cwt.
Bags (Cleaned)

Per Cwt.

Production
Dollars

Per Acre

11.000

11,000

17.00

187,000

7.20

1.346,000

122.36

11,000

11,000

16.00

176,000

8.70

1.531.000

139.18

11,000

11,000

17.00

187.000

8.40

1,571,000

142.82

9,000

9,000

18.00

162,000

20.00

3,240,000

360.00

11,000

11,000

14.00

126,000

25.80

3,251,000

295.55

12,000

11,000

16.00

176,000

13.30

2,341,000

212.82

9.000

9,000

17.00

153,000

11.70

1,790,000

198.89

6,700

6.500

16.00

104,000

18.80

1,955,000

300.77

8,400

8,400

15.00

126.000

16.50

2,079,000

247.50

10,000

9,700

18.00

175,000

25.00

4,375,000

451.03

32

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

ALFALFA SEED

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

Year

1970.

1971 ,

1972 .

1973 ,
1974.

1975.
1976.
1977 .
1978,
1979

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

ACRES

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Harvested

50.000

Yield
Per Acre
Pounds

110

95

80
105

90

85
100

90

85
140

IRRIGATED

Total

(Cleaned)

5,500,000
2,375,000
960,000
3,150,000
2,700,000

1,020,000
2,400,000
3,510,000
2,210,000
5,880,000

Price
Per Cwt.

27.30
25.60
41.70
94.00
61-00

53.00

93.50

105.00

100.00

80.00

Value of

Production

Dollars

1,502,000

608,000

400,000

2,961 ,000

1,647,000

541,000
2,244,000
3,686,000
2,210,000
4.704.000

NOT IRRIGATI

Value
Per Acre

30.04

25.000

24.32

12,000

33.33

30,000

98.70

30,000

54.90

12,000

45.08

24,000

93.50

39,000

94.51

26.000

85.00

. 42,000

112.00

\D

Acres
Harvested

Yield
Per Acre

Production

Acres
Harvested

37,000
19,000
10,000
19,000
22,000

9,000
17,500
29,100
19,500
30,400

Yield
Per Acre

Production

13,000
6,000
2,000

11,000
8,000

3,000
6.500
9,900
6,500
11,000

Pounds
131
116
98
117
109

124
114
114
133
225

(Cleaned)

1.699,000

693,000

196,400

1,288,000

872,000

372,000
740,000

1,127,000
863,000

2,614,000

Pounds
103
89
76
98
83

72
95
82
69
107

(CLeaned)

3,801,000
1,682,000
763,600
1,862,000
1,828,000

648,000
1,660,000
2,383,000
1,347,000
3,266,000

SWEET CHERRIES

Production, Price and Value

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Production

Production
Having
Value

Tons

1,400
2,840
1,200
2,510
1,650

2,400
2,650
2,600
1.850
2,950

1,270
2.840
1,200
2,510
1,650

2,400
2,650
2,550
1,850
2,950

Average
Price

Per Ton

Dollars

313.00

415.00

478.00

670.00

532.00

599.00
415.00
518.00
701.00
682.00

Value

of

Production

Thousand Dollars

398
1,179

574
1,682

878

1,438
1,100
1,321
1,297
2,012

SUCARBEETS

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre
All Irrigated

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

ACRES

PRODUCTION

VALUE

Price

Value of

Value

Gov.

Yield

Per

Pro-

Per

Payments

Planted

Harvested

Per Acre

Total

Ton'

duction'

Acre'

Per Ton

To

ns

Doll

ars

58,000

56,900

16.2

922.000

15.20

14,014,000

246.29

2.17

50,300

46,700

19.6

916,000

15.00

13,740,000

294.22

2.20

45,800

45,200

18.6

842,000

17.60

14,819,000

327.85

2.21

45,900

44,600

19.8

883,000

35.50

31,347,000

702.85

2.16

44,700

43,900

18.7

820,000

52.50

43,050,000

980.64

2.24

48,700

48,500

17.1

829,000

30.20

25,036.000

516.21

46,400

46,100

21.0

968,000

22.40

21,683,000

470.35

45,400

45,000

19.9

896,000

29.10

26,074,000

579.42

45,400

44,700

19.8

885,000

29.90

26,462,000

591.99

44,100

43,400

19.1

829,000

32.30-

21,777,000

501.77

'Excludes Government payments.

•Preliminary.

'No Program.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

33

ALL HAY

Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre

ACRES

Year

1970 2.447.000

1971 2.335.000

1972 2.420.000

1973 2,380.000

1974 2.320.000

1975 2.330.000

1976 2,210.000

1977 2.240.000

1978 2.420.000

1979 2,380,000

Acres
Harvested

1970 1,171,400

1971 1,145,000

1972 1,187,000

1973 1.329,000

1974 1,270.200

1975 1,240,800

1976 1,193,000

1977 1,114,200

1978 1,175.700

1979 1.188.100

PRODUCTION

Harvested

VALUE

Yield
Per Acre

Total

Price Per
Ton Baled

Value of
Production

Value
Per Acre

Tons

Doll

ars

1.67

4.081 .000

22.50

91,823,000

37.52

1.64

3.872.000

27.50

106,480,000

42.21

1.75

4.227.000

32.00

135.264.000

55.89

1.69

4.012.000

57.00

228.684.000

96.09

1.74

4.047.000

45.50

184.139.000

79.37

1.82

4,248.000

42.00

178.416.000

76.57

1.80

3,978,000

47.50

188.955.000

85.50

1.74

3.907,000

56.00

218.792.000

97.68

1.89

4.576.000

44.00

201.344.000

83.20

1.80

4,291,000

54.50

233,860,000

98.26

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Yield

Acres

Yield

Per Acre

Production

Harvested

Per Acre

Production

Tons

Toi

TS

2.14

2,506,800

1.275.600

1.23

1,574.200

2.19

2,510,000

1,210.000

1.13

1.362.000

2.26

2.683,000

1,233,000

1.25

1,544.000

2.13

2,835,000

1,051.000

1.12

1,177.000

2.23

2.833,000

1.049.800

1.16

1,214,000

2.21

2.742,000

1.089,200

1.38

1,506,000

2.19

2,612,700

1.017.000

1.34

1,365,300

2.27

2,527,400

1.125.800

1.23

1,379,600

2.35

2,760,300

1,244,300

1.46

1,815,700

2.41

2.862.300

1,191,900

1.20

1,428,700

ALFALFA HAY

Acreage and Production

TOTAL

IRRIGATED

NOT IRRIGATED

Acres Yield

Har- Per

vested Acre

1970 1,162,000 2.15

1971 1,160,000 2.05

1972 1.200.000 2.15

1973 1.220.000 2.10

1974 1.220.000 2.10

1975 1.230.000 2.30

1976 1.170.000 2.20

1977 1,170.000 2.15

1978 1,250,000 2.35

1979 1,260,000 2.25

Pro-
duction

Tons

2.498.000
2,378.000
2.580.000
2.562.000
2,562,000

2,829,000
2,574,000
2,516,000
2,938,000
2,835,000

Acres

Har-

vested

628,900
630,000
679.400
760.000
693.000

683.700
652.800
616.500
636.800
640,300

Yield

Per

Acre

2.72
2.72
2.72
2.61
2.75

2.77
2.77
2.75
2.92
3.13

Pro-
duction

Tons

1.713.400
1.713.000
1.847.200
1.984.000
1.905.700

1.893.600
1.807.200
1.697.100
1.856.400
2,003,700

Acres

Har-

vested

533.100
530,000
520,600
460.000
527.000

546.300
517.200
553.500
613.200
619,700

Yield

Per

Acre

Pro-
duction

Tons

1.47 784.600

1.25 665.000
1.41 732.800

1.26 578.000
1.25 656.300

1.71
1.48
1.48
1.76
1.34

935.400
766.800
818.900
1,081.600
831.300

OTHER HAY

Acreage and Production

1970.
1971.
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975.
1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.

WILD HAY

/

\LL OTHER HAYi

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

Har-

Per

Pro-

Har-

Per

Pro-

vested

Acre

duction

vested

Acre

duction

Toi

ns

Tons

520.000

1.10

572.000

765.000

1.32

1.011.000

634.000

1.10

697.000

561.000

1.42

797.000

590,000

1.20

708.000

630,000

1.49

939.000

540,000

1.10

594.000

620.000

1.38

856.000

510,000

1.26

643.000

590.000

1.43

842.000

510,000

1.20

612.000

590.000

1.37

807.000

540.000

1.21

654.000

500.000

1.50

750.000

500.000

1.20

600.000

570.000

1.38

791.000

595.000

1.30

775.000

575.000

1 50

863.000

560,000

1.20

672,000

560,000

1.40

784,000

Mncludes clover-timothy, grain and other hay.

34

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

WINTER WHEAT

1979 Production

\

'■Y-.

■.:>^;-K v.

m.

•■■•ipffiii

A

1 dot = 20,000 Bushels

SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM

1979 Production

V-I"

']':r :■''"' i — hit:

~A •

l--i'.-),r

■':>■

I ■

/^

1 dot = 20,000 Bushels

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

35

DURUM WHEAT

1979 Production

BARLEY

1979 Production

1 dot = 10,000 Bushels

1 dot = 20,000 bushels

36

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

OATS

1979 Production

1 Dot = 1,000 Bu.

ALFALFA HAY

1979 Production

•J. ■

■ >v%/^: • •.■;.•

:^^i-V

.-:.•■■•'

1 Dot = 1,000 Ton

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

37

PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS

Selected Commodities, by Months, 1976-1980

Crop

And

Year )an.

ALL WHEAT

1976 3.37

1977 2.42

1978 2.41

1979 2.76

1980 3.63

WINTER WHEAT

1976.

1977.

1978.

1979

1980.

3.15
2.31
2.33
2.76
3.64

Feb.

3.51
2.40
2.48
2.78
3.71

3.29
2.35
2.39
2.73
3.72

Mar.

3.42
2.43
2.53
2.82
3.64

3.19
2.37
2.47
2.80
3.41

Apr. May

Jun.

)ul. Aug. Sep.

Dollar Per Bushel

SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM

1976

1977 . . . .

1978 . . . .

1979 . . . .

1980 . . . .

BARLEY

1976 . . . .

1977 . . . .

1978 . . . .

1979 . . . .

1980 . . . .

. 3.76
. 2.61

2.57
. 2.74

3.58

. 1.97
2.08
1.71
1.69
2.16

ALL HAY

1976 42.50

1977 48.00

1978 56.00

1979 46.00

1980 52.50

BEEF CATTLE

1976 29.10

1977 29.40

1978 34.60

1979 61.20

1980 60.10

STEERS & HEIFERS

1976 34.00

1977 34.00

1978 39.80

1979 69.50

1980 70.00

COWS

1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.
1980 .

21.50
22.10
26.30
48.20
48.00

CALVES

1976 36.50

1977 37.00

1978 44.40

1979 86.70

1980 85.00

LAMBS

1976 45.90

1977 47.90

1978 62.00

1979 82.00

1980 66.20

HOGS

1976 45.70

1977 36.00

1978 41.40

1979 50.70

1980 35.00

3.93
2.53
2.57
2.85
3.67

2.05
2.00
1.72
1.63
2.07

42.00
49.50
58.50
47.50
52.50

32.80
31.40
39.70
63.90
65.00

36.70
34.90
43.90
69.60
76.50

24.40
23.60
30.30
51.80
50.30

39.10
38.00
49.70
91.10
90.00

47.80
50.70
64.20
82.00
61.30

46.80
38.20
44.90
50.00
35.90

3.83
2.56
2.64
2.82
3.66

2.06
2.12
1.87
1.68
2.03

42.50
50.50
61.00
47.50
51.50

34.00
33.10
43.50
71.70
63.10

36.30
35.10
46.50
76.30

71.20

26.30
25.70
33.20
56.30
51.80

38.80
38.90
54.00
94.20
82.80

48.60
49.40
68.50
70.00
65.80

45.30
36.10
44.30
49.10
34.00

3.40
2.45
2.68
2.82
3.66

3.17
2.39
2.61
2.81

3.47

1

3.83
2.53
2.80

2.79
3.72

2.00
2.07
1.96
1.70
2.12

41.00
51.00
59.00
46.50
54.00

37.60
34.80
48.00
76.00
54.50

39.70
,36.50
50.70
80.40
63.10

28.80
26.90
35.90
57.60
42.90

43.00
40.60
56.50
97.80
72.60

50.60
49.20
65.00
72.00
57.30

45.30
34.80
44.40
43 70
27.30

3.33

2.32
2.70
2.84
3.66

3.08
2.27
2.67
2.81
3.54

3.82
2.42
2.77
2.86
3.71

2.06
2.05
1.88
1.76
2.11

3.35
2.13

2.72
3.11
3.80

3.14
2.04
2.66
3.09
3.54

3.79
2.26
2.76
3.14
3.77

2.17
1.85
1.85
1.76
2.14

3.35
2.07
2.72
3.32
4.02

3.09
2.01
2.70
3.34
3.48

3.87
2.21
2.75
3.27
4.24

2.18
1.81
1.88
1.88
2.34

Dollars Per Ton
39.50 42

50.00
54.50
45.50
57.00
Dollars Per
37.30 33
34.50
50.00
74.00
52.80

31

47,
62
56

44.50
55.50
44.50
50.50
64.50
Hundredwei
10 31.40
31.30
46.80
61.40
56.30

40.10
37.50
53.40
79.60
61.80

29.70
25.80
40.10
58.40
41.50

42.30
40.50
63.00
96.50
70.00

53.20
50.30
65.50
71.00
55.60

46.00
37.30
46.70
42.40
26.60

38.00
37.00
55.50
72.80
65.60

28.30
25.50
39.50
53.40
45.00

42.40
40.00
63.00
90.90
73.80

51.00
48.10
65.00
65.00
56.80

47.10
39.90
45.20
39.00
31.90

36.30
37.80
54.90
72.90
67.40

27.30
25.80
40.00
51.70
45.70

39.00
40.50
61.00
87.90
76.00

46.80
50.50
63.20
65.00
63.70

47.65
43.00
46.40
38.50
40.80

2.83
2.05
2.67
3.43

2.64
1.99
2.66
3.41

3.22
2.19
2.70
3.43

2.05
1.50
1.67
1.98

46.00
58.00
42.50
55.50

ght
32.30
34.10
51.40
60.30

34.60
37.10
55.50
64.80

25.40
25.30
39.00
46.60

36.30
41.00
64.50
77.00

42.00
49.00
63.50
65.00

41.20
39.30
46.10
35.00

2.67
2.15
2.69
3.67

2.60
2.04
2.70
3.62

2.82
2.27
2.68
3.64

2.12
1.44
1.65
2.17

45.50
55.00
41.50
55.50

33.00
36.20

57.70
74.10

34.00
37.50
59.80
77.00

24.50
25.30
39.90
50.00

35.70
43.00
70.10
92.00

42.40
51.00
68.70
68.00

39.50
38.90
47.20
35.60

Oct.

2.41
2.24
2.81
3.80

2.34
2.17
2.81
3.66

2.55
2.35
2.79
3.74

1.98
1.43
1.75
2.27

45.50
54.00
39.00
56.50

31.70
35.90
57.30
70.10

33.30
38.00
60.20
74.00

22.50
24.00
41.00
48.00

35.00
43.00
72.00
92.00

43.20
53.00
67.70
67.10

32.20
37.20
48.60
34.10

Nov.

2.31
2.34
2.88
3.74

2.23
2.27
2.86
3 73

2.45
2.43
2.89
3.64

1.88
1.53
1.75
2.01

45.50
54.00
39.00
56.50

29.20
32.60
53.20
62.90

33.30
37.50
60.00
72.00

21.00
23.00
39.80
45.00

36.40
41.00
73.00
88.00

42.10
53.60
69.60
64.10

29.80
36.90
46.90
31.90

Dec.

2.26
2.41
2.77
3.70

2.23
2.33
2.76
3.74

2.34
2.53
2.80
3.61

1.87
1.65
1.70
2.32

47.00
53.50
42.50
58.50

27.60
30.90
54.30
60.60

34.00
37.50
65.30
73.00

20.60
23.50
42.50
47,00

37,50
41,00
79.10
87.00

44.50
57.50
74,00
69.50

33,50
37.80
48.80
34.40

Annual
Avg.

3.02
2.28
2.67
3.23

2.85
2.21
2.64
3.21

3.35
2.41
2.73
3.21

2.03
1.79
1.78
1.90

43.63
52.63
48.83
51.29

32.43
32.95
48.67
66.59

35.86
36.70
53.79
73.49

25.03
24.71
37.29
51.17

38.50
40.38
62.53
90.09

46.51
50.85
66.41
70.06

41.67
37,95
45,91
40,37

38

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

ALL WHEAT — 1978

Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties

ACRES

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau . . . .

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL . .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin. . .
Lewis & Clark .

Meagher

Musselshell . . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland

CENTRAL

Beaverhead . . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

S. WEST

Big Horn ....

Carbon

Park

Stillwater ....
Sweet Grass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone .

S. CENTRAL

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River

Prairie

Rosebud ....
Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

Gross
Seeded

300
10,000

400
9.600

100

200
2,400
1,400
3,700
4,100

32,200

157.500
466.800
99.800
505.100
242.900
129,900
155.400
150.500
239.500

2,147,400

224.800
165.000
72.500
195.300
158,600
311.300
304.800
314.100

1,746,400

Re-
Seeded'

200

200

300
500

800
100

100
200

2,000

17.000
5.800
3.000

12.800
3.900
1.600
6.900

51,000

200
500

200
900

1,300

300

4,200

300

6,000

500

2.000

14,600

68,700

Net
Seeded

300
10.000

400
9.400

100

200
2,400
1.400
3.700
4.100

32,000

157.200
466.300
99.800
504.300
242.800
129,900
155.300
150.300
239.500

2,145,400

224.800
148.000
66.700
192.300
145.800
307.400
303,200
307,200

1,695,400

27,100

144,400

154,000

21,700

74,400

8,300

6,200

16,500

6,300

29,400

488,300

6.800

50,200

6,400

6,700

70,100

75.200
19.500
13.900
61,300
8,500
5,600
91,800

275,800

40.800
46,200
73,500
33,000
36,300
40.500
54.000
324,300
5,031,300

Harvested
for Grain

300
8.900

400
8.700

100

200
2,100
1.300
3,300
3,700

29,000

151,500
452.800
94.500
490.300
235.300
120.100
148.200
143.000
231.900

2,067,600

219.700
142,500
65,100
181.500
144.500
304.000
296,200
301,500

1,655,000

26.200
132.400
142.000

20,800

67,800
7,000
5,800

16,000
5.700

27,500

451,200

6.500

48.100
6.100
6.500

67,200

71.800
19.300
13.200
58,200
7.600
5.400
90.000

265.500

36.800
43,300
69,500
30,400
36,000
36.000
52.500
304,500
4,840,000

YIELD

PER PRO-
ACRE DUCTION

Bushels

34.7 10.400

43.8 389.700
27.0 10,800
43.7 380,500
28.0 2,800
37.0 7.400
34.7 72,800
33.4 43,400

33.6 111,000

30.2 111,800

39.3 1,140,600

31.3 4.736.000

33.7 15.243.100

30.8 2.908,600
30.2 14,816,300

28.7 6,756,800

30.2 3,622,900

34.0 5,035,400

30.4 4,346.900
29.6 6.859,300

31.1 64,325,300

27.5 6,041,700

28.0 3,996,500

30.9 2,012,600

31.3 5,676,900

32.3 4,670.300

27.4 8.321.000
29.9 8.864.200

28.2 8.499.700

29.1 48,082,900

37.6 984.500

30.4 4.023.800
29.9 4,239,400
21.9 456,000

30.8 2,087,200

27.9 195.600

28.5 165.500
26.9 431,000

30.6 174,700

27.2 747,500
29.9 13,505,200
37.2 241,600
43.2 2.080.100

26.2 160.000

34.7 225,800

40.3 2,707,500

28.9 2,073.000

32.0 618.000

31.2 412,200

28.1 1,636.400
26.6 202.400

33.4 180.600

31.3 2.817.500

29.9 7,940,100

24.4 897.000
24.6 1.065,900
25.0 1.738.600

27.3 830.900

29.8 1,074.000
31.6 1,136,500
30.6 1.605,500

27.4 8,348,400

30.2 146,050,000

VALUE

Dollars

29,000

1,129,700

30,100

1,093,300

7,800

21,300

210,200

124,600

321,200

327,900

3,295,100

13.467,400
42,535,400
8,376,200
41,661,600
19,103,800
10.442.900
14,248.900
12.197.400
19.702,000

181,735,600

16.207,300
10.434.700
5.220.600
14.740.400
12.345.900
22.421.900
24.528.500
22.708,100

128,607,400

27.100
144.600
154.500

21,700

2.827.500
11.302.100
n. 882.300

1.272.500

74.400

5.850.100

8.300

548.100

6,200

461 .900

16,700

1.209.400

6.300

487.200

29,400

2.089.700

489,200

37,930,800

6,800

706.600

50.200

6.014.800

6.400

458.300

6.700

659.800

70,100

7,839,500

75.200

5.494.800

19.500

1.642,300

13,900

1,095.800

61.300

4.331.200

8.500

536.100

5.600

483.000

91.800

7.461.300

275,800

21,044,500

42.100

2.287.200

46.500

2.705.900

77.700

4.512.700

33,300

2,121.000

42,300

2.717.800

41.000

2.921.400

56.000

4.362.100

338,900

21,628,100

5.100.000

402.081,000

'Winter Wheat reseeded to spring wheat

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

39

ALL WHEAT — 1979

Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties

ACRES

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau . . . .

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL . .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golaen Valley
Judith Basin . . .
Lewis & Clark .

Meagher

Musselshell . . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland . . . .
CENTRAL

Beaverhead . . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Crass . . .

Treasure

Yellowstone . .

S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River .

