IVIONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS VOLUME XV COUNTY STATISTICS 1972 and 1973 Mv-.= w,'v:i.=^ STATE LIBRARY 930 Eos\ lyndale Avenue elena, Montano 5^60? Montana Department of Agriculture and Statistical Reporting Service - USDA Helena, Montana December, 1974 Moniana siaie uorary 3 0864 1004 7805 9 THOMAS L. JUDGE, GOVERNOR MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Issued Cooperatively By MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGE LACKMAN, Commissioner and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EARL L. BUTZ, Secretary STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE HARRY C. TRELOGAN, Administrator BRUCE GRAHAM, Deputy Administrator and CJiairman Crop Reporting Board Compiled by MONTANA CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTING SERVICE DANIEL L. HERBERT, Statistician-in-Charge SIDNEY W. LEBAHN, Assistant Statistician-in-Charge GRACE A. CROSS, Bulletin Coordinator 616 HELENA AVENUE P.O. Box 1726 Helena, Montana Charles M. Russell Sketch by permission of Montana Historical Society Mackay Collection Printed by COLOR WORLD OF MONTANA. INC osS^S^te 3 201 E M«nd«nh«ll. Bo«man. WT 597)5 -^»..™ ^ ^iaie of Montana ©fftce of llie (ioUernor Helena 59601 ^ THOMAS L JUDGE 0OV1INOI 'MiM TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA I appreciate the opportunity to present Volume XV of Montana Agricultural Statistics. I am indeed proud of the level of production that Montana agriculturists have achieved. The ma ducing, pro agricultura nearly ever the growing other count patterns of necessitate for decisio economy. terial and human inputs necessary for pro- cessing, transporting and marketing our many 1 products directly or indirectly involves y sector of our state's economy. Additionally, importance of international trade has caused ries to become vitally concerned with the our agricultural production. These factors the output of accurate, up-to-date statistics n-making and planning in all sectors of our This volume, prepared biennially by the Montana Department of Agriculture and the U.S.D.A. Statistical Reporting Service, is a vivid account of the dynamic industry that agriculture is in Montana. I wish to congratulate those responsible for the accumulation and publication of this basic information. I sincerely hope that this publication will be of use to all Montanans in building a more prosperous economy. Sincerely, THOMAS L. Governor JUDG ■&^ STATK OF- :>M»XX.V3rxV THOMAS L. JUDGE GOVERNOR GEORGE LACKMAN COMMISSIONER CAPITOL ANNEX BUILDING HELENA, MONTANA 59601 TELEPHONE: 406. 449-3144 MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER It is a pleasure to bring you the XV edition of "Montana Agricultural Statistics." The booklet is a joint venture between the Montana Department of Agriculture and the Stat- istical Reporting Service of the U.S.D.A Income from Montana farming and ranching enterprises reached a new high during 1973 of just over $1.1 billion. Therefore, agriculture continues to be by far the largest industry in Montana. As our state's agricultural industry continues to reach toward its potential, the importance of an accurate, up-to- date, data base will become even more important. Dependable statistics are an indispensable tool in helping farmers, leg- islators, farm organizations, government agencies, and agri- business interests plan for the future. The growing importance of the type of statistical data contained here in is reflected in the increased demand for this booklet by people from nearly every segment of our soc- iety. I sincerely hope that this information will be of great benefit to you. of Agriculture 34. 37. 39, 42. 43 33. 37. 39. 44. 45 33. 37. 39. 40. 41 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. 1972 and 1973 6, 7 STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size 8 Farm Income 9, 10, 11 12, 13. 14. 15 Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 15. 16 Importance of Montana Industries 17 Land Uses 18 Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres and Value of Production 19 20, 21 Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 19 Climate Data 22. 23 Commodity Statistics Grain Crops Barley 27, 34, 53 34, 54, 55 Barley Varieties 56 Corn 28 57, 58, 59 Oats 27, 53 35, 60, 61 Rve 28 Wheat, All 26, 53 36, 38 Wheat, Durum 25 Wheat. Other Spring 25. 53 Wheat. Winter 24, 53 Wheat Shipped Out of State 50, 51, 52 Wheat Production, Stocks, Utilization 52 Wheal Varieties 46, 47 47. 48, 49 Slocks of Grain 53 Hav Crops Alfalfa Hay 32 35. 64, 65 All Hay 32 62. 63 Other Hay 32 Wild Hay 32 Other Crops Beans, Dry 29 68 Flaxseed 28 57 Potatoes 29 69 Seed, Alfalfa 29 66, 67 Sugarbeets 29 68 Fruits Cherries 30,31 31 Livestock Bees 74 Cattle and Calves 70, 72, 84, 85 80, 82 Cattle and Calves on Feed 70, 78 79 Cattle Movement Out of Montana 84 Beef Cows 72 81 Milk Cows 72, 73 80 Hogs 71, 76, 85 83 Sheep and Lambs 71. 75, 85 81. 82 Liv('stf)ck Products Dairy Products Manufactured 73 Honey and Beeswax 74 Milk Production and Marketings 73. 74 Wool Production 75 Commercial Slaughter and Red Meal Production 84. H5 Poultry Chickens 77 83 Kggs 77 Sl,ilislic,il Methods 86 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOREWORD Agriculture is Montana's leading industry. In 1973, cash receipts from farm marketings and government payments contributed $1.1 billion to the State's economy — about the same as the total of mining, manufacturing, travel, oil, and lumber combined. Farming and ranching provide employment for about 56,000 persons and related enterprises furnish jobs for many more. The statistics in this bulleting provide the accurate and unbiased basic information needed for planning and decision making by farm and ranch operators, agri-business, and State and local government. The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA and Montana Department of Agriculture, cooperating as the "Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service" collect and publish agricultural statistics for Montana. These are published currently throughout the year; and combined together 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 many agri-business firms. A number of State, Federal and local governmental agencies also contribute toward development of these statistics. OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED PERSONS AND FIRMS WHO HAVE HELPED. Special statistics on wheat — varieties, movement, stocks by class, and utilization were jointly funded by the Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee and under the Matching Funds program of the Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, as provided by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. The barley variety statistics were funded by the Malting Barley Improvement Association. This issue of Montana Agricultural Statistics includes some revisions in State statistics and levels of county data based upon the 1969 Census of Agriculture. This publication is available from the Agricultural Statistician, P.O. Box 1726, Helena. Montana or the Montana Department of Agriculture, Capitol Complex, Helena, Montana. Daniel L. Herbert, Agr. Statistician-in-Charge MONTANA'S BANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE — 1973 LIVESTOCK & PRODUCTS CROPS Type Rank Type Rank All Cattle 12 Acres in Strip-Cropping 1 All Cows 10 All Wheat 5 Milk Cows 43 Winter Wheat 7 Beef Cows 8 Durum Wheat 2 Cattle on Feed 20 Hard Spring Wheat 3 Hogs 27 All Hay 14 Sheep & Lambs 6 Alfalfa Hay 10 Wool 7 Dry Beans 14 Chickens 40 Barley 2 Honey 9 Oats 14 Flax 4 Potatoes 21 Sugarbeets 10 6 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1972 Except for a very cold and windy January, winter weather was about normal with good snowcover during the most severe portions. Snowpack in the mountains developed to above normal levels in all areas, assuring ample irrigation water supplies for the season. Spring broke early but dryness and cold retarded crop development and delayed spring grain planting a little more than normal. An important feature of the 1972 growing season was an unusually dry June in the western two-thirds of the State. This near-drought was followed by intermittent rains during the second half of July and through most of August. The eastern third of the State had sufficient moisture throughout the season. Portions of the central and northcentral districts were the hardest hit by dry weather. August rains held up winter wheat harvest but greatly enhanced spring grain prospects. As dry weather returned late in August, harvest of all crops made steady progress until completion. Freezing temperatures occurred in the western portion of the State about September 10. During the week of September 25 the whole State saw freezing temperatures, along with rain and snow. CROPS Dry topsoils in September 1971 made winter wheat seeding somewhat risky in the northern border counties, but generally, seeding the 1972 crop proceeded on schedule after a slow start. By mid-winter the crop was laying under protective snowcover and in generally good condition. Most of the snow melted in late February after a cold and windy season. Winter precipitation was above normal but by late spring, dry soils were common in the north- central, central and southwest districts. Dryness and cold during the spring slowed planting and retarded plant growth. By mid-summer crops were generally in good condition and rains the latter half of July through most of August enhanced spring grain prospects. However, some areas in central and northcentral districts remained dry. The harvest season which began in late July was interrupted by rains but progressed normally from mid-August until the latter part of September when showers, morning dew and cold temperatures slowed activities. Most all crops were completely harvested by late October. LIVESTOCK The cold winter weather put stress on hay supplies and shortages developed in many areas. Range feed remained short until early June, when warm weather stimulated growth. Calving and lambing was complete by mid-May and losses were about normal. The summer grazing season provided ample forage in most areas. Some grasshopper damage occurred in late July in the southwest. Movement of cattle and sheep from summer ranges was mostly completed by the end of October and livestock were in good condition at the start of winter feeding season. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 7 MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1973 Montana experienced extreme climatic contrasts during the 1973 crop year. There was a severe drought in the western third of the State which faded to good moisture in the south- eastern third. The division between the extremes roughly followed a line from Malta, south- west to Great Falls, then to Helena and southeast to Livingston. During the main growing season, Conrad was the driest point from a percentage standpoint, receiving 3.66 inches of moisture or 38 percent of normal. The other extreme was Miles City, which received 16.03 inches or 175 percent of normal. Other points and the percents of normal were: Jordan, 132; Billings and Livingston, both 93; Havre, 88; Cut Bank, 54; Augusta, 40; and Libby, 43. Rains, which began falling in September, gave some benefit to rangelands and winter wheat seedings. CROPS The State's 1973 winter wheat crop emerged from an open and dry winter in fair to good condition. When small grain seeding began in early April, topsoil moisture was adequate in the eastern and southcentral areas but short elsewhere. A severe blizzard in mid-April helped soak topsoils but added little to the critically short mountain snowpack. By the end of May, spring seedings were mostly complete but newly-planted crops in the droughty areas were only in fair condition. This general situation prevailed through the growing season, with crop conditions ranging mainly from poor to fair in the northwest, northcentral and central districts; fair to good in the central and southwest, and good to excellent in the eastern sections. Irrigation water became critically short in the western third which affected mainly hay and pastures, farmers having allotted their water to their more valuable crops. The dryness which continued through the growing season hastened maturity and lowered yields. Winter wheat harvest got started late in July and the heat and drought provided nearly ideal harvest weather. Harvest operations for all crops kept well ahead of normal until completion of sugarbeet digging in late October. LIVESTOCK Livestock were on supplemental feed during most of the winter, even though some grazing was possible dur to the open and dry winter. A snowstorm which occurred during the last half of April caused some losses, with areas of central Montana reporting significant calf and lamb deaths. The spring, summer and fall grazing seasons were dry in the western two-thirds of the State, providing limited forage. Hay crops were also light and some culling of cow herds resulted. More than a normal amount of grain was cut for hay to augment hay supplies. Livestock were moved from summer ranges ahead of schedule. Helping the fall feed shortages was mild fall weather which permitted the grazing of crop residues and fall pastures. At the end of the grazing season, pastures and ranges showed the effects of drought and some overgrazing. Livestock were in fair to good condition for most of the season, although calf weights were below normal in the droughty areas. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NUMBER OF FARMS 1910-1974 ALL LAND IN FARMS — AND AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS 1950-1974 Number of Farms — 1910-1949 Number of Year Farms Thous. 1910 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 Year Farms Thous. 1920 57.7 1921 57.0 1922 55.0 1923 52.5 1924 51.0 1925 50.0 1926 51.0 1927 52.5 1928 53.5 1929 54.0 Number of Year Farms Thous. 1930 55.0 1931 54.5 1932 54.0 1933 53.5 1934 53.0 1935 52.0 1936 50.0 1937 48.0 1938 46.0 1939 45.0 Number of Year Farms Thous. 1940 44.5 1941 42.0 1942 41.0 1943 40.8 1944 40.6 1945 40.4 1946 39.8 1947 39.2 1948 38.5 1949 37.8 Number of farms, all land in farms and average size of farm, 1950-1974 Year 1950.. 1951.. 1952.. 1953.. 1954.. 1955.. 1956.. 1957.. 1958.. 1959.. I960.. 1961.. 1%2.. 1963.. 1964.. 1%5.. 1%6.. 1967.. 1968.. 1%9.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. 1974.. Number of Farms All Land in Farms .Average Size of Farms Thous. Thous. Acres Acres 37.2 65,000 1.747 36.8 65,200 1.772 36.4 65,500 1.799 35.9 65.800 1,833 35.4 66,100 1.867 34.8 66,100 1.899 34.2 66,200 1.936 33.6 66,300 1.973 33.0 66..500 2.015 32.4 66,600 2.056 31.7 66.700 2.104 30.8 66.800 2,169 30.1 66.800 2.219 , 29.5 66.800 2.264 , 28.9 67.200 2,325 , 28.4 66.700 2.349 . 28.0 66.200 2.364 . 27.6 65,700 2,380 . 27.1 65.200 2.406 . 26.7 64.700 2.423 . 26.4 64,200 2.432 . 26.0 63.700 2.450 . 25.5 63,200 2,478 . 25.1 62,700 2.498 . 24.9 62.500 2.510 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Year CASH RECEIPTS — 1964-1973 Cash Receipts from the Sale of Principal Farm Products and Government Payments Livestock and Livestock Products 1964 201.790 1965 244,140 1966 289,176 1967 269,223 1968 319,493 1969 350,400 1970 357,058 1971 407,393 1972 495,352 1973 564,015 Crops Total Receipts from Marketings Thousand Dollars Government Payments Total All Cash Receipts 177,846 176,826 218,435 197,898 182,745 379,636 420,966 507.611 467,121 502,238 47,256 51,057 64.454 69,098 74,129 426,892 472,023 572,065 536,219 576,367 204,735 246,096 209,940 328,464 510,064 555,135 603,145 617,333 823,816 1,074,079 80,081 85,361 77,789 103,169 64,990 635,216 688,515 695,122 926.985 1,139.069 CASH RECEIPTS All Crops, Livestock and Livestock Products, 1945-1973 Ihoua. Dollars 500 // 400 1 / 1 / 1 300 All Livestock and / 1 — ■ / t ; / / 200 t\~^^"^ / / ion /^ s V i All Crops 0 1940 1950 1950 1970 1980 CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS BY MONTHS — 1972 and 1973 Livestock and Livestock Products MONTH 1972 January 23,026 February 19,094 March 22,484 April 19,779 May 18,322 June 19,555 July 18,193 August 27,449 September 66,514 October 122,986 November 98.272 December 39,678 YEAR 495,3.52 1973 26,907 21,468 29,758 22,402 21,286 22,994 20,735 36,994 73.871 138,375 107,466 41,759 564,015 Crops 1972 1973 Thousand Dollars 21,733 17,983 17,079 17,774 10,720 9,610 16,731 37,099 49,647 38,241 43,737 48,110 328,464 26,820 28,434 38,484 45,005 11,132 21,445 39,846 67,947 55,879 52,283 73,558 49,231 510,064 All Farm Marketings 1972 1973 44,759 37.077 39.563 37..5.53 29.042 29.165 34,924 64,548 116,161 161,227 142,009 87,788 823,816 53,727 49,902 68.242 67,407 32,418 44,4,39 60,581 104,941 129.750 190,658 181.024 90,990 1,074.079 10 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS BY COMMODITIES 1968-1973' 1968 Livestock and Products Cattle and calves 264,906 Dalrv products 15,746 Sheep and lambs 12,808 Wool 4,826 Hogs 11.946 Eggs 5,295 Chickens ^°o Honev and beeswax "88 Others 2,710 Total 31M93 Crops Field Crops Wheat 121.059 Barlev 26,737 Sugarbeets 15,510 Hav 8,131 Potatoes 3,020 Oats 1.206 Drv edible beans 1,036 Alfalfa seed 717 Flaxseed 192 Other^ 1,542 Fruits and Berries Cherries 755 Other^ 55 Other Products Forest 1.100 Greenhouse and nursery 1,685 Total 182,745 All Commodities 502.238 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 Thousand Dollars 292,253 299,169 353,134 431,156 472,728 15.509 15,940 16,627 17,827 18,706 12,870 11.679 10,191 11.385 15,842 4,305 3.453 1,818 2,975 8,123 14.318 16,066 16,383 20,954 31,864 6.851 7.294 6,244 6.560 10,221 280 202 165 187 349 1.392 1.322 957 2.404 3.288 2,622 1,933 1,874 1.904 2.894 350.400 357.058 407,393 495.352 564.015 132,404 159,770 127,291 225.312 342.670 30,474 44,394 38,242 53,341 93,763 16.763 14,014 13,740 14.819 17.523 11.066 11,327 15,148 20,494 31.008 4,951 4,268 3,457 3,647 7.259 2.331 4,137 2.623 2,936 3.961 998 1,100 1.721 1,028 2.355 492 1,686 782 439 2,207 294 407 570 298 617 1,600 1,553 2,537 2,807 4.028 336 424 1.194 597 1.679 36 26 25 36 29 1,200 1,200 1.400 1.500 1.700 1.790 1,790 1.210 1,210 1,265 204.735 246,096 209.M0 328.464 510.064 555,135 603.154 617.333 823.816 1.074,079 CASH RECEIPTS FROM MARKETINGS BY COMMODITIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR ,ALL COMMODITIES - 1968-1973' 1968 Livestock and Products Cattle and calves 52.7 Dairy products 3.1 Sheep and lambs 2.5 Wool 1.0 Hogs 2.4 Chickens and eggs 1.2 Honev and beeswax 2 Other 5 Total 63.6 Crops Wheat 24.1 Barley 5.3 Sugarbeets 3.1 Hay 1.6 Potatoes 6 Other 1.7 Total 36.4 All Commodities 100.0 1969 52.6 2.8 2.3 .8 2.6 1.3 .2 .5 63.1 23.9 5.5 3.0 2.0 .9 1.6 36.9 100.0 1970 1971 Percent of Total 49.6 57.2 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.7 .6 .3 2.7 2.6 1.2 1.0 .2 .1 .4 .3 59.2 65.9 26.5 7.4 2.3 1.9 .7 2.0 40.8 100.0 20.6 6.2 2.2 2.4 .6 2.1 34.1 100.0 1972 52.3 2.2 1.4 .4 2.5 .8 .3 .2 60.1 27.4 6.5 1.8 2.5 .4 1.3 39.9 100.0 1973 44.0 1.7 1.5 .8 3.0 1.0 .3 .2 58.5 31.9 8.7 1.6 2.9 .7 1.7 47.5 100.0 'Revised Turkeys, turkey eggs, ducks, geese, other fowl, game birds, rabbits, mink, bees, horses, mules 'Drv field peas, cabbage, sweet corn, lettuce, onions, green peas, tomatoes, misc. vegetables, rye, corn sorghum grain, soybeans, alsike clover seed, red clover seed, mustard seed, sweet clover seed, timothy seed. Kentucky bluegrass seed, bromegrass seed, fescue seed, rapeseed, wheatgrass seed, white clover seed, other seeds. ^Apples, plums, prunes, strawberries, raspberries, other berries MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 11 CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS OF COMMODITIES 1968-1972 Average Livestock $385,939,000 Crops $234,396,000 37.6% 1973 Livestock $564,015,000 52.5% Crops $510,064,000 47.5% 12 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES - 1972 From Sale of Principal Products and Government Payments COUNTY & DISTRICT Livestock and Livestock Products Crops Deer Lodge 1,353,900 452,100 Flathead 7,071,100 4.638,400 Granite ' 4,861,500 499,800 Lake 12,793,900 3.841,600 Lincoln 1,255,800 314,600 Mineral 174,500 74,500 Missoula 3..566,700 857,100 Powell "... 7,372.300 1,239,300 Ravalli 10,426,200 1,877,100 Sanders 4,403,300 764,100 N. WEST 53.279,200 14.558.600 Blaine 14,371,700 7,601,700 Chouteau . . .. 11,203.200 26,409.700 Glacier 5,482,500 8,678,900 Hill 6,100,,300 22,039.800 Liberty 3,015,500 11,866,600 Phillips 13,471,200 6.570.300 Pondera 5.648,000 13,061,900 Teton 9.520.800 13,170,100 Toole 4,146,400 12,510.000 N. CENTRAL 72,959.600 121.909.000 Daniels 3,084,800 11.900.900 Dawson 7.569,700 8.391.700 Garfield 11,493,700 2.349.000 McCone 6..349.300 9,674.100 Richland 11.001.100 12.341,100 Roosevelt 6.115.300 18.332,600 Sheridan 4,545,700 14,463,100 Valley 11,421,200 14,928,500 N. EAST 61,580,800 92,381,000 Broadwater 4,832,100 2,796,100 Cascade 19,760,100 9.369.300 Fergus 18.487,600 11.1,59.400 Golden Valley 4,287,500 1.247.500 Judith Basin 10.078,000 5,343.500 Lewis & Clark 9.022.100 2.226.800 Meagher 7,729,.300 853.500 Musselshell 5,561.000 1.151,300 Petroleum 4,154,200 449,400 Wheatland 6,259,100 1.090,400 CENTRAL 90.171,000 35,687,200 Beaverhead 22.822,900 1.996.800 Gallatin 17.596.700 7,811.600 .Jefferson 3„397.600 816,700 Madison 13.6,35,200 1.875,900 Silver Bow 746,000 159,300 S. WEST .58,198,400 12,660,300 Big Horn 19,229,600 5,803,600 Carbon 11,751,800 5,352,600 Park 9,224,500 1,861,500 Stillwater 12„3.55,30O 4.500,300 Sweet Grass 7.443,500 1,290,100 Treasure 4,579.500 2,249,900 Yellowstone 32,244.600 10,563,000 S. CENTRAL 96.828.800 31,621,000 Carter 9.822.000 1.897.100 Custer 13,085,600 2.436.600 Fallon 6.129,000 4,279.400 Powder River 11,8.57,300 2,282.400 Prairie 5,733,300 3.374.100 Rosebud 12.664.500 2.499.500 Wibaux 3.042.,500 2.877.800 S. EAST 62.334,200 19,646,900 STATE 495,352,000 328,464,000 Total Receipts Govern- from ment Marketings Payments Dollars 1.806,000 72.700 11,709,500 797.700 5.361,300 57.300 16.635.500 460.100 1.570.400 28.200 249.000 24.100 4.423.800 196,100 8.611.600 212.100 12,303,300 410.300 5,167,400 241.900 67,837.800 2.500,500 21.973.400 2.292.300 37.612.900 9,940.400 14.161.400 2,450,000 28.140.100 6,437,000 14,882.100 4,079,000 20,041.500 1.832.000 18,709,900 4.731.100 22,690,900 4.866.100 16,656,400 4.839.800 194,868.8()0 41.467.700 14.985.700 3.784.800 15.961.400 3.479.100 13.842,700 1.294.000 16,023,400 3,290,400 23,342.200 3,519.000 24.447.900 4.318,900 19.008.800 4,251,900 26.,349,700 4,310,200 153.961.800 28.248.300 7,628,200 778.000 29,129,400 3.589.700 29,647,000 3,579,400 5,535,000 373,400 15,421,500 2.005.200 11,248.900 391.600 8.582.800 223.900 6.712.300 416.500 4.603.600 285.000 7.349.500 449,200 125,858,200 12.091.900 24,819.700 789.100 25.408,300 1.665.000 4,214,300 194.300 15.511,100 511,000 905,300 11.800 70,858,700 3,171,200 25,033,200 1,195,400 17,104,400 1,200,500 11.086.000 581,900 16,855.600 1,455,900 8.733.600 508,200 6.829.400 466..500 42.807,600 2,169.900 128,449,800 7.578.300 11.719.100 1.278.600 15.522.200 1.090.100 10.408,400 1.896.700 14.139.700 898.500 9.107.400 862,500 15.164,000 847,200 5,920,300 1,237,500 81.981.100 8.111,100 823,816,000 103,169,000 Cash Receipts All Cash Per Receipts Farms 1.878.700 27,228 12.,507.200 14,837 5.418.600 37,892 17,095.600 16,517 1.598.600 8,240 273.100 5,811 4.619.900 13,832 8.823.700 51,004 12,713,600 14.464 5,409,300 14,087 70,338,300 17,151 24.265.700 42.201 47,553.300 51,632 16,611.400 48,857 34.577,100 43,935 18,961,100 60,579 21,873,500 41,743 23,441,000 43,409 27.557.000 38.813 21.496.200 51.674 236,336,300 46,105 18.770,500 39.4,34 19,440,500 34.469 15,136,700 .50.456 19,313,800 37.000 26.861.200 36.496 28.766.800 ,39,407 23.260.700 .30,973 30,6,59,900 41,657 182,210,100 . 