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

YIELD

Gross

Re-

Net

Harvested

PER

PRO-

Seeded

Seeded'

Seeded

for Grain

ACRE

Bu'

DUCTION
.hels

VALUE
Dollars

300

—

300

300

15.0

4,500

16,900

11.800

600

11.200

10,900

47.6

518,400

1,971,100

700

—

700

700

19.0

13,300

50,000

11,700

400

11,300

10.100

34.3

346,100

1,314,200

100

—

100

100

50.0

5,000

18,800

300

—

300

300

32.7

9,800

37,100

2,100

—

2.100

2.100

27.2

57,100

216,800

1,000

—

1.000

1,000

27.8

27.800

105,000

4,100

—

4.100

3,700

27.3

101.000

383,100

3,700

400

3.300

3,300

24.2

80.000

304,100

35,800

1,400

34,400

32,500

35.8

1,163,000

4,417,100

266.000

89,300

176.700

174.500

22.8

3.972,100

14,836,200

600,700

105,700

495.000

467.500

25.8

12,056,500

44.794,300

122,000

6.800

115.200

112.400

23.9

2,690.400

10,194,700

657,600

113.000

544.600

524.000

21.4

11,192,000

41.663,100

277,800

35.600

242,200

237.000

24.4

5.772,500

21.506.400

139.500

10.000

129,500

120.100

19.9

2,394.300

8.977.600

184,600

15,200

169,400

163.500

29.8

4,871.300

18.451.800

162,600

22,800

139,800

136.500

26.6

3.625.800

13.527.900

301,500

35,000

266,500

253.000

24.7

6.244.800

23.679.500

2,712,300

433,400

2,278,900

2,188,500

24.1

52,819,700

197,631,500

231,900

—

231.900

228.300

16.0

3.652.300

12.528,200

224.300

41.000

183.300

172,000

19.3

3.316.100

11,339,800

81.600

5.400

76,200

72,100

16.5

1.186.300

4,030,900

226.900

21.700

205.200

199,500

20.1

4.014,500

13,650,200

169,300

20.800

148.500

137.200

21.0

2.875.400

9,845,000

342.500

10,700

331.800

325.500

19.2

6.235.000

21,955.500

337.900

1.300

336.600

322,400

19.9

6.403.200

24,663,200

328.400

10.800

317.600

313,000

17.8

5.583.700

19.111,300

1,942,800

111,700

1,831,100

1.770,000

18.8

33,266,500

117,124,100

31,700

1.900

29.800

28,300

34.5

976.300

3,653,400

154.300

2.500

151.800

149,600

28.6

4.271.800

15.706.800

167.600

15.200

152.400

142,300

28.6

4.072.900

14.985.400

23,500

4.000

19.500

18,000

20.7

373.200

1,372,500

83,700

7.600

76.100

67,800

30.0

2.035,500

7,482,700

7,500

300

7,200

7.000

25.6

179,000

659,000

5,700

200

5,500

5.000

26.0

130.000

476,200

21.600

1.900

19,700

18.100

19.3

349.200

1,281,100

4,200

100

4.100

3.900

21.5

83.900

307,800

29,000

3.000

26.000

22.500

20.7

466.200

1,708,900

528,800

36,700

492,100

462,500

28.0

12,938,000

47,633,800

9,200

800

8,400

7.900

30.3

239.200

878,900

50.400

1.800

48,600

43.300

36.5

1,580,600

5,805,100

5.400

100

5,300

5.200

22.7

117,800

431,100

6.000

—

6,000

5.800

34.1

197,900

726,600

71,000

2,700

68,300

62,200

34.3

2,135,500

7,841,700

80.200

1.200

79,000

78.000

25.6

1,997,000

6,987,300

18.700

900

17.800

17.500

26.4

461,800

1,609,700

17,400

600

16.800

16.500

27.9

459.900

1,600,600

66,000

4,500

61.500

50.500

20.4

1.028.700

3,611,800

7.500

1.300

6.200

6.000

21.9

131.500

460,600

7.300

100

7.200

6.800

32.4

220,300

759,200

100.700

4.800

95.900

82.700

25.6

2,117,000

7,389,700

297,800

13,400

284,400

258,000

24.9

6,416,200

22,418,900

56.600

5.300

51,300

45,200

22.2

1,004.600

3,363,000

40.400

2.400

38,000

36,500

23.0

838.300

2,804,500

86.700

1.900

84,800

80,000

21.3

1,702,500

5,744,200

43.200

400

42,800

40,300

24.3

979,600

3,270,700

62.700

11.600

51,100

47.500

23.5

1,115,000

3,718,500

45.000

500

44,500

42.500

25.2

1,072.600

3,592,700

61,900

400

61,500

59.300

17.3

1.023.500

3,503,300

3%, 500

22,500

374,000

351,300

22.0

7,736,100

25,996,900

5,985,000

621,800

5,363,200

5,125,000

22.7

116,475,000

423,064,000

'Winter Wheat reseeded to spring wheat.

40

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

WINTER WHEAT — 1978

Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

NOT

TOTAL

IRRIGATED
Acres Yield

IRRIGATE
Acres

D

COUNTY

Acres

Yield

Yield

&

Acres

Har-

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Har-

per

DISTRICT

Planted

vested

Acre

duction

Value

vested

Acre

vested

Acre

Bushels

Dollars

Bu.

Bu.

Flathead

7,500

6,500

44.0

286.000

840,900

500

56.0

6.000

43.0

Lake

5.900

5,100

42.6

217.300

638,900

800

62.0

4.300

39.0

Mineral

100

100

45.0

4,500

13,200

—

—

100

45.0

Missoula

1,700

1,400

34.0

47,600

140,000

—

—

1.400

34.0

Powell

900

800

30.0

24,000

70,600

—

—

800

30.0

Ravalli

2,900
4.000

2,500
3,600

31.0

29.7

77,600
106.800

228.200
314,000

100

100

56.0

53.0

2.400
3.500

30.0

Sanders

29.0

N. WEST

23,000

20,000

38.2

763,800

2,245,800

1,500

59.0

18,500

36.5

Blaine

103.000
434,500

98,000
421 ,800

31.0
34.0

3,038,000
14,339,600

8.445.600
39,864,000

::

::

98,000
421,800

31.0

Chouteau

34.0

Glacier

36,700

36,000

35.1

1,264,000

3,513.900

200

55.0

35,800

35.0

Hill

410,000

175.000

58,800

397,800

170,000

50.000

30.5
29.0
30.0

12,129,900
4,929,000
1,500,000

33,721,100

13,702,600

4,170,000

--

—

397.800

170.000

50,000

30.5

Liberty

29.0

Phillips

Pondera

30.0

115,800

110.000

34.7

3,819,300

10,617,700

1,800

48.0

108,200

34.5

Teton

127,400
113.400

121.000
110,000

30.7
31.0

3,718.500
3,410,000

10,337.400
9,479,800

1,300

52.0

119,700
110.000

30.5

Toole

31.0

N. CENTRAL

1,574,600

1.514,600

31.8

48,148,300

133,852,100

3,300

50.0

1,511,300

31.7

Daniels

600

500

25.0

12.500

31,600

—

—

500

25.0

Dawson

86.300

69,000

27.5

1.897,200

4,793,100

—

—

69.000

27.5

42,400

36.000

31.5

1,134,000

2,864.800

—

—

36,000

31.5

McCone

110.500

98.000

32.0

3,135.500

7,921.500

—

—

98,000

32.0

Richland

52,000

39.000

30.5

1,189.500

3.005.200

—

—

39,000

30.5

Roosevelt

19,000

15,000

26.0

390,000

985.300

—

—

15.000

26.0

Sheridan

9,200

7.500

25.5

191,300

483.300

—

—

7.500

25.5

Valley

25.000
345,000

18.000
283,000

30.3
30.0

545,700
8,495,700

1,378.700
21,463,500

300
300

49.0
49.9

17.700
282,700

30.0

N. EAST

30.0

Broadwater ....

15,600

15.200

31.2

473,500

1.318.600

100

54.0

15.100

31.0

Cascade

120,400

109.600

31.5

3,453.800

9,618,100

100

45.0

109,500

31.5

Fergus

Golden Valley . .

136.100

124,200

31.0

3.850,200

10,722,000

—

—

124,200

31.0

20,800

20,000

22.0

440.000

1,225.300

—

—

20,000

22.0

Judith Basin ....

64.200

59,000

32.0

1,888,000

5,257,700

—

—

59,000

32.0

Lewis & Clark . .

7,100

6.000

29.3

175,600

489,000

100

45.0

5,900

29.0

Meagher

Musselshell ....

5,900

5,500

29.0

159,500

444,200

—

—

5,500

29.0

13.500

13,000

29.0

377,000

1,049,900

—

—

13,000

29.0

Petroleum

6.100

5,500

31.0

170,500

474.800

—

—

5,500

31.0

Wheatland

26.600

25.000

28.0

700.000

1.949.400

—

—

25,000

28.0

CENTRAL

416,300

383,000

30.5

11,688,100

32,549,000

300

48.0

382,700

30.5

Beaverhead ....

4,200

4.000

28.0

112,000

320.500

—

—

4.000

28.0

Gallatin

39,600

38,000

40.9

1.555,500

4,451.100

4,300

60.0

33.700

38.5

Jefferson

6,300

6,000

26.0

156,000

446.400

—

—

6.000

26.0

Madison

4,200

4,100

26.8

110.000

314.800

100

60.0

4,000

26.0

S. WEST

54,300

52,100

37.1

1,933,500

5,532,800

4,400

60.0

47,700

35.0

Big Horn

Carbon

70,600

67,300

28.3

1,901.900

5.028,600

2,500

48.0

64,800

27.5

16,900

16,700

30.9

515.200

1,362,200

300

50.0

16,400

30.5

Park

11.700

11,000

30.8

338,400

894,700

200

45.0

10,800

30.5

Stillwater

59,800

56,800

28.0

1.590.400

4,205,000

~

—

56,800

28.0

Sweet Grass ....

8,100

7,200

26.5

190.800

504.500

—

—

7,200

26.5

Treasure

4,200

4.000

31.0

124.000

327.900

—

—

4,000

31.0

Yellowstone

88,500

86.800

30.8

2,672,900

7.067,100

1,000

56.0

85.800

30.5

S. CENTRAL ....

259,800

249,800

29.4

7,333,600

19,390,000

4,000

50.0

245,800

29.0

37,200
42,500
36,700
29,800

32.000
39.500
31.000
27.000

24.0
24.1
27.5
27.5

768.000
950.300
852.500
742.500

1,938,000
2,398.100
2,151.300
1.873.700

100

47.0

32.000
39.400
31.000
27.000

24.0

Custer

24.0

Fallon

27.5

Powder River. . .

27.5

Prairie

40,200
29.400

34,000
25,000

30.0
30.1

1 .020.000
751,700

2,574,000
1,896,900

100

47.0

34.000
24,900

30.0

Rosebud

30.0

U ibdux

11.200

9,000

28.0

252,000

635,800

—

--

9,000

28.0

S. EAST

227,000

197,500

27.0

5,337,000

13,467,800

200

47.0

197,300

27.0

STATE

2,900,000

2,700,000

31.0

83,700,000

228,501,000

14,000

54.0

2,686,000

30.9

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

41

WINTER WHEAT — 1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

TOTAL IRRIGATED

NOT
IRRIGATED

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Flathead

Lake

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Choteau

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley .
Judith Basin . . ,
Lewis & Clark .

Meagher

Musselshell . . .
Petroleum . . . ,

Wheatland

CENTRAL

Beaverhead . . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

S. WEST

Big F^orn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . . .

Treasure

Yellowstone . . .
S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River. .

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

Acres
Planted

8,200

7.400

100

1.100

300

2.800

3.100

23,000

182,200

422.900

22.500

418.600

161.600

50.000

122.000

108.400

140.000

1,628,200

300

85.500

37.700

108,400

52.100

22.000

5.400

27.100

338,500

16.200
123.200
145.200

21.200

69.400
6.000
5.000

18.600
3.700

26.000

434,500

5.200

35.500

5,200

3.900

49,800

74.700
15.700
14,900
62,500
7,000
5,200
94.500

274,500
42.400
32.600
37.500
37,200
59,100
31,000
n,700

251,500
3,000,000

Acres
Har-
vested

7,400
5,900

100
1.100

300

2.500

2.700

20,000

92,500
296,000

15,000
293,000
124.500

35.000
102,500

83,500

98,000

1,140,000

300
44,000
32,000
83,500
29,200
11,000
4,000
16.000

220.000

13,300

119,500

120,500

16,200

55,500

5,500

4.500

15.100

3.400

19,500

373,000

4,400

28,800

5,000

3,800

42,000

72,500
14,500
14,000
47,000
5,500
5,000
76,500

235,000
35,000
30.000
33.000
36.000
45.000
30,000
11,000

220,000
2,250,000

Yield

per

Acre

Pro-
duction

Bushels

48.4
35.8
48.0
31.0
26.0
22.0
20.0
36.3

22.5
26.9
23.0
22.5
27.0
23.9
30.9
27.4
25.4

25.5

21.0
19.9
16.9
21.9
18.9
16.2
18.2
16.1

19.6

25.0
29.7
28.9
21.0
31.1
26.0
27.0
20.6
22.2
21.9
28.2

20.3
39.2
23.0
24.9

34.0

26.1
28.5
28.7
20.9
23.0
28.0
25.1
25.0
23.7
23.3
24,1
25.6
24.0
28.0
22.8
24.6
25.5

358,400

211,100

4,800

34.100

7,800

55,000

54,000

725,200

2,083,700

7,959,600

345,000

6,582,000

3,355,500

837,500

3,171,500

2,287,700

2,487.000

29,109,500

6,300

876,400

541,000

1,829,000

552,800

177,900

72,800

257,400

4,313,600

332,500

3,552,000

3,483,500

339,700

1,728,700

143,000

121,500

310,800

75,400

427,000

10,514,100

89,200

1,129,000

115,000

94,800

1,428,000

1,890,000
413,300
401,500
983,700
126,500
140,000

1,920,000

5,875,000
828,000
697.800
794,300
920,600

1,080,000
838,600
250,300

5,409,600

57,375,000

Valut

ars

Doll

1 .369.700

806,700

18,300

130,300

29,800

210,200

206,400

2,771,400

7,655,100
29,242,000

1,267,500
24,180,900
12,327,400

3,076,800
11,651,400

8,404,500

9,136,700

106,942,300

21,200

2,951,500

1,821,900

6,159,500

1,861,700

599,100

245,200

866,900

14,527,000

1,215,000
12,979,400
12,729,100

1,241,300

6,316,900
522,600
444,000

1,135,700
275,600

1,560,400

38,420,000

326.400

4,131,400
420,800
346,900

5,225,500

6,638,600
1,451,700
1,410,300
3,455,200
444,300
491,800
6,744,000

20,635,900

2.759,400
2,325,400
2,647,100
3,068,000
3,599,200
2,794,700
834,100

18,027,900

206,550,000

Acres

Har-

vested

400
700

1,100

400
700

1,500
2.000

100
100

600
300

900

5.000

400

5,400

1.300
100

300

1,100
2,800

500
500

Yield

per

Acre

Bu.
68.0
68.0

68.0

40.0
45.0

45.0
46.0

4,600 45.0

40.0
40.0

40.0
43.0

41.0

55.0

50.0

54.6

40.0
43.0

35.0

50.0
43.5

41.0
39.0

Acres

Har-

vested

7.000

5,200

100

1,100

300

2.500

2.700

18,900

92.100

295,300

15,000

293,000

124,500

35.000

101,000

81,500

98,000

1,135,400

300
44,000
32,000
83.500
29,200
11.000
4.000
15.900

300 40.0

1,300
16,200

40.0
48.9

13.300
118,900
120,500

16,200

55,200
5,500
4,500

15,100
3,400

19,500

372,100

4,400

23,800
5,000
3,400

36,600

71.200
14.400
14.000
46.700
5.500
5.000
75.400
232,200
35.000
29.500
32.500
36,000
45.000
29.700
11.000

218.700
2,233,800

Yield

per

Acre

Bu.

47.3
31.4
48.0
31.0
26.0
22.0
20.0
34.4
22.5
26.8
23.0
22.5
27.0
23.9
30.7
26.9
25.4

25.5

21.0
19.9
16.9
21.9
18.9
16.2
18.2
15.9

219,900 19.6

25.0
29.7
28.9
21.0
31.1
26.0
27.0
20.6
22.2
21.9
28.2

20.3
35.9
23.0
22.0

31.0

25.8
28.4
28.7
20.8
23.0
28.0
24.7

24.8

23.7
23.0
23.8
25.6
24.0
27.8
22.8

24.5

25.3

42

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

DURUM WHEAT — 1978
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

NOT

TOTAL

IRRIGATED
Acres Yield

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

&

Acres

Har-

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Har-

per

DISTRICT

Planted

vested

Acre

duction

Value

vested

Acre

vested

Acre

Bus

,hels

Dollars

Bu.

Bu.

Blaine

2,600
1.100

2,500
1,000

29.0
27.0

72,500
27.000

218.800
81,500

z

—

2.500
1,000

29.0

Chouteau

27.0

Glacier

1,600

1,500

30.0

45,000

135,800

—

—

1,500

30.0

Hill

1,800
300

1,500
300

29.0
26.0

43,500
7,800

131,300
23,500

—

1,500
300

29.0

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

26.0

100

100

25.0

2,500

7,600

—

—

100

25.0

19,600

19,200

31.1

597.700

1,804,000

500

36.0

18,700

31.0

Teton

2,100
16,500

2,000
15,900

25.0
30.0

50.000
477,000

150,900
1,439.700

~~*

2,000
15,900

25.0

Toole

30.0

N. CENTRAL . . .

45,700

44,000

30.1

1,323,000

3,993,100

500

36.0

43,500

30.0

Daniels

3,200

3,000

27.9

83,700

236,400

—

—

3,000

27.9

Dawson

3,700

3,500

27.0

94.500

266,900

—

—

3,500

27.0

Garfield

100

100

26.0

2.600

7,300

—

—

100

26.0

McCone

1,600

1,500

26.0

39,000

110,200

—

—

1,500

26.0

Richland ....

2.600

2,500

25.4

63,500

179,300

100

35.0

2.400

25.0

Roosevelt

46,300

45.000

27.0

1.215,800

3.433,800

100

35.0

44,900

27.0

Sheridan

184,600

178,700

31.0

5,537,000

15,638,200

—

—

178,700

31.0

Valley

1.600

1,500

26.0

39.000

110.100

—

~

1.500

26.0

N. EAST

243,700

235,800

30.0

7,075,100

19,982,200

200

35.0

235,600

30.0

Cascade

200

200

24.0

4,800

15.000

—

—

200

24.0

Fergus

Judith Basin

2,300

2,200

28.0

61,600

192,900

—

—

2,200

28.0

800

800

29.0

23,200

72,700

—

—

800

29.0

CENTRAL

3,300

3,200

28.0

89,600

280,600

—

~

3,200

28.0

Gallatin

100

100

38.0

3.800

12,200

100

38.0

—

—

S. WEST

100

100

3S.0

3,800

12,200

100

38.0

—

—

400

400

25.0

10.000

28.100

~

—

400

25.0

Treasure

400

400

25.0

10.000

28,100

—

—

400

25.0

Yellowstone

100

100

25.0

2,500

7,000

—

—

100

25.0

S. CENTRAL ....

900

900

25.0

22,500

63,200

~

—

900

25.0

300

100

600

300
100
600

25.0
29.0
26.0

7,500

2,900

15,600

25,700

9.900

53.500

—

—

300
100
600

25.0

Fallon

29.0

Powder River. . .

26.0

Wibaux

5.300

5.000

32.0

160,000

548,600

—

—

5.000

32.0

S. EAST

6,300

6,000

31.0

186,000

637,700

—

—

6.000

31.0

STATE

300,000

290,000

30.0

8.700,000

24.%9,000

800

36.0

289.200

30.0

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

43

DURUM WHEAT — 1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

TOTAL

IRRIGATED

NOT
IRRIGATED

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Blaine

Chouteau

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N.CENTRAl . .

Daniels ,

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley .
Judith Basin . . ,

CENTRAL

Gallatin

S. WEST

Stillwater

Treasure

Yellowstone . . .
S. CENTRAL . . .

Carter

Powder River. .
Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

Acres
Planted

2,100
1,500
2.500
1,000
1,700
100

21,400
3,200

18,200

51,800

3,100

3,200

100

1,100

3,100

45,800

214,300

2,100

272,800

100

1,900

300

300

2,600

200

200

500

300

200

1,000

200

300

6.100

6,600

335,000

Acres
Har-
vested

2,000
1,500
2,400
1,000
1,500
100

21,000
3,000

17,500

50,000

3,000

3,000

100

1,000

3,000

44,500

208,400

2,000

265,000

100
1,800
300
300
2,500
200
200

500

300

200

1,000

200

300

5,800

6,300

325,000

Yield

per

Acre

Pro-
duction

Bushels

19.0
27.4
25.0
19.0
20.0
18.0
26.1
26.8
26.4

25.6

17.0
21.0
21.0
21.0
18.8
21.4
19.9
17.2

20.1

20.0
23.0
25.0
22.0
23.0
50.0
50.0

22.0
21.0
21.0

21.5

23.0
18.0
20.0
20.0
21.0

38,000
41,100
60,000
19,000
30,000
1,800

548,800
80,400

462,400

1,281,500

51,000

63,000

2,100

21,000

56,400

953,500

4,147,200

34,300

5,328,500

2,000
41,400
7,500
6,600
57,500
10,000
10,000

11,000
6,300
4,200

21,500

4,600

5.400

116,000

126,000

6,825,000

Value

Dollars
168,900
182,600
266,600
84,400
133,300
8,000

2,438,600
357,300

2,054,700

5,694,400

208,400

257,500

8,600

85,800

230,500

3,896,800

16,949,200

140,200

21,777,000

8,700

180,700

32,700

28,800

250,900

47,200

47,200

45,800
26,300
17,500

89,600

17,000

19,900

428,000

464,900

28,324,000

Acres
Har-
vested

200
100

Yield

per

Acre

Bu.

100 40.0

40.0
50.0

400 42.5

200 50.0
200 50.0

600 45.0

Acres

Har-

vested

2,000
1,400
2,400
1,000
1,500
100

20,800
2,900

17,500

49,600

3,000

3,000

100

1,000

3,000

44,500

208,400

2,000

265,000

100

1,800

300

300

2,500

500
300
200

1,000

200

300

5,800

6,300

324,400

Yield

per

Acre

Bu.
19.0
26.5
25.0
19.0
20.0
18.0
26.0
26.0
26.4

25.5

17.0
21.0
21.0
21.0
18.8
21.4
19.9
17.2

20.1

20.0
23.0
25.0
22.0
23.0

22.0
21.0
21.0
21.5

23.0
18.0
20.0

20.0

21.0

44

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM — 1978
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

NOT

TOTAL

IRRIGATED
Acres Yield

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

&

Acres

Har-

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Har-

per

DISTRICT

Planted

vested

Acre

duction

Value

vested

Acre

vested

Acre

Bushi

els

Dollars

Bu.

Bu.

Deer Lodge ....

300

300

34.7

10,400

29.000

100

50.0

200

27.0

Flathead

2,500

2,400

43.2

103,700

288.800

1,100

60.0

1,300

29.0

Granite

400

400

27.0

10.800

30,100

—

--

400

27.0

Lake

3,700

3,600

45.3

163,200

454,400

2,000

56.0

1,600

32.0

Lincoln

100

100

28.0

2,800

7,800

—

—

100

28.0

Mineral

100

100

29.0

2,900

8.100

—

—

100

29.0

Missoula

700

700

36.0

25,200

70,200

200

56.0

500

28.0

Powell

500
800
100

500
800

100

38.8
41.8
50.0

19,400

33,400

5,000

54,000
93,000
13.900

200
500
100

55.0
50.0
50.0

300
300

28.0

I^avalli

28.0

Sanders

—

N. WEST

9,200

9,000

41.9

376,800

1,049,300

4,200

56.0

4,800

29.5

Blaine

51,900
31,200

51,000
30,000

31.9
29.2

1,625,500
876,500

4.803.000
2.589.900

2,000
500

41.0
42.0

49.000
29,500

31.5

Chouteau

29.0

Glacier

61,500

57,000

28.1

1,599,600

4,726,500

300

40.0

56.700

28.0

Hill

93,300
67,600

91,000
65,000

29.0
28.0

2,642,900
1,820,000

7,809,200
5,377,700

300

42.0

90,700
65,000

29.0

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

28.0

71,000

70.000

30.3

2,120,400

6,265,300

1,200

47.0

68,800

30.0

20,000

19,000

32.5

618,400

1.827,200

800

45.0

18,200

32.0

Teton

21.000

20,000

28.9

578,400

1.709.100

800

51.0

19,200

28.0

Toole

109.600

106.000

28.0

2,972.300

8,782.500

300

40.0

105,700

28.0

N. CENTRAL . . .

527,100

509,000

29.2

14,854,000

43,890,400

6,200

44.0

502,800

29.0

Daniels

221.000

216,200

27.5

5.945,500

15,939,300

—

—

216,200

27.5

Dawson

75,000

70,000

28.6

2,004,800

5,374,700

500

48.0

69.500

28.5

Garfield

30,000

29,000

30.2

876.000

2,348,500

1,000

36.0

28.000

30.0

83,200

82,000

30.5

2,502,400

6,708,700

300

35.0

81,700

30.5

Richland

104,000

103,000

33.2

3,417,300

9,161.400

4,500

48.0

98.500

32.5

Roosevelt

246,000

244,000

27.5

6,715,200

18,002.800

500

37.0

243,500

27.5

Sheridan

111.000

110,000

28.5

3,135,900

8.407.000

100

37.0

109,900

28.5

Valley

287,500

282.000

28.1

7.915,000

21.219.300

2.000

37.0

280,000

28.0

N. EAST

1,157,700

1,136,200

28.6

32,512,100

87,161,700

8,900

43.0

1,127,300

28.5

Broadwater ....

11,500

11,000

46.5

511,000

1,508,900

7.500

56.0

3,500

26.0

Cascade

24,000

22,600

25.0

565,200

1,669,000

4,000

46.0

18,600

20.5

Fergus

Go den Valley ..

16,100

15,600

21.0

327,600

967,400

—

—

15.600

21.0

900

800

20.0

16.000

47,200

—

—

800

20.0

Judith Basin

9,400

8,000

22.0

176,000

519,700

—

—

3.000

22.0

Lewis & Clark . .

1,200

1,000

20.0

20,000

59,100

—

—

1.000

20.0

Meagher

300

300

20.0

6,000

17.700

—

—

300

20.0

Musselshell ....

3,200

3,000

18.0

54,000

159,500

—

—

3.000

18.0

Petroleum

200

200

21.0

4.200

12.400

—

—

200

21.0

Wheatland

2,800

2.500

19.0

47,500

140.300

—

—

2.500

19.0

CENTRAL

69,600

65,000

26.6

1,727,500

5,101,200

11,500

52.5

53,500

21.0

Beaverhead ....

2,600

2,500

51.8

129.600

386,100

1,800

58.0

700

36.0

Gallatin

10,500

10,000

52.1

520,800

1,551,500

6,400

60.0

3.600

38.0

Jefferson

100

100

40.0

4,000

11,900

—

—

100

40.0

Madison

2,500

2,400

48.3

115,800

345,000

1.800

51.0

600

40.0

S. WEST

15,700

15,000

51.3

770,200

2,294,500

10,000

58.0

5.000

38.0

Carbon

4,600

4,500

38.0

171,100

466.200

1.500

58.0

3.000

28.0

2,600

2.600

39.5

102,800

280,100

1,000

54.0

1.600

30.5

Park

2,200
1,100

2,200
1,000

33.5
36.0

73,800
36,000

201,100
98,100

200
300

49.0
50.0

2,000
700

32.0

Stillwater

30.0

Sweet Grass ....

400

400

29.0

11,600

31.600

—

—

400

29.0

Treasure

1,000

1,000

46.6

46.600

127.000

600

57.0

400

31.0

Yellowstone ....

3,200

3,100

45.8

142.100

387,200

2,000

54.0

1.100

31.0

S. CENTRAL ....

15,100

14,800

39.5

584,000

1,591,300

5,600

55.0

9,200

30.0

Carter

4,600

4,000

40,900

4,500

3,800

38,400

27.0
30.4
23.0

121,500
115,600
883,200

323,500

307.800

2.351.500

1,200

40.0

4,500

2,600

38,400

27.0

Custer

26.0

Fallon

23.0

Powder River. . .

2,900

2,800

26.0

72,800

193,800

—

—

2,800

26.0

Prairie

2,100
11.600

2,000
11,000

27.0
35.0

54,000
384.800

143,800
1.024,500

6.400

40.0

2.000
4.600

27.0

Rosebud

28.0

Wibaux

39,500

38,500

31.0

1.193.500

3,177,700

—

—

38.500

31.0

S. EAST

105.600

101,000

28.0

2,825,400

7,522,600

7.600

40.0

93.400

27.0

STATE

1,900,000

1,850,000

29.0

53,650,000

148.611,000

54,000

49.8

1,7%, 000

28.4

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

45

SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM — 1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

TOTAL IRRIGATED

NOT

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Acres
Planted

Deer Lodge 300

Flathead 3,600

Granite 700

Lake 4,300

Lincoln 100

Mineral 200

Missoula 1,000

Powell 700

Ravalli 1,300

Sanders 600

N. WEST 12,800

Blaine 81,700

Chouteau 176,200

Glacier 97,000

Hill 238,000

Liberty 114,500

Phillips 89,400

Pondera 41,200

Teton 51,000

Toole 143,300

N. CENTRAL . . 1,032,300

Daniels 228,500

Dawson 135,600

Garfield 43,800

McCone 117,400

Richland 114,100

Roosevelt 274,700

Sheridan 118,200

Valley 299,200

N. EAST 1,331,500

Broadwater .... 15,500

Cascade 31,000

Fergus 20,500

Golden Valley . . 2,000

Judith Basin 14,000

Lewis & Clark .. 1,500

Meagher 700

Musselshell 3,000

Petroleum 500

Wheatland 3,000

CENTRAL 91,700

Beaverhead 4,000

Gallatin 14,700

Jefferson 200

Madison 2,100

S. WEST 21,000

Big Horn 5,500

Carbon 3,000

Park 2,500

Stillwater 3,000

Sweet Grass .... 500

Treasure 1,800

Yellowstone 6,000

S. CENTRAL .... 22,300

Carter 14,000

Custer 7,800

Fallon 49,200

Powder River. . . 5,700

Prairie 3,600

Rosebud 14,000

Wibaux 44,100

S. EAST 138,400

STATE 2,650,000

ACRES
Har-
vested

Yield

per

Acre

300
3,500

700
4,200

100

200
1,000

700
1,200

600
12,500

80,000

170,000

95,000

230,000

111,000

85,000

40,000

50,000

137,500

998,500

225,000
125,000
40,000
115,000
105,000
270,000
110,000
295,000
1,285,000

15,000
30,000
20,000

1,500
12,000

1,500
500

3,000
500

3,000

87,000

3,500

14,300

200

2,000

20,000

5,500
3,000
2,500
3,000
500
1,500
6,000

22,000

10,000

6,500

47,000

4,000

2,500

12,500

42,500

125,000

2,550,000

Pro-
duction

Value

15.0
45.7
19.0
32.1
50.0
25.0
23.0
28.6
38.3
43.3
35.0

23.1
23.9
24.1
20.0
21.5
18.3
28.8
25.2
24.0

22.5

16.0
19.0
16.1
18.8
21.6
18.9
19.8
17.9
18.4

42.9
23.9
27.4
17.3
25.0
24.0
17.0
12.8
17.0
13.1

27.2

42.9
30.9
14.0
51.6
34.9

19.5
16.2
23.4
11.3
10.0
49.3
32.1

23.6

17.2
21.6
19.3
13.4
14.0
18.7
15.5
17.6
20.5

Bushels

4,500

160,000

13,300

135,000

5,000

5,000

23,000

20,000

46,000

26,000

437,800

1,850,400
4,055,800
2,285,400
4,591,000
2,387,000
1,555,000
1,151,000
1,257,700
3,295,400

22,428,700

3,595,000
2,376,700
643,200
2,164,500
2,266,200
5,103,600
2,183,200
5,292,000
23,624,400

643,800
717,800
548,000

26,000
300,200

36,000
8,500

38,400
8,500

39,200

2,366,400

150,000

441,600

2,800

103,100

697,500

107,000

48,500

58,400

34,000

5,000

74,000

192,800

519,700

172,000
140,500
908,200
53,600
35,000
234,000
657,200

2,200,500

52,275,000

Dollars

16,900

601,400

50,000

507,500

18,800

18,800

86,500

75,200

172,900

97,700

1,645,700

7,012,200

15,369,700

8,660,600

17,397,800

9,045,700

5,892,800

4,361,800

4,766,100

12,488.100

84,994,800

12,298,600

8,130,800

2,200,400

7,404,900

7,752,800

17,459,600

7,468,800

18,104,200

80,820,100

2,438,400

2,718,700

2,075,600

98,500

1,137,000

136,400

32,200

145,400

32,200

148,500

8,%2,900

552,500

1,626,500

10,300

379,700

2,569,000

348,700
158,000
190,300
110,800
16,300
241,100
628,200

1,693,400
586,600
479,100

3,097,100
182,800
119,300
798,000

2,241,200

7,504.100
188,190,000

Acres
Har-
vested

1,700
100

100
200
700
200
4,300

2,200

900

900

100

2,000

1,500

5,500

4,000

100

17,200

700

800

100

3,200

800

600

3,000

9,200

9,000
3,300

100
200
100

12,700

2,000
5,900

1,700

9,600

700
500
400
100

1,000
1,900

4,600

1,000
300

3,000

400

4,700

62,300

Yield

per

Acre

Bu.

1,300 60.0

50.0
50.0

50.0
50.0
50.0
50.0
53.0

35.0
50.0
40.0
50.0
53.0
40.0
38.0
50.0
50.0
43.2

50.0
40.0
45.0
48.0
35.0
35.0
40.0

42.8

57.0
48.0

50.0
35.0
80.0

54.4

66.0
51.0

58.0

55.4

50.0
47.0
41.0
50.0

65.0
54.0

53.8

58.0
50.0

40.0
50.0

45.3

48.9

Acres

Har-

vested

300
2,200

700
2,500

200
900
500
500
400
8,200

77,800

169,100

94,100

229,900

109,000

83,500

34,500

46,000

137,400

981,300

225,000
124,300
39,200
114,900
101,800
269,200
109,400
292,000
1,275,800

6,000
26,700
20,000

1,400
11,800

1,400
500

3,000
500

3,000

74,300

1,500

8,400

200

300

10,400

4,800

2,500

2,100

2,900

500

500

4,100

17,400

10,000

5,500

46,700

4,000

2,500

9,500

42,100

120,300

2,487,700

Yield

per

Acre

Bu.

15.0
37.3
19.0
20.0

25.0
20.0
20.0
22.0
40.0
25.6

22.8
23.7
23.9
19.9
20.9
17.9
27.3
23.0
23.9
22.1

16.0
18.8
15.6
18.8
20.8
18.9
19.8
17.7

18.2

21.8
21.0
27.4
15.0
24.8
20.0
17.0
12.8
17.0
13.1

22.5

12.0
16.8
14.0
15.0

16.0
15.0
10.0
20.0
10.0
10.0
18.0
22.0
15.6

17.2
15.0
19.1
13.4
14.0
12.0
15.1
16.5
19.8

46

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

WINTER WHEAT

Major Varieties as Percent of Total Acreage — 196S-1980

CiMLiRK

1%9 1970

1977 1978 1979 1980

OTHER SPRING WHEAT

Major Varieties as Percent of Total Acreage — 1965-1980

14f.S 14~0

V)7h 19'7

DURUM WHEAT

Major Varieties as Percent of Total Acreage — 1965-1980

1969 1970

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

47

MONTANA WHEAT VARIETIES: PERCENT OF TOTAL SEEDED ACREAGE 1976-1980

1979 Revised and 1980 Preliminary Seeded Acres

Class
and
Variety

WINTER WHEAT

Winalta

Cheyenne

Centurk

Warrior

Rough Rider

Norstar

Winoka

Nugaines

Gent

Sundance

Lancer

Itana

Other & unknown

TOTAL

SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM

Fortuna

Olaf

Prodax

Lew

Newana

Tioga

Thatcher

Butte

Wared

Norana

Red River 68

Bounty 309

Other & unknown

TOTAL

DURUM WHEAT

Ward

Cando

Rollette

Crosby

Wells

Wascana

Leeds

Other & unknown

TOTAL

Percent of

Total Seedec

] Acreage

Seede

■d Acres

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1979

1980

Percent

Revised

Preliminary

35.3

31.1

29.1

27.7

26.3

830,900

683,800

30.0

23.0

26.2

23.5

25.2

705,400

656,000

12.0

25.7

28.1

27.1

24.7

811,900

641,100

6.1

3.9

3.2

4.6

5.8

138,100

150,300

—

—

—

2.6

4.1

78,100

106,800

—

—

—

—

2.3

—

60,700

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.4

2.2

100,200

58,900

.7

.8

.5

1.1

1.2

33,500

31,500

—

—

—

.5

.9

13,700

24,300

2.6

2.5

2.4

1.7

.8

51,900

19,600

.6

1.3

.4

.5

.7

16,300

16,900

—

—

—

—

.6

—

16,000

9.2

8.4

6.9

7.3

5.2

220,000

134,100

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

3,000,000

2,600,000

DURUM

35.2

34.1

21.6

23.4

22.6

620,700

656,000

26.0

24.1

22.8

17.1

17.1

453,100

496,500

1.1

6.3

9.0

9.9

10.7

262,900

309,800

—

1.4

3.8

5.2

10.1

138,600

293,600

—

—

1.0

5.8

7.6

153,400

220,100

6.1

7.9

8.9

8.5

6.2

225,700

179,900

8.1

4.4

6.8

3.3

3.4

86,500

99,300

—

—

—

4.5

3.4

119,200

99,100

1.0

4.9

6.1

4.7

2.6

116,100

75,900

8.2

3.4

3.4

3.2

2.6

83,600

73,800

2.4

1.1

5.5

3.0

1.5

79,500

43,100

—

—

—

1.2

.6

32,700

15,800

11.9

12.4

11.1

10.2

11.6

278,000

337,100

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

2,650,000

2,900,000

16.0

25.5

30.8

18.4

36.5

61,600

153,400

—

—

7.2

17.7

17.5

59,300

73,600

—

—

3.4

18.5

14.2

62,000

59,500

2.9

16.1

19.2

12.2

13.5

40,900

56,500

38.4

21.5

5.7

18.3

12.2

61,300

51.400

2.6

5.0

1.7

—

1.3

5,300

14.1

1.7

3.3

—

1.1

—

4,700

26.0

30.2

28.7

14.9

3.7

49,900

15,600

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

335,000

420,000

DURUM WHEAT

Seeded Acreage by Varieties, Districts and Selected Counties — 1980

DISTRICT

&
COUNTY

Ward Cando

Roll-
ette

Crosby Wells Wascana Leeds

N. CENTRAL 26.4 — 18.6

Sheridan 91.7 71.8 20.8 50.0

Other 34.8 .4 19.8 6.2

N. EAST 126.5 72.2 40.6 56.2

ALL OTHER COUNTIES ... .5 1.4 .3 .3

STATE 153.4 73.6 59.5 56.5

Thousand Acres
1.2

41.3
9.9

51.2

.2

51.4

4.1
4.1

5.3

4.7

4.7

Other

and

Unknown

6.1

.6

.2

.8

8.7

15.6

TOTAL

57.0

276.2
75.4

351.6

11.4

420.0

48

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE — 1970-79
By Class and Destination

QflQP ALL WHEAT

YEAR' East West Other^

Thousand Bushels

1970^ 11.929 67.529 1.623

1971 7.405 58,224 771

1972 7.685 98.149 563

1973 2.549 84.430 184

1974 6,426 73.374 1,158

1975 13,440 90,1% 2,041

1976 12,490 74,510 1,808

1977 6,333 74,428 1,612

1978 4,658 94.726 1.228

1979 4.941 91.703 1,524

WINTER WHEAT

SPRING WHEATS

Total

East West Other' Total

East West Other) Total

Thousand Bushels

Thousand Bushels

81.081

66.400

3,030

30.447

321

33,798

4.375

27,777

450

32,602

106.397

4,567

52,100

67

56,374

3.118

46.049

496

49.663

87.163

499

50,025

97

50.621

2,050

34.405

87

36,542

80.958

4,797

43,662

1.000

49.459

1,629

29,712

158

31.499

105.677

10.637

61.863

1,260

73.760

2,803

28,333

781

31.917

88.808

9.151

48.153

495

57.799

3.339

26.357

1.313

31.009

82.373

5,040

51.607

661

57.308

1.293

22,821

951

25.065

100.612

3,190

63,241

566

66.997

1.468

31,485

662

33.615

98.168

2.408

51.177

826

54.411

2.533

40.526

698

43.757

'Crop year July through June the following year until 1976 when the crop year changed to June through May the
following year.
^Includes durum wheat.
'Other and unknown.
■•Breakdown by classes not available.

WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE 1978 & 1979 CROP YEARS
By Class District, Mode, and Destination'

DISTRICT OF
ORIGIN. MODE

and
DESTINATION

N. WEST

N. CENTRAL

N. EAST

CENTRAL

S. WEST

S. CENTRAL

S. EAST

STATE

Truck East

Truck West

Truck Other'

Total by Truck

Rail East

Rail West

Rail Other'

Total by Rail

Total Wheal Shipped .

June

Crop Year
1978 - May

1979

June

Crop Year
1979 - May 1980

Winter
wheat

Spring
wheat-

All
wheat

Winter
wheat

Spring
wheat-

All
wheat

Thousand Bush

els

Th<

3usand Bushels

131

523

654

580

300

880

33,385

13,275

46,660

29.155

17,267

46,422

6,768

12,676

19,444

5,087

17,247

22,334

14,338

4,643

18,981

9,246

5,691

14,937

2,227

513

2,740

1,660

891

2,551

7,009

953

7,%2

5,814

1.102

6,916

3,139

1.032

4,171

2,869

1,259

4,128

2.155

20.132

563

22,850

1.035

43.109

3

44,147

66,997

528
11.857

658
13,043

940

19.628

4

20,572

33,615

2.683

31 .989

1.221

35,893

1.975

62,737

7

64,719

100,612

1,774
16.720

480
18,974

634
34.457

346
35,437
54,411

615

13.959

698

15,272

1.918

26.567

0

28,485

43,757

2.389
30.679

1.178
34,246

2.552

61 .024

346

63.922

98,168

'Based on data reported by commercial elevators and licensed truckers. Reported data were expanded to represent 100
percent of elevator capacity.
^Includes durum.
'Other and unknown.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 51

ALL WHEAT PRODUCTION, STOCKS AND UTILIZATION

1974-1978 Marketing Years

1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Million Bushels
SUPPLY

Beginning stocks' 18.3 24.3 50.1 87.8 97.9

Production 120.1 155.9 167.3 130.9 146.1

Total Supply 138.4 180.2 217.4 218.7 244.0

DISPOSITION

Recorded movement out of Stated 80.7 97.8 88.8 82.4 127.8

Milled for flour in Montana 7.2 7.1 8.1 7.9 8.3

Used for seed in Montana 5.2 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.4

Used for livestock feed' 1.1 1.6 5.4 5.1 3.0

Unaccounted disappearance (to balance)* 19.9 18.7 22.5 20.2 12.4

Total disposition 114.1 130.1 129.6 120.8 156.9

Ending stocks' 24.3 50.1 87.8 97.9 87.1

'Farm, commercial— July 1 stocks 1974 & 1975 - June 1 stocks 1976 and on.

■'Reported by elevators, licensed truckers. Includes special survey of truck destinations 1978.

'Utilization for feed — on farms where grown, cattle feeders, feed mills, and purchased by other farmers for feed.

■■Due to unknowns in components and probable unrecorded movement.

WHEAT MOVEMENT TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST, UTILIZATION AND EXPORTS'

By Marketing year 1973-1978

Marketing Vear^

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

ITEM

Beginning stocks^

Production

Ending stocks'

Available supply"

Shipments of wheat into Pacific Northwest
(adjusted for unaccounted disappearance)' . . .

Total wheat used for flour in

Pacific Northwest (includes bulgar)

Estimated Montana wheat milled for flour

in Pacific Northwest (includes bulgar)'

Estimated Montana Wheat exported

from Pacific Northwest ports"

Percent of available supply

Inspected exports of Hard Red Spring,

Hard Red Winter and Durum from

Pacific Northwest ports

Montana exports as percent of total HRS, HRW
and Durum exports from Pacific NW ports . . .

Million

Bushels

31.5

18.3

24.3

50.1

87.8

97.9

%.7

120.1

155.9

167.3

130.9

146.1

-18.3

-24.3

-50.1

-87.8

-97.9

-87.1

109.9

114.1

130.1

129.6

120.8

156.9

83.6

85.6

94.3

88.5

96.6

114.8

(30.6)

(29.9)

(25.9)8

(30.7)

(30.4)

(32.8)

21.6

19.8

20.08

21.0

19.9

21.5

62.0

65.8

74.3

67.5

76.7

93.3

56%

58%

57%

52%

63%

59%

183.8

116.1

118.2"

108.0

123.7

175.1

34%

57%

63%

62%

6?>o

53%

'Pacific Northwest — Oregon, Washington, and Northern Idaho.

^July 1 - )une 30, 1973-74; July 1 - May 31. 1975: June 1 - May 31, 1976-1977.

'July 1 stocks 1972-1975— June 1 stocks 1976 and on.

"Beginning stocks plus production minus ending stocks.

'Source: Montana Grain Movement project, including allowance for Northern Idaho.

•"Total Pacific Northwest wheat millings minus estimated wheat originating from Oregon, Washington, or other States.

"Estimated Montana wheat shipped to Pacific Northwest mmus estimated Montana wheat milled in Pacific Northwest.

"July 1 - May 31.

52

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

STOCKS OF MAJOR GRAINS — 1971-1980

JANUARY 1 APRIL 1 JULY V OCTOBER 1

CROP On Total On Total On Total On Total

AND Farm All Farm All Farm All Farm All

YEAR Total Postions' Total Positions' Total Positions' Total Positions'

Thousand Bushels
ALL WHEAT

1971 80,057 96.595 61.320 73,997 44,287 56.980 115,371 145.276

1972 98,570 122.155 77.288 93.827 49.285 60.378 89.936 113.091

1973 70.170 90.658 46.451 61.696 21.743 31.503 66.733 85.732

1974 47,390 61,121 26,113 35,797 14,507 18,294 87.679 110.273

1975 55.250 71.615 31.228 40.106 19.217 24,315 116,944 145.575

1976 90,437 113.065 48.337 64.637 38,98V 50,050^ 142,201 173.101

1977 112,088 138.790 85.320 105.538 71.937 87.810 146.630 171.683

1978 126,992 148,850 102,118 118,517 83.789 97.872 156.274 185,567

1979 131,445 157.274 102.235 121,707 71,565 87.116 140,935 168.008

1980 107,157 130.013 80.368 96.078 58.238 73,538 ' J

WINTER WHEAT

1972 48,781 62.832 38.915 48.050 24,665 30.416 44,464 56,867

1973 32,864 44,391 17.399 25,012 6,012 10,693 33.623 44.748

1974 19.741 27.670 9.370 14.522 5.512 7.418 53.159 68.114

1975 32,052 42.764 17.264 23.061 10.438 13,374 73,166 94.328

1976 59,955 75.004 30.939 41 .934 25.448- 32.915' 79,834 100.737

1977 63,215 80.813 45.979 58.675 38.343 48,649 84.448 99.906

1978 74.704 88.718 58.464 69.118 45.472 54.444 81.189 99.805

1979 69.471 85.997 53.568 65.790 38,502 49.258 67.285 85.146

1980 52.692 69,084 40.163 51 .663 31 .556 43.556 ' >

DURUM WHEAT

1972 5.594 6.769 3.974 5.040 2.429 3,269 5,698 6.760

1973 4.052 5.051 3.208 4.200 1.773 2.487 4.885 5,885

1974 2.603 3.688 1.602 2.360 921 1.207 4,566 5.226

1975 3.551 4.447 2.537 3.101 1,623 1.879 8,606 9.543

1976 5.974 6.%8 4.961 5.836 3.645- 4.266- 9,667 10.947

1977 8.042 9.096 7.443 8.434 6.502 7.241 8.228 9.258

1978 6,776 7.530 6.292 6.833 5.808 6.387 13,050 13,795

1979 9,135 9,936 7,569 8.349 6.525 6.947 10,920 11,420

1980 7.917 8.307 6,143 6.507 4.436 4,636 J J

ALL SPRING WHEAT (including Durum)

1972 49,789 59.323 38.373 45.777 24.620 29.962 45,472 56.224

1973 37,306 46.267 29.052 36.675 15,731 20,810 33,110 40.984

1974 27,649 33,451 16.743 21.275 8.995 10.876 34.520 42.159

1975 23,198 28.851 13,964 17.045 8.779 10.941 43.778 51.247

1976 30,482 38,061 17,398 22,703 13,533- 17,135- 62,367 72,364

1977 48,873 57,977 39,341 46,863 33,594 39,161 62,182 71.777

1978 52,288 60.132 43.654 49.399 38.317 43.428 75.085 85.762

1979 61.974 71.277 48.667 55.917 33.063 37.858 73.650 82.862

1980 54.465 60.929 40.205 44.415 26.682 29.982 ' '

OATS

1971 22,661 25.517 19.685 22.%2 13, %3 17.248 16.048 20.229

1972 12,461 16.570 8.590 12.688 6.136 10.109 14.170 18.300

1973 12.989 16.842 8.856 12.833 6.731 10.159 10.091 13.073

1974 10.530 13.405 6.669 9.380 4.914 5.782 10.496 11.466

1975 9,702 10.571 5.821 6.656 3,793 4.234 7.704 8.177

1976 6.732 7.086 4.039 4.450 3,142- 3,440- 8,064 8.536

1977 7.310 7.701 4.296 4.692 3.391 3.610 6.440 6.802

1978 5.824 6.143 4.032 4.301 2,800 3,046 11.881 12.293

1979 10.608 10.908 7.320 7.557 5.940 6.160 7,644 7,837

1980 7.098 7,283 4.259 4.446 6.160 3.064 ' >

BARLEY

1971 52.106 60.060 29.309 36.553 9.770 12.278 49.980 54.831

1972 39,984 44.833 22.344 27.490 10.584 13,831 49.930 56.248

1973 39.048 46.190 16,643 23.830 7.682 10.311 46.200 55,125

1974 42,000 50.173 24.000 29.989 14.400 17,793 31,923 38,812

1975 20,787 26,667 9.651 12.079 4.826 6.153 41.067 45.010

1976 29,913 34,229 14.703 18.268 8,112- 10,023- 38,007 42.336

1977 24,991 28.602 12.4% 15.099 7.810 9.510 44.888 49.103

1978 37.580 41.841 21.922 24.588 13.571 15.813 55.578 60.856

1979 47,300 52.116 30.154 34.241 24.241 26.864 46.644 51,638

1980 31,231 35,119 15,413 18.058 9.329 11.129 '

'Includes farm stocks plus stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, processors, and stocks owned by Commodity
Credit Corporation.