37.842 8,406,200 ,39.652 32.719.100 .36.476 33.226.400 35.536 5,908,400 37,6,33 17,426,700 44,799 11,640,500 31,892 8.806.700 70,454 7.1''8.800 30.596 4.8b8.600 49.884 7.798.700 46.146 137.950.100 38.534 25.608.800 81.298 27.073.300 31.888 4,408.600 22.961 16,022.100 40.769 917.100 8.337 74,029,900 39,822 26.228,600 47.516 18,304,900 26.567 11,667,900 28.739 18,311,500 ,39..550 9,241,800 31,013 7,295,900 58.838 44,977,500 38.674 136.028.100 36.814 12.997,700 34.025 16,612.300 42.163 12,305.100 37.516 15.038.200 40.425 9.969,900 42.606 16.011.200 40,128 7,157.800 .33,292 90.092.200 38.766 926,985,000 36,352 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 13 CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES — 1973 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 Cash and Receipts Govern- Receipts Livestock from ment All Cash Per Products Crops Marketings Payments Receipts Farms Dollars 1,835,200 492,500 2,327,700 134,000 2,461,700 36,201 8,865,200 6,460.000 15,325,200 457,600 15,782,800 19,015 5,330,800 651,100 5.981,900 27,700 6,009,600 42.621 13.538,400 6,391,900 19,930,300 213,000 20,143,300 19,768 1,459,.300 366,800 1,826,100 37.200 1,863,300 9,755 348,100 70,800 418,900 11,900 430.800 9.365 3,667,700 988,600 4,656,300 102,900 4.759,200 14,466 8,226,900 1.668,400 9,895,300 174,100 10.069,400 59,232 12,720,700 2.497,000 15,217,700 349,200 15,566,900 17,996 4,511,300 929,800 5,441,100 108.700 5,549,800 14,682 60.503,600 20,516,900 81,020.500 1,616,300 82.636.800 20,470 16,132,200 12,191,200 28.323,400 1.556.900 29,880,300 52,792 10,887,000 46,214, .500 57.101,500 6.478.500 63,580,000 70,177 6,671,000 11,321,400 17,992,400 1,741,200 19,733,600 58,906 6,282,100 33,577,100 39,859,200 3,514,300 43,373,.500 55,966 3,375,500 12,775.400 16,150,900 2,468.000 18,618,900 60,451 16,640,500 11,481,000 28,121,500 1.186,200 29,307,700 56,798 7,412,000 17,815,500 25,227,500 3.034,000 28,261,500 53,123 12,779,400 16,905,500 29,684,900 3,518,000 33,202,900 47,501 4,756,400 13,039,400 17,795,800 3,717,800 21, .513,600 52,600 84.936,100 175,321,000 260,257,100 27,214,900 287,472,000 56,970 3,797,300 18,225,100 22.022,400 2,345,400 24,367.800 51,957 7,871.700 17,392,300 25,264,000 1,855,100 27.119,100 48,863 13,185,900 5,076,000 18,261,900 825.800 19,087,700 64,704 7,262.600 22,842,200 30,104,800 2.071,400 32,176,200 62,600 12,151.100 17,019,600 29,170,700 2,197,000 31,367,700 43,.326 7,986,200 30,525,200 38,511,400 2,301,600 40,813.000 56,764 5,600,600 25,918,400 31,519,000 2,311,700 33.830,700 45,779 14,584,700 27,585,600 42,170,300 2,308.300 44.478,600 61,435 72,440,100 164,584,400 237,024,500 16,216,300 253,240.800 53,438 5,100,800 3,533,900 8,634,700 469.100 9.103,800 43,559 22,642,500 13,189,700 35.832,200 2.276,800 38,109,000 43,159 20,615,500 18,199,000 38,814,500 2,504,600 41,319,100 44,912 4,183.900 1.642,800 5,826,700 242,200 6,068.900 39,154 10.915,300 7,688,900 18,604,200 1,526.000 20.130.200 52,559 10,649,800 2,823,000 13,472,800 225,200 13,698.000 38,156 9,063.000 1,069.000 10,132.000 140,400 10,272.400 83,515 6,762,900 1.795.300 8,558,200 243,600 8,801,800 38,436 4,953,600 764,100 5,717,700 182,700 5,900,400 60,829 8,290,400 1,482,400 9,772,800 312,500 10.085,300 60,755 103,177,700 52,188,100 155,365,800 8,123,100 163.488,900 46,393 26,716,300 3,188,000 29,904,300 447.100 30.351,400 97,908 19,778,400 11,736,100 31,514,500 1.009.600 32,524.100 38.904 4,547,800 1,184,200 5,732,000 86.900 5,818,900 30.788 13,705,700 3,192,100 16,897,800 282,900 17,180,700 44,395 1,030,600 230,600 1,261,200 11,700 1,272,900 11,786 65,778.800 19,531,000 85,309,800 1,838,200 87,148,000 47,622 18,002,900 9,377,800 27,380.700 775,600 28.156..300 51,853 14,408.600 6,800,300 21,208,900 772,700 21.981.600 32,421 9,618,100 2,570,400 12,188,500 359,400 12,547,900 31,370 14,055,700 5,639,400 19,695,100 981,800 20,676,900 45,344 9,199,600 2,014,600 11,214,200 233,900 11,448,100 39.072 4,821,600 3,200,200 8,021,800 279,300 8,301,100 68,042 30,419,000 14.930.500 45,349,500 1,401,800 46.751,300 40,831 100,525,500 44,533,200 145,058,700 4,804,500 149,863,200 41,205 13,149,400 3,411,000 16,560,400 767,500 17..327.900 46,085 15.147.400 3,683,400 18,830,800 692,300 19,523,100 50,447 7,529,400 6,763,000 14.292,400 1,369,300 15,661,700 48.488 12,948,800 4.675.700 17,624,500 487,300 18,111,800 49,486 7,730,100 5.905.300 13,635,400 466,200 14,101,600 61,311 15,075,400 4,475,500 19,550.900 462,000 20,012,900 50,923 5,072,700 4,475,500 9,548,200 932,100 10,480,300 49,435 76,653,200 33,389,400 110,042,600 5,176,700 115,219,300 50,380 564,015.000 510,064,000 1,074,079,000 64,990,000 1,139,069,000 45,381 14 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS a> w w u, u !-. o rt _2 B o o Sh "O ■a o c c VI o o t-, cC s £ O T3 05 e O o o (>» fo Tfl I o C o o 8 05 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 15 NUMERICAL RANKING OF COUNTIES Cash Receipts — 1973 Livestock Numbers COUNTY All Products Beaverhead 11 Big Horn 16 Blaine 14 Broadwater 44 Carbon 20 Carter 31 Cascade 7 Chouteau 1 Custer 24 Daniels 19 Dawson 17 Deer Lodge 53 Fallon 35 Fergus 5 Flathead 33 Gallatin 9 Garfield „ 26 Glacier 27 Golden Valley 48 Granite 47 Hill 4 Jefferson 49 Judith Basin 25 Lake 21 Lewis & Clark 37 Liberty 32 Lincoln 54 McCone 10 Madison 30 Meagher 40 Mineral 56 Missoula 52 Musselshell 45 Park 38 Petroleum 50 Phillips 15 Pondera 18 Powder River 29 Powell 41 Prairie 36 Ravalli 34 Richland 13 Roosevelt 6 Rosebud 23 Sanders 51 Sheridan 8 Silver Bow 55 Stillwater 22 Sweet Grass 39 Teton 12 Toole 28 Treasure 46 Vallev 3 Wheatland 42 Wibaux 43 Yellowstone 2 Livestock and Products 2 6 8 42 12 17 3 23 9 50 32 53 34 4 28 5 16 38 49 41 39 47 22 15 24 52 54 36 14 27 56 51 37 25 44 7 35 18 30 33 20 21 31 10 40 55 13 26 19 46 45 11 29 43 1 Crops 38 21 17 34 23 35 14 1 33 7 10 53 24 8 25 18 29 20 45 52 2 47 22 26 39 16 54 6 37 48 56 49 43 40 51 19 9 30 44 27 41 11 3 31 50 5 55 28 42 12 15 36 4 46 32 13 Cattle Jan. 1. 1974 1 3 6 44 18 15 13 19 7 50 25 53 26 4 43 14 11 37 42 45 35 48 17 16 30 52 54 33 12 29 56 51 36 22 39 8 38 10 32 28 24 20 31 5 47 40 55 21 27 23 49 41 9 34 46 2 Sheep Jan. 1. 1974 3 39 16 31 5 1 10 43 18 36 29 45 32 17 46 24 2 41 34 48 49 50 28 42 20 56 54 6 14 22 53 52 19 35 27 9 30 4 38 33 26 11 37 13 51 44 55 12 7 15 25 47 21 8 40 23 Hogs Dec. 1, 1974 30 13 3 44 5 25 39 9 36 18 11 50 6 1 2 16 37 22 42 54 28 48 34 14 45 17 51 23 24 46 55 47 43 35 49 12 8 56 31 21 29 32 10 26 53 15 52 4 38 7 19 41 20 40 27 33 16 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NUMERICAL RANKING OF COUNTIES Crop Production - 1973 All COUNTY Wheat Beaverhead 41 Big Horn 18 Blaine 16 Broadwater 37 Carbon 32 Carter 31 Cascade 12 Chouteau 1 Custer 33 Daniels 7 Dawson 8 Deer Lodge 52 Fallon 21 Fergus 10 Flathead 30 Gallatin 20 Garfield 24 Glacier 25 Golden Valley 38 Granite 54 Hill 2 Jefferson 45 Judith Basin 23 Lal^P 3g Lewis &'ciark.!!!!]!!!!"!!!!!!! 40 Liberty 13 Lincoln 53 McCone 6 Madison 36 Meagher 48 Mineral 55 Missoula 46 Musselshell 34 Park 35 Petroleum 47 Phillips 17 Pondera 11 Powder River 27 Powell 50 Prairie 22 Ravalli 51 Richland 9 Roosevelt 3 Rosebud 29 Sanders 49 Sheridan 5 Silver Bow 56 Stillwater 26 Sweet Grass 42 Teton 14 Toole 19 Treasure 44 Vallev 4 Wheatland 43 Wibaux 28 Yellowstone 15 Other Winter Spring Wheat 31 Durum All Wheat Wheat Barley 39 Oats Hay 42 51 1 12 30 19 26 26 7 11 17 27 13 14 13 37 26 29 28 44 22 27 40 24 36 6 26 23 18 34 12 24 5 20 17 18 46 9 1 18 11 1 4 20 33 25 32 16 26 49 3 5 15 22 50 4 9 7 12 3 35 54 47 53 56 52 20 14 13 20 9 30 3 19 21 3 25 4 23 33 23 22 45 19 14 22 15 10 31 2 19 21 23 5 47 28 13 16 33 30 42 30 53 43 23 48 55 49 52 52 28 2 6 12 11 17 38 44 44 49 39 37 16 24 28 16 18 23 34 35 25 30 28 12 39 38 42 27 16 10 11 20 19 48 53 56 52 54 37 55 13 5 3 7 8 41 36 29 35 33 3 46 50 44 41 31 53 55 55 55 56 47 36 51 40 39 29 48 47 50 45 31 32 26 38 32 14 45 51 48 38 40 21 8 24 17 19 8 6 15 4 4 29 29 18 37 36 10 18 51 43 45 49 17 15 39 31 21 43 50 45 37 43 15 8 7 10 9 1 33 32 1 2 8 2 32 22 28 29 13 25 48 41 50 53 36 40 4 1 14 11 44 52 56 56 54 54 17 46 27 20 34 38 54 40 35 10 9 16 8 2 24 5 24 10 22 5 34 51 41 42 46 47 49 25 2 6 6 6 11 43 34 41 42 27 35 12 9 25 7 46 7 27 14 21 15 21 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 17 RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF MAJOR MONTANA INDUSTRIES Percent of Total VALUE BY GROUPS Industry Basis Year Value in Millions Agriculture^ Cash receipts 1973 $ 1.139 Mining^ Value of production 1973 362 Manufacturing^ Travel2 Oil Lumbering^ Value added by manufacturing Estimated value Value of production Wholesale value 1972 1973 1973 1971 458 242 128 149 Total of above Industries $ 2,478 ' United States Department of Agriculture 2 Data compiled from the following sources: Mining — U.S. Bureau of Mines Manufacturing — 1972 Census of Manufacturers, Bureau of Census Travel — Montana Department of Highways Oil — Montana Department of Revenue Lumbering — Montana Division of Planning and Economic Development IS MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA L.\ND AREA ANT) LAND IN FARMS MONTANA LAND AREA (93.2 Million Acres) Ownership as Percentage of Total Source: "Public Land Statistics, 1969" and Montana Department of Lands. LAND IN FARMS (62.9 Million Acres) Utilization as Percentage of Total Source: 1%9 Census of .Agriculture MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 19 ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1964-1973 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Acres Harvested Year ., . Number 1964 1.413.160 1%5 1.490,080 1966 1.476.000 1%7 1,530.000 1968 1.535,789 1969 1.586,689 1970 1.499.239 1971 1.470.555 1972 1,564.355 1973 1,729.855 1968-72 Avg 1,531,325 '^ of Total 18 18 18 18 19 19 18 17 19 19 18 Value of Crop Production Dollars 78.124,000 75,527,600 88.056,100 90,100,900 93,848,600 98,947,100 91,173,200 105,695,900 141.707,600 270,989,200 106,274,480 '>f of Total 30 27 28 30 32 33 31 32 32 31 32 Acres Harvested Number 6,600,000 6.817.100 6.816.800 7.1.50,900 6,742,100 6,682,500 6.823,900 7.286,900 6.776.300 7.226.900 6.862.340 Value of Crop Production Dollars 183.269.000 204,146.400 228.504.400 208.804.100 201.663,400 203,881,900 203,774,800 224.088,100 307.414.400 600.027.800 228.164.500 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION By Primary Nutrients and Fertilizer Materials, 1968-73 ' PRLMARY NUTRIENTS 1968 1969 1970 1971 Tons 1972 1973 Nitroggn 30,429 36.507 36,786 41.207 43,913 52,840 AvailableP'o 44,188 48,221 49,775 56,834 50.154 62.346 K.^O ^...' '.Z'^.'.'. 1.688 1,220 1,572 1,262 2,504 2.983 TOT.ALNLTRIENTS' 76,305 85,948 88,113 99,304 96,571 118,169 FERTILIZER MATERIALS NITROGEN MATERIALS: Anhydrous Ammonia 1,9% Aqua .Ammonia 441 Ammonium Nitrate 14,163 Ammonium Sulpliate 1,636 Nitrogen Solution 4,944 Urea 299 Other 1 PHOSPHATE MATERIALS: Phosphate Rock 19 Superphosphate— over 22'^ 20,454 Ammonium Phosphate 60,565 Other 4,676 POTASH MATERIALS: Chloride 50-62'?^ 1,126 Other 50 NATURAL ORGANIC 225 SECONDARY AND MICRONUTRIENTS: Gypsum 1,179 Other 110 MIXTURES 55,654 TOTAL M.4TERIALS 167,538 1.538 2,390 1,705 2,069 2,137 571 341 125 153 247 27.570 26,951 35,988 60,936 73,656 1,766 2,232 1,794 3,090 6,146 4,523 4,536 4,352 3,213 2,781 264 249 1,523 239 46 45 68 28 6 79 5 2 14 0 0 16.496 19,358 14,968 11,414 11,230 52,166 45,589 38,455 33,748 39,797 5,177 4,440 2,087 2,212 3\737 1,464 1,913 1,602 3,878 4,865 102 5 8 0 0 246 195 292 166 150 1,172 464 889 215 463 216 68 60 20 23 73,040 77,650 99,057 81,654 100,572 86,361 186.451 202,947 203,013 245,929 ' Year ending June 30. - Data for some years may not add due to rounding. 20 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL CROPS. IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1972 •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 Libertv- Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL.. Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater Cascade Fergus Golden V'alley . Judith Basin.... Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell Petroleum WheaUand CENTRAL Beaverhead Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow S. WEST Big Horn Carljon Park Stillwater Sweet Grass.... 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 Production 13.330 $ 1,084,200 800 $ 29,100 24.973 3.444,400 65,700 5.005.300 39.200 2,486.800 1,500 58,700 58.342 7,438,000 33.600 1.812.200 4.900 350.900 4,800 220,800 1.300 114,600 1,500 75,800 15.610 1.305,100 14,300 631,500 47,030 3,489,400 12,000 495,800 42.080 4.360,100 4,500 187,300 11.700 866,000 20.900 1,062.100 ->38.463 24,939.500 159,600 9,578.600 45,&30 4,190,800 180,800 7,588,800 14.640 820,200 565.000 20,017,800 11.710 876,700 177.300 11.644,800 9.320 646,600 503.300 18,978,800 3.100 254,900 263.700 11,112,400 37.720 2,555,500 186.900 8,318,200 31,320 2.518,300 253.400 13,466,600 91.630 7.675,100 208,300 9,512,500 2.530 158.900 297,600 13.044.200 247.800 19,697,000 2.636,300 113.684,100 1.200 86,600 279,200 12.248,300 12.720 1,838,700 172.600 8,520,900 4.405 253.000 87.800 3,596,300 4.205 239,300 222,900 10,179,000 39.050 5,826,900 1%,300 9,265,600 6.500 485,000 378,100 19.517,600 2,620 141.900 315,500 16.163.600 24.210 1.941,200 339,300 17.198.600 94,910 10,812,600 1,991,700 96,689,900 29.760 3,612.300 30,200 1,133,900 34.320 2,876.500 224.800 8.066,700 16,220 874,000 331,000 13,545,100 6,800 661,600 35,400 1,455,100 6,200 431,900 166,600 7..360,400 32.070 2,548,200 38,300 1.459,800 41.700 2,709,200 15.000 561,300 9.210 969,600 31.900 1,299,500 13.400 1,015,500 11.700 383,100 39.320 2,692,800 34.000 1,090,100 229,000 18,391,600 918.900 36.353.000 138.370 8.842.900 11.500 412.400 87.720 9.607..300 91,700 5,457.800 22.980 1,557.900 16,600 653.200 88.320 6,933,800 11,500 552,600 4,860 356.300 2,400 83,400 342,250 •27,298.200 133,700 7.139.400 52.510 4,888.700 108,800 5,859,500 63.290 7,685,000 44,900 2.288.700 48.010 2,938,800 36.100 1,445,900 18.955 1,822,600 106.900 4.895.100 41.905 2,443,100 30.300 1,389,900 15.2.55 2,984,900 10.900 459.300 47.835 8,274,700 100.800 4.991.200 •287.760 31,037,800 438.700 21,3^29.600 10,110 449,300 89.800 3,499,400 25.365 3.233,600 43.200 2.039.600 4.010 204,800 111,900 5.113.900 21.205 1.024.900 82.900 3.821.000 9.425 1.510.400 61,500 2.928.400 