-Starting in 1976 data pertains to June 1.

'Some data not available in time for publication.

fs*.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

53

MONTANA BARLEY UTILIZED TO PRODUCE MALT BY DISTRICT

1975-1978 — July 1 - June 30 Crop Year

Crop

Variety

Year

N. West

N. Cent.

N. East

Central

S. West

S. Cent.

STATE

(000 Bus

,hels)

Piroline

1975

16

2,149

304

23

__

2,492

1976

—

2,461

62

318

20

25

2,886

1977

10

440

—

250

—

700

1978

—

940

100

255

—

—

1,295

Klages

1975

6

84

—

17

33

140

1976

40

750

—

330

85

60

1,265

1977

5

1,650

—

475

55

200

2,385

1978

~

1,940

—

1,160

425

100

3,625

Firlbeck III

1975

—

106

—

—

100

672

878

1976

—

325

—

—

—

769

1,094

1977

—

—

—

—

—

835

835

1978

—

—

—

—

—

Karl

1975

11

167

10

21

209

1976

20

150

—

70

135

375

1977

—

360

—

—

—

125

485

1978

—

200

—

—

35

—

235

Shabet

1975

16

1,484

—

56

116

__

1,672

1976

—

1,925

—

20

36

1,981

1977

10

375

—

30

415

1978

—

1,110

—

—

10

100

1,220

Other

1975

—

987

—

18

190

140

1.335

1976

15

449

120

75

51

82

792

1977

95

230

330

40

100

795

1978

—

330

—

—

30

65

425

TOTAL

1975

49

4,977

—

405

483

812

6,726

1976

75

6,060

182

813

327

936

8,393

1977

120

3,055

330

795

55

1,260

5,615

1978

—

4,520

100

1,415

500

265

6,800

MONTANA NEW CROPLAND BY CROP YEAR

New land broken up
New land seeded . . . .

1976

260
165

1977

1978

(000 acres)
180 150

110 145

1979

185
180

54

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

BARLEY — 1978
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

NOT

TOTAL

IRRIGATED
Acres Yield

IRRIGATED

COUNTY

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

&

Acres

Har-

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Har-

per

DISTRICT

Planted

vested

Acre

duction

Value

vested

Acre

vested

Acre

Bus

,hels

Dollars

Bu.

Bu.

Deer Lodge ....

1,200

700

54.9

38,400

65,200

600

59.0

100

30.0

Flathead

33.600

31,200

60.8

1 ,898,400

3,225,500

12,600

68.0

18,600

56.0

Granite

1,000

600

55.0

33,000

56,100

600

55.0

—

—

Lake

15,800

14,000

64.8

906,900

1 ,540,900

11,500

67.0

2,500

54.6

Lincoln

300

300

50.7

15,200

25,800

200

61.0

100

30.0

Mineral

100

100

64.0

6,400

10,900

100

64.0

—

—

Missoula

5,100

2,900

53.0

153,600

261 ,000

1,800

62.0

1,100

38.2

Powell

3,200

2,000

57.6

115,200

195,700

1.900

59.0

100

31.0

Ravalli

4,000
2,400

3,700
1,900

64.4
45.3

238,300
86,000

404,900
146,100

3.500
700

66.0
60.0

200
1,200

36.5

Sanders

36.7

N. WEST

66,700

57,400

60.8

3,491,400

5,932,100

33.500

66.0

23,900

53.6

Blaine

36,600
134,400

34,600
125,900

45.6
40.7

1,577,200
5,128,600

2,716,500
8,833,400

3.500
2,200

58.0
55.0

31,100
123,700

44.2

Chouteau

40.5

Glacier

116,400

104,600

43.9

4,587,200

7,901,000

13,000

58.0

91,600

41.8

Hill

32,300
32,000

30,000
31,000

36.1
34.9

1.084,100
1,082,500

1.867,300
1,864,500

300

55.0

29,700
31,000

35.9

Liberty

34.9

Phillips

33,000

30,400

44.5

1,353,400

2,331.100

2,000

55.0

28,400

43.8

Pondera

115,800

106,200

46.7

4,%4,800

8,551,400

25.000

62.0

81.200

42.1

Teton

96,800

92,000

49.7

4,575,300

7,880,500

38.500

69.0

53,500

35.9

Toole

72,700

65,400

39,0

2,550,100

4,392,300

500

58.0

64,900

38.8

N. CENTRAL . . .

670,000

620.100

43.4

26,903,200

46,338,000

85.000

64.0

535.100

40.1

Daniels

18,400

17,500

39.6

692,200

1,060,100

—

—

17,500

39.6

Dawson

21,100

18,000

35.4

637,600

976,500

200

60.0

17,800

35.1

Garfield

20,400

16,600

32.3

536,200

821,200

200

57.0

16,400

32.0

McCone

30,200

26,800

41.1

1,102,600

1,688,600

—

—

26,800

41.1

Richland

35,900

31,200

46.1

1,439,000

2,203,800

3,100

63.0

28,100

44.3

Roosevelt

24,400

24,100

38.9

937,400

1,435,600

—

—

24,100

38.9

Sheridan

22,700

22,500

37.1

834,900

1,278,600

300

51.0

22,200

36.9

Valley

39,900

36,200

41.9

1,518,000

2,324,800

2,200

60.0

34,000

40.8

N. EAST

213,000

192,900

39.9

7,697,900

11.789,200

6,000

61.0

186,900

39.2

Broadwater ....

26,000

25,000

56.2

1,406,000

2,399,300

17,300

65.0

7,700

36.6

Cascade

53,500

49,000

37.1

1,817,000

3,100,600

9,000

63.0

40,000

31.3

Fergus

98,000
6,000

93,100
5,000

36.1

37.2

3,364,600
186,100

5,741,600
317,600

400
500

63.0
59.0

92,700
4,500

36.0

Go cJen Valley . .

34.8

Judith Basin ....

51,000

46,500

38.0

1,765,900

3,013,500

1,400

59.0

45.100

37.3

Lewis & Clark . .

10,800

10,000

56.5

564,500

963,300

8,000

63.0

2,000

30.3

Meagher

11,000

10,500

44.4

466,700

796,400

4,000

67.0

6,500

30.6

Musselshell ....

9,000

8,000

28.2

225,500

384,800

—

—

8,000

28.2

Petroleum

7,200

6.000

30.2

181,200

309,200

400

63.0

5,600

27.9

Wheatland

15,500

14,300

32.3

461 ,400

787,400

500

60.0

13,800

31.3

CENTRAL

288,000

267,400

39.0

10,438,900

17,813,700

41,500

64.0

225,900

34.5

Beaverhead ....

14,700

11,700

62.2

727,800

1,325,700

11,100

64.0

600

29.0

Gallatin

53,100

50,200

57.2

2,869,600

5,227,000

25,000

63.0

25,200

51.4

Jefferson

3,400

2,900

40.4

117,200

213,500

1,200

58.0

1,700

28.0

Madison

6,700

5,800

59.3

344,200

627,000

5,100

62.0

700

40.0

Silver Bow

100

100

63.0

6,300

11,500

100

63.0

—

—

S. WEST

78,000

70,700

57.5

4,065,100

7,404,700

42.500

63.0

28,200

49.2

Big Horn

Carbon

25,400

23,400

43.3

1,014,100

1,749,800

6,000

64.0

17.400

36.2

19,500

16.500

50.4

831 ,800

1.435,300

8,500

67.0

8,000

32.8

Park

14,000
20,500

13.000
19,500

37.0
32.2

480.500
628.400

829,100
1,084,300

4,000
1,400

59.0
59.0

9,000
18,100

27.2

Stillwater

30.2

Sweet Grass ....

5,600

5,500

35.8

196,800

339,600

1,400

56.0

4,100

28.9

Treasure

3,800

3,200

41.5

132,800

229,100

1,100

64.0

2,100

29.7

Yellowstone ....

33,500

32.000

42.6

1,363,700

2,353,100

12,600

65.0

19.400

28.1

S. CENTRAL ....

122,300

113,100

41.1

4,648,100

8,020,300

35,000

64.0

78,100

30.8

Carter

8,400

7.700

32.1

247,500

423,200

—

—

7,700

32.1

Custer

9,000

10,700

8,500

7,100
9,300
8,100

43.0
30.6
29.5

305,100
284,700
239,200

521,600
486.800
409,000

2,400

62.0

4,700
9,300
8,100

33.3

Fallon

30.6

Powder River. . .

29.5

Prairie

7,200
11.400

7,000
8.400

33.2
42.7

232,500
358,600

397,500
613,100

400
3.000

63.0
64.0

6,600
5,400

31.4

Rosebud

30.9

Wibaux

6,800

5,800

36.7

212,800

363,800

200

60.0

5,600

35.9

S. EAST

62,000

53,400

35.2

1,880,400

3,215,000

6,000

63.0

47,400

31.7

STATE

1,500,000

1,375,000

43.0

59,125,000

100,513,000

249,500

64.0

1,125,500

38.3

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

55

BARLEY — 1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

TOTAL

IRRIGATED

NOT
IRRIGATED

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau ....

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt ....

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . .
Lewis & Clark

Meagher

Mussleshell . .
Petroleum . . .
Wheatland . . .
CENTRAL .

Beaverhead . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . .

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone . .
S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River .

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

Acres
Planted

500

30,600

400

13.500

TOO

100

2,300

2,100

3,900

1,500

55,000

28,800
98,100
75,000
20,000
21,300
21,000
78,200
86,300
51,900

480,600

17,600
13,800
11,200
18,200
23,000
18,000
15,500
24,600

141,900

16,000

46,800

74,700

5,000

39,900

8,500

7.900

5,100

4,900

10,000

218,800

8,700

48,200

2,700

6,300

100

66,000

19,200

13,200

9.100

18,300

5,800

2,200

26,800

94,600

6,300

6,200

8,400

5.400

5,400

6,900

4,500

43,100

1,100,000

Acres
Har-
vested

Yield

per

Acres

Pro-
duction

500
29,500

400
12,700

100

100
2,000
1,800
3,600
1,400

52,100

27,500
95,600
73,200
19.000
20,100
19,900
73,300
83,000
50.300
461,900

15,400
12,600
10,600
15,700
20,700
17,500
14,500
23,400

130,400

15,700

44,000

71 ,000

4,300

39.100

7,500

7.000

4.500

4,100

9,400

206,600

8.100

45,800

2,300

5,700

100

62,000

17,200

12,200

8,700

17,200

5,400

2.100

24.500

87,300

5.900

6,000

7,700

4,800

4,800

6.400

4.100

39,700
1,040,000

58.0
47.1
50.0
53.2
51.0
51.0
47.8
51.8
61.1
39.0
49.7

35.9
37.2
40.4
33.1
30.8
33.6
44.9
52.5
34.1

40.6

19.9
27.2
21.4
22.1
28.8
26.4
26.3
23.6

24.6

55.3
39.7
33.7
28.6
36.0
56.3
42.1
27.9
26.4
30.8
37.7

55.5
50.0
42.7
54.9
55.0
50.9

40.0
54.0
44.1
31.2
37.2
49.1
48.2
42.9
29.7
38.5
31.4
22.5
29.9
45.0
26.6
32.7
39.0

Bushels

29,000

1,390,500

20,000

676,100

5,100

5,100

95,600

93,300

220,100

54,600

2,589,400

986,000

3,557,100

2,954,400

628,800

619,500

669,000

3,288,700

4,357,600

1,715,000

18,776,100

306,800
342,300
226,500
346,300
596.400
461,300
381,500
551.500

3,212,600

868,500

1,745,400

2,395.900

122,900

1,408,300

422,600

294,600

125,700

108,100

289,400

7,781.400

449,400

2,288,400

98,100

313,200

5,500

3,154,600

687.600
658,300
383,700
536,000
200,800
103,200
1,179,900
3,749,500
175,300
231,100
241,600
108.000
143,300
288,000
109,100

1,2%, 400
40,560.000

Value

Dollars

66,300

3,179,400

45,700

1,545,900

11,700

11,700

218,600

213,300

503,200

124,800

5,920,600

2,189,600

7,899.300

6,560,900

1,396,400

1,375,800

1,485,700

7,303,300

9,676,900

3,808,500

41,696,400

577,500
644,400
426,400
651.900

1,122,700
868,400
718,100

1,038,100

6,047,500

1,783,600

3,584,500

4,920,400

252,400

2,892,200

867,900

605,000

258,100

222,000

594,300

15,980,400

949,700

4,835,800

207,300

661,800

11,600

6,666,200

1,506,900

1,442,700
840,700

1,174,600
440,100
226,200

2,585.800

8,217,000

361,800
477,000
498,700
222,900
295,800
594,500
225,200

2,675,900

87,204,000

Acres

Har-

vested

500

13.200

400

10.900

100

100

1.600

1,700

3.400

400

32,300

4.600

2.600

14,200

400

3,000

23,100

46,600

300

94,800

100
300
200

2,500
100
100

1,400

4,700

12.500
8.100
200
300
1.300
6,600
3.500

100
500

33,100

7,100

22,200

1,000

4,700

100

35,100

4.700

7.500

2,700

900

1.400

1.000

11.100

29,300

Yield
per

Acre

Bu.

58.0
64.0
50.0
57.0
51.0
51.0
53.0
53.0
63.0
59.0

60.0

61.0
64.0
65.0
60.0

57.0
61.0
66.0
58.0
64.0
55.0
62.0
57.0

58.0
55.0
54.0
58.0

58.0

61.0
58.0
54.0
53.0
52.0
60.0
57.0

51.0
51.0

59.0

60.0
66.0
63.0
61.0
55.0

64.0

64.0
68.0
67.0
61.0
67.0
68.0
68.0

67.0

2.100 63.0

Acres
Har-
vested Acre
Bu.

Yield
per

16,300
1,800

400

100

200

1.000

19,800

22,900
93,000
59,000
18,600
20,100
16,900
50.200
36.400
50.000
367,100

15,300
12,300
10,400
15,700
18.200
17,400
14,400
22,000

700
2,900

5,700
235,000

63.0
65.0

64.0
63.0

3.200

35.900

70.800

4.000

37.800

900

3.500

4,500

4.000

8.900

173,500

1,000

23.600

1.300

1.000

26,900

12.500
4.700
6.000

16,300
4,000
1.100

13,400

58,000
5,900
3,900
7.700
4.800
4,100
3,500
4,100

34,000
805,000

33.5
30.4

27.0
32.0
29.5
31.0

32.9

30.8
36.5
34.4
32.5
30.8
29.5
37.4
35.2
34.0
34.6
19.7
26.3
20.7
22.1
24.8
26.2
26.1
21.4

125,700 23.4

33.1
35.5
33.7
26.8
35.5
29.6
27.2
27.9
25.8
29.7

33.6

23.4
34.9
27.0
26.5

33.8

30.9
31.6
33.8
29.5
26.8
32.0
31.7

30.8

29.7
25.3
31.4
22.5
24.2
28.5
26.6
27.4
32.0

56

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

BARLEY VARIETIES — 1974-1980

Variety

1974

Piroline

Hector

Klages

Shabet

Fairfield

Unitan

Compana

Summit

Ingrid

Steptoe

Larker

Betzes

Vireo

Hypana

Morex

Horsford

Dekap

Moravian III .. .

Purcell

Vanguard

Freja

Other'

STATE TOTAL

35.8

.2

.2

8.4

16.5
8.0

2.1

6.8

.8

6.0

2.9

2.7

8.7
100.00

1975

1976

1977

1978

Percent of Total Seeded Acreage

25.2 24.8 37.8 31.9

9.1 11.2 14.3 14.9

.6 2.5 6.1 12.7

8.4 17.0 5.0 4.4

6.1
6.0
1.0
2.0
4.8
2.5
2.8
.2
3.1

1.4

10.0

8.9

7.9

13.3

5.5

3.0

2.5

2.4

2.5

11.0

9.0

4.7

1.3

.9

3.7

4.5

5.1

2.8

1.5

1.5

2.6

.9

1.0

.5

—

—

.4

2.1

.9

.5

9.6

9.3

8.2

100.0

100.0

100.0

.9

.2

4.8

100.0

1979

28.7

17.5

13.6

5.1

1.6

5.1

2.8

4.0

2.0

3.8

1.7

2.6

.5

1.6

.1

2.6

.5

.2

5.7

100.0

1980

29.6

20.4

10.3

5.8

5.1

5.0

3.2

2.9

2.4

2.1

2.1

1.7

1.1

1.0

1.0

.7

.7

.7

.6

.3

.2

3.1

100.0

'Includes minor and unknown varieties.

BARLEY VARIETIES — 1980
Seeded Acreage by District

Variety

Piroline

Hector

Klaees

Shabet

Fairfield

Unitan

Compana

Summit

Ingrid

Steptoe

Larker

Betzes

Vireo

Hypana

Morex

Horsford

Dekap

Moravian III

Purcell

Horned

Vanguard

StepTord

Freia

Palliser

Ceorgy
Unknown barley'

TOTAL

N. WEST

N. CENT.

N. EAST

.6

219.1

27.1

5.1

33.3

47.4

1.1

84.0

—

—

55.2

5.0

—

44.0

—

7.8

9.8

11.5

.2

16.4

3.4

9.8

4.9

22.2

—

—

—

1.6

4.6

7.5

11.0

8.6

5.9

9.5

—

—

2.0

6.9

10.6

1.1

.5

2.6

—

—

8.3

—

.5

7.5

—

CENT.

S. WEST S. CENT.

S. EAST

STATE

4.9

Thousands

82.3

11.1

57.8

.4

23.8

13.1

1.1

6.5

16.2

—

6.6

7.9

9.8

1.4

2.8

13.2

1,7

—

4.9

2.0

1.3

—

5.8

—

1.5

1.3

2.4

—

—

5.2

—

—

2.1

—

2.2

—

—

1.9

—

—

.9

.7

1.5

2.9

14.8

55.0

524.0

139.0

235.0

1.5

1.1

.7

.1

59.0

4.1
62.0

9.4
7.1
2.4

4.2
8.6

4.0

1.7

4.5
108.0

5.2

349.5

34.3

240.3

—

122.0

—

67.8

—

60.2

5.9

58.9

—

38.3

1.3

34.4

28.1

3.1

24.8

4.4

24.2

—

20.3

—

13.5

1.7

12.1

—

11.7

.8

8.4

8.3

—

8.0

—

7.3

—

5.2

—

3.2

—

2.2

—

1.9

—

.9

.7

3.3

27.8

60.0

1180.0

'Includes minor and unknown varieties.

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MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CORN — 1978
Acreage, Utilization, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not irrigated

ACRES

HARVESTED FOR SILAGE

Planted

100

1,600

Har-
vested

for
Grain

400

100

100

1,500

2,100

100
100

500
500

1,200

200
200

100
1,200

1,700
5,000

Har-
vested

for
Forage

ana
Grazed

300
100

1,700
300

100
2,500

200
200

300
700

300

100
300
100

800

4,000

Irrigated

Not Irrigat

Acres
Har-
vested

100
100

500

1,000
200

900
2,600

1,300

1,300

400

100

500
1,000
5,000

ed

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Flathead

Lake

Har-
vested

for
Silage

100
1,600
300
400
100

2,500

1,500
100
300
100
500
100
200

2,800

100
3,300
1,000

300
6,800

600

200
2,900

15,200

100
400
400
300
500
1,100
100

2,900

200

200

4,200
4,700
3,400
3,500
16,900

32,700

400
8,000
1,200

200
4,100
5,100

700

19,700
76,000

Acres
Har-
vested

100

1,600

300

400

2,400

1,500
100
300
100
500
100
200

2,800

100
2,800
1,000

300
5,800

400

200
2,000

12,600

100
400
400
300
500
1,100
100

2,900

200

200

4,200
4,700
2,100
3,500
16,900

31,400

400
7,600
1,200

200
4,000
5,100

200

18,700
71,000

Yield
per
Acre

Tons
20.0
21.0
20.0
22.0

21.0

19.0
23.0
20.0
23.0
21.0
22.0
21.0

20.0

19.0
23.0
21.0
19.0
22.0
20.0
21.0
22.0

22.0

20.0
22.0
21.0
20.0
20.0
19.0
19.0

20.0

22.0

22.0

23.0
22.0
22.0
21.0
22.0

22.0

20.0
23.0
21.0
19.0
23.0
24.0
19.0

23.0

22.1

Yield

per

Acre

Tons

300

Ravajjj

400

100

13.0

N. WEST

2,500

1,500

13.0

100

Hill

300

Liberty

100

Phillips

500

100

Teton

200

N. CENTRAL

D^inieis

2,800

100

~

r);iwson

4,200

7.0

Garfield

1,300

400

Richland

Shprid;in

10,700

1,100

200

6.0
8.0

Valley

3,100

5.0

N. EAST

Rro;idwaler

21,100

100

6.0

Fcrcus

400

400

—

Iiidith Basin

300

500

—

Musselshell

1,100

Petroleum

100

CENTRAL

Callatin

2,900

200

~

S. WEST

Bie Horn

200

4.700

~

Stillwater

5,200

3,400

5.0

4,200

—

18,000

—

S. CENTRAL

35,500

400

5.0

Custer

8,800

5.0

1,400

—

200

—

Prairie

4,400

100

Rosebud

Wihaux

6,900

900

6.0

S. EAST

STATE

23,000

88,000

6.0
5.9

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

59

CORN — 1979
Acreage, Utilization, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

ACRES

HARVESTED FOR SILAGE

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Flathead

Lake

Mineral

Missoula

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau . . . .

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

N. CENTRAL .

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt . . . .

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . .
Lewis & Clark .
Musselshell . . .
Petroleum . . . .

CENTRAL

Gallatin

Jefferson

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Stillwater

Treasurer

Yellowstone . .

S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River .

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

Planted

100
1,900
150
300
350
100

2,900

1,500
100
100
200
200
300
100
100

2,600

5,600

1,200

400

10,400

900

100

2,000

20,600

100
900
500
200
200

50
1,300

50

3,300

350
50

400

5,000
5.200
3,000
4,300
18,400

35,900

500
7,200
1,100

200
4,000
5,700

600

19,300
85,000

Har-
vested

for
Grain

Har-
vested

for
Forage

and
Grazed

800

1,100

100
2,000

100
100

400

400

1,000

400
400

200

1,000

2,000
5,000

100

100

200

300
200

1,400
400

400
2,700

100

300
400

400

200
100

700

4,000

Har-
vested

for
Silage

100

1,800

150

300

350
100

2,800

1,300
100
100
200
200
200
100
100

2,300

4,300

1,000
400

7,500
500
100

1,500

Irrigated

Not Irrigated

100
900
500
200
200

50
1,200

50

3,200

350
50

400

4,700
4,800
2,900
3,600
16,900

500
6,200

700

200
3,700
4.300

500

16,100
73,000

Acres
Har-
vested

100
1,800
150
300
300
100

2,800

1,300
100
100
200
200
200
100
100

2,300

3,800
900
300

6,500
400
100

1.000

15,300 13,000

100
900
500
200
200

50
1,200

50

3,200

350
50

400

4.700
4.800
2,400
3.500
16.600

32,900 32,000

400
600
700
200
300
900
200

14,300
68.000

Yield
per
Acre

Tons
13.0
15.0
14.0
15.0

16.0
15.0

15.0

14.0
13.0
12.0
15.0
14.0
14.0
15.0
14.0

14.0

16.0
16.0
14.0
16.0
16.0
12.0
17.0

16.0

15.0
16.0
14.0
16.0
14.0
10.0
15.0
12.0

15.0

16.0
16.0

16.0

16.0
19.0
17.0
20.0
18.0

18.0

15.0
17.0
15.0
14.0
16.0
15.0
15.0

16.0

16.8

Acres
Har-
vested

500
100
100
1,000
100

500
2,300

500
100
300

900

100
600

400
400
300

1,800

5,000

Yield
per
Acre

Tons

7.0
4.0
4.0
6.0

5.0

6.0
6.0

4.0
4.0
4.0

4.0

5.0
5.0

6.0
4.0
5.0

5.0

5.3

60

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CORN FOR GRAIN — 1978 and 1979

Acreage

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Dawson

Garfield

McCone . . . .
Richland . . . .

Valley

N. EAST

Big Horn . . . .

Carbon

Treasure . . . .
Yellowstone .

S. CENTRAL

Custer ,

Fallon

Prairie

Rosebud ...

S. EAST ....

STATE

e. Yield,

Production

and Value by

Counties

— Principally

Irrigated

1978

1979

Acres
Har-
vested

Yield
per
Acre

Pro-
duction

Value

Acres
Har-
vested

Yield
per
Acre

Pro-
duaion

Value

Bushels

Dollars

B

ushels

Dollars

400

100

100

1,500

72.0
76.0
76.0
70.0

28,800

7,600

7.600

105.000

64,200

17,000

17,000

234,200

800

1,100

100

75.0

77.0

73.0

60,000

84,700
7,300

144,000

203,300
17.500

2,100

71.0

149,000

332.400

2,000

76.0

152,000

364,800

100
100
500
500

71.0
71.0
72.0
70.0

7,100

7,100

36,000

35.000

15.800
15.800
80,300
78.100

100
100
400
400

76.0
74.0
77.0
78.0

7,600

7,400

30.800

31,200

18.200
17,800
73.900
74,900

1,200

71.0

85,200

190,000

1,000

77.0

77,000

184.800

200

200

100

1.200

69.0
70.0
68.0
76.0

13.800

14,000

6,800

91.200

30,800

31.200

15.200

203.400

400

400

200

1,000

80.0
77.0
76.0
78.0

32,000
30,800
15,200
78.000

76,800

73,900

36,500

187,200

1,700

74.0

125,800

280,600

2,000

78.0

156.000

374.400

5,000

72.0

360,000

803,000

5,000

77.0

385,000

924,000

POTATOES — 1978 and 1979

Acreage, Yield,

Production and Val

lue by Counties — Principally 1

rrigated

1978

1979

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Acres
Planted

Acres
Har-
vested

Yield

per

Acre

Pro-
duction

Value

Acres
Planted

Acres
Har-
vested

Yield
per
Acre

Pro-
duction

Value

Cwt.

Dollars

Cwt

Deer Lodge
& Powell

Flathead

Lake

Ravalli

Other

Counties . . . .

600
1.200
2,800

490

10

590
1,180
2.770

480

10

200
210
250
230

230

118.000
247.800
692,500
110,400

2,300

472.000

991.200

2.770.000

441 .600

9.200

450
1.000
2,200

240

10

450
1.000
2,200

240

10

180
230
240
230

230

81,000
230.000
528,000

55,200

2.300

356.400
1.012.000
2,323,200

242,900

10.100

N. WEST

5,100

5,030

233

1,171,000

4,684,000

3,900

3.900

230

8%,500

3.944.600

N. CENTRAL . .

100

100

140

14,000

56,000

100

100

130

13.000

57.300

N. EAST

100

100

80

8,000

32,000

100

100

100

10.000

44,000

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Other

Counties . . . .

650
50

50

640
50

50

210
250

170

134,400
12.500

8,500

537.600
50,000

34.000

550
50

50

550
50

50

210
200

170

115.500
10,000

8,500

508.300
44,000

37.200

CENTRAL

750

740

210

155,400

621,600

650

650

206

134,000

589,500

Beaverhead . . .

Gallatin

Madison

350

2,100

150

350

2,080

150

210
294
190

73,500

611,600

28.500

294,000

2.446.400

114.000

350

2,200

50

350

2,200

50

220
288
200

77.000

634,000

10,000

338.800

2.789.600

44.000

S. WEST

2,600

2,580

277

713,600

2,854,400

2.600

2,600

277

721,000

3,172,400

Carbon

Other

Counties . . . .

50
50

50
50

200
200

10.000
10.000

40.000
40.000

50
50

50
50

200
200

10,000
10.000

44.000
44.000

S. CENTRAL . . .

100

100

200

20,000

80,000

100

100

200

20,000

88,000

SOUTHEAST .

50

50

120

6,000

24.000

50

50

110

5.500

24.200

STATE

8.800

8.700

240

2.088,000

8.352.000

7.500

7.500

240

1,800.000

7.920,000

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

61

SUGARBEETS — 1978-1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — All Irrigated

1978

1979

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Acres
Planted

Acres
Har-
vested

Yield
per
Acre

Pro-
duction

Tons

Value
Dollars

Acres
Planted

Acres
Har-
vested

Yield

per

Acre

Pro-
duction

Tons

Value
Dollars

Ravalli

310
310

310
310

18.7
18.7

5,800
5,800

173,400
173,400

::

—

—

—

N. WEST

Blaine

240
240

240
240

17.9
17.9

4,300
4,300

128,600
128,600

—

—

—

—

N. CENTRAL .

Dawson

Richland

2.850
. 11,230

2,840
11,200

20.8
22.5

59,200
252,300

1,770,100
7,543,900

3,510
10,710

3,370
10,530

17.7
19.0

59,670
199,970

1,927,300
6,459,100

N. EAST

14,080

14,040

22.2

311,500

9,314,000

14,220

13,900

18.7

259,640

8,386,400

Broadwater . . .

1,720

1,700

13.2

22,400

669.800

—

—

—

—

—

CENTRAL

1,720

1,700

13.2

22,400

669,800

—

—

—

—

Big Horn

Carbon

Stillwater

Treasure

Yellowstone . . .

3,680
7,400
1,080
3,930
10,070

3,560
7,390
1,060
3,690
9,860

20.5
18.4
16.9
20.8
18.0

73,100

135,800

17,900

76,700

177,900

2,185,700
4,060,500
535,200
2,293,400
5,319,400

4,510
7,720
1,130
3,920
10,530

4,450
7,620
1,090
3,880
10,390

19.7
16.6
19.5
22.6
19.5

87,480

126,500

21,220

87,580

202,920

2,825,700
4,086,000
685,400
2,828,800
6.554,400

S. CENTRAL . . .

26,160

25,560

18.8

481,400

14,394,200

27,810

27,430

19.2

525,700

16,980,300

Prairie

1,610
1,280

1,600
1,250

21.0
20.8

33,600
26.000

1,004,600
777,400

770
1,300

770
1,300

19.4
22.1

14,940
28.720

482 600

Rosebud

927,700

S. EAST

2,890

2,850

20.9

59,600

1,782,000

2,070

2,070

21.1

43,660

1,410,300

STATE

. 45,400

44,700

19.8

885,000

26,462,000

44,100

43,400

19.1

829,000

26,777,000

DRY BEANS — 1978-1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — All Irrigated

1978

1979

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Acres
Planted

Chouteau 350

N. CENTRAL ... 350

Dawson 1,500

Garfield 100

Richland 1,600

Roosevelt

N. EAST 3,200

Big Horn 500

Carbon 1,450

Stillwater 150

Treasurer 700

Yellowstone , . . . 950

S. CENTRAL ... 3.750

Custer 400

Prairie 300

Rosebud 400

S. EAST 1,100

STATE 8,400

Acres
Har-
vested

350

350

1,500

100

1,600

3,200

500
1,450
150
700
950
3,750
400
300
400

1.100
8,400

Yield
per
Acre

Pro-
duction

100 Lb. bag

(cleaned)

10.0

10.0

15.0
10.0
15.0

14.8

13.0
16.0
14.0
15.0
16.0
15.3

15.0
17.0
16.0

15.9

15.0

3,500

3,500

22,500

1,000

24,000

47,500

6,500
23,200

2,100
10,500
15.200
57,500

6,000
5.100
6.400

17,500

126,000

Value
Dollars

57,750

57,750

371,250

16,500

396,000

783,750

107,250
382,800
34,650
173,250
250,800
948,750

99,000

84,150

105.600

288,750

2,079,000

Acres
Planted

1,600

3,300
500

5,400

500
1,600
100
600
700
3,500

400
400
300

1.100

10.000

Acres
Har-
vested

1,600

3,200

500

5,300

500
1,400
100
600
700
3,300
400
400
300

1,100
9,700

Yield
per
Acre

Pro-
duction

100 Lb. bag
(cleaned)

17.0

18.0
12.0
17.1

18.0
20.0
17.0
19.0
20.0
19.4

18.0
18.0
19.0

18.0

19.0

27,200

57,600

6,000

90,800

9,000

28,000

1.700

11.400

14.000

64,100

7,200

7,200

5,700

20,100

175,000

Value
Dollars

680,000

1,440,000
150.000

2,270,000

225,000
700,000
42,500
285,000
350,000
1,602,500
180,000
180,000
142.500

502,500
4,375,000

62

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

OATS — 1978

Acreage, Yield,

Production and Value

by Counties —

Irrigated an(

i Not Irri

gated

NOT

TOTAL

IRRIGATI

ED

IRRIGATED

Acres

COUNTY

Harv.

Yield

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

&

Acres

for

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Har-

per

DISTRICT

Planted

Grain

Acre

duction

Value

vested

Acre

vested

Acre

Bushels

Dollars

Bu.

Bu.

Deer Lodge ....

300

100

47.0

4.700

7,000

—

—

100

47.0

Flathead

3,500

1,900

61.7

117.200

173,400

900

68.0

1.000

56.0

Granite

300

100

47.0

4,700

7,000

—

—

100

47.0

Lake

3,500

2,000

61.4

122,800

181.700

1.200

65.0

800

56.0

Lincoln

500

300

51.3

15,400

22,800

200

58.0

100

38.0

Mineral

300

100

45.0

4,500

6,700

—

—

100

45.0

Missoula

1,500

700

59.3

41,500

61,400

400

64.0

300

53.0

Powell

2.300

1.000

53.0

53,000

78,400

600

59.0

400

44.0

Ravalli

5.000
800

2.400
400

54.6
49.0

131,100
19,600

194,000
29.000

1.500
100

64.0
58.0

900
300

39.0

Sanders

46.0

N. WEST

18,000

9.000

57.2

514,500

761,400

4.900

64.0

4,100

49.0

Blaine

17,800
18.700

6,000
6,200

49.9
44.4

299,600
275.100

366,300
336,300

1,100
500

63.0
60.0

4,900
5,700

47.0

Chouteau

43.0

Glacier

1,800

1.000

42.0

42,000

51,400

100

60.0

900

40.0

Hill

23,200
4.800

9,700
1,700

44.4
45.0

430,700
76,500

526,600
93.500

900

58.0

8,800
1,700

43.0

Liberty

Phillips

Poncfera

45.0

22,700

10,000

49.7

497,200

609,900

1,600

64.0

8.400

47.0

4,700

2,400

54.5

130.800

159,900

600

65.0

1,800

51.0

Teton

3,500

2,000

42.0

84.000

102.700

500

60.0

1.500

36.0

Toole

4,800

2,000

50.5

100,900

123,400

100

59.0

1.900

50.0

N. CENTRAL . . .

102,000

41,000

47.2

1,936,800

2,370,000

5,400

62.0

35,600

45.0

Daniels

10,000

4,000

52.0

208,000

227,600

—

—

4,000

52.0

Dawson

11.400

8,000

57.8

462.300

505.800

900

64.0

7.100

57.0

Garfield

9,300

7,000

57.0

. 399.000

436,600

—

—

7,000

57.0

14,700

6,500

51.0

331,500

362.700

—

—

6,500

51.0

Richland

20,700

14,500

56.1

812,900

889,500

2,200

62.0

12,300

55.0

Roosevelt

18,800

9,000

49.2

442,600

484,300

200

57.0

8,800

49.0

Sheridan

21.600

10,000

51.2

512,000

560,200

500

55.0

9.500

51.0

Valley

28,500

11.000

52.7

580.000

634.700

1.000

60.0

10.000

52.0

N. EAST

135,000

70,000

53.5

3,748,300

4,101.400

4.800

61.0

65,200

53.0

Broadwater . . . .

2,600

2.000

55.9

111.800

146.800

1.300

65.0

700

39.0

Cascade

10.500

4.200

46.4

195.000

256,100

800

61.0

3,400

43.0

Fergus

6,800
4,000

5,400
2,500

48.3
44.8

260,600
111,900

342,100
146,900

100
600

62.0
63.0

5,300
1,900

48.0

Golden Valley .

39.0

Judith Basin ...

13,300

8.000

49.2

393.300

516,300

100

62.0

7,900

49.0

Lewis & Clark .

4,000

2,600

56.3

146.400

192.200

1.600

64.0

1,000

44.0

Meagher

Musselshell . . .

3,000

2,000

50.2

100.400

131,800

200

61.0

1,800

49.0

2,400

1,700

45.7

77.700

102,000

400

61.0

1,300

41.0

Petroleum ....

600

400

46.0

18,400

24,200

—

—

400

46.0

Wheatland . —

4,800

3.200

46.9

150.000

197.000

400

60.0

2.800

45.0

CENTRAL

52,000

32,000

48.9

1,565,500

2,055,400

5.500

63.0

26,500

46.0

Beaverhead . . .

1,800

900

56.0

50,400

74,600

600

63.0

300

42.0

Gallatin

5,400

2.700

51.0

137,800

203,900

800

63.0

1.900

46.0

Jefferson

2,400

1.700

57.1

97,100

143,700

1,000

67.0

700

43.0

Madison

2,800

1.400

61.0

85,400

126,400

1,000

67.0

400

46.0

Silver Bow

600

300

61.0

18,300

27.100

300

61.0

—

—

S. WEST

13,000

7,000

55.6

389,000

575,700

3,700

65.0

3,300

450

Big Horn

Carbon

4,400

2.400

53.0

127,100

190,600

700

65.0

1.700

48.0

3,300

2.300

54.6

125,500

188,200

1.000

67.0

1.300

45.0

Park

3,100

2,200

55.5

122,000

183,000

1.200

65.0

1,000

44.0

Stillwater

4.600

3.300

47.7

157,500

236,200

500

63.0

2.800

45.0

Sweet Grass . . .

5.400

3.800

51.9

197,200

295,700

1,500

64.0

2,300

44.0

Treasure

1.000

700

58.7

41,100

61,600

400

66.0

300

49.0

Yellowstone . . .

3,200

2.300

55.0

126,500

189.700

1,300

65.0

1,000

42.0

S. CENTRAL . . .

25,000

17.000

52.8

8%, 900

7.345,000

6,600

65.0

10,400

45.0

Carter

9,200
6,200

5.800
3.000

48.0
48.7

278,400
146.200

328,900
172,700

400

60.0

5,800
2,600

48.0

Custer

47.0

Fallon

16,400
4.200

8.200
2.900

46.0
46.1

377,100
133,600

445,400
157.800

500

56.0

8,200
2,400

46.0

Powder River. .

44.0

Prairie

3,900
4.600

2,200
3.000

51.2
47.5

112.600
142,400

133,000
168,200

200
800

63.0
57.0

2,000
2,200

50.0

Rosebud

44.0

Wibaux

10.500

6.900

53.1

366.700

433.100

200

58.0

6,700

53.0

S. EAST

55.000

32,000

48.7

1,557,000

1.839.100

2,100

58.0

29.900

48.0

STATE

400,000

208.000

51.0

10,608.000

13,048,000

33,000

63.0

175,000

48.7

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

63

OATS — 1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties

TOTAL

Irrigated and Not Irrigated

IRRIGATED

NOT
IRRIGATED

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Acres
Planted

Acres

Harv.

for

Grain

Yield

per

Acre

Pro-
duction

Deer Lodge 300 100

Flathead 2,800 1.500

Granite 300 100

Lake 3,200 1.700

Lincoln 600 200

Mineral 400 200

Missoula 1.700 600

Powell 2,400 700

Ravalli 4,500 2,500

Sanders 800 400

N. WEST 17,000 8,000

Blaine 20,000 4,500

Chouteau 17,700 5,000

Glacier 2.300 500

Hill 28.500 6,800

Liberty 6,500 1,300

Phillips 19,000 4.700

Pondera 4,500 1,800

Teton 4.000 2.500

Toole 5.500 900

N. CENTRAL . . . 108,000 28,000

Daniels 10,000 2.000

Dawson 10,500 2,500

Garfield 6,500 4,500

McCone 13,500 4.500

Richland 15,500 8,000

Roosevelt 15,500 5.000

Sheridan 11.000 2.000

Valley 24,500 5,500

N. EAST 107,000 34,000

Broadwater 2,200 1,600

Cascade 8,000 4,500

Fergus 8,500 6,600

Golden Valley . . 4.000 2,000

Judith Basin .... 12,100 8,100

Lewis & Clark .. 3,400 2,000

Meagher 3,300 1,600

Musselshell .... 2.400 1,500

Petroleum 600 300

Wheatland 5.500 2.800

CENTRAL 50,000 31,000

Beaverhead 1.500 1.000

Gallatin 5.100 3.700

Jefferson 2.300 1.800

Madison 2.500 1.200

Silver Bow 600 300

S. WEST 12,000 8,000

Big Horn 3,600 2,100

Carbon 4.700 2,300

Park 4,300 2,400

Stillwater 5,600 3,700

Sweet Grass 4,800 2,200

Treasure 1.000 600

Yellowstone 5.000 2.700

S. CENTRAL .... 29,000 16,000

Carter 5,500 2,500

Custer 5,300 2,000

Fallon 10,000 3,000

Powder River. .. 2,200 1,500

Prairie 3,800 800

Rosebud 3,200 1.700

Wibaux 7,000 3,500

S. EAST 37,000 15,000

STATE 360,000 140,000

Bushels

36.0
37.0
36.0
55.0
50.0
46.0
41.0
37.0
61.0
34.0

49.0

43.0
39.0
37.0
34.0
33.0
42.0
43.0
48.0
48.0

40.0

26.0
28.0
21.0
21.0
38.0
35.0
27.0
38.0
31.0

59.0
38.0
32.0
30.0
35.0
47.0
38.0
33.0
32.0
40.0
37.0
48.0
50.0
40.0
60.0
50.0

49.0

57.0
56.0
61.0
34.0
54.0
54.0
63.0

52.6

30.0
35.0
36.0
31.0
33.0
48.0
31.0
34.4
39.0

3.600
55.500

3,600
93,500
10,000

9,200

24,600

25,900

152,500

13,600

392,000

193,500
195,000

18,500
231,100

42,900
197,400

77,400
120,000

43,200

1,119,000

52,000

70.000

94.500

94.500

304.000

175,000

54,000

209,000

1,053,000

94,400

171,000

211,200

60,000

283,500

94,000

60,800

49,500

9.600

112.000

1,146,000

48,000

185,000

72.000

72.000

15.000

392,000

119.700
128.800
146.400
125.800
118.800
32.400
170.100

842,000

75.000
70,000

108.000
46,500
26,400
81.600

108.500

516,000
5,460,000

Value

Acres Yield

Har- per

vested Acre

Dollars

6,100

94,200

6.100

158,700
17,000
15,600
41,700
43,900

258,800
23.100

665,200

265.200
267,200

25,400
316,700

58,800
270,500
106,100
164,400

59,200

1,533,500

65,500

88,200

119,100

119,100

383,000

220,400

68,000

263.300

1,326,600

137,300

248,700

307,200

87,200

412,300

136,700

88,400

72,000

14,000

162,900

1,666,700

73,600
283,600
110,400
110,400

23,000

601,000

189,600
204,100
232,000
199,300
188,200
51,300
269,500

1,334,000

114,800
107,200
165.400
71,200
40,400
124,900
166,100

790,000
7.917,000

1,300
200
200
400
500

2.000
200

5,500

1.400
400
200

1,100

1,000
500
900
100

5,600

600

1,500
400
300
600

3,400

1,300
900
100
600
100

1,600
400
400

700

6,100

700

1,200

1.000

900

300

4,100

900
1.400
1,200

600
1,400

300
1.800

7,600

400

400
100
600
200
1,700
34,000

Bu.

700 46.0

59.0
50.0
46.0
48.0
41.0
70.0
41.0

57.3

67.0
71.0
50.0
52.0

52.0
59.0
52.0
55.0

57.7
43.0

52.0
37.0
32.0
46.0
45.8

66.0
44.0
60.0
51.0
60.0
50.0
53.0
51.0

55.0
53.0
54.4
77.0
50.0
70.0
50.0

63.0

76.0
66.0
72.0
45.0
63.0
78.0
70.0

67.3

75.0

47.5
70.0
80.0
54.0
67.5
59.1

Acres

Har-

vested

100
800
100
400

200
200
500
200

2,500

3,100
4,600

300
5,700
1,300
3,700
1,300
1,600

800

22,400

2,000
1,900
4,500
4,500
6,500
4,600
1.700
4.900
30,600

300
3.600
6,500
1,400
8.000

400
1.200
1.100

300

2.100

24,900

300
2,500

800

300

3,900

1,200
900
1.200
3.100
800
300
900

8,400

2,500

1.600

3.000

1.100

700

1,100

3,300

13,300

106,000

Yield
per

Acre

Bu.

36.0
29.1
36.0
42.0

27.0
27.0
25.0
27.0
30.7
32.2
36.2
28.3
30.5
33.0
39.3
36.8
45.8
47.1

35.5

26.0
23.3
21.0
21.0
34.8
34.8
26.1
37.0
29.3
28.7
36.5
31.6
21.0
34.7
35.0
33.0
26.5
32.0
35.0
33.1
33.0
37.0
27.5
30.0

33.2

42.8
40.4
50.0
31.9
38.3
30.0
49.0

39.3

30.0
25.0
36.0
25.0

n.7

30.5
29.6
30.2
32.6

64

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

ALL HAY — 1978
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Deer Lodge

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau ....