33.055 3.015,000 43.000 1,967,600 1.000 62,900 65.100 3,247,900 101.170 9,530,900 497,400 22,617.800 1,5&I,333 141,707,600 6,776,300 307,414,400 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 21 ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1973 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production IRRIGATED COUNTY : — ~ & Acres Value of Crop DISTRICT Harvested Production Deer Lodge 13,650 $ 1,336.300 Flathead 27,773 5.920,700 Granite 36,700 3,597,700 Lake 60,762 14,493.600 Lincoln 6,710 586,700 Mineral 1,200 126,600 Missoula 16,720 2.182,500 Powell 63,300 5.379.200 Ravalli 38,430 7.213,500 Sanders 22,200 2,222,700 N. WEST 287.445 43,059.500 Blaine 49,270 7.172.800 Chouteau 28,630 3,096,600 Glacier 17,320 1,692.600 Hill 9.310 1.338.700 Libert\- 3.820 438.200 Phillips 47.120 5.924.000 Pondera 40,910 4,964,200 Teton 88,850 13,635,000 Toole 3,420 384,400 \. CENTR.4L 288,650 38.646,500 Daniels 2.100 196,200 Dawson 15.190 4,099.500 Garfield 5,705 692,700 McCone 3.810 440,800 Richland 34.360 14,423,800 Roosevelt 8.200 716.300 Sheridan 3.305 227,300 Valley 35,.500 5,441,700 N. EAST 108,170 26.238.300 Broadwater 36,320 7,168,800 Cascade 39,420 5.484,800 Fergus 22,720 2,219,200 Golden Valley 9.200 1.163.900 Judith Basin 9,610 985,400 Lewis & Clark 42,040 5,527.200 Meagher ,32,800 3.375.800 Musselshell 9.510 1.435.800 Petroleum 16.805 2.009,400 Wheatland 44.415 3,417,400 CENTRAL 262.810 32,787,700 Beaverhead 136,130 14,657,400 Gallatin 87,750 16,659,100 Jefferson 25,&40 2,819,200 Madison 89,220 12,954,000 Silver Bow 5,520 588,700 S. WEST 344,260 47,678.400 Big Horn 44,310 8.091.400 Carbon 66,310 14,089,800 Park 51,410 6,183,300 Stillwater 22,890 3,114,700 Sweet Grass 58.105 6,932,600 Treasure 15,940 6.046.400 Yellowstone 52.415 16.911.300 S. CENTR.AL 311,380 61.369,400 Carter 18,910 1,.589,600 Custer 25,430 6,113,900 Fallon 8,405 1,122,300 Powder River 22,005 2,322,100 Prairie 13,675 3,560,700 Rosebud 36.080 6,135,000 Wibaux 2,605 365,800 S. E.\ST 127,110 21,209,400 STATE 1,729,855 270,989,200 NOT IRRIGATED Acres Value of Crop Harvested Production 700 $ 34,400 58,100 5,599,400 1,300 77,200 26,700 1,847,100 3,000 191,500 1,400 69,300 12,800 770,600 8,900 537,900 5,400 309,000 17,500 796,100 135,800 10.232.500 182,100 14.760.300 654.400 65.158,800 191.500 12,366,700 571,200 43,036.500 254,300 13,812,000 205,300 15,566,000 261,100 18,813,200 227,400 14,621,500 304,100 14,515,400 2.851,400 212,650,400 299.200 22,821,000 197.200 22,986,100 85.000 7,540,300 246,500 25,354,200 214,000 22,126,800 438.900 40.088.000 357,700 33,265,000 388,600 35.159.100 2,227.100 209,340,500 30.500 1.343,700 233.400 17.719.300 333.500 30,487.100 32.900 2.061.100 166,000 12,443,200 22.300 1,248,000 11.500 678,700 29.300 2,215,900 12.900 851,800 30.400 1,535,100 902,700 70,583,900 7,800 610,500 82.600 8,984,900 12.700 846,500 12,900 1,493,600 2,600 171,600 118,600 12,107.100 130.300 12,216,500 44.700 3,036,600 28,900 2,302,100 104.400 7,195,200 27.800 1,775,700 16.400 1,274,400 118.000 10,801,700 470,500 38,602,200 81,500 6.169,900 47,800 3,962,000 117,400 10,819,500 85,000 7,622,600 62,200 6,845,000 49,000 4,367,400 77,900 6,724,800 520,800 46,511,200 7,226,900 600,027,800 22 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS oo o3 o ■^ 00 o '" ^ \ ^1 cs ^ o .-1 r-l e^^ fO MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 23 CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA PREPARED BV THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA 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 Chouteau Ft. Benton. Glacier Cut Bank..., Hill Ha\Te Liberty Joplin Phillips Malta Pondera Valier Teton Fairfield... Toole Dunkirk N. CENTR.AL.... Averages'. Daniels Scobey Dauson 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 SulSpgs. Musselshell Roundup Petroleum Flatwillow Wheatland Harlowtown ... CENTRAL Averages' Beaverhead Dillon Gallatin Bozeman Jefferson Whitehall Madison Virginia City. Silver Bow Butte S. WEST Averages'. Big Horn Crow Agency. Carbon Red Lodge Park Livingston Stillwater Columbus Sweet Grass Big Tirnljer ■„ Treasure Hysham Yellowstone Billings S. CENTRAL .... Averages' Carter Ekalaka.... Custer Miles City . Fallon Plevna Powder River.... Broadus.... Prairie Mildred Rosebud Forsyth Wibaux Wibaux S. E.AST Averages'. 14.07 r of Days Between Freezing Temperatures — 1972 and 1973 Number of Days Precipitation, Inches Temperature of Growing Season oi", i.^dsi in Spring and Annual April thrt 1972 I September 1973 Normal^ 1 First in Fall 1 1972 1973 Normal 1972 1973 Avg. 11.05 11.74 13.22 5.96 5.51 8.43 Ul U12 lib 14.63 11.85 15.42 7.35 4.22 8.09 129 21 135 12.53 12.51 14.97 7.00 8.09 9.74 8 13 55 14.31 11.91 15.10 7.03 6.62 9.31 129 98 119 17.12 12.28 17.63 8.13 5.86 9.19 38 68 39 17.40 13.65 16.35 5.54 5.54 7.57 129 103 85 13.69 9.01 12.83 5.56 3.44 7.34 108 112 112 21.24 10.39 15.95 8.37 4.30 7.80 18 12 ,39 14.18 12.09 12.22 5.68 5.71 6.67 104 113 122 24.57 16.35 20.80 6.97 5.46 8.18 146 112 115 21.24 16.13 18.66 8.17 5.86 8.57 8.22 12.37 12.52 6.31 9.72 9.25 127 119 14.12 10.52 14.57 10.59 7.65 10.13 134 112 1?7 12.66 6.25 11.53 9.78 5.08 9.12 99 83 108 9.89 11.73 11.89 6.63 8.18 8.61 138 125 1.38 8.86 5.82 10.91 7.32 4.79 9.03 123 21 115 13.11 11.84 10.22 8.84 124 131 13.66 5.50E 12.76 10.93 3.86 10.26 119 123 114 9.78 6.92 11.72 7.47 5.23 9.32 137 124 9.11 5.84 11.61 6.79 4.80 8.88 80 97 104 12.92 9.81 12.56 9.30 7.57 9.51 15.02 14.15 13.72 11.95 10.72 10.47 137 126 116 13.62 14.86 12.73 9.94 12.44 9.91 138 166 139 16.54 13.05 10.31 13.58 10.69 7.81 142 124 108 16.28 13.70 15.24 11.52 11.45 10.81 124 121 15.38 17.78 13.41 12.35 15.70 10.82 138 124 1,31 21.58 11.99 12.84 17.75 10.22 10.26 77 123 114 18.56 12.35 12.77 15.35 10.58 10.35 135 123 107 15.2'' 11.20 12.27 12.73 9.36 9.26 138 127 124 15.55 13.12 12.64 12.60 11.11 9.91 8.67 8.60 10.81 5.96 5.28 7.99 12 114 13.07 12.16 14.07 6.92 7.57 9.72 136 126 1,35 18.66 20.62 16.52 13.29 14.88 12.02 123 116 107 12.43 11.91E 12.53 9.74 8.25E 9.68 137 108 15.14 12.08 14.96 10.39 8.88 11.19 105 33 104 8.22 6.26 10.85 4.57 3.54 7.49 120 110 1,34 8.04 10.81 18.46 5.59 6.97 11.19 55 95 97 13.20 13.10 10.93 10.62 9.23 8.22 142 116 129 16.46 15.02 12.57 12.10 11.41 9.53 119 113 122 12.50 13.25 12.74 9.20 8.75 9.81 135 107 % 13.51 12.38 14.12 9.23 8.65 9.90 9.27 10.78 11.34 6.54 7.45 8.12 104 87 99 17.82 21.06 17.38 11.35 13.73 10.90 122 90 107 8.82 10.43 9.63^ 4.67 7.02 7.52^ 104 90 15.66 19.90E 13.95 6.44 12.26 9.53 103 76 94 8.36 8.82 11.48 10.83 5.30 8.33 120 76 81 14.82 16.20 14.41 9.39 10.08 9.11 16.16 18.30 14.44 9.56 13.96 9.32 142 128 125 29.34 30.02 20.02 16.06 17.34 13.39 54 88 104 14.94 15.24 13.38 11.23 10.02 9.09 132 108 116 16.10 13.85E 13.26 10.96 8.79E 9.51 141 116 17.68 11.97E 14.36 13.70 7.69 10.06 136 107 123 10.72 12.13 11.99 6.85 9.00 8.72 133 127 121 18.17 16.16 13.23 9.88 8.27 8.73 142 135 132 17.27 15.91 14.49 11.04 10.40 9.77 16.83 21.68 13.22 12.70 17.32 10.32 73 115 122 17.54 17.64 12.17 12.89 15.45 9.04 147 116 1,50 15.57 17.06 12.60 12.70 14.60 9.70 135 122 118 16.01 13.21 13.88 12.50 9.37 10.31 136 116 128 16.09 19.21E 12.36 13.22 17.29 9.56 138 - . . 119 9.85 17.18E 12.07 11.89 14.58E 9.36 142 141 1,30 14.20 15.42E 13.80 7.45 13.16 11.41 14 112 16.77 12.79 10.54 13.93 9.46 ' In this Comparison the "first in fall" Is the first freezing temperature after June 30. 2 Normal for Period 1931-1960. ' Average of all stations including some which are not listed on this table. < Average for Whitehall Airport 1938-1959. E Estimated data. - Data not available. 24 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT Acreage, Production. Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted 1964 2,045,000 1%5 2,699,000 1966 2,213,000 1967 2,877,000 1968 2,877,000 1%9 2,556,000 1970 1,638,000 1971 1,913.000 1972 2,143.000 1973 2,200,000 Harvested for Grain 1.834,000 2,329.000 2,143,000 2,807.000 2,751.000 2.416.000 1,548,000 1,827,000 1.790.000 2,080.000 Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 52,269.000 67.541.000 64.290.000 84.210.000 86.656.000 28.5 29.0 30.0 30.0 31.5 26.0 27.0 30.0 27.0 26.5 62.816.000 41,7%.000 54.810.000 48,330.000 55,120.000 Price Per Bu. 1.23 1.18 1.45 1.23 1,09 1.16 1.22 1.17 1.87 4.30 Value of Production Dollars 64.291.000 79.698.000 93.220.000 103.578.000 94.455.000 72.867.000 50.991,000 64,128.000 90.377.000 237,148,000 Value Per Acre 35.06 34.22 43.50 36.90 34.33 30.16 32.94 35.10 50.49 114.01 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Harvested Year Planted for Grain Acres 1964 38.700 37,000 1%5 41,700 40,400 1%6 33,900 32.200 1967 30.100 29.300 1968 32.000 .31.000 1%9 30,000 29,000 1970 21,000 20.000 1971 23.700 23.100 1972 27,000 26.000 1973 22.000 21.000 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 1.507.000 1.964.000 1.546.tXM) 1.389.000 1.504.000 40.7 48.6 48.0 47.4 48.5 45.0 49.8 M.O 52.0 48.8 1.305,000 995,000 1,247.400 1,353.000 1.025.000 Pianied Harvested for Grain Acres 2.006.300 2.637.300 2.179.100 2,846,900 2,84.5.000 2.526,000 1.617.000 1.889.300 2.116.000 2,178.000 1.797.000 2.288.600 2.110.800 2.777.700 2.720.000 2.387.000 1.528.000 1.803.900 1.764.000 2.059.000 Yield Per Acre Pro- ducUon Bushels 50.762,000 65.577,000 62.744,000 82.821.000 85.152.000 28.2 28.7 29.7 29.8 31.3 25.8 26.7 29.7 26.6 26.3 61.511.000 40.801.000 53.562.600 46.977,000 54,095,000 ACRES HARVESTED Spring and Winter Wheat, 1930-1973 Thous. Acres 4,000 3,000 2.000 1.000 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 25 DURUM WHEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted 1964 183,000 1965 117,000 1966 163,000 1967 243,000 1968 379,000 1969 235,000 1970 129,000 1971 168,000 1972 137,000 1973 185,000 Harvested for Grain 178,000 114,000 160,000 240,000 365,000 230,000 124,000 160,000 134,000 182,000 Yield Per Acre Total 23.5 26.5 23.0 19.0 21.0 31.0 25.5 23.0 31.5 22.0 Bushels 4,183,000 3,021,000 3,680,000 4,560,000 7,665,000 7,130,000 3,162,000 3,680,000 4,221,000 4,004,000 Price Per Bu. 1.26 1.31 1.65 1.61 1.41 1,25 1.30 1.28 1.86 5.65 Value of Production Value Per Acre Dollars 5,271,000 3,958,000 6,072,000 7,342,000 10,808,000 8,913,000 4,111,000 4,710,000 7,851,000 22,636,000 29.61 34.72 37.95 30.59 29.61 38.75 33.15 29.44 58.59 124.37 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 1964 4,300 3,900 1965 2,300 2,300 1966 2,900 2,600 1967 2.900 2,800 1968 2,000 2,000 1969 2,200 2,000 1970 2,000 2,000 1971 1,000 1,000 1972 1,000 1,000 1973 800 800 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction 34.1 36.7 32.3 40.0 36.5 42.0 40.1 41.3 38.0 39.5 Bushels 133,000 84,500 84,000 112,000 73,000 84,000 80,200 41,300 38,000 31,600 Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 178,700 114,700 160,100 240,100 377,000 232,800 127,000 167,000 136,000 184,200 174,100 111,700 157,400 237,200 363,000 228,000 122,000 159,000 133,000 181,200 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction 23.3 26.3 22.8 18.8 20.9 30.9 25.3 22.9 31.5 21.9 Bushels 4,050,000 2,936,500 3,596,000 4,448,000 7.592,000 7,046,000 3,081,800 3,638,700 4,183,000 3,972,400 SPRING WHEAT (Excluding Durum) Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES Year Planted 1964 „ 1,928,000 1965 1,735,000 1966 1,509,000 1967 1,705,000 1968 1,466,000 1%9 1,129,000 1970 1,739,000 1971 2,435,000 1972 1,850,000 1973 1,850,000 s PRODUCTION VALUE Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels Dollars 1,865,000 1,697,000 1,442,000 1,687,000 1,434,000 20.0 20.5 22.0 18.0 22.0 37,300,000 34,788,000 31,724,000 30,366,000 31,548,000 1.32 1.33 1.56 1.42 1.31 49,236,000 46,268,000 49,489,000 43,120,000 41,328,000 26.40 27.26 34.32 25.56 28.82 1,104,000 1,711,000 2,327,000 1,780,000 1,790,000 27.0 23.5 23.0 26.0 21.0 29,808,000 40,209.000 53,521,000 46,280,000 37,590,000 1.36 1.40 1.29 1.90 4.15 40,539,000 56,293,000 69,042,000 87,932,000 156,086,000 36.72 32.90 29.67 49.40 87.20 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 1964 62,600 60,100 1965 55,200 51,500 1966 46,800 43,300 1%7 48,100 46,000 1968 40,000 39,000 1969 34,000 32,000 1970 38,000 36,000 1971 44,000 42,000 1972 37,500 36,000 1973 35,600 34,300 Yield Per Pro- Acre duction Bushels 35.3 33.4 36.4 39.5 41.0 38.2 37.7 40.2 41.5 41.3 2,122,000 1,719,000 1,576,000 1,817,000 1,599,000 1,223,000 1,358,000 1,690,300 1,494,000 1,418,300 Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 1,865,400 1,679,800 1,462,200 1,656,900 1.426,000 1,095,000 1,701,000 2,391,000 1,812,500 1,814,400 1,804,900 1,645,500 1,398,700 1,641,000 1.395,000 1,072,000 1,675,000 2,285,000 1,744,000 1,755,700 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction 19.5 20.1 21.6 17.4 21.5 26.7 23.2 22.7 25.7 20.6 Bushels 35,178,000 33,069,000 30,148,000 28,549,000 29,949,000 28,585,000 38,851,000 51,830,700 44,786,000 36,171,700 26 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted 1964 4,156,000 1965 4,551,000 1966 3,885,000 1967 4,825,000 1968 4,722,000 1969 3,920,000 1970 3,506,000 1971 4,516,000 1972 4,130,000 1973 4,235,000 Harvested for Grain 3,877,000 4,140,000 3,745,000 4,734,000 4,550,000 3,750,000 3,383,000 4,314,000 3,704,000 4,052,000 Yield Per Acre Total 24.2 25.4 26.6 25.2 27.7 26.6 25.2 26.0 26.7 23.9 Bushels 93,752.000 105.350,000 99, 694. (X 10 119.i:!6.(K)0 125,869.000 99,754,000 85,167,000 112,011,000 98,831,000 96,714,000 Price Per Bu. 1.27 1.23 1.49 1.29 1.16 1.23 1.31 1.23 1,88 4.30 Value of Production Dollars 118,798,000 129,924,000 148,781,000 154,040,000 146,591,000 122„319.000 111. .395.000 137,880,000 186,160,000 415,870,000 Value Per Acre 30.64 31.38 39.73 32.54 32.22 32.62 32.93 31.96 50.26 102.63 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 1964 105,600 101,000 1965 99,200 94,200 1966 83,600 78.100 1967 81,100 78,100 1968 74,000 72,000 1969 66,200 63,000 1970 61,000 58,000 1971 68,700 66,100 1972 65,500 63,000 1973 58,400 56,100 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 37.2 40.0 41.0 42.5 44.1 41.5 42.0 45.1 45.8 44.1 3.762,000 3,767,500 3,206,000 3,318.000 3,176,000 2,612,000 2,433,200 2,979.000 2,885,000 2,474,900 Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 4,050,400 4,451,800 3,801,400 4,743,900 4,648,000 3,853,800 3,445.000 4. 447, .300 4,064,500 4.176,600 3,776.000 4.045.800 3,666,900 4.6.55.900 4.478.000 3,687,000 3,325,000 4,247,900 3,641,000 3,995,900 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction 23.8 25.1 26.3 24.9 27.4 26.3 24.9 25.7 26.4 23.6 Bushels 89,990,000 101,.582.500 96,488,000 115,818,000 122,693,000 97,142,000 82,733,800 109,032,000 95,946,000 94,239,100 YIELD PER ACRE All Wheat. Barley, and Oat.s, 1930-1973 Bu. per Acre 50 LA =4 I ■^ / •? > < » v/ \ -h^ \ / \ / \/ -4— \ \ A ^•^m^^mL MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 27 OATS Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year Planted 1964 365,000 1965 365,000 1966 369.000 1967 244.000 1968 332.000 1%9 562,000 1970 781,000 1971 420.000 1972 490.000 1973 510,000 ES PRODUCTION VALUE Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels Dollars 231,000 226,000 194,000 140,000 206,000 37.0 42.5 38.5 37.0 40.0 8,547,000 9,605,000 7,469,000 5,180,000 8,240,000 .55 .55 .58 .64 .61 4,701,000 5,283,000 4,332,000 3.315,000 5,026,000 20.35 23.38 22.33 23.68 24.40 356,000 545,000 236,000 246,000 270,000 49.5 42.0 40.0 48.0 38.0 17.622.000 22.890.000 9,440,000 11,808,000 10,260,000 .53 .53 .58 .71 1.20 9,340,000 12,132.000 5,475,000 8,384,000 12,312,000 26.24 22.26 23.20 34.08 45.60 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Harvested Year for Grain Acres 1964 44,000 1965 43,800 1966 38,700 1967 37,100 1968 44,000 1%9 50,000 1970 43,200 1971 31,600 1972 32,300 1973 35,400 Yield Per Acre Production Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Production Bushels Acres Bushels 53.0 56.0 56.5 59.8 60.0 2,333,000 2,453,000 2,186,000 2,219,000 2,640,000 187,000 182,200 155,300 102,900 162,000 33.2 39.3 34.0 28.8 34.6 6,214,000 7,152.000 5,283,000 2,961,000 5,600.000 59.0 55.9 57.9 64.8 58.0 2,950.000 2,415,000 1,831,000 2,092,000 2,053,000 306,000 501,800 204,000 213,700 234.600 47.7 40.8 37.3 45.5 35.0 14.672,000 20,475,000 7,609,000 9,716,000 8,207,000 BARLEY .Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted 1964 1,626.000 1965 1,366,000 1966 1,735,000 1967 1,319,000 1968 1,200,000 1969 1,680.000 1970 1,800,000 1971 1,740.000 1972 1,820.000 1973 2,100,000 Harvested for Grain 1.529,000 1,300,000 1,651,000 1.255,000 1,155,000 1.617,000 1,714,000 1.680.000 1,707,000 2,000,000 Yield Per Acre Total 32.5 38.5 38.5 29.5 37.0 42.0 38.0 35.0 37.5 30.0 Bushels 49.692,000 50.050,000 63,564.000 37,022,000 42,735,000 67.914,000 65,132,000 58,800,000 64,013,000 60.000,000 Price Per Bu. .78 .87 .87 .86 .78 .71 .78 .88 1.22 2.20 Value of Production Dollars 38.760,000 43,544,000 55,301,000 31,839,000 33,333,000 48,219,000 50,803,000 51,744.000 78.096,000 132,000,000 Value Per Acre 25.35 33.50 33.50 25.37 28.86 29.82 29.64 30.80 45.75 66.00 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Harvested Year Planted for Grain Acres 1964 91,100 86,000 1965 93,100 85,600 1966 107.900 100,000 1%7 101,900 93,400 1968 99,000 93,000 1%9 112,000 107.000 1970 99,000 91,000 1971 102,600 99.200 1972 112.700 105.000 1973 1:51,600 126.000 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 47.1 52.2 53.2 54.0 54.5 54.4 56.0 .55.0 60.6 54.4 4.052.000 4.470,000 5,320.000 5.044,000 5,067,000 5.821.000 5,096,000 5.456.0(X) 6,365.000 6,858..5(M) Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 1.534.900 1.272,900 1,627,100 1.217.100 1.101,000 1,568,000 1,701,000 1.637.400 1.707.300 1.968,400 1,443,000 1,214,400 1.551.000 1.161.600 1.062.000 1,51().(KK) 1.623.000 l„580,80O 1.602,000 1.874.000 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 31.6 37.5 37.6 27.5 35.5 41.1 37.0 33.7 36.0 28.4 45.640.000 45.580.000 58.244.000 31.978.000 37.668.000 62.093.000 60.036.000 53,344.000 57,648,{X)0 53,141.500 28 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RYE Acreage, Production. Price. Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally Dryland ACRES Year Planted 1964 36.000 1965 29.000 1966 16.000 1%7 12.000 1968 14,000 1%9 21,000 1970 20,000 1971 18.000 1972 9.000 1973 Estimates discontinued s PRODUCTION VALUE Har\-ested for Grain Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels Dollars 18.000 16,000 6,000 5,000 5.000 20.0 25.0 21.0 19.0 18.0 360,000 400.000 126.000 95.000 90.000 .80 .78 .87 .80 .72 288.000 312.000 110.000 76.000 65.000 16.00 19.50 18.33 15.20 13.00 8.000 9,000 7.000 3.000 21.0 17.0 27.0 23.0 168.000 153.000 189.000 69.000 .72 .72 .62 .68 121.000 110.000 117,000 47,000 15.13 12.22 16.n 15.67 FLAXSEED Acreage. Production. Price. Total Valur and Value Per .Acre Principally Dryland ACRES PRODUCTIO.N VALUE Year Planted 19fr4 23.000 1965 21,000 1966 15,000 1967 6.000 1968 8.000 1%9 14,000 1970 38,000 1971 13.000 1972 12.000 1973 15.000 Harvested for Grain 21.000 20.000 14.000 5.000 7,000 13.000 35.000 8.000 10.000 13.000 Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 8.0 12.5 10.5 8.0 11.0 13.0 11.0 8.0 13.0 8.0 168.000 250,000 147,000 40.000 77.000 169.000 385.000 64.000 130.000 104.000 Price Per Bu. 2.55 2.49 2.62 2.63 2.53 2.44 2.15 2.06 2.79 7.40 Value of Production Dollars 428.000 623.000 385.000 105.000 195,000 412,000 828.000 132.000 363.000 770.000 Value Per Acre 20.38 31.15 27.50 21.00 27.86 31.69 23.66 16.50 36.30 59.23 CORN .Acreage. Production. Price. Total Value, \alue Per Acre, and I'tili/.ation TOTAL ACRES FOR GRAIN FOR SILAGE Year Acres Har- Planted Har\'ested vested 19« 66,000 6.3.000 4.000 1965 65.000 62.000 3.000 1966 68.000 66,000 5.000 1967 70,000 69.000 7.000 1968 70.000 68,000 4.000 1969 63.000 61.000 6.000 1970 62.000 61.000 4.000 1971 75.000 73.000 7.000 1972 80.000 79.000 6.000 1973 92,000 90,000 11,000 Production Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 2.36.000 16«.()00 320.000 476.000 59.0 56,0 61.0 68.0 "3.0 72.0 76.0 78.0 73.0 438.000 288.000 5,32.000 468.000 803.000 Value Value of Price Pro- per Bu. ductlon Dollars 1.23 1.29 1.36 I. 30 75.0 .300.000 1.26 1.24 1.40 1.30 1.48 2.60 290,000 217,000 4.15.000 619.000 .378.000 .543.000 403.000 692.000 693.000 2.088.000 .Acres Har- .39.000 44.000 49.000 50.000 45.000 47.000 48.000 47.000 68.000 73.000 Production Yield Per GRAZING AND FORAGE vested .Acre Total Tons 11. n 13.0 14.0 15.0 15.0 14.5 15.5 15.0 16.5 17.0 429.000 .572.000 686.000 750.000 675.000 682.000 744.000 705.000 1.122.000 1.241.0 Value of Pro- duction' Value Per Acre' Dollars Gov. Payments Per Ton 14.0 973.000 12.90 12,552,000 180.34 2.40 12.4 748,000 12.30 9,200,000 152.07 2.40 17.1 1,005,000 13.50 13,568,000 231.14 2.37 17.6 1,007,000 14.30 14,400,000 252.19 2.35 15.7 1,034,000 15.00 15,510,000 236.07 2.33 17.9 1,206,000 13.90 16,763,000 248.34 2.22 16.2 922.000 15.20 14,014,000 246.29 1 2.17 19.6 916,000 15.00 13,740.000 294.22 2.20 18.6 842,000 17.60 14,819,000 327.85 2.21 19.8 883,000 38.002 33,554,000 752.33 3 30 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA SEED Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year ACRES Harvested 1964 48,000 1965 27,000 1966 40.000 1967 36,000 1968 31,000 1969 21,000 1970 50,000 1971 25,000 1972 12,000 1973 30.000 PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Pounds (Cleaned) Price Per Cwt. VALUE Value of Production Value Per Acre Dollars 110 5.280,000 26.10 1.378,000 28.71 85 2,295,000 34.00 780,000 28.89 100 4.000.000 33.90 1,356,000 33.90 85 3,060,000 41.00 1,255,000 34.86 65 2,015,000 32.70 659.000 21.26 90 1,890,000 34.10 644.000 30.67 110 5,500,000 27.30 1.502.000 30.04 95 2,.375,000 25.60 608.000 24.32 80 960,000 41.70 400.000 33.33 105 3,150,000 95.00 2,993,000 99.77 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Acres Harvested 1964 10.600 1965 7.600 1966 12.000 1967 13,200 1968 9,000 1969 9,500 1970 13,000 1971 6,000 1972 2,000 1973 11,000 Yield Per Acre Production Pounds (Cleaned) 137 98 142 122 90 133 131 116 98 117 1,448,500 748,000 1,704,000 1,610,000 810,000 1,260,000 1,699,000 693.000 196,000 1,288,000 Acres Har\'ested 37.400 19,400 28.000 22.800 22,000 11.500 37.000 19,000 10.000 19.000 Yield Per Acre Production Pounds (Cleaned) 102 80 82 64 55 55 103 89 76 98 3.831.500 1.547.000 2.296.000 1.450.000 1.205.000 630.000 3.801.000 1.682.000 760.000 1.862.000 SWEET CHERRIES Production, Farm Disposition, Price and Value Year 1964 1965 1966 1967 2.780 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 PRODUCTION FARM DISPOSITION VALUE Produc tion . 2.030 Produc- tion Having Value Tons 1.825 120 2.548 2.724 1,430 610 1,270 2,840 1,200 2,510 For Farm Houseiiold Use Tons 55 13 41 41 28 12 1 Sold 1,770 107 2,507 2,683 1.272 338 1 Average Price Per Ton Dollars 264.00 6,58,00 310.00 368.00 524.00 535.00 313.00 416.00 478.00 670.00 Value of Production Thousand 482 79 790 1,002 749 326 398 1,181 574 1,682 Value of Sales Dollars 467 130 70 . 2,600 777 . 2,780 987 . 1,430 667 610 181 . 1,400 1 . 2.840 . 1.200 . 2.510 ' Not available after 1969. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 31 CHERRIES Acres and Trees in Commercial Orcliards * By County, 19.51 and 1971 COUNTY & ACRES VARIETY 1951 1971 Sweet cherries Flathead NA 43 Lake NA 912 Ravalli NA 0 Total Sweet NA 955 Tart cherries Flathead NA 0 Lake NA 0 Ravalli NA 251 Total Tart NA 251 Total Cherries 726 1,206 TREES OF AI.L^AGES 1951 1971 NA 36,508' 227^ 36,735 4,024 81,999 0 86,023 NA 663' 29,962^ 30,625 3 67 21,4.50 21,520 67,.360 107,543 ' Commercial Orchards — 100 or more trees. Includes Flathead County trees. ' Includes Missoula County trees. CHERRIES Commercial Orchards by Size Groups, 1971 SIZE GROUP — NUMBER OF TREES Less than COUNTY 299 Flathead: Number of orchards 2 Number of trees 321 Lake: Number of orchards 78 Number of trees 14,218 Ravalli: Number of orchards 3 Number of trees 550 Total orchards 83 Total trees 15,089 300-599 600-999 1,000 or more TOTAL 4 1,656 0 0 2 2,050 8 4,027 60 24,620 28 21,385 15 21,843 181 82,066 2 8D0 0 0 2 20,100 7 21,450 66 27,076 28 21,385 19 43,993 196 107,543 SWEET CHERRY TREES IN COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS By County and by Age, 1951 and 1971 COUNTY NUMBER OF TREES BY AGE TOTAL Under 2-6 7-11 12-21 22-31 Over TREES OF 2 years years years years years 31 years ALL AGES Flathead 1951 1 1971 290 Lake 1951 1,724 1971 7.255 Ravalli 1951 40 1971 0 Total 1951 1,764 1971 7,545 1,460 899 370 671 334 4.024 5,674 19,205 5,421 22,390 23,540 20,487 149- 8,749 0 3,913 36,508 81,999 98 0 3 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 227 0 5,772 20,665 5,424 23,289 23,626 20,857 1492 9,420 0 4,247 36,735 86,023 ' Included in Lake County totals. 2 1951 Survey Age Group 22 years and over. 32 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL HAY Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year 1964.. 1965.. 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1%9. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. Year 1964.. 1965.. 