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL . .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . . .
Lewis & Clark .

Meagher

Musselshell . . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland. . . .

CENTRAL

Beaverhead . . .

Gallatin

iefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . . .

S. WEST

Big FHorn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone .

S. CENTRAL .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River

Prairie

Rosebud ....
Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

TOTAL

IRRIGATED

NOT
IRRIGATED

Acres
Har-
vested

11.800
42.200
27.900
59.000
8,000
2,500
27.400
57.900
40.300
28.800
305,800
71.800
45.300
26.700
40.400
11.500
81,700
25.300
68.500
15.800

387,000

26.800
38.000
30.000
32,400
46.900
56.100
36.100
65.400

331,700

23.000

69.800

128,800

Yield
per
Acre
Toi

1.88
2.45
2.06
2.67
1.79
2.28
2.27
1.76
2.83
2.23

2.30

1.94
1.56
1.84
1.28
1.38
1.94
2.13
2.36
1.19

1.86

1.29
1.35
1.37
1.57
1.65
1.40
1.26
2.00

1.54

2.88
1.87
1.77
1.74
1.56
2.14
1.82
1.67
1.92
1.76

1.85

1.78
2.51
1.85
2.56
2.18

Z14

2.02
2.34
2.01
1.68
1.72
1.92
2.11
1.98

1.51
1.83
1.41
1.60
1.63
2.07
1.31
1.61
1.89

Pro-
duction

ns

22.200
103.500

57.600
157.800

14,300
5,700

62.100
102.000
114.000

64,100
703,300
139,200

70.600

49.000

51.900

15.900
158.400

53.900
161,500

18,800

719,200

34,600
51.400
41.200
51.000
77.500
78.600
45.400
130.600

510,300

66.300
130.300
227.600
22.100
93.000
88.500
80.200
35.200
43.400
73.900

860.500

248.000
174,500

45.400
188.400

21.600

677,900

130.400
115.300
120.300
76.600
78,300
19,000
77.400

617,300

105.200
79.400
70.400
94.000
32.900
73.000
32.600

487,500
4,576,000

Value
Dollars

949.900

4.428.400

2.464,500

6.751.700

611.900

243.900

2.657.000

4.364.200

4.877.700

2.742.600

30,091,800

5.592.100
2.836.200
1.%8.500
2.085.000

638.800
6.363.500
2.165.400
6.488.000

755.300

28,892,800

1.487.100
2.209.200
1.770.800
2.192.000
3.331.000
3.378.200
1.951.300
5.613.200

21,932,800

3.009.200
5.914,000
10,330.300
1.003.100
4.221,100
4,016,800
3.640.100
1.597.600
1.969.800
3.354.200

39,056,200

11.047.100

7.773.100

2.022.300

8.392.300

%2.200

30,197,000

5.898.300
5.215.300
5.441.500
3.464.800
3.541.700
859.400
3.501,000
27,922.000

5,017.500
3.787.000
3.357.700
4.483.300
1.569.200
3.481.800
1.554.900
23.251.400
201,344.000

Acres
Har-
vested

11.600

20.500

26.500

41.300

4.700

1.200

21.900

40.500

38.300

15.500

222,000

35.000

9.500

9.700

8.500

2.400

49.500

18.500

42.900

1.700

177,700

2.700
5.800
4.700
6.600
7.100
5.700
1.800
26,600

61,000

18,400
21.000
19.300

5.700
12.900
30.000
34.300

7.400
12.400
25.200

186,600

136.600

47.600

22.000

70.000

8.900

285,100

36.700
37.900
47.600
14.500
23.500
4.100
24.500
188,800

10.100

12.500
2.000
9.600
4.000

15.100
1.200

54,500
1,175,700

Yield

per

Acre

Tons

1.89
2.78
2.10
3.03
2.06
2.75
2.44
1.93
2,88
2.71

2.51

2.40
2.33
2.40
1.99
2.25
2.02
2.46
2.81
2.24

2.37

2.11
2.67
2.11
2.14
2.61
2.60
2.00
2.67

2.51

3.28
2.29
2.43
2.40
1.68
2.41
1.98
2.76
2.21
2.14

2.32

1.79
2.84
1.94
2.61
2.29

2.19

2.29
2.63
2.13
1.95
2.07
2.17
2.48
2.29
1.85
2.78
2.55
2.49
2.58
2.90
2.17

2.55
2.35

Acres
Har-
vested

200
21,700

1.400
17.700

3.300

1.300

5.500
17.400

2.000
13.300
83,800
36.800
35.800
17.000
31.900

9.100
32,200

6.800

25.600

14.100

209,300

24.100
32.200
25,300
25,800
39,800
50,400
34,300
38.800

270,700

4.600

48.800

109.500

7.000
46.900
11.300

9.700
13.700
10.200
16.800

278.500

2.800
21.800
2.600
3,700
1.000

31,900

27.900
11.400
12.300
31.000
22.100
5.800
12.100

122,600

59.700
30.800
48.000
49.000
16.200
20.100
23.700
247.500
1.244,300

Yield

per

Acre

Tons

1.50
2.14
1.43
1.85
1.39
1.85
1.56
1.38
1.80
1.66
1.75

1.50
1.35
1.51
1.10
1.15
1.81
1.24
1.59
1.06
1.42

1.20
1.11
1.24
1.43
1.48
1.27
1.22
1.54

1.32

1.30
1.68
1.65

12,700

1.20

59,800

1.52

41,300

1.44

44.000

1.28

21,100

1.08

22,600

1.57

42,000

1.18

465,100

1.54

139.400

1.18

69.400

1.79

24.600

1.04

73,700

1.59

9,900

1.20

317,000

1.64

64.600

1.67

49.300

1.37

59.900

1.53

45.500

1.56

45.600

1.34

9.900

1.74

36.600

1.38

311,400

1.51

69.800

1.45

43.300

1.45

50.000

1.36

58.600
20.200

1.43
1.40

35.200

1.45

24.900

1.27

302.000

1.41

2.420.000

1.46

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

65

ALL HAY — 1979

Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

TOTAL

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Acres
Harvested

Deer Lodge 12,700

Flathead 33,000

Granite 27,600

Lake 53.800

Lincoln 8,900

Mineral 2,800

Missoula 23.100

Powell 51,000

Ravalli 33.100

Sanders 32.100

N. WEST 278,100

Blaine 53.400

Chouteau 43,300

Glacier 26,300

Hill 27,200

Liberty 13,100

Phillips 82,400

Pondera 25,500

Teton 60.900

Toole 13.000

N. CENTRAL 345,100

Daniels 17,100

Dawson 42,000

Garfield 24,700

McCone 33,100

Richland 41.100

Roosevelt 44.200

Sheridan 40^800

Valley 55,300

N- EAST 298,300

Broadwater 22,900

Cascade 76,700

fergus 122,900

Golden Valley 14.700

Judith Basin 56,300

Lewis & Clark 49,400

Meagher 46,300

Musselshell 28.000

Petroleum 22.800

Wheatland 33,100

CENTRAL 473,100

Beaverhead 162,200

Gallatin 74,100

Jefferson 23,800

Madison 89,000

Silver Bow 7,600

S. WEST 3561700

Big Horn 74.000

Carbon 48,000

Park 51.600

Stillwater 45.500

Sweet Grass 47^200

Treasure 15.200

Yellowstone 39.000

S. CENTRAL 320,500

Carter 61.400

Custer 50,800

Fallon 45.500

Powder River 63,900

Prairie 17^800

Rosebud 42,300

Wibaux 26.500

S- EAST 308,200

STATE 2,380,000

field

per Pro-

Acre duction

Tons
2.09
1.88
1.69
2.18
2.09
2.29
2.22
1.73
2.69
1.99
2.05

1.89
1.71
1.77
1.47
1.42
1.39
2.21
2.20
1.40

IRRIGATED

Value

1.75

1.27
1.51
1.46
1.47
1.47
1.57
1.18
1.92

1.52

2.88
1.88
1.49
1.43
1.44
2.12
1.87
1.76
1.89
1.69
1.76

1.63
2.76
1.79
2.21
2.03

2.03

2.26
2.45
2.02
1.65
1.65
1.88
2.24

2.05

1.21
1.79
1.12
1.37
1.26
2.04
1.32
1.45
1.80

26.600
62.200
46,600

117.400
18,600
6,400
51,200
88,300
89,200
63,900

570,400

100.800
74,000
46,500
39.900
18,600

114,500
56,300

134.000
18.200

602,800

21 .800

63.600

36.100

48.700

60.300

69.600

48.200

106.000

454,300

65.900

143.900

183.000

21.000

81.100

104.600

86,500

49.200

43.200

56.000

834,400

264.300
204.600

42,600
196.300

15.400
723,200

167.500

117.800

104.300

75,000

77.800

28.500

87.500

658,400

74,500
90.800
51.100
87.700
22.400
86.100
34.900
447,500
4,291,000

Dollars

1,466,000

3,427.900

2.568.200

6.470.100

1.025.100

352.700
2,821,700
4,866,300
4,915,900
3,521,600
31,435,500
5.163.100
3,790.400
2,381.800
2,043,700

952,700
5,864,800
2.883,800
6,863,600

932.200
30,876,100

1.216.200
3.548.300
2.014.100
2.717,000
3,364.200
3.883.000
2.689,100
5,913.800

25,345,700
3,617.900
7.900.000

10.046.600
1,152,900
4,452,300
5,742.400
4,748.800
2.701.000
2,371,600
3,074,400

45,807,900

14,510.400
11.232.800
2,338,800
10,777,100
845.500
39,704,600

9.263.800
6.515.100
5.768.500
4,148.000
4,302,900
1.576,200
4,839,300

36,413,800

4,041.600
4,925.800
2.772.100
4.757,600
1.215,200
4.670.800
1.893.300
24.276,400
233,860,000

Acres Yield

Har- per

vested Acre

Tons
2.10
2.79
1.71
2.73
2.37
2.82
2.38
1.95
2.77
2.46
2.35

NOT
IRRIGATED

12.500

14.000

26,600

35.700

6,200

1,700

19,100

39,100

31,400

19,300

205,600

27,500

9.000

9.100

9.200

2,400

37.500

15,600

37,400

3.700

151,400

2,000

9,400

6,600

5,700

5,700

10,500

2,900

19,400

62,200

18.600

25,600

12,300

6.700

8.000

38.500

39.400

13,000

12.400

19.900

194,400

159.300

52.900

21.400

82.300

6.800

322,700

28,100
32.800
38.700
16.100
32.000

7,100

26.400

181,200

9.300
17.400

3.300
14.400

4.700
19.900

1.600

70,600

1,188,100

2.66
2.81
2.87
2.12
2.13
1.75
2.82
2.84
2.16

2.46

2.15
2.52
2.79
2.68
3,18
2.68
2.24
3.14
2.82
3.21
2.98
2.15
2.04
2.05
2.44
2.01
2.75
2.65
2.25

2.46

1.64
3.22
1.86
2.27
2.12
2.09

3.55
3.08
2.21
2.19
1.95
2.96
2.85
2.65
2.12
3.48
2.70
2.15
2.30
3.18
2.06
2.80
2.41

Acres Yield

Har- per

vested Acre

200
19.000

1.000
18.100

2.700

1.100

4,000
11.900

1.700
12,800
72,500
25.900
34.300
17,200
18,000
10,700
44,900

9,900
23,500

9,300
193,700

15,100
32,600
18.100
27.400
35,400
33.700
37.900
35,900

236,100

4,300

51,100

110,600
8,000
48,300
10,900
6.900
15.000
10,400
13,200

278,700

2,900

21,200

2,400

6,700

800

34,000

45,900
15,200
12,900
29,400
15.200
8,100
12,600

139,300

52,100
33,400
42,200
49,500
13,100
22,400
24.900
237,600
1,191,900

Tons
1.50
1.22
1.10
1.10
1.44
1.45
1.43
1.01
1.24
1.28
1.19

1.07
1.42
1.19
1.13
1.26
1.08
1.24
1.18
1.10
1.19
1.16
1.22
.98
1.22
1.19
1.23
1.19
1.26
1.18
1.44
1.32
1.42
.91
1.34
.99
1.07
.89
1.00
.85

1.28

.97
1.60
1.17
1.40
1.25
1.47

1.47
1.11
1.46
1.35
1.02
.93
.98

1.28

1.05

.91
1.00
1.15

.89
1.02
1.27

1.05

1.20

66

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

ALFALFA HAY — 1978
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau ....

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Poncfera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL . .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . . .
Lewis & Clark .

Meagher

Musselshell . . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland

CENTRAL

Beaverhead . . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . . .

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater ....
Sweet Grass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone .
S. CENTRAL .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River

Prairie

Rosebud ....
Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

TOTAL

IRRIGATED

NOT
IRRIGATED

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

Har-

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Har-

per

vested

Acre

duction

Value
Dollars

vested

Acre
Tons

vested

Acre

Tons

Tons

7,500

2.00

15,000

701,100

7,400

2.00

100

2.00

21,000

3.00

63,000

2.944,400

7,000

3.90

14,000

2.55

14,200

2.14

30,400

1,420,800

13,000

2.20

1,200

1.50

40,500

3.07

124,500

5,818,800

25,900

3.70

14,600

1.97

4,000

2.15

8.600

401,900

1,900

2.90

2,100

1.48

1,700

2.53

4,300

201.000

700

3.30

1.000

2.00

13,400

2.54

34,000

1,589,000

9,400

2.90

4,000

1.68

22,800

2.12

48,300

2,257,400

16,200

2.30

6,600

1.67

21,800

3.54

77,100

3,603,400

19,900

3.70

1,900

1.84

15,900

2.61

41,500

1,939,600

6,600

3.80

9,300

1.76

162,800

X74

446,700

20,877,400

108,000

3.13

54,800

1.99

28,100

2.80

78,600

3,385,000

19,700

3.20

8,400

1.86

19,200

2.08

39,900

1,718,300

7,400

2.60

11,800

1.75

16,800

2.23

37,500

1,615,000

6,700

2.80

10,100

1.85

5,500

1.85

10,200

439,300

1,500

2.40

4,000

1.65

3,100

1.94

6,000

258,400

800

3.00

2,300

1.57

37,900

2.43

92,200

3,970,700

20,800

2.60

17,100

2.23

15,600

2.67

41,600

1,791.600

13,600

2.80

2,000

1.75

46,600

2.87

133,800

5,762,200

34,700

3.10

11,900

2.20

3,200

2.06

6,600

284,200

800

3.00

2,400

1.75

176,000

2.54

446,400

19,224,700

106,000

2.92

70,000

1.%

7,500

1.86

14,000

642,500

1,500

2.60

6,000

1.68

10,500

2.12

22,200

1,018,900

3,200

3.50

7,300

1.51

11,100

2.05

22,800

1,046,600

3,300

2.30

7,800

1.95

7,700

2.25

17,400

798,600

3,500

2.50

4,200

2.05

15,900

2.23

35,500

1,629,300

3,200

3.40

12.700

1.94

16,800

2.02

34,000

1,560,500

3,400

3.10

13,400

1.75

9,000

1.56

14,000

642,500

900

2.30

8,100

1.47

31,200

2.59

80,900

3,713,100

17,200

3.20

14,000

1.85

109,700

2.20

240,800

11,052,000

36,200

3.04

73,500

1.78

15,600

3.49

54,500

2,530,600

14,700

3.60

900

1.78

57,200

2.00

114,600

5,321,200

17,200

2.50

40,000

1.79

93,900

1.92

180,200

8,367,200

14,100

2.70

79.800

1.78

9,000

2.01

18,100

840,500

4,500

2.70

4,500

1.31

33.400

1.76

58.600

2,721,000

7.000

2.00

26.400

1.69

23,800

2.67

63,600

2,953,100

19,000

2.90

4,800

1.77

10,500

1.98

20,800

965,800

9,300

2.00

1,200

1.83

12,300

2.25

27,700

1,286,200

6,200

3.00

6,100

1.49

16,900

2.19

37.000

1,718,000

10,100

2.40

6.800

1.88

14,500

2.06

29.900

1,388,400

7,500

2.60

7,000

1.49

287,100

2.11

605,000

28,092,000

109,600

2.70

177,500

1.74

46,500

2.69

125,200

5,707,000

46.000

2.70

500

2.00

41 ,000

3.07

125,700

5,729.800

28,700

3.50

12,300

2.06

10.900

2.59

28,300

1.290,000

10,800

2.60

100

2.00

47,400

2.94

139,200

6.345,200

45.000

3.00

2,400

1.75

4,200

2.95

12,400

565,200

4,100

3.00

100

1.00

150,000

2.87

430,800

19,637,200

134,600

2.97

15,400

2.00

43,200

2.34

101,100

4.736,400

21 ,600

2.80

21,600

1.88

32,500

2.60

84,600

3,963,400

22.800

3.10

9,700

1.43

30,100

2.32

69,800

3.270,100

22,600

2.50

7,500

1.77

33,300

1.79

59,500

2.787,500

6,700

2.30

26,600

1.66

25,100

1.93

48.400

2.267,500

12.600

2.30

12,500

1.55

6,800

2.22

15.100

707,400

2,000

3.00

4.800

1.90

19,400

2.88

55.800

2,614,200

13,600

3.30

5.800

1.88

190,400

2.28

434,300

20,346,500

101,900

2.78

88,500

1.71

38.900

1.70

66,300

3,355,200

5,800

2.30

33.100

1.60

25,400

2.20

55,800

2,823.900

10,200

3.00

15,200

1.66

32.200

1.56

50,200

2.540.500

1.600

2.90

30.600

1.49

37,400

1.88

70,500

3,567,800

7,500

2.90

29,900

1.63

6,700

2.48
2.30
1.91
1.92
2.35

16,600

64,500

10,100

334,000

2.938,000

840,100

3.264,100

511,100

16,902,700

136,132,500

2,000

12.600

800

40,500

636,800

3.90
3.20
2.50
2.97
2.92

4,700

15,500

4,500

133,500

613,200

1.87

28,100

1.56

5,300

1.80

174,000

1.60

1,250,000

1.76

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

67

ALFALFA HAY — 1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

Deer Lodge . . .

Flathead

Granite

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau . . . .

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL . .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater . . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
ludith Basin . . .
Lewis & Clark .

Meagher

Musselshell . . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland

CENTRAL

Beaverhead . . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . . .

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . . ,

Treasure

Yellowstone .

S. CENTRAL .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River

Prairie

Rosebud ....
Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

TOTAL

IRRIGATED

NOT
IRRIGATED

Yield

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

Acres

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Har-

per

Harvested

Acre

duction

Value

vested

Acre

vested

Acre

Tons

Dollars

Tons

Tons

6,500

2.66

17,300

1,036,900

6,400

2.67

100

2,00

15,900

2.47

39,300

2,355,500

7,200

3.53

8,700

1.60

7,100

2.30

16,300

977,000

6,700

2.34

400

1.50

37.900

2.43

92.000

5,514,200

24,600

3.10

13,300

1.18

5,000

2.66

13,300

797,200

3,500

3.11

1,500

1.60

2,200

2.50

5,500

329,700

1,300

3.15

900

1.50

11,000

2.52

27,700

1,660,300

9,400

2.67

1,600

1.60

17,100

1.97

33,700

2,019,900

13,700

2.14

3,400

1.30

17,200

3.52

60,600

3,632,200

16,300

3.63

900

1.50

20,500

2.27

46,500

2,787,100

12,300

2.78

8,200

1.50

140,400

2.51

352,200

21,110,000

101,400

2.93

39,000

1.41

28,700

2.60

74,600

4,402,500

20,100

3.20

8,600

1.20

25.100

2.06

51,600

3,045,200

6,300

3.41

18,800

1.60

16,400

2.26

37,000

2,183,600

6,600

3.53

9,800

1.40

10,400

1.%

20,400

1,203,900

4,200

3.10

6,200

1.19

3,900

1.59

6,200

365,900

600

3.20

3,300

1.30

30,600

2.03

62,200

3,670,700

16,800

2.56

13,800

1.39

17,600

2.65

46,600

2,760,100

13,200

3.10

4,400

1.30

34,500

3.06

105.600

6,232,000

27,600

3.42

6,900

1.62

3.600

2.19

7,900

466.200

1,800

2.91

1,800

1.50

170,800

2.41

412,100

24,320,100

97,200

3.16

73,600

1.42

5,600

1.93

10,800

646,800

800

3.25

4,800

1.71

12,600

2.14

27,000

1.617,000

5,000

3.42

7.600

1.30

10,100

2.20

22,200

1,329,600

5,100

3.20

5.000

1.18

8,200

2.15

17,600

1.054.100

4,500

3.00

3,700

1.11

18,100

2.03

36,700

2,197,900

4,500

3.62

13,600

1.50

17,200

2.37

40,800

2,443,500

6,000

3.63

11,200

1.70

11,600

1.33

15,400

922,300

1,700

2.65

9,900

1.10

27.700

2.65

73,400

4,395,900

16,600

3.42

11,100

1.50

111,100

2.20

243,900

14,607,100

44,200

3.37

66,900

1.42

13,300

3.60

47,900

2,821,100

12,600

3.74

700

1.14

63,400

2.05

129,800

7,644,800

21 ,600

3.31

41,800

1.39

87,300

1.59

138.500

8,157,200

8,700

2.34

78,600

1.50

8,900

1.72

15.300

901,100

4,400

2.45

4,500

1.00

32,300

1.66

53.500

3,151.000

3,200

3.09

29,100

1.50

28,700

2.74

78,700

4,635.200

23,000

3.20

5,700

.89

14,000

1.97

27,600

1,625,500

11,900

2.14

2,100

1.00

17,900

2,20

39,300

2,314,600

10,700

3.00

7,200

1.00

13,300

2.44

32,500

1.914,100

8,600

3.20

4,700

1.06

15,300

1.87

28,600

1.684,400

8,400

2.67

6,900

.90

294.400

2.01

591,700

34,849,000

113,100

3.01

181,300

1.38

35,600

3.17

112,900

6.656,000

35,200

3.20

400

.75

46,600

3.29

153,400

9,043,700

35,000

3.85

11,600

1.60

10,100

2.22

22,400

1,320,600

9,100

2.35

1,000

1.00

43,900

2.72

119,200

7,027,500

41,700

2.78

2,200

1.50

2,700

2.81

7,600

448,100

2,600

2.88

100

1.00

138,900

2.99

415,500

24,495,900

123,600

3.17

15,300

1.52

59,100

2.43

143.700

8,366.800

20,700

4.16

38,400

1.50

34,400

2.62

90,000

5,240,100

20,600

3.63

13,800

1.10

30,500

2.22

67,700

3,941,800

22,900

2.48

7,600

1.50

33,600

1.67

56,000

3,260,500

8,400

2.46

25,200

1.40

27,100

1.80

48,900

2,847,100

14,900

2.46

12,200

1.00

10,500

2.14

22,500

1,310,000

5,200

3.31

5,300

1.00

18,700

2.93

54,700

3,184,800

12.200

3.95

6,500

1.00

213,900

2.26

483,500

28,151,100

104,900

3.24

109,000

1.32

37,700

1.40

52,900

3,105,700

5,700

2.67

32,000

1.18

27,300

2.59
1.27

70,600
34,300

4,144,700
2,013,700

15,000
2,700

3.74
3.01

12,300
24,400

1.18

27,100

1.07

52,200

1.46
1.83
1.52
1.59

1.76

76,100
13,700
73,100
15,400

336,100

4.467,700
804.300

4.291,600
904,100

19,731.800

13,000
2,600

15,900
1,000

55,900

2.24
3.19
3.63
2.40

3.16

39,200
4,900

13,100
8,700

134,600

1.20

7,500

1.10

29,000

1.18

9,700

1 49

190,500

1.18

1,260.000

2.25

2,835.000

167,265,000

640.300

3.13

619,700

1.34

68

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

ALFALFA SEED — 1978-1979
Acreage, Yield, Production and Value of Production

COUNTY

&
DISTRICTS

Lake

Missoula

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau . . . .

Hill

Phillips

Pondera

N. CENTRAL .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt . . . .

Valley

N. EAST

Fergus

Golden Valley
Musselshell , ,
Petroleum . . ,

CENTRAL . . . .

Big Horn

Carbon

Stillwater

Treasure

Yellowstone . .

S. CENTRAL .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River

Prairie

Rosebud ....
Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

1978 TOTAL

1979 TOTAL

Acres

Yield

Acres

Yield

Har-

per

Pro-

Har-

per

Pro-

vested

Acre

duction

Value

vested

Acre

duction

Value

Pounds

(Cleaned)

Dollars

Pounds

(Cleaned)

Dollars

—

—

--

50

50

2,500

2,100

50

100

5,000

5,000

50

70

3,500

3,000

50

100

5,000

5,000

100

60

6,000

5,100

100

150

15,000

15,000

100

90

9,000

7,700

200

110

22,000

22.000

800

175

140,000

119,000

—

—

—

100

70

7.000

6,000

2,000

105

210,000

210,000

2.600

245

637.000

541 ,400

300

130

39,000

39,000

100

100

10.000

8,500

2,600

no

286,000

286,000

3,700

217

803,000

682,600

50

100

5.000

5.000

—

—

—

50

120

6.000

6.000

100

90

9,000

7,700

150

100

15.000

15,000

200

140

28,000

23,800

100

90

9,000

9,000

50

50

2,500

2,100

50

100

5,000

5,000

50

50

2,500

2,100

100

90

9.0OO

9.000

200

140

28.000

23,800

500

120

60.000

60.000

400

90

36.000

30,600

1,000

109

109,000

109,000

1,000

106

106,000

90,100

100

90

9.000

9.000

100

80

8.000

6,800

200

90

18,000

18.000

100

60

6.000

5,100

200

90

18,000

18.000

1.200

140

168,000

142,800

1,050

165

173,000

173.000

2.500

270

675,000

573,700

1,550

141

218,000

218,000

3,900

220

857,000

728,400

1,900

80

152,000

152,000

5.500

160

880,000

748,000

100

90

9,000

9,000

100

100

10.000

8,500

100

70

7.000

7,000

—

—

—

—

1 ,400

85

119,000

119,000

2.200

130

286,000

243,100

200

80

16.000

16.000

100

150

15.000

12.800

3,700

82

303,000

303,000

7,900

151

1,191,000

1,012,400

1,900

70

133.000

133.000

3.400

100

340.000

289.000

3,800

70

266,000

266,000

3,600

130

468.000

397,800

2,000

73

145,000

145.000

2,400

140

336.000

285.600

7,000

80
70
80
60
75
85

560,000

21,000

152,000

12,000

1,289,000

2,210,000

560,000

21,000

152,000

12.000

1,289,000

2,210,000

10.900

600

4.400

100

25,400

42,000

110
140
110
100
115
140

1.195,000

84,000

484,000

10,000

2,917,000

5,880,000

1.015.700

300

71,400

1,900

411.400

200

8,500

17,100

2,479.400

26,000

4,998,000

Mil. Hd.

3.0

2.0

1930

Thous. Hd.

150

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
CATTLE AND CALVES

January 1 Inventory, 1930-1980

69

1940

1950

CATTLE AND CALVES

Number on Feed, January 1, 1930-1980

1980

A

/

A

L/\

/T

/

s

1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

/

1 1 1 \ 1 \ 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1%0

1980

70

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CATTLE AND CALVES

Number, Value Per Head and Total Value, January 1

Year

1970.
1971 .
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975.

1976,

1977

1978,

1979

1980

ALL CATTLE

Farm Value

Number

Per Head

Total

1.000

Dols.

1,000

Head

Dols.

3,014

195.00

587,730

3.165

200.00

633,000

3,165

230.00

727,950

3,197

285.00

911,145

3,380

340.00

1,149,200

3,340

160.00

534.400

3.150

205.00

645,750

2.980

220.00

655,600

2,680

240.00

643.200

2,607

455.00

1,186.185

2,645

510.00

1,348,950

Number by Classes, January 1

COWS & HEIFERS
THAT HAVE CALVED

HEIFERS 500 LBS. & OVER

OTHER

Strs.,

TOTAL

Beef

Milk

Hfrs.,

ALL

Cow

Cow

Steers

Bulls

Bulls

CATTLE

Beef

Milk

Replace-

Replace

500»

500«

under

&

Year

Cows

Cows

ments

merits

Other

& over

& over

500»

CALVES

1.000 Head

1972

1.648

35

304

11

82

144

84

857

3,165

1973

1,685

32

298

10

90

163

89

830

3,197

1974

1 ,746

29
28

355
300

10
10

108
140

216
182

106
97

811
891

3,380

1975

1 ,692

3,340

1976

1,614

26

274

10

101

165

95

865

3.150

1977

1.549

27

238

9

105

187

90

775

2.980

1978

1 ,409

27

217

8

94

145

86

694

2,680

1979

1,453

27

257

8

91

135

86

550

2,607

1980

1 ,427

28

275

11

111

127

87

579

2,645

Calf Crops and Disposition

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

CALVES

INSHIP-

FARM

BORN

MENTS

MARKETINGS'
Cattle Calves

SLAUGHTER-
Cattle & Calves

DEATHS

Cattle

Calves

1,000 Head

1,535

106

874

477

13

39

87

1,582

104

909

654

9

41

73

1,640

126

880

721

10

39

84

1.730

144

763

757

9

42

120

1,725

90

1.007

688

25

35

100

1.680

80

1.069

645

16

40

180

1.570

135

1,091

648

16

35

85

1,530

115

1,154

698

16

34

100

1,443

205

933

625

13

44

106

1.490

167

802

652

10

46

109

'Excludes interfarm sales.

^Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

71

Numbers by Classes — July 1

Year

1973
1974
1975
1976
1977

1978
1979
1980

COWS & HEIFERS

THAT HA\

/E CALVED

HEIFERS 500 LBS.

& OVER

OTHER

Steers,

TOTAL

Beef

Milk

Hfrs..

ALL

Cow

Cow

Steers

Bulls

Bulls

CATTLE

Beef

Milk

Replace-

Replace

500«

500«

under

&

Cows

Cows

ments

merits

Other

& over

& over

500«

CALVES

1,000 Head

1,719

30

336

n

102

244

86

1,542

4.070

1,792

28

327

9

135

303

100

1,666

4,360

1,694

28

294

12

163

360

101

1,548

4,200

1.674

26

284

13

192

385

92

1,514

4,180

1,579

27

261

12

164

316

94

1,447

3,900

1,508

27

247

12

130

254

83

1,369

3,630

1,553

27

307

11

100

259

85

1.408

3,750

1,542

28

261

8

88

230

85

1,433

3,675

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Production and Income from Cattle and Calves

Price Per 100 Lbs.

Value

Cash

Of Home

Gross

Production'

Marketing^

Cattle

Calves

Receipts^

Consumption

Income

1,000 Po

unds

Doll.

ars

1,000 Dollars

1,089.075

1.045.986

27.00

35.50

299.169

5.673

304.842

1.122.103

1.128,876

29.20

38.10

353.134

5.125

358.259

1.103.350

1,125,763

34.80

48.00

431.156

6.556

437.712

1.053,950

969.346

45.80

58.30

482,156

9,047

491,203

1,035,930

1.133.651

30.80

30.40

348,072

12,358

360.430

963,050

1.140.660

29.50

30.80

339.916

7,613

347.529

967.940

1,153,200

31.20

36.30

373,307

6,861

380.168

880,635

1,169,350

33.70

41.40

412.820

7.464

420.284

941.570

1,051,010

51.50

70.30

582,260

10,105

592.365

882,185

966,380

67,10

89.80

700,097

11,492

711,589

'Adjustments made for inshipments and changes in inventory.

^Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced.

^Includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat.

MILK COWS, MILK PRODUCTION AND MILKFAT

Year

1970.
1971 .
1972.

1973 .

1974 .

1975 .
1976.
1977.
1978
1979

TOTAL

Production

Per Cow

PRODUCTION^

Milk Cows

on Farms'

Milk

Milkfat

Milkfat
Percent

Milk

Milkfat

1,000 Head

Pour

ids

Mil.

Lbs

39

8.359

303

3.62

326

12

36

9.278

337

3.63

334

12

33

10.121

370

3.66

334

12

30

10.400

376

3.62

312

11

28

10.500

381

3.63

294

11

27

10.296

375

3.64

278

10

26

10,577

380

3.59

275

10

27

10.963

396

3.61

296

11

27

11,333

407

3.59

306

11

27

10,630

381

3.58

287

10

'Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh.
•'Excludes milk sucked by calves.

72 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

MILK AND CREAM MARKETED

Quantity, Price and Cash Receipts

Milk Sold to Plants Cream Sold to Plants Milk Sold Directly

and Dealers and Dealers to Consumers

Price Price Price

Per Cash Quantity Per Lb. Cash Per Cash

Quantity 100 Lbs. Receipts Milkfat Fat Receipts Quantity Quart Receipts

Mil. Lbs. Dols. 1,000 Dols. 1.000 Lbs. Cents 1,000 Dols. 1.000 Qts. Cents 1.000 Dols.

1970 254 5.65 14,351 1,314 .68 894 2.791 25.0 698

1971 ... 267 5.71 15,246 1,214 .66 801 2.326 25.0 582

1972 278 5.93 16,485 %7 .64 619 2,326 31.0 721

1973 257 6.95 17.862 959 .64 614 2.326 28.0 651

1974 252 8.55 21.546 554 .68 377 1,860 34.0 632

1975 239 8.90 21.271 481 .71 342 1.860 34.0 632

1976 242 9.45 22,869 365 .81 296 1,395 35.0 488

1977 266 9.95 26,467 330 .88 290 930 36.0 335

1978 274 10.70 29.318 329 .91 299 1,395 40.0 558

1979 259 11.90 30,821 176 1.00 176 1,395 44.0 614

Income and Value of Dairy Products Marketed

Used for Milk,

Combined Marketings of Milk and Cream Cream and Butter Gross Farm

Cash on Farms Pg^^ Value
Average Returns' receipts Where Produced Income of
Per 100 Per from from Milk
Milk Pounds Pound Market- Milk Dairy Pro-
Year L)tilized Milk Milkfat ings Utilized Value^ Products' duced^

Mil. Lbs. Dollars 1,000 Dols. Mil. Lbs. 1.000 Dols. 1,000 Dols.

1970 296 5.39 149 15,943 22 1,186 17,129 17,571

1971 ■■ 305 5.45 1.50 16,629 22 1,199 17,828 18.203

1972 309 5.77 1.58 17,825 19 1,0% 18,921 19,772

1973 288 6.64 1.83 19.127 16 1,062 20,189 20,717
1974 271 8.32 2.29 22,555 15 1,248 23,803 24.461

1975 256 8.69 2.39 22,245 14 1.217 23.462 24.158

1976" 255 9.28 2.58 23,653 13 1,206 24,859 25,520

1977 277 9.78 2.71 27.092 12 1.174 28.266 28.949

1978 286 10.35 2.94 30,175 12 1.266 31,441 32.283
1979; 267 11.84 3.31 31.611 12 1,421 33.032 33,981

'Cash receipts divided by milk or milkfat represented in combined marketings.

^Valued at average returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream.

'Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption and farm-churned butter.

^Includes value of milk fed to calves.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

73

SHEEP, LAMBS, AND WOOL

Number, Value per Head and Classes, January 1

STOCK SHEEP ONE
ALL SHEEP & LAMBS' YEAR AND OVER LAMBS

Farm Value Sheep on Stock Wethers Wethers

Year Number Per Head Total Feed Sheep Ewes & Rams Ewes & Rams

1,000 Dols. 1,000 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 1,000 Head

Head Dols.

1971 1,067 26.50 28,276 100 967 747 28 177 15

1972 1,000 24.00 24,000 100 900 697 23 166 14

1973 880 28.50 25,080 120 760 598 19 132 11

1974 750 34.00 25,500 84 666 524 17 107 18

1975 675 29.50 19.913 90 585 462 20 82 21

1976 595 40.50 24,098 75 520 416 15 72 17

1977 570 45.50 25,935 80 490 371 12 94 13

1978 530 57.00 30,210 60 470 356 13 88 13

1979 475 89.00 42,275 20 455 324 11 111 9

1980 494 91.50 45,201 14 480 343 11 117 9

Wool Production and Value

Sheep Per Price

Year Shorn Fleece Total Per Lb. Value

1000 Lbs. 1,000 Cts. 1^000

Head Lbs. Dols.

1971 902 9.6 8,657 21 1818

1972 853 10.0 8,501 35 2 975

1973 706 9.9 6,983 106 7'402

1974 623 10.1 6,309 68 4 290

1975 551 9.6 5,280 51 2,693

1976 493 9.6 4,749 73 3 467

1977 460 9.7 4.442 75 3'332

1978 440 10.0 4,379 81 3'547

1979 441 9.8 4,307 94 4^049

1980^ 456 9.8 4,458

Lamb Crop and Disposition

IN-

LAMBS SHIPMENTS MARKETINGS^ SLAUGHTER" DEATHS

Year SAVED Sheep & Lambs Sheep Lambs Sheep & Lambs Sheep Lambs"

1000 Head

1970 743 46 164 461 3 90 117

1971 740 48 174 471 5 90 115

1972 711 30 186 458 4 96 117

1973 604 28 140 406 4 85 127

1974 550 29 111 339 4 80 118

1975 471 30 98 264 4 75 140

1976 420 40 72 239 4 70 100

1977 375 18 59 211 3 65 96

1978 349 41 84 208 3 60 90

1979 340 33 72 129 3 60 90

Production and Income from Sheep and Lambs

Value

Price per 100 Lbs. Cash of Home Cross

Year Production^ Marketings'' Sheep Lambs Receipts^ Consumption Income

1,000 Pounds Dollars 1,000 Dollars

1970 53,958 61,975 6.80 26.10 12,219 78 12 297

1971 54,888 63,460 5.50 24.00 11,142 139 11281

1972 45,031 66,266 6.10 27.90 13.217 118 13 335

1973 38,153 35,553 11.80 34.00 14.568 156 14 724

1974 35,019 45,895 11.80 34.40 12,301 158 12,459

1975 25,425 37,338 8.70 40.10 10,695 178 10 873

1976 24,428 31,447 9.90 43.80 10,381 208 10 589

1977 22,116 27,417 11.50 50.70 10,749 147 10 896

1978 21,756 31,432 18.20 67.10 15,340 231 15 571

1979 22,961 22,211 24.40 68.20 10,753 247 11,000

'Starting with 1971 farm value is based upon all sheep and lambs.
-Other data not available at time of publication.

'Excludes interfarm sales. Includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use on farms where
produced.

"Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers.
^Adjustments made for inshipments and changes in inventory.

•"Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced.
'Includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat.

74

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

Thous. Hd.

HOGS AND PICS

January 1* Inventory, 1930-1979

400

300

200

100

11 A

1940

1%0 1970 1980

•Data for 1%8 and subsequently relate to December 1.

Mil Hd.

SHEEP AND LAMBS

January 1 Inventory, 1930-1980

4.0

3.0

2.0

1.0

1930

1940

1950

1970

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

75

HOGS AND PICS

Number, Value Per Head, Total Value, December 1

NUMBER. VALUE PER HEAD
AND TOTAL VALUE

NUMBER BY CLASSES

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Farm

Value

Breeding

1,000 He

Mi
■ad

Number

Per Head
Dols.

Total

jrketing

1.000

1,000

Head

Dols.

200

24.50

4,900

32

168

285

25.00

7,125

34

251

245

38.50

9,433

36

209

262

53.50

14,017

32

230

204

45.00

9,180

28

176

165

70.50

11,633

27

138

186

45.00

8,370

28

158

211

57.00

12,027

30

181

222

72.00

15,984

29

193

209

53.50

11,182

28

181

Pig Crops and Disposition

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

PIC CROPS

Farm

In-

Spring

Fall

Shlpments

Marketings^

Slaughter-

Deaths

1 ,000 Head

152

146

25

306

12

22

225

205

25

340

10

20

168

180

15

373

10

20

165

192

20

331

10

19

143

158

64

391

13

19

111

122

37

286

11

12

126

117

71

270

8

15

143

144

42

285

8

11

173

158

50

336

12

22

155

153

4

299

5

21

Production and Income from Hogs and Pigs

Value

Price Per

Cash

of Home

Cross

Year

Production^

Marketings"

100 Pounds

Receipts^

Consumption

Income

1,000 Po

unds

Dollars

1,000 Dollars

1,000 Dollars

1970

71,573

70,078

22.40

15,697

1,075

16,772

1971

90,209

77,409

17.10

13,237

7%

14,033

1972

86,884

85,335

23.40

19,%8

1,376

21,344

1973

82,918

77,972

36.70

28,616

2,158

30,774

1974

84,665

87,539

32.80

28,713

2,089

30,802

1975

61,735

63,759

44.50

28,373

2,099

30,472

1976

63,354

60,160

42.80

25,748

1,678

27,426

1977

67,741

64,198

37.50

24,074

1,250

25,324

1978

78,602

76,672

44.80

34,349

1,581

35,930

1979

71,756

70,820

39.50

27,974

835

28,809

'Includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced.

■'Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers.

'Adjustments made for inshipments and changes in inventory.

"Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced.

^Includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat.

76

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

Year

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975

1976
1977
1978
1979

Year

1970.
1971.
1972.
1973.
1974.

1975.
1976.
1977.
1978.
1979.

CHICKENS

lumber, Value per Bird,

and Total Vali

ue, December 1

Fai

rm Value

Numbers

Per Bird

Total

1,000

Dollars

1.000 Dols.

1.154

1.40
1.35
1.80
1.70
1.70

1.90
1.95
1.85
2.25

Income from Chickens

1.616

1.180

1,593

1.190

2,142

1,025

1,743

1,020

1.734

1,005

1,910

1,015

1,979

930

1,721

890

2,003

Production and 1

Produced

Sold

Price

Per

Pound

Cash
Receipts

Gross
Income

1,000 Pounds

Cents

1,000 Dollars

3,428
3,892
3.863

4.072
3,710

2,460
3,160
3,216
3,200
3,620

8.0
5.0
6.0
10.5
7.0

197
158
193
336
253

264
197
236
412
303

4,036
3,399
2,761
2,607
1.444

3,320
2,920
2,060
2,180
1.180

5.5
8.0
8.0
7.0
7.0

183
234
165
153
83

222
288
218
198
126

Farm Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs

Consumed

Per Egg in Per Cash Gross

Year Layers^ Layer Production Household Sold Dozen Receipts Income

1,000 Number Millions Cents 1.000 Dollars

19701 964 217 209 13 196 45.8 7,481 7.977

1971 994 222 221 10 211 36.3 6,383 6,686

1972 942 230 217 10 207 36.8 6.348 6,655

1973 933 230 215 9 206 57.8 9,922 10,356

1974 884 230 203 8 195 58.5 9.506 9.896

1975 844 236 199 8 191 55.4 8,818 9,187

1976 794 233 185 8 177 59.0 8.703 9,0%

1977 770 232 179 8 171 57.0 8.123 8,503

1978 797 242 193 8 185 54.3 8.371 8.733

1979 754 236 178 7 165 62.5 8.594 8.959

'Beginning 1970. data relate to the 12 month period beginning with December 1 of the previous year through November
of the current year.
^Average number of layers on hand during the year.

Colonies
of
Year Bees

Number

1970 74.000

1971 74.000

1972 74.000

1973 78,000

1974 81.000

1975 80.000

1976 85.000

1977 96.000

1978 99.000

1979 103,000

HONEY AND BEESWAX

Production, Price and Value

Honey

Yield

Val

iue of

Per

Prod

uction

Price
Honey

Per Pound
Beeswax

Proc
Honey

fuction

Colony

Honey

Beeswax

Beeswax

Pounds

1,000 Pounds

Cents

1,000 Dollars

105

7.770

155

15.6

61.0

1.212

95

55

4,070

81

21.4

61.0

871

49

110

8,140

163

30.4

67.0

2.475

109

101

7,878

158

41.4

73.0

3.261

115

88

7,128

114

50.1

125.0

3,571

143

94

7,520

135

47.3

112.0

3,557

151

112

9,520

162

46.9

108.0

4.465

175

57

5.472

104

53.9

172.0

2,949

179

89

8,811

159

53.8

178.0

4,740

283

128

13.184

224

57.7

164.0

7.607

367

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

n

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER

Number of Head by Classes, by years, 1970-1979

Cattle and Calves Hors and Pigs

1,000 Head 1,000 Head

208.6 346.6

208.2 412.0

210.2 354.7

188.6 350.6

185.5 572.0

153.1
155.8
172.0
158.5
151.1

308.0
457.2
478.3
343.0
461.8

Sheep and Lambs
1.000 Head
2.1
2.2
2.4
2.7
2.3

2.6
2.4
2.1
2.0
2.3

Total Red Meat Production'
by Months, 1970-1979

Year

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.

1970 16

1971 12

1972 15

1973 15

1974 18

1975 14

1976 13

1977 16

1978 13

1979 12

Millions of Pounds

Dec.

Total

13

14

12

14

15

15

14

16

16

15

14

175

12

16

15

15

16

16

14

17

17

18

16

184

IS

17

13

14

16

14

16

14

16

16

13

180

11

14

11

13

12

15

16

12

15

17

15

168

14

15

15

17

17

19

17

15

16

15

14

193

12

9

11

10

12

12

11

8

8

12

14

134

9

11

11

10

12

13

13

15

16

16

16

155

13

16

14

13

14

13

14

14

15

14

13

169

12

11

10

12

12

12

14

13

13

13

11

146

10

11

10

12

13

14

16

15

18

17

14

162

Number of Head Slaughtered by Months and Classes

Cattle and Calves Hogs and Pigs

1977 1978 1979 1977 1978 1979

Month 1,000 Head 1,000 Head

January 15.7 15.3 14.2 47.2 31.1 25.9

February 13.6 13.5 10.6 47.6 30.8 23 4

March 13.5 12.3 11.1 49.5 29.1 30 0

April 12.3 10.4 9.3 44.1 23.0 31.0

May 14.7 11.2 11.0 33.7 30.0 34.0

June 15.7 11.8 11.5 35.9 29.1 36.6

July 14.1 11.3 12.7 29.9 32.8 39.7

August 14.2 14.1 13.8 37.6 37.7 52.1

September 13.2 13.1 11.7 38.1 30.6 46 4

October 14.5 14.6 14.9 42.1 27.5 56.0

November 15.6 16.0 15.6 37.4 24.6 51.6

December 15.0 14.6 14.5 35.2 16.7 35.2

Total 172.0 158.5 151.1- 478.3 343.0 461.8-

Sheep and Lambs

1977

1978

1979

1,000 Head

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.5

.4

.3

.2

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

2.1

2.0

2.3^

'Includes slaughter in Federally inspected and other slaughter plants but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.
-May not add because of rounding.

DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED

Cheese

Year

1970.

1971 ,

1972 ,

1973 ,
1974

1975
1976
1977
1378
1979

Creamery
Butter

Cottage
American Cheese

Cheddar Creamed

2,782
2,879
3,185
2,647
2,249

2,100
1,919
2,019
1,947
1,796

1,000 Pounds

3,173
3,996
3,885
3,480
3,489

1,933
1,844
2,467
2,675
1,574

4,465
4,658
5,091
4,498
3,246

3,214
3,505
3.651
3.895
4,%2

Ice
Cream

1,875
1,759
2,027
1,%6
2,262

2,221
1,684
1,575
1,731
1,794

Ice
Milk'

Sherbert

1,000 Gallons

889
1,039
1,058
1,046
1.064

1,200
1,156
1,331
1,496
1.300

123
118
106
111
126

125

103

83

86

81

'Mellorine

Type"

Frozen

Desserts

490
509
591
499
491

316

161

90

80

58

'Includes low fat ice cream.