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970., 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Har\ested Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Ton Baled Value of Production Value Per Acre Tons Dollars 2,211.000 2,490.000 2,303.000 2,370,000 2,204,000 1.53 1.54 1.43 1.63 1.63 3,380,000 3,823,000 3,297,000 3,864,000 3,603,000 22.00 22.00 26.00 22.50 22.50 74,360,000 84,106,000 85,722,000 86,940,000 81,068,000 33.63 33.78 37.22 36.68 36.78 2,370,000 2,447,000 2,355,000 2,520,000 2,450,000 1.63 1.67 1.64 1.73 1.67 3,854,000 4,081,000 3,872,000 4,362,000 4,100,000 24.00 22.50 27.50 32.00 57.00 92,496,000 91,823,000 106,480,000 139,584,000 233,700,000 39.03 37.53 45.21 55.39 95 J9 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED .Acres Har\-ested Yield Per Acre Production Acres Har\ested Yield Per Acre Production Tons Tons 1.093,600 1,170,900 1,161,700 1,228,500 1,210,400 1.91 1.95 1.86 2.10 2.06 2,090,000 2,286,000 2,164,500 2,575,000 2,493.000 1.117,400 1.319.100 1.141.300 1.141.500 993.600 1.15 1.17 .99 1.13 1.12 1.290.000 1.537.000 1.132.500 1.289.000 1.110.000 1,239,000 1,171,400 1,145,000 1,236,400 1,368,000 2.04 2.14 2.19 2.26 2.13 2,528,000 2,506,800 2,510,000 2,796,200 2,918,000 1.131.000 1.275.600 1.210.000 1.283.600 1.082,000 1.17 1.23 1.13 1.22 1.09 1.326,000 1,574,200 1,362,000 1,565,800 1.182,000 Year Acres Har- vested 1964 1,048,000 1%5 1,100,000 1966 1,045.000 1967 1.118.000 1968 1.107.000 1%9 1.118.000 1970 1.162.000 1971 1.160.000 1972 1.200.000 1973 1,220,000 ALFALFA HAY .Acreage and Production TOTAL Yield Per Pro- Acre duction Tons 2.00 1.95 1.85 2.15 2.05 2.05 2.15 2.05 2.15 2.10 2,0%,000 2,145,000 1,933,000 2,404,000 2,269.000 2.292.000 2.498.000 2.378.000 2.580.000 2.562.000 IRRIGATED Acres Har- vested 581.500 608.000 599.500 638.000 frie.OOO 652.000 628.900 630.000 679.400 760.000 Yield Per .Acre 2.45 2.40 2.37 2.64 2.57 2.58 2.72 2.72 2.72 2.61 Pro- duction Tons 1.425.000 1.461.000 1.421.000 1,684.000 1,660.000 1.695.000 1,713.400 1,713,000 1,847.200 1,984,000 NOT IRRIGATED Acres Har- vested 466,500 492,000 445,500 480,000 461.000 466.000 533.100 530.000 520.600 460.000 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Tons 1.44 1.39 1.15 1.50 1.32 1.28 1.47 1.25 1.41 1.26 671.000 684.000 512.000 720.000 609.000 597.000 784,600 665,000 732,800 578,000 Year OTHER HAY .Acreage and Production Acres Har- vested 1964 527,000 1965 648,000 1966 518,000 1%7 585,000 1968 480,000 1%9 520,000 1970 , 520,000 1971 634,000 1972 590,000 1973 540,000 WILD HAY Yield Per Acre .95 1.05 .95 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.10 1.10 1.20 1.10 Pro- duction Tons 501,000 680,000 492,000 614,000 504.000 546.000 572,000 697.000 708,000 594.000 ALL OTHER HAY ' Acres Har- vested 636.000 742.000 740,000 667.000 617.000 732.000 765,000 561.000 730,000 690.000 Yield Per Acre 1.23 1.35 1.18 1.27 1.35 1.39 1.32 1.26 1.47 1.37 Pro- duction Tons 783.000 998,000 872,000 846,000 830,000 1,016,000 1.011.000 707.000 1,074.000 944.000 ' Includes clover-timothy, grain and other hay. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 33 WINTER WHEAT Acreag;e Harvested, 1973 9,999 or less 10,000 - 24,000 25,000 - 49.999 ''/'y// 50,000 - 99,999 Numbers show ranking of top 10 100,000 ■ 199,999 200,000 or more SPRING WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM Acreage Harvested, 1973 4,999 or less 5,000 - 14,999 34 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DURUM WHEAT Acreage Harvested, 1973 0 01 - 499 500 ■ 999 \///y 1,000 - 2.999 5,000 - 9.999 10,000 or more BARLEY Acreage Harvested, 1973 4,999 or less 5.000 - 9.999 Y''-°:°\ MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 35 OATS Acreage Harvested, 1973 999 or less ALFALFA HAY Acres Harvested - 1973 Numbers show ranking of top 10 Less than 5,000 5,000 - 9,999 TTT^TTT-T ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 10,000 - 19.999 20,000 - 29.999 [;'/.».°;t;,] t'.'.'.V.V.J ao.oot - 49.999 ^:v::::::.:.g 50,000 or more 36 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT - 1972 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties 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. CE>fTRAL.. 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 ACRES Yield per Gross Re- Net Harvested Harv. PRO- Seeded Seeded' Seeded for Grain Acre DUCTION Bushels VALUE Dollars 400 . . . 400 400 50.0 20.000 40.100 16,700 100 16.600 15.400 54.6 840.800 1.655,000 300 300 300 34.0 10.200 20,500 8.900 300 8,600 7.800 36.4 283.800 559.600 500 500 400 37.5 15.000 30.000 300 300 300 34.7 10.400 20.700 4,300 4.300 4.000 27.6 110.200 217.500 L800 1.800 1.700 28.8 49.000 97.700 3,000 3.000 2.600 33.8 87,800 173,300 3.500 3.500 3.300 22.5 74,200 147.000 39,700 400 39,300 36.200 41.5 1,501,400 2,961,400 105,100 10.300 94.800 89.100 23.5 2.095.400 4.079.000 452,400 48.700 403.700 ,366.200 20.7 7.596.400 14.571.900 58,600 4,600 54,000 52.600 36.8 1.933.300 3.791.300 439,300 47.500 391.800 376,200 20.0 7.5.33,000 14.638.000 197,600 16.100 181.500 176.500 22.5 3.972.000 7.774.900 91,100 4.500 86.600 84.100 25.4 2.138.800 4.190.000 144,500 5.400 139.100 133.200 28.8 3.833.400 7.394.200 135,200 3.800 131.400 121.000 27.1 3.273.400 6.306.400 158,200 3.800 154.400 151.200 21.8 3.301.800 6.499.500 1,782,000 144,700 1,637,300 1.550.100 23.0 35.677,500 69.243.200 196,200 196.200 191.000 25.6 4.890.100 9.018.200 115,000 500 114.500 94.400 32.8 3.094.400 5.559.400 36,000 36.000 31.000 30.7 952.000 1.713.800 149,500 3,300 146.200 138,400 28.3 3.913.400 7.141.900 109,500 3,700 105.800 100.000 30.2 3,022.300 5.463.000 260,000 400 259.600 247,100 30.6 7.562.600 13.934.300 218,600 218.600 214,200 29.6 6.330.000 11.673.200 234,200 1.000 2.33.200 227,900 29.6 6.751.900 12.441.700 1,319,000 8.900 1.310,100 1,244,000 29.4 36.516,700 66.945,500 22,100 400 21.700 19.600 23.6 463.200 921.000 150,400 2,100 148.300 124,900 21.4 2.677.700 5.211.000 137,300 3,900 133,400 118.300 24.4 2.881.200 5.616.500 16,500 16.500 14,500 27.6 400.800 776.200 59,100 1.000 58.100 51,700 27.7 1.432.200 2.792.600 14,000 300 13.700 13,300 24.7 328.500 644.000 6,500 6.500 5,700 24.9 142.000 275.600 16,400 16.400 15,300 27.9 426.800 826.400 3,600 3.600 3,300 22.3 73.600 143.200 9,000 9.000 8,300 22.1 183.200 359.400 434.900 7,700 427.200 374.900 24.0 9.009,200 17,565.900 7,200 7.200 6,600 28.3 186.600 362.500 64,800 3.400 61.400 55,400 37.3 2.065.300 3.997.100 7,500 7.500 7,100 23.3 165.400 319.700 9,900 9.900 8,300 25.1 208.200 405.300 100 100 100 23.0 2,300 4.400 89,500 3,400 86,100 77,500 33.9 2,627,800 5.089.000 64,600 - - - 64.600 58,000 34.6 2.005.100 3.662.700 17,900 17.900 16,800 32.7 549.700 1,007.400 15,300 300 15.000 13,500 28.9 389.700 714.400 50,300 . . . 50.300 46,800 30.1 1.409.500 2,573.300 9,100 - - - 9.100 8,100 30.7 249.000 455.300 4,600 . . - 4.600 4.300 28.7 123.600 226.500 78.300 78.300 72.100 30.9 2.224.900 4.066.700 240,100 300 •239,800 219.600 31.7 6,951,500 12,706,300 23,800 400 23,400 20.600 31.4 647.300 1.153.300 16,000 16.000 13.800 34.4 474.600 844.600 58,900 1,000 57.900 52.400 30.6 1.601.000 2.841.900 29,000 29.000 26.200 33.5 877.100 1.550,200 41.300 41.300 36.500 32.1 1.170.600 2.069.700 20.200 20.200 18.000 33.6 603.900 1.069.300 35.600 200 35.400 34.200 34.3 1,172.400 2.117.700 224,800 1,600 223.200 201.700 .32.5 6.546.900 11.646.700 4,130,000 167,000 3.963.000 3.704,000 26.7 98.831,000 186.160.000 'Winter wheat reseeded to spring wheat. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 37 WHEAT BY GROUPS — 1972 Acreage, Seeded and Harvested by Counties WINTER WHEAT DURUM WHEAT OTHER SPRING WHEAT COUNTY & DISTRICT Fall Seeded Deer Lodge Flathead 15.200 Granite Lake 7,600 Lincoln Mineral 100 Missoula 3,500 Powell 600 Ravalli 2,500 Sanders 2.500 N. WEST 32,000 Blaine 57.000 Chouteau 374.000 Glacier 21.000 Hill 254.000 Liberty 70.000 Phillips 31,000 Pondera 98,000 Teton 96.000 Toole 34.000 N. CENTRAL 1,035,000 Daniels 1,200 Dawson 95.000 Garfield 26,000 McCone 52,000 Richland 69,000 Roosevelt 8,500 Sheridan 5,600 Valley 7.700 N. EAST 265,000 Broadwater 11,000 Cascade 127.000 Fergus 110.000 Golden Valley 16,000 Judith Basin 47,000 Lewis & Clark 9,000 Meagher 6,000 Musselshell 16.000 Petroleum 3.000 Wheatland 5.000 CENTRAL 350,000 Beaverhead 5.500 Gallatin 53,500 Jefferson 6.500 Madison 6.400 Silver Bow 100 S. WEST 72,000 Big Horn 62.500 Carbon 16.000 Park 13.000 Stillwater 49.500 Sweet Grass 8.500 Treasure 4,000 Yellowstone 75.500 S. CEXTR.XL 229,000 Carter 15.000 Custer 12.000 Fallon 44.000 Powder River 27,000 Prairie .38.500 Ro.sebud 18.000 Wibaux 5.5(K) S. E.AST 160.000 -ST.XTK 2,143,000 Reseeded to Spring Wheat Net Seeded Harvested for Grain Acres Spring Seeded Harvested for Grain Spring Seeded Harvested for Grain Acres Acres 400 400 100 15,100 14.000 100 100 1,400 1,300 - - - 300 300 300 7,300 6,600 100 100 1,200 1,100 500 400 100 100 200 200 3,500 3.300 800 700 600 600 1,200 1,100 2,500 2.100 500 500 2.5(X) 2.300 1.000 1.000 400 31.600 29,000 200 200 7,500 7,000 10,300 46.700 42.000 100 100 48,000 47,000 48.700 325.300 294.000 1,400 1,200 77,000 71,000 4.600 16.400 16.000 600 600 37,000 36.000 47.500 206.500 197.000 1.300 1.200 184.000 178.000 16.100 53.900 .53.000 600 500 127,000 123.000 4.500 26.500 25.000 100 100 60,000 59.000 5.400 92.600 88,000 9,500 9.200 37.000 36.000 3,800 92.200 83.000 5,200 5.000 34.000 33.000 3.800 30.200 30,000 200 200 124.000 121.000 144,700 890,300 828,000 19,000 18,100 728,000 704,000 1.200 1.100 3,000 2.900 192.000 187.000 500 94.500 75.000 2,000 1,900 18.000 17.500 26.000 22.000 10,000 9.000 3,300 48.700 44,000 3,500 3,400 94.000 91,000 3,700 65.300 62,000 500 500 40.000 37.500 400 8.100 8,000 15,500 15.100 236,000 224.000 5.600 5,400 87,000 85.800 126,000 123.000 1,000 6.700 6,500 2,500 2.400 224,000 219.000 8,900 256,100 224,000 114,000 112,000 940,000 908,000 400 10.600 9,000 100 100 11.000 10.500 2,100 124,900 105.000 400 400 23,000 19.500 3.900 106.100 93.000 300 300 27.000 25.000 16.000 14.000 500 500 1,000 46.000 41.000 100 100 12.000 10.600 300 8.700 8.500 - . . 5,000 4.800 6.000 5.200 500 500 16.000 15,000 - . . 400 300 3.000 2.800 . . . 600 500 5.0O0 4.500 4.000 3.800 7,700 342,30U 298.000 900 900 84,000 76,000 . . . 5.500 5.000 1.700 1.600 3.400 50.100 44.500 500 500 10.800 10.400 6..500 6,200 1.000 900 ::: 6.400 100 5.200 100 ... 3.500 3.100 3.400 68,600 61.000 500 500 17,000 16,000 62,500 56.(X)0 200 200 1.900 1.800 16.000 15.000 1.900 1.800 300 12.700 11.300 100 100 2,200 2.100 49.500 46.(K)0 800 800 8..500 7.500 . . . 600 600 4.000 3.700 600 600 75.500 69..500 300 300 2.500 2.300 300 228.700 209.000 600 600 10.500 10.000 400 14.600 13.000 300 ;wo 8..5(X) 7.300 12.000 10.000 i.om 3.800 1.000 43.000 .38,500 400 4(X) 14.500 13.500 27.000 24.300 2.000 1.900 .38..50(l ,34. (XX) . . . 2.800 2.500 18.000 16. (XX) 2.2(X) 2,000 200 5..300 5.2(K) l.UX) 1.000 29. (XX) 28.0(X) 1.600 158.400 141.000 1.800 1,700 Ki.OOO 39.000 167,00(1 1.976.1)00 1,790,000 137,000 134,000 1.830,000 1.780.000 38 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT — 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties 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 ST.ATE ACRES Yield Gross Re- Net Harvested Harv. PRO- Seeded Seeded' Seeded for Grain Acre DUCTION Bushels VALUE Dollars 300 300 300 38.0 11,400 49,500 17,200 17,200 15.200 42.0 638,900 2,788,200 400 400 400 22.8 9,100 39,600 9,400 100 9,.300 8,200 30.3 248,300 1.082,400 300 300 300 33.0 9,900 43.000 400 400 300 22.0 6,600 28.800 4,800 4,800 4.100 20.3 83,100 .362.000 1,400 1.400 1,300 30.8 40,000 174, 2(X) 2,600 2,600 2,400 16.5 39,600 172.700 4,400 4,400 3,700 15.9 58,700 255.700 41,200 100 41,100 36.200 31.6 1.145,600 4,996,100 97,100 2,500 94,600 94,100 23.4 2,206,600 9,600,500 458,800 2,900 455,900 425,700 27.2 11,590,600 .50,552,400 53,500 400 53,100 51,500 19.9 1,025,300 4,449,700 452,100 1,100 451,000 435,000 19.6 8,546,900 37,186,900 175,500 3,500 172,000 159,500 15.4 2,456,000 10,682,200 103,100 500 102.600 100.100 21.5 2,147,400 9,298,400 139,200 2,000 137,200 133,100 21.3 2,838,300 12,545,200 123,900 800 123,100 117,800 20.5 2,418,300 10,616,600 140,200 .500 1,39,700 128,200 12.4 1,586.400 6,867,400 1,743,400 14,200 1,729,200 1,645,000 21.2 34,815,80Q^ 151,799.300 211,100 - . . 211,100 206,900 21.0 4,352,400 17,994,300 116,700 300 116,400 113,100 35.5 4,014,300 16,776.700 44.000 200 43,800 40.000 28.3 1,130,600 4,704,700 165,200 100 165,100 160,300 28.1 4,502,400 18,810,700 109,600 400 109.200 106,600 33.9 3.608,500 14,976,700 320,000 100 319.900 314,000 24.3 7,616,900 ,32,117,800 273,300 273,300 268,000 21.7 5,816,300 28,017,700 279,500 100 279,400 274,000 24.5 6,718,300 27,695.800 1,319,400 1,200 1,518,200 1,482,900 25.5 37,759,700 161,094,400 18,500 18,500 17,800 16.7 296,600 1,286,100 136,800 200 136,600 129,000 21.3 2,746,400 11,962,700 123,500 300 123,200 117,.500 28.4 3,3.35,000 14,.520,900 15,000 15,000 14,700 19.7 289,800 1,262,400 51,300 51,300 49,800 24.3 1,210,800 5,269,000 11,200 11.200 9,900 18.4 182,000 790,800 5,500 5,500 4,600 14.5 66,900 290,900 15,500 — 15,500 14,700 22.9 336,600 1.466,200 2,900 2,900 2,800 26.8 75.000 326.200 10.700 10,700 10,100 14.7 148.700 644.. 500 390,900 500 390,400 370,900 23.4 8,687,800 37,819,700 6,800 6,800 6,300 28.1 177,100 758,200 47.900 47,900 46,500 31.7 1,473,300 6,357,900 6,100 6,100 5,500 19.5 107,300 461,800 9,600 9,600 9,100 34.4 313,000 1., 341.900 100 100 100 27.0 2,700 11.700 70,500 ... 70.500 67,500 30.7 2.073.400 8,931,300 67.700 67,700 66,500 26.8 1,783,200 7,589,100 18,000 18,000 16,200 24.4 395.600 1,678,000 14,100 14,100 13,500 24.2 327,100 1.. 391, 800 47.500 47,500 46,900 20.9 978,600 4.155,600 8.800 8,800 7,800 20.1 157,000 666,400 4,700 4,700 4,500 30.9 139,000 588,700 91,900 91,900 85,300 26.0 2,217,800 9,447,400 252,700 ... 252,700 240,700 21.9 5,998,300 25.517,000 22.500 . . . 22,500 21,800 25.1 548.000 2,264.700 13,700 13,700 13,400 29.1 389,800 1.602.000 49,300 49,300 47,700 29.3 1,398,500 5,763,700 27,700 27,700 26,800 35.7 955,700 3,941,900 40,500 40,500 38,600 32.9 1,271,300 5,244,700 23,500 23,500 22,500 32.2 723,700 2,980.800 39,700 39,700 .38,000 24.9 946,400 3,914.200 216,900 ... 216,900 208,800 29.9 6,223,400 25,712,000 4,235,000 16,000 4,219,000 4,052,000 23.9 96,714,000 415,870,000 ' Winter wheat reseeded to spring wheat. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WHEAT BY GROUPS — 1973 Acreage, Seeded and Harvested by Counties 39 WINTER WHEAT COUNTY & DISTRICT Reseeded Harvested Fall to Spring Net for Seeded Wheat Seeded Grain DURUM WHEAT Harvested Spring for Seeded Grain OTHER SPRING WHEAT Spring Seeded Harvested for Grain Deer Lodge Flathead 14,900 Granite Lal2.1 25.5 31.5 27.5 27.5 30.0 30.5 28.0 29.5 28.6 26.0 17.5 20.0 17.6 24.5 20.0 21.5 17.0 19.5 15.0 20.4 32.0 35.5 28.0 24.0 33.1 22.5 24.5 17.5 29.0 26.0 20.0 23.0 22.3 28.5 28.5 23.5 24.5 30.5 21.5 3.3.5 29.6 25.7 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 45 OTHER SPRING WHEAT — 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY Harv. & for DISTRICT Planted Grain Acres Deer Lodge 300 300 Flathead 2,200 2.100 Granite 400 400 Lake 1,500 1,400 Lincoln 300 300 Mineral 200 200 Missoula 1,900 1.500 Powell 900 900 Ravalli 700 700 Sanders 1.600 1.200 N. WEST 10,000 9,000 Blaine 28.000 28.000 Chouteau 20.000 19.000 Glacier 38,000 38,000 Hill 153.000 149.000 Liberty 76.000 73.000 Phillips 72.000 71.000 Pondera 34,000 34,000 Teton 37,000 35.000 Toole 105.000 94.000 N. CENTRAL 563,000 541,000 Daniels 205,000 201,000 Dau-son 38,000 37.000 Garfield 15.000 12.000 McCone 104.000 101.000 Richland 53,000 52,000 Roosevelt 288,000 283,000 Sheridan 139.000 135.000 Valley 264.000 259.000 N. E.AST 1,106,000 1,080,000 Broadwater 7.900 7.400 Cascade 17.300 16.500 Fergus 17,300 15,300 Golden Vallev 500 500 Judith Basin 10,200 9.700 Lewis & Clark 4.700 3.900 Meagher 500 500 Musselshell 500 500 Petroleum 400 400 Wheatland 3.700 3.300 CENTRAL 63,000 58,000 Beaverhead 2.300 2,100 Gallatin 9.400 9.000 Jefferson 1,200 1.100 Madison 4,100 3,800 S. WEST 17,000 16,000 Big Horn 3,500 3,300 Carbon 1,500 1.200 Park 3.000 2.900 Stillwater 1,000 900 Sweet Grass 300 300 Treasure 1,200 1,000 Yellowstone 3.500 3.400 S. CENTRAL 14,000 13,000 Carter 8,200 8,000 Custer 5,200 5,100 Fallon 22,900 21,700 Powder River 1.700 1,500 Prairie 1.500 1.200 Rosebud 4.500 4.000 Wibaux 33,000 31,500 S. EAST 77,000 73,000 STATE 1,850,000 1,790,000 Yield Yield Yield per Acres per Acres per Harv. Pro- Har- Harv. Har- Harv. Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Acre Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. 38.0 11,400 49.500 300 38.0 28.0 58,800 255.600 900 40.0 1,200 19.0 22.8 9.100 39.600 100 40.0 300 17.0 35.9 50,200 218.100 1,100 41.0 .300 17.0 33.0 9,900 43,000 200 39.0 100 21.0 23.0 4,600 20.000 , . - 200 23.0 29.4 44.100 191.700 ,300 43.0 1,200 26.0 27.8 25,000 108.700 500 38.0 400 15.0 22.6 15,800 68.700 200 .39.0 500 16.0 26.0 31,200 135.600 400 40.0 800 19.0 28.9 260,100 1,130,500 4,000 40.0 5,000 20.0 17.4 487,900 2.101,500 700 34.0 27 ,,300 17.0 21.6 410,900 1.769,900 700 38.0 18,300 21.0 18.1 689,600 2.970.300 400 32.0 37,600 18.0 14.0 2.091,400 9.008.400 200 41.0 148,800 14.0 10.0 730.000 3,144,300 — — 73,000 10.0 18.4 1.303,300 5.613.800 1,100 41.0 69,900 18.0 14.6 495,200 2.133.000 800 38.0 33,200 14.0 14.2 495,400 2,133.900 2,600 41.0 32,400 12.0 11.0 1,034.000 4.453,800 94,000 11.0 14.3 7.737,700 33,328,900 6,500 39.0 534,500 14.0 21.1 4,235.400 17,372,600 900 37.0 200.100 21.0 33.1 1,224,600 5,023,000 600 39.0 36.400 33.0 19.6 234,600 962,200 300 41.0 11,700 19.0 27.0 2,727,900 11,189,200 100 36.0 100.900 27.0 30.7 1,596,800 6,549.700 2.300 46.0 49.700 30.0 24.0 6,795,200 27.872.300 200 40.0 282.800 24.0 22.0 2,970,000 12,182,200 135.000 22.0 24.1 6,244,000 25.611.400 2.000 38.0 257,000 24.0 24.1 26,028,500 106,762,600 6,400 41.0 1,073,600 24.0 19.0 140,600 604,300 2.200 45.0 5,200 8.0 16.1 266,400 1,144,800 900 36.0 15,600 15.0 18.3 280,000 1,203,300 200 41.0 15.100 18.0 16.0 8,000 34,400 500 16.0 16.4 159,000 683,300 200 35.0 9.500 16.0 9.9 38.800 166,800 100 46.0 3.800 9.0 19.0 9,500 40,800 100 47.0 400 12.0 20.0 10,000 43,000 500 20.0 23.8 9.500 40,800 100 41.0 300 18.0 17.5 57.600 247,500 200 40.0 3,100 16.0 16.9 979,400 4,209,000 4,000 42.0 54,000 15.0 39.0 81,900 347.200 2,100 39.0 22.5 202,600 858,800 1,400 47.0 7.600 18.0 15.9 17,500 74,100 100 35.0 1.000 14.0 31.8 121,000 512,900 1,800 45.0 2,000 20.0 26.4 423,000 1,793,000 5,400 43.0 10,600 18.0 26.8 88,400 370,400 1.400 36.0 1.900 20.0 29.7 35,600 149,100 700 38.0 500 18.0 21.5 62.400 261,500 900 ,36.0 2,000 15.0 14.0 12,600 52,800 900 14.0 23.3 7.000 29,300 100 38.0 200 16.0 28.8 28,800 120,700 300 54.0 700 18.0 38.0 129.200 541,300 2.100 51.0 1,300 17.0 28.0 364,000 1,525,100 5,500 43.0 7,500 17.0 22.0 176,000 718,400 8,000 22.0 28.7 146.500 598,000 1,000 44.0 4.100 25.0 25.0 542,500 2,214,600 21,700 25.0 29.0 43,500 177,600 1,500 29.0 29.5 35,400 144,500 200 42.0 1,000 27.0 32.2 128,900 526,200 1,.300 41.0 2,700 28.0 23.0 724.500 2,957,600 31.500 23.0 24.6 1,797,300 7,336,900 2,500 42.3 70,500 24.0 2L0 37,590,000 156,086,000 34.300 41.3 1.755,700 20.6 46 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT Major Varieties Percent of Total Acreage — 1958-1974 1958 1959 1960 19(>1 I9»i.i 196) 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 197 SPRING WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM Major Varieties Percent of Total Acreage — 1958-1974 1958 1959 1960 1161 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 196 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 DURUM WHEAT Major Varieties as Percent of Total Acreage — 1958-1974 yff^ Othe A /^^^>>..^^ .rrtrTS?::^ / 1 1 k ^F ///////// ^K •'/,•*-•• 0 • 0 '*,'.»'•** '"^^ • a . , » *^^ri f ' k ^?^^.««BAflflfiafl8«fifififl^«MMfl«auaA«Ma^^ ^ ;s ^ * ■T '^ / / ///////////////////\''*'*' «• ••*• '•«.*•,,'••. ..',"' *•'! ^ rf - T- H J L--^ ^ << y////////////////////V^:-:-^^.-':-:'::/:::A:y:t:-::':\ / \ ; 1 ' /////////////////////\. 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Canthatcli ! 2.3 Red River 68 6 Bonanza 1 Bounty 208 - - - Waldrcn 2 World Seeds 1809 - - - Chinook 2.5 Centana 2.7 worid'seedsi8i2!!!!!!!!!!!"]!!]!]!!]!!!!!!!!!""!!!"!!!!"";!!!!!!!!! .7 Other 7.0 TOTAL 100.0 DURUM WHEAT Wells 49.2 Leeds 37.8 Hercules - - - Wascana — Ward - - - Stewart 63 4.4 Other 8.6 TOTAL 100.0 Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 41.4 32.8 .5 10.4 2.2 2.2 3.0 .1 1.2 .1 .9 .6 4.6 100.0 47.7 16.2 15.2 2.1 1.4 .1 1.2 .2 1.1 3.4 2.3 9.1 100.0 50.3 38.4 .4 .9 10.0 100.0 43.7 33.5 1.4 6.6 1.2 4.6 1.4 .9 .7 1.3 .6 .7 3.4 100.0 53.1 14.8 14.9 3.3 1.1 1.0 .8 1.1 1.1 2.0 1.0 5.8 100.0 48.6 37.6 1.6 12.2 100.0 45.7 29.6 4.3 5.5 .8 4.4 1.8 1.2 .8 .8 .8 .7 3.6 100.0 50.0 13.7 14.1 2.4 4.5 .7 2.2 2.0 1.5 1.3 .5 7.1 100.0 53.7 33.9 1.6 .1 .5 10.2 100.0 38.5 32.9 6.9 6.2 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.2 1.0 .9 .8 .7 .6 4.2 100.0 54.2 10.0 9.9 5.4 3.7 2.7 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 .8 .8 .7 5.5 100.0 58.8 26.6 4.6 2.6 2.0 1.7 3.9 100.0 •Less than 0.1 percent of total seeded acreage. DURUM WHEAT By Varieties, Districts, and Selected Counties, 1974 DISTRICT & COUNTY Wells N. CENTRAL 38.4 Daniels 39.0 McCone - - - Roosevelt 53.4 Sheridan 67.6 Other 29.9 N. EAST 61.6 ALL OTHER COUNTIES 54.7 STATE 58.6 Leeds Hercules Wascana Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 36.1 14.4 Other 11.1 Total 100.0 13.0 94.9 46.6 22.1 3.9 6.5 1.3 .8 1.3 48.0 5.1 3.0 63.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 25.6 5.4 .7 6.7 100.0 13.2 3.8 9.4 18.9 100.0 26.6 4.6 2.6 7.6 100.0 48 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OS o < ii Ha 8 v ^ CO a » > aa u^ (U U w - m f J'^ |5 (l»g = 2 ^■3 o ooooocoo o oocoooo o oooo o eSoocooo o oo5So££ o c c: o oo o ccooc o co w — o O w oc c o o o ■^c^c^oooo ce csTj«oo -o oo tcpo ce i-i ' r-l ' • U9 'in c^u» ■ oc^m CD 04 CO oqoo -^ ■ • t-^ ■ • *» 9 ccrr to ' oq<;D eo * rt ' in « t^ ' oi ** 00 in ooo o ■ • CO ■ « 00 ' ■ c^oj ' ■ ■ « t-H ' i-« o in r-^ c^ oo t-H ' ■ ;£> in ' • ■ ^ CO 'fo«-5oc^55 oi 00 * c^ in 00 r-i ' OJ ' ^ r-* ' i-H f-H .-1 00 ^" ■^ c^^ • ■ r^ t^ ■ 00 in ^t*oO'Trr^oo' 0'-;c?^«^'^, o T-tl-t'l-1 .-D3 U o M-a — oj > — a. c 0,2 i: ^ o 1, t- = = £ M3 = .TS— "i — U C U^S O 3 X U z iMox jQ-cuHC z QoSQ;a;>o z uto-iO u CO X a3a.x>^o x uu.a,a.Qio x _« CO p ^ o 5 . 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H H P m — n — fl cs cfl ^ O C § ™ 8 "*'• cs CO Z QQCSDiQ;t/3> Z ttl— Hj ir -a x: QJ 3 — [i, ►, O < ti H Z a X U «< ai z C 3 / O CS fe Ci- 5 c a: •s Ed cs 01 u u cs •a 01 •a (U e 01 0< 50 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE — 1970-72 By Class and Destination CROP YEAR' East WTO" 11.929 1971 7.405 1972 7.685 ALL WHEAT WINTER WHEAT SPRING WHEAT= West Other^ Total East West Other-J Total East West Other^ Total Thousand bushels Thousand bushels Thousand bushels 67,529 1.623 81.081 58.224 771 66.400 3.030 30.447 321 33.798 4.375 27,777 450 32,602 98,149 563 106,397 4.567 52.100 67 56.734 3.118 46,049 4% 49,663 'Crop year, July through June the following year. ^Includes durum wheat. K)ther and unknown. •Breakdown bv classes not available. WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE. 1972-73 By Class, District, Mode and Destination DISTRICT OF ORIGIN. MODE& DESTINATION Winter Wheat N. wt;st Trucked East „ 2 Trucked West 562 Trucked Other^ Total Trucked 564 Rail East Rail West 211 Rail Other- Total bvRail 211 Total Wheat Shipped 775 N. CENTR.4L Trucked East 15 Trucked West 3.796 Trucked Other^ 1 Total Trucked 3.812 Rail East 142 Rail West 20.155 Rail Other^ 6 Total Bv Rail 20.303 Total Wheat Shipped 24.115 N. EAST Trucked East 836 Trucked West 129 Trucked Other^ 2 Total Trucked %7 Rail East 1.400 Rail West 6.189 Rail Other^ Total Bv Rail 7.589 Total Wheat Shipped 8,556 Crop Year Julv 1972 - June 1973 Spring Wheat' All Wheat Thousand bushels First Half of Crop Year Julv 1973 - December 1973 Winter Wheat Spring Wheat' Thousand bushels All Wheat 2 2 1 3 818 1 819 1.380 1 1,383 213 129 342 215 130 345 595 806 13 105 118 595 806 13 105 118 1.414 2.189 228 235 463 15 11 1 12 2.845 6.641 2.228 1.008 3,236 1 2 1 1 2 2.846 6.658 2,240 1.010 3.250 7 149 22 22 15.666 35.821 12.554 4.215 16,769 6 2 2 15.673 35.976 12.578 4.215 16.793 18.519 42.634 14.818 5.225 20.043 468 1.304 139 107 246 1.070 1,199 101 370 471 103 105 27 27 1.641 2,608 240 504 744 1.882 3,282 38 700 738 20,219 26,408 3.706 12.441 16.147 355 355 ■■> 2 22,456 30,045 3.744 13.143 16.887 24,097 32,653 3,984 13,647 17,631 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 51 WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE, 1972-73 By Class, District, Mode and Destination DISTRICT OF ORIGIN, MODE & DESTINATION Winter Wheat CENTRAL Trucked East , lo Trucked West 1.'35 Trucked Other^ Total Trucked l''51 Rail East ^^25 Rail West '.521 Rail Other^ Total bv Rail 7,546 Total Wheat Shipped 9,297 S. WEST Trucked East 4 Trucked West 401 Trucked Other^ 1 Total Trucked 406 Rail East Rail West 2,066 Rail Others Total bv Rail 2,066 Total Wheat Shipped 2,472 S. CENTRAL Trucked East 33 Trucked West 1,165 Trucked Other^ 29 Total Trucked 1,227 Rail East 23 Rail West 4,555 Rail Other2 Total bv Rail 4,578 Total Wheat Shipped 5,805 S EAST Trucked East 836 Trucked West 504 Trucked Other^ 4 Total Trucked 1,344 Rail East 1,235 Rail West 3,111 RailOther2 24 Total by Rail 4,370 Total Wheat Shipped 5,714 STATE Trucked East 1,742 Trucked West 8,292 Trucked Other^ 37 Total Trucked 10,071 Rail East 2,825 Rail West 43,808 Rail Other2 30 Total bv Rail 46,663 Total Wheat Shipped 56,734 Crop Year July 1972 - June 1973 Spring Wheat' All Wheat Thousand bushels First Half of Crop Year July 1973 - December 1973 Winter Wheat Spring Wheat' All Wheat Thousand bushels 16 2 2 609 2,344 1.458 1 1.461 518 1,976 609 2,360 518 1,979 25 1,260 8,781 4,226 285 4,511 1,260 8,806 4,226 285 4.511 1,869 11,166 5.687 803 6,490 4 9 9 65 466 1 471 214 31 245 65 223 31 254 430 2.496 813 65 878 430 2.496 813 65 878 495 2,967 1,036 96 1,132 17 50 2 2 4 967 2,132 674 403 1,077 1 30 1 1 985 2.212 677 405 1,082 41 64 654 5.209 2.071 246 2,317 695 5.273 2.071 246 2,317 1,680 7.485 2.748 651 3,399 359 1,195 26 27 53 308 812 254 83 337 24 28 691 2,035 280 110 390 344 1,579 17 32 49 543 3,654 2.492 563 3,055 11 35 898 5,268 2,509 595 3,104 1,589 7,303 2,789 705 3,494 844 2,586 191 138 329 6,682 14,974 5,142 2,542 7,684 130 167 3 28 31 7.656 17,727 5,336 2.708 8,044 2,274 5,099 77 732 809 39,367 88,175 25,875 17.920 43,795 366 396 2 2 4 42,007 88,670 25,954 18,654 44,608 49.663 106,397 31,290 21,362 52,652 'Includes Durum wheat, mother and unknown. 