78

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED — 1971-80
Number, Weight Croups and Classes

Number on

Feed by

N

umber on Feed

Total

Weight G

roups

By Classes

Year

and

Cattle

Under

500-

700-

900-

1100

Steers

Heifers Cows

Month

& Calves

500

699

899

1099

Lbs.

& Steer

& Heifer &

on Feed

Lbs.

Lbs.

Lbs.

Lbs.

& Over

Calves

Calves Other

January 1

Thousar

d Head

1971

130

25

31

39

27

8

81

41 8

1972

165

29

36

33

57

10

115

46 4

1973

160

21

68

38

27

6

109

49 2

1974

122

10

28

34

42

8

82

34 6

1975

79

10

17

25

22

5

39

36 4

1976

80

5

22

23

28

2

40

39 1

1977

83

—

25

26

26

6

51

31 1

1978

81

6

34

20

17

4

40

38 3

1979

80

2

34

27

16

1

38

41 1

1980

57

4

21

20

7

5

25

27 5

April 1

1971

120

3

50

36

27

4

75

44 1

1972

150

5

58

44

17

26

111

38 1

1973

140

7

49

52

26

6

94

45 1

1974

114

—

30

42

25

17

79

33 2

1975

62

—

18

27

13

4

32

29 1

1976

63

—

22
23

29
31

10
18

2
3

30
35

32 1

1977

75

38 2

1978

60

1

26

23

8

2

24

35 1

1979

58

—

21

21

14

2

28

29 1

1980

49

—

18

17

13

1

23

25 1

July 1

1971

100

—

12

46

38

4

57

42 1

1972

130

—

18

57

42

13

79

48 3

1973

122

2

14

46

44

16

80

40 2

1974

102

—

11

39

46

6

62

39 1

1975

60

—

6

28

23

3

26

33 1

1976

52

10

22

19

1

22

29 1

1977

62

—

5

28

26

3

28

33 1

1978

52

—

5

29

17

1

22

29 1

1979

48

—

2

22

22

2

23

24 1

1980

49

2

2

23

20

2

29

19 1

October 1

1971

95

3

15

37

35

5

55

39 1

1972

105

7

20

30

34

14

77

27 1

1973

83

6

16

20

28

13

61

21 1

1974

65

2

2

18

29

14

43

21 2

1975

44

—

6

17

19

2

20

23 1

1976

42

7

14

18

2

22

19 1

1977

40

1

9

18

10

2

16

23 1

1978

30

—

2

9

17

2

11

18 1

1979

32

—

1

7

22

2

14

17 1

Number Marketed and Placements by Quarters

Marketed for Slai

ghter'

Placed on Feed

Jan. 1-

April-

)uly 1-

Oct. 1-

Ian. 1-

April 1-

July 1-

Oct. 1-

Year

March 31

June 30

Sept. 30

Dec. 31

Total

March 31

June 30

Sept. 30

Dec. 31

Total

Thousar

id Head

1971

65

58
60

62
72

50
60

235
247

55
40

38
40

57
47

120
115

270

1972

55

242

1973

54

55

69

37

215

34

37

30

76

177

1974

34

54

50

49

187

35

50

19

66

170

1975

40

33

35

24

132

28

35

20

61

144

1976

24

26

33

21

104

31

18

23

63

135

1977

35

38

45

16

134

28

27

25

59

139

1978

43

20

36

19

118

36

15

16

72

139

1979

21

15

36

22

94

14

15

11

52

92

1980

20

20

17

21

'Includes cattle placed on feed and marketed during the same quarter.

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

79

FEEDLOTS AND CATTLE ON FEED BY COUNTIES

January 1, 1979 and 1980
1979

COUNTY'

&
DISTRICT

Flathead

Lake & Sanders

Missoula & Ravalli

N. WEST

Toole. Chouteau & Hill

Blaine & Phillips

Teton. Glacier & Liberty ....

N. CENTRAL

Richland

Dawson. Roosevelt & Valley

N. EAST

Cascade

Judith Basin & Fergus

Wheatland & Petroleum ....
Golden Valley, Lewis & Clark

and Musselshell

CENTRAL

Beaverhead & Gallatin

Big Horn & Treasure

Carbon

Stillwater

Yellowstone

S. WEST & S. CENTRAL

Custer, Powder River,

Prairie & Rosebud

S. EAST

STATE

'Some counties combined to avoid disclosing individual operators.

1980

Cattle

Cattle

on

on

Feedlots

Feed

Feedlots

Feed

Number

Number

4

600

3

600

4

400

—

3

700

5

900

11

1,700

8

1,500

5

700

3

400

7

600

3

5.200

4

5,900

15

6,500

7

6,300

21

11,000

5

300

7

4,600

26

11,300

7

4,600

5

10.400

4

8,500

6

1,300

6

1,600

3

800

—

—

4

800

5

1,000

18

13,300

15

11,100

5

5,100

4

1,700

5

700

3

400

5

4,800

4

5.200

3

7,700

4

1,800

22

27,900

15

26,600

40

46,200

30

35,700

9

1,000

6

3,800

9

1,000

6

3,800

119

80,000

73

63,000

NUMBER OF CATTLE FEEDLOTS

By Size of Feedlot Capacity, 1970-1979'

Year

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

Total
Number

of
Feedlots

Feedlots by Capacity

501
473
389
305
276

152
119
101
119
73

Under 1.000
Head

424
387
317
236
211

102
70
61
75
29

1.000-
1,999

2,000-
3,999

Number

39

21

46

22

36

17

31

20

26

21

13

19

15

16

8

13

13

13

12

14

4.000-
7,999

13
16
14
11
12

13
13
15
16
16

8,000 &
over

'Number of feedlots with 1 ,000 head or more capacity is number of lots operating anytime during year. Number of under
1,000 head capacity and total number of feedlots is number at end of year.

80

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

LIVESTOCK

Inventory by Counties — January 1, 1978-79

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

All
Cattle and Calves

MilkCi
that

owsand Heifers
have calved

Dper Lodce

1978 1979

Number of Head
13,400 13,100
20,600 18,600
31,700 31,200
56,300 55,300
7,000 7,200
1 ,400 1 ,600
12,600 11,900
44,900 44,200
43,700 44,500
23,400 23,400

255,000 251,000
79,000 78.000
55,600 54,800
35,800 33,500
25,100 24,300
12,700 12,400
83,000 80,800
28,800 25,900
48,200 48,000
17,800 17,300

386,000 375,000
21,400 20,900
41,900 39,100
64,900 62,200
42,900 37,000
53,600 43.500
31,500 28,700
24,100 23,300
73,700 71.300

354,000 326,000

24,800 24,700

72,000 65,200

117,500 114,800

26,300 26.100

59,500 56,800

43,400 39,400

52,500 58,000

38,500 33,700

30,800 33,500

35,700 34,800

501,000 487,000

167,800 170,800

62,000 57,800

23,900 23,500

90,100 89,700

7.200 5.200

351,000 347,000

102,000 115.600

62,500 55,500

45,600 47,100

46.700 45,000

41,100 47,700

23,600 24,100

110,500 88.000

432,000 423,000

62.000 61.000
80,400 73,900
39,000 39,600
78.400 77,600
40.200 36,800
76,000 86.100
25.000 23.000
401,000 398,000
2.680,000 2,607,000

1978

Nurr

1.700

100
3,100

100

500

100
3,400

200

9,200

400
200

400

100

500

1,100

200

2,900

300
100
200
300
100
100
100

1,200

100

1,000

600

200
700
100
100
100
200

3,100

100

4,500

300

200

5,100

100
500
400
500
300
100
2,300

4,200

100
400
100
100
200
200
200

1,300

27,000

iber of Head

1979

Flathead

Granite

1,800

Lake

I incoln

3,600

Missoula

200

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

100

3,200
100

N. WEST

9,000

400

100

Hill

500

Liberty

Phillips

100
100

800

Teton

Toole

1.000
100

N. CENTRAL

Daniels

3,100

Dawson

200

Garfield

McCone

100
100

Richland

Roosevelt

300
100

Sheridan

100

Valley

100

N. EAST

Broadwater

1,000
100

Fergus

Golden Valley

ludith Basin

900
700
200
200

Lewis & Clark

Meagher

Musselshell

400
100

Wheatland

200

CENTRAL

Beaverhead

2,800

100
5.000

Jefferson

400

200

Silver Bow

S. WEST

300

6,000

100

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

600
500
300

200

2.300

S. CENTRAL

Carter

4,000

100
300

Fallon

100

Powder River

Prairie

100
100

Rosebud

Wibaux

200
200

S. EAST

STATE

1,100
27,000

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

81

COUNTY

&
DISTRICT

LIVESTOCK

Inventory by Counties, January 1, 1978-79

Beef Cows and Heifers
that have Calved

Deer Lodge . .

Flathead

Granite ,

Lake

Lincoln

Mineral

Missoula

Powell

Ravalli

Sanders

N. WEST

Blaine

Chouteau ....

Glacier

Hill

Liberty

Phillips

Pondera

Teton

Toole

N. CENTRAL .

Daniels

Dawson

Garfield

McCone

Richland

Roosevelt ....

Sheridan

Valley

N. EAST

Broadwater. . .

Cascade

Fergus

Golden Valley
Judith Basin . .
Lewis & Clark

Meagher

Musselshell . .
Petroleum . . . .
Wheatland . . .
CENTRAL ....

Beaverhead . .

Gallatin

Jefferson

Madison

Silver Bow . . .

S. WEST

Big Horn

Carbon

Park

Stillwater

Sweet Grass . .

Treasure

Yellowstone . .
S. CENTRAL . .

Carter

Custer

Fallon

Powder River .

Prairie

Rosebud

Wibaux

S. EAST

STATE

1978

6.600

9,400
15.900
29.000

4.100
700

6.400
24.300
21,900
12,500

130,800

43.100
29,900
20.000
14,400

7,000
44,400
14,800
25,900

9.900
209,400
12,100
23,300
36,600
24,400
27,900
17,600
13,900
41,200
197,000
13.900
39,900
64.900
14,200
32,100
23,400
24,100
21,200
15,800
17,900

267,400

78,100
29,500
13,300
53,200
3,300

177,400

53,900
31 ,900
24.700
25,700
23,900
12,600
39,100
211,800
34,300
40,000
21 ,400
41,700
21,900
41,600
14,300

215,200
1,409,000

Number of Head

1979

7,300

9,800
16,300
30,900

4,000
900

6,100
26,000
22,100
13,100

136,500

46,800
30,800
19,500
15,400
7,300
44,200
15,700
26,800
10.900

217,400

12,600
24.600
36,300
24,400
27,600
18,000
14,700
41.100
199,300

14,800
39,500
69,200
14,000
34,200
22,700
27,200
19,100
16,400
19,400

276,500

84,300
28,300
13.800
54,000
3,000

183,400

55,700
31,900
27,200
26,800
26,300
13,000
38,100
219,000
36,100
40,200
23,000
43,200
21,800
42,600
14,000

220,900
1,453,000

Stock

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1978

1979

Number of Head

300

200

1,300

1,000

1,100

1,100

2,600

3.200

300

200

200

200

500

300

3,000

2,200

7,000

7,800

1,100

800

17,400

17,000

5,500

5,800

1,100

1,200

2,200

1.200

1,000

1.000

200

200

9,400

9.900

4,600

4,000

9,700

9,000

3,300

2,700

37,000

35,000

3,500

2,900

5,100

4.700

58,000

49,800

15,900

17,000

7,100

7,100

2,300

2,500

1,600

2,300

6,500

4,700

100,000

91,000

4,500

4,200

9,000

7,300

9,300

10,400

6,100

6,100

5,800

5,500

11,500

11,400

10,000

8,600

10,200

10.400

5,600

5,600

16,400

16.500

88,400

86,000

26.000

24.400

6,500

7.100

900

900

13,500

13.500

100

100

47,000

46,000

1,700

2,600

17,300

17,200

3,500

3,600

11,000

10,500

19,000

18,800

300

300

4,200

5,500

57.000

58,500

82,800

79.400

6,000

6.400

3,200

4.200

16,300

15,500

2,800

3,100

10,200

10,500

1,900

2,400

123,200

121,500

470,000

455,000

82

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

CATTLE AND CALVES

Number of Head, January 1, 1979

1 dot = 1,000 Head

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

83

HOGS AND PICS

Number of Head, December 1, 1978

1 dot = 100 Head

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84

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

LIVESTOCK

Inventory by Counties, December 1, 1977-78

COUNTY HoRS and Pigs

& 1977 1978

DISTRICT Number of Head

Deer Lodge TOGO 600

Flathead 10,600 8,900

Granite 200 100

Lake 5,300 5,400

Lincoln 500 600

Mineral 300 100

Missoula 400 500

Powell 1.600 2,500

Ravalli 3,700 4,400

Sanders 400 900

N. WEST 24,000 24,000

Blaine 7,800 7.100

Chouteau 7,000 6,600

Glacier 6,900 8.300

Hill 5,200 7,300

Liberty 3,900 6,400

Phillips 5,200 5,200

Pondera 7.000 5,700

Teton 8.900 9,500

Toole 6.100 6,900

N. CENTRAL 58,000 63,000

Daniels 6,600 5,800

Dawson 2,700 2,400

Garfield 2,100 2,600

McCone 3.200 3,200

Richland 7,500 8.500

Roosevelt 6,900 7,100

Sheridan 3,000 3,200

Valley 8,000 7,200

N. EAST 40,000 40,000

Broadwater 2,000 2,400

Cascade 3,200 3,500

Fergus 12.600 12.900

Golden Valley 1.500 2,300

Judith Basin 2,400 2,400

Lewis & Clark 2,200 2,600

Meagher 2,500 2,900

Musselshell 1.400 1,300

Petroleum 600 700

Wheatland 3,600 4,000

CENTRAL 32,000 35,000

Beaverhead 1,600 2,300

Gallatin 5,700 5,200

Jefferson 1,100 1,400

Madison 3.500 2,900

Silver Bow 100 200

S.WEST 12,000 12,000

Big Horn 4,200 6.100

Carbon 3,300 4,800

Park 3,100 2.600

Stillwater 6,700 6.400

Sweet Grass 1,800 2.200

Treasure 1.200 900

Yellowstone 3.700 4.000

S. CENTRAL 24,000 27,000

Carter 3,100 3,200

Custer 3,000 2,500

Fallon 6,200 5.600

Powder River 1.400 1,300

Prairie 2,700 2,200

Rosebud 2,600 4.300

Wibaux 2,000 1,900

S, EAST 21,000 21,000

STATE 211,000 222,000

Ch

lickens

1977

1978

Nurr

iber of Head

400

300

5,100

4,400

200

200

27.600

26.200

1,200

1,100

300

300

1,500

1.300

600

400

150,300

142.300

1.800

1.700

189,000

178.000

3.100

2.700

2.900

2.900

35,200

32.100

18,300

17.000

17,000

17.000

3,200

2.800

22,800

20,000

54,500

53.500

30,000

27,000

187,000

175,000

1,200

900

2,400

2,100

1,500

1,300

2,200

1,900

5,100

4,500

3,500

3,100

3,300

3,000

5,800

5.200

25,000

22,000

140,500

130.000

23,000

20,400

5,600

4.800

12,800

12,000

5,700

4,900

14,500

7,000

16.000

14,700

1.100

900

400

300

19,400

18,000

239,000

213,000

1,100

1,000

148,000

135,300

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,700

300

200

153,000

140.000

2,500

1,800

5,000

2,900

2,100

2,000

14,500

13,600

2,500

1,300

400

400

147,000

139,000

174,000

161,000

2.200

1,600

35.800

29,300

2,900

2,300

2,800

3,500

1,300

1,300

1,400

1,500

1.600

1,500

48,000

41,000

1,015,000

930,000

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 85

STATISTICAL METHODS

GENERAL

The Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service has two primary objectives:

1. To develop accurate, reliable agricultural statistics

2. To move those statistics to users as rapidly as possible

Data collection to achieve these objectives, in most cases, involves sample surveys of farmers and ranchers, grain com-
panies, feed mills, seed dealers, retail stores, and many other agricultural enterprises.

From data reported by these many sources, statisticians, using all available statistical tools, generate State totals forming
offical USDA estimates. Cooperation of USDA and the Montana Department of Agriculture provides resources for
breaking State totals into crop reporting districts and counties.

Montana agricultural statistics are available in two dimensions — State estimates and county or crop reporting district
estimates.

STATE ESTIMATES

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is required by law to provide National crop and livestock statistics and statistics
for each major producing State.

For many years and to a considerable extent today, mailed non-probability surveys served as the backbone of data
gathering. However, probability sampling, a more sophisticated sampling procedure, is being incorporated as funds and
applied technology allow. Some types of probability sampling used in Montana are Area Frame Sampling, List Frame
Sampling, and Multiple Frame Sampling. Sampling farm operators in a specifically outlined geographic area is known as
Area Frame Sampling, while sampling a list of all known producers of a specific commodity is known as List Frame Sampling.
A technique called Multiple Frame Sampling takes advantage of the attributes of both the Area and List samples. Area
Frame Sampling is used in Montana for a number of acreage and livestock items and Multiple Frame Sampling is used for
estimating the cattle inventory and calf crop.

The concept of probability sampling is maintained in all three types of sampling. Data collection therefore involves
personal enumeration and telephone or personal followup for all non-respondents to mail questionnaires. These
probability surveys are expensive on a per sampling unit basis but yield State results that have greater precision and allow
measurement of the sampling error.

The Number 1 grain crop in Montana, wheat, is measured by objective yield procedures. Forecasts before harvest
incorporate plant counts, kernel and head counts, and weight. Sample fields are entered with permission of growers, by
enumerators in May, June, July, August, and September to take counts and measurements. After harvest, gleaning provides
estimated harvesting loss.

COUNTY ESTIMATES

Federal funding and regulations support State estimates for specific agricultural items that are important in National
totals. When additional items or geographic descriptions within States are needed, local funding is required. To provide
estimates by county for example, requires a much larger sample because each county must have enough reports to provide
a statistically sound basis for estimates. Without going into details of statistical requirements and concepts, it is sufficient to
point out that if reporting units display the same variation within county as they do within the entire State, then a sample
will be required in each county nearly as large as the State sample.

Large mailings are needed to place enough questionnaires in the hands of producers in each county. If response is low
in some counties, telephone followup is needed to secure additional reports. Also, information for minor crop acres is
secured from informed people in each county — such as county agents, ASCS personnel, etc. County assessments and their
change from year to year are a reliable indicator for livestock estimates by counties.

The Montana Department of Agriculture and Wheat Research and Marketing Committee provide funds for local
agricultural data.

CHECK DATA

In addition to producer surveys, check data are collected from the marketing channels to verify or supplement the
grower survey data. These data become available — usually long after harvest and are used to establish final production and
marketing figures.

The final estimate is arrived at when all grower survey data and marketing data (check data such as: handler or
processor receipts, slaughter, and market shipments) have been analyzed. These data then become the statistical history
against which current forecasts and estimates are viewed.

86

MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

STATISTICAL SERIES

Report Frequency

General Reports:

Farm Report (Crop Forecasts) Monthly

Weather, Crops. & Livestock Weekly

Monthly

Reports on Crops:

Winter Wheat Seedings Annual

Prospective Plantings Annual

)une Acreage Annual

Summary of Small Grains Annual

Annual Crop Summary and Value of Production Annual

Cherry Forecast Monthly

Potato Stocks Monthly

Range and Pasture Condition Monthly

Stocks of Grains Quarterly

Wheat Movement Summary Semi-Annually

Alfalfa Seed Annual

Wheat Varieties Annual

Barley Varieties Annual

Reports on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry and Livestock Products:

Poultry (Egg Production, Chick and Poult Hatchings) Quarterly

Livestock Slaughter Monthly

Cattle Inventory and Calf Crop Semi-Annually

Sheep on Feed, January 1 Annual

Jan. 1 Sheep Inventory and Lamb Crop Annual

Lamb Crop Annual

Wool Crop Semi-Annually

Dec. 1 Hog Inventory & Pig Crop Annual

Cattle and Calves on Feed Quarterly

Honey and Bees Annually

Mink Annual

Meat Animals, Marketings and Cash Receipts Annual

Milk Cows and Milk Production Quarterly

Price Reports:

Agricultural Prices Monthly

Farm Income Semi-Annually

Miscellaneous Reports:

Farms and Farm Land Annual

Farm Labor Quarterly

County Estimates:

Wheat Estimates by County Annual

Barley Estimates by County Annual

Corn Estimates by County Annual

Cattle on Farms by County Biennial

Cattle on Feed by County Annual

Approximate Date
of Publication*

12th of month
Mondays, April-October
7th of month, Nov. -Mar.

December 22

Jan. 23 and Apr. 16

July 2

December 12

January 17

12th of month, June & July

14th of month, Dec. -April

12th of month, Apr. -Dec.

25th of month, Jan., Apr., June,

and Oct.

January and July

October 22

August

July 15

21st Mar., June, Sept., Dec.

22nd of following month

February 1 and July 27

January 17

February 1

July 22

July 24 and April 1

December 23

22nd of Jan.. Apr., July and Oct.

January 14

May 11

April 15

12th Jan., Apr., July, and Oct.

30th of month
March and September

January 3
26th of Feb.

May. Aug., and Nov.

Late winter-early spring
Late winter-early spring
Late winter-early sprmg

January

•Statistics in the National program are released in Washington. D.C. and locally according to strict predetermined dates.
Various series are included in the "Montana Crop and Livestock Reporter" published twice a month.

The above reports may be obtained from the Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, P.O. Box 4369, Helena,
Montana 59601 (Office — Room 398, 301 So. Park Avenue — Phone 449-5303).

WHY HAVE CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTS

A man's judgment is no better than his facts and crop and livestock reports are the basic facts of Agriculture.

They aid farmers in planning their production and marketing which helps to provide an orderly market.

They give producers the same foresight to future price trends that organized dealers possess.

They are the best basis for adjusting supply, to demand which is highly essential if maximum price is to prevail.

They eliminate the ill effects of misleading reports that might be circulated for private gain, if there were no official reports.

They reduce the amount of speculation in farm products. Speculation thrives on uncertainty. Unbiased official crop reports
reduce uncertainty which limits speculation.

They are a check on fluctuation in price. Uncertainty of supply promotes undue fluctuation in price.

They are the basis for analysis of agriculture and other business conditions.

They give information on surplus and deficit areas of production making possible a more economical distribution of
products.

They enable transportation companies to make a better distribution of cars, trucks, barges, etc. for moving farm products.

They aid farm organizations, schools and others in planning constructive programs.

They are a guide to farm resources and for developing new resources such as irrigation, electric power, location of
food processing and other factories.

They indicate potential buying power thereby enabling the manufacturer to meet the probable demand. With
economical production and distribution, the manufacturer can sell at a lower price than he could with uncertain demand.

They reduce the risk of ownership of buyers of farm products which enables them to do business on a smaller margin.
Under the stimulus of competition, they pay producers higher prices than could be paid if uncertainty of production
existed.

They are indispensable in times of war because food is as essential as ammunition and weapons of war.

They are essential in enacting wise legislation affecting Agriculture.

They provide an accurate, unbiased picture of Montana agriculture. The facts on present and prospective supplies furnish a
sound basis for judgment and action by farmers, other individuals, business men, railroads, crop and livestock interests and
governmental agencies.

4,500 copies of this public document were published at an estimated cost of $1.62
per copy for a total cost of $7,300, which includes $6,300 for printing and $1,000 for
distribution.

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