52 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT PRODUCTION, STOCKS AND UTILIZATION 1972 Marketing Year SLPPLY Beginning stocks — July 1, 1972 ' Production — 1972 Total Supply DISPOSITION Recorded movement out of State ^ Milled for flour in Montana Used for seed in Montana Used for livestock feed ^ Unaccounted disappearance (to balance) ' Total Disposition Ending stocks .luly 1, 1973 ' Million Bushels 60.4 98.8 159.2 111.0 7.5 3.9 1.8 3.5 127.7 31.5 ' Farm, Commercial and CCC facilities. • Reported by elevators and licensed truckers — adjusted for known incompleteness. ' 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 1968-72 ITEM Beginning stocks, July 1 Production Ending stocks, July 1 Available supply ' Shipments of wheat Into Pacific Northwest ' (adjusted for known Incompleteness) 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 N.W. ports 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Million Bushels 54.1 125.9 84.5 84.5 99.8 - 72.5 72.5 85.2 - 57.0 57.0 112.0 - 60.4 60.4 98.8 - 31.5 95.5 111.8 100.7 108.6 127.7 63.3 65.9 63.5 54.8 96.9 36.6 32.0 34.2 29.8 31.8 22.9 18.2 20.8 17.9 21.5 40.4 47.7 42.7 36.9 75.4 42% 43% 42% 34% .59% 96.3 101.4 108.9 75.3 133.4 42% 47% svx. 49% 57% ' Pacific Northwest — Oregon and Washington. '' Beginning stocks plus protiuction minus ending stocks. ' .Souiccs: 1%K and 1969 Pacific Northwest Wheat Summary — 1970 and 1971 Montana (Jrain Movement project. ' Total Pacific Northwest wheat millings minus estimated red wheat originating from Oregon, Washington or other Stales. '■ Recorded Montana wheat shipped to Pacific Northwest minus estimated Montana wh(\it milled in Pacific Northwest. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 53 STOCKS OF MAJOR GRAINS — 1965-1974 CROP AND YEAR ALL WHEAT 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 WINTER WHEAT * 1971 1972 1973 1974 ALL SPRING WHEAT * 1971 1972 1973 1974 OATS 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 BARLEY 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 JANUARY 1 APRIL 1 JULY 1 OCTOBER 1 Off- Farm Total' Total All Positions^ Off- Farm Total' Total All Positions^ Off- Farm Total' Total All Positions^ Off- Farm Total' Total All Positions^ Thousand Bushels 18,633 17.,348 16.712 19.721 22,447 77,697 85,826 86,498 105,499 120,625 13.427 15.271 10,681 12,178 15,648 55,615 61.625 51.556 81,277 103,756 11,115 9,907 8,529 7,672 12,732 32,678 37,298 34,449 54,135 84,477 21.366 24.122 27,354 27.670 24.301 110,914 111,853 121,471 139,693 148,994 20,667 16,538 23,585 20,488 13,731 118.426 96,.595 122,155 90,658 61,121 14,146 12.677 16.539 15,245 9,684 88,962 73,997 93,827 61,696 35,797 13,669 12.693 11,093 9,760 3,738 72.524 56.980 60.378 31.503 18,245 23.132 29,905 23,155 18,999 1 122,777 145,276 113,091 85,732 3 14,051 11,527 7,929 62,832 44,391 27,670 9,135 7,622 5,152 48,050 25,021 14,522 5,751 4,681 1,963 30,416 10.693 7,475 17,426 12,403 11,125 3 74,428 56,867 44,748 3 9,534 8,961 5,802 59,323 46,267 33,451 7,404 7,623 4,532 45,777 36,675 21,275 5,342 5,079 1,775 29,962 20,810 10,770 12,479 10,752 7,874 i 70.848 56.225 40.984 3 384 827 760 470 897 9,700 10,816 8.528 6,945 9,549 333 827 502 468 557 6,059 7,070 5,581 4,612 6,243 424 749 460 305 601 3,501 5,552 3,373 3,309 3,732 725 1,034 597 700 1,360 12,251 9,773 8,367 10,506 18,806 1,178 2,856 4,109 3,853 2,875 16,685 25,517 16,570 16,842 15,187 1,070 3,277 4,098 3,977 2,711 13.582 22.962 12,688 12,833 10,509 1,585 3,285 3,973 3,428 900 10,396 17,248 10.109 10.159 6,646 3.108 4,181 4,130 2.745 .1 29,432 20,229 18,300 14,544 3 6,913 8,389 8,689 5,849 5.498 43,685 40,421 51,913 34,356 35,413 5,826 6,766 6,416 4,305 4,111 28,684 21,781 34,384 23,556 20,778 4.954 3,343 4,019 2,727 3,285 12,408 9,850 21,817 14,574 12,259 7.490 9.670 8,271 6.834 8,931 50,033 62,428 44,923 47,005 66,658 6,712 7,954 4,849 7,142 8,173 56,968 60,060 44,833 46,190 50,173 5,761 7,244 5,146 7,187 5,989 40,397 36,553 27,490 23,830 29,989 4,007 2,508 3,247 2,629 3,600 22,344 12,278 13.831 10.311 18.000 9,480 4,851 6,318 8,925 3 73,961 54,831 56,248 55,125 3 1 Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, processors, and stocks owned by Commodity Credit Corporation. - Off-farm total plus farm stocks. ' Some data not available in time for publication. ' Stocks by classes not available prior to October 1, 1971. 54 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BARLEY — 1972 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 Liberrv Phi.lips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone >?)chland 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 Carlwn Park Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Yellowstone S. CENTRAL Carter Custer Fallon Powder River Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED Yield IRRIGAl PED Yield Yield Har\'. per Acres per Acres per for h arv. Pro- Har- h arv. Har- Harv. Planted Grain Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Acre Acres Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. 700 700 30.3 21.200 28,400 400 35.0 300 24.0 24.600 24.000 63.1 1.514.100 2.031.20O 2,900 71.0 21.100 62.0 1,100 1.000 40.0 40.000 53.700 600 50.0 400 25.0 7.500 7.300 45.8 334.200 448.300 2.900 50.0 4,400 43.0 100 100 30.0 3,000 4,000 100 30.0 300 300 50.3 15,100 20,300 100 67.0 200 42.0 3,600 3,600 34.1 122,800 164.700 800 59.0 2,800 27.0 4,600 4.500 29.4 132.300 177.500 1,700 35.0 2,800 26.0 5,900 5.600 62.9 352.400 472,700 4,700 70.0 900 26.0 2,600 2,400 36.8 88.400 118.600 700 40.0 1.700 35.5 51,000 49.500 53.0 2.623,500 3.519.400 14,800 58.7 34,700 50.7 65,900 64.300 34.2 2.1%.400 2.750.000 600 51.0 63,700 34.0 176.800 147.700 23.1 3.408.100 4.267.100 1,100 33.0 146,600 23.0 111,000 106.500 54.1 5.757.600 7.208.800 1.100 60.0 105,400 54.0 93.800 92,400 30.1 2.785.000 3.486.900 1.000 43.0 91.400 30.0 79,200 75.000 30.0 2.250.000 2,817,100 75.000 30.0 46.800 46.200 35.5 1,640.200 2,053,600 800 64.0 45.400 35.0 112.100 111.900 44.2 4.947.700 6,194,800 8.000 60.0 103.900 43.0 103,900 101,000 42.9 4,333,000 5,425,200 22.800 70.0 7§.200 35.0 130.500 126.000 37.0 4.662.000 5,837.200 126.000 37.0 920,000 871,000 36.7 31.980,000 40,040.700 35.400 65.1 835.600 35.5 49.000 45.400 38.5 1.747.900 1.962.700 ... ... 45.400 38.5 26.000 24.300 46.0 1.119.000 1.256..500 400 49.0 23.900 46.0 16.500 14.700 40.0 588.000 660.300 14.700 40.0 41.800 39.000 36.5 1.424.400 1.599.400 200 41.0 38.800 36.5 41,300 40.100 42.5 1.704.000 1.913.300 4.000 65.0 36.100 40.0 63.800 62.200 42.0 2.614.000 2.935.200 200 50.0 62.000 42.0 50.600 50.000 47.1 2.355.600 2.645.000 800 54.0 49.200 47.0 60,000 55.800 42.6 2.376.000 2.668.000 1.000 47.0 54.800 42.5 349.000 331,500 42.0 13,928,900 15,640,400 6,600 58.8 324,900 41.7 16.000 15.200 32.8 497.800 628.200 3.800 59.0 11.400 24.0 63.200 53,100 22.1 1.171.800 1.478.800 900 64.0 52.200 21.3 106.000 94,200 29.9 2.818.400 2.556.800 300 40.0 93.900 29.9 6.200 6.100 25.0 152.500 192.500 6,100 25.0 44.600 41.000 35.6 1.458.400 1.840.500 300 45.0 40.700 35.5 13.900 12.000 25.5 305.500 385.500 1.000 47.0 11.000 23.5 5.900 5.400 33.4 180.600 227.900 1.000 53.0 4,400 29.0 6.400 5,900 27.3 161,200 203,400 100 46.0 5.800 27.0 3,800 3,400 23.1 78.600 99.200 400 38.0 3.000 21.1 11.000 10,700 21.9 233.800 295.100 200 40.0 10.500 21.5 277,000 247,000 28.6 7,058,600 8,907.900 8.000 54.4 239,000 27.7 6.100 6,000 40.1 240.800 294.300 2.800 62.0 3,200 21.0 41.000 39,000 50.6 1,973.400 2.411.900 15.600 59.0 23,400 45.0 4,400 3,800 39.3 149.200 182.400 1.400 50.0 2,400 .33.0 6,200 5.900 40.6 239.500 292.700 3.900 45.0 2,000 32.0 300 300 32.0 9.600 11.800 200 35.0 100 26.0 58,000 55.000 47.5 2,612,500 3,193,100 23,900 56.3 31,100 40.7 17.200 15.900 33.6 533.700 657.600 1.500 39.0 14.400 33.0 15.000 14.400 45.9 660.800 814.200 3.500 72.0 10.900 37.5 8,500 8J)00 46.7 373.500 460.200 1.900 73.0 6.100 38.5 23.300 19.800 32.3 639,900 788.500 900 39.0 18.900 32.0 10,000 9,500 42.8 406.600 501.000 1.300 51.0 8,200 41.5 2,000 1,800 35.2 63,400 78.100 800 48.0 1.000 25.0 24,000 22.600 37.3 843.100 1.038.900 3.500 69.0 19,100 31.5 100,000 92,000 38.3 3,521.000 4,338.300 13.400 62.0 78,600 34.2 8,200 7,100 31.6 224.500 240.900 100 75.0 7.000 31.0 6,500 6,100 32.5 198,000 212.500 300 80.0 5,800 30.0 17,000 16,100 35.0 563.500 604.T00 16.100 35.0 5,300 5,200 47.7 248.200 266.400 300 76.0 4,900 46.0 6,500 6,400 40.3 258.200 277.100 200 51.0 6,200 40.0 11.000 9,900 41.3 408.500 438.400 2.000 66.0 7,900 35.0 10.500 10.200 38.0 387.600 416.000 10,200 38.0 65,000 61,000 37.5 2,288,500 2,4.56,000 2.900 67.8 58.100 36.0 1,820,000 1,707,000 37.5 64,013,000 78.096,000 103.000 60.6 1,602,000 36.0 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 55 BARLEY — 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Planted Harv. for Grain Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Acres Bushels Deer Lodge 1,400 1.100 Flathead 28,500 25,400 Granite 1,200 1,100 Lake 9,200 8.700 Lincoln 100 100 Mineral 400 300 Missoula 3,400 3,100 Powell 5,100 4,500 Ravalli 6.200 5.000 Sanders 3.100 2.600 N. WEST 58.600 .'>',900 Blaine 70,000 65.700 Chouteau 187.000 178.200 Glacier 128.800 127.500 Hill 97.000 94.600 Libertv 88.500 85.100 Phillips 50.600 49.500 Pondera 130.500 124.800 Teton 129.200 125.300 Toole 162.400 157,700 N. CENTRAL 1,044,000 1,008,400 Daniels 59,000 58.200 Dawson 39,300 36.400 Garfield 16.700 15.200 McCone 52,500 50,000 Richland 48.000 46.800 Roosevelt 64.000 62,700 Sheridan 53.000 52.100 Valley 74.200 72.900 N. EAST 406.700 394,300 Broadwater 20,300 19.900 Cascade 65.900 60.400 Fergus 117.700 111.100 Golden Vallev 7.500 7,100 Judith Basin.' 57.400 54,900 Lewis & Clark 12,000 9.600 Meagher 5.100 4.200 Musselshell 6.600 4.800 Petroleum 5.300 4,100 Wheatland 13.100 10.500 CENTRAL 310.900 286,600 Beaverhead 6,300 5,600 Gallatin 44.600 42,100 Jefferson 5,300 3,900 Madison 7,000 6,200 Silver Bow 200 100 S. WEST 63,400 57,900 Big Horn 22.700 21.300 Carbon 24.800 22.600 Park 9.300 7.000 Stillwater 30.600 26.500 Sweet Grass 8.600 6.900 Treasure 2.500 2,100 Yellowstone 28.700 27.400 S. CENTRAL 127.200 113,800 Carter 9,100 8.800 Custer 9.500 9.300 Fallon 28.200 27.700 Powder River 6. .500 6.300 Prairie 8.700 8..300 Rosebud 11.100 10,900 Wibaux 16.100 15.800 S. EAST 89.200 87,100 STATE 2,100,000 2,000,000 26.9 36.7 31.5 44.6 45.0 13.0 23.9 30.3 50.7 39.3 37.7 27.1 30.2 26.2 20.2 14.3 30.6 26.7 29.8 19.0 25.0 29.0 50.1 48.0 46.0 47.2 36.0 34.1 37.1 39.3 25.5 21.7 32.1 20.9 29.0 19.5 32.6 26.8 29.2 19.5 27.6 37.5 46.0 26.6 48.4 34.0 44.1 29.6 31.9 30.0 21.5 30.0 61.7 34.4 30.0 35.0 36.6 41.0 42.1 42.0 41.5 40.0 40.0 30.0 29.600 932.200 34.700 387,900 4.500 3,900 74.000 136.500 253.500 102,200 1,959,000 1,779.500 5.376.000 3.337.800 1.910.000 1.213.900 1.515.100 3.337.200 3.735.300 2.996.300 25,201.100 1,687.800 1.822.900 729.800 2,300.000 2.208.600 2.257.200 1.775.600 2,706,900 15,488,800 506,600 1,308.300 3.571.200 148.400 1..593.300 186.900 136.800 128.400 119.800 204.500 7,904,200 210,000 1.937.900 103.700 300.200 3.400 2,555,200 630,600 720,700 210.000 569.200 206.800 129.500 942.800 3.409.600 308.000 .340.000 1.135,700 265..500 348.600 4.52.300 632,000 3,482,100 60,000,000 Value Dollars 69.500 2.188.700 81.400 910.700 10.600 9.200 173.800 320.500 595.200 2,39.900 4.599.500 4.015.800 12.132.000 7.532.400 J.310.300 2.739.400 3,419.100 7.531.000 8.429.500 6.761.800 Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 3.484.500 3,763.400 1,506.600 4.748.400 4.559,700 4.660.000 3.665.700 5.588..300 31,976,600 1.158.700 2.992.200 8.167.700 339.400 3.644.100 427,400 312,800 293,600 274.000 467.700 18.077,600 473,900 4.373.300 234.000 677,500 7.700 5,766,400 1.410,400 1.611.900 469.700 1.273.000 462.500 289.600 2.108,600 7.625.700 626.500 691.600 2.310,100 540,100 709.100 920.000 1.285.500 7,082,900 132,000,000 900 4,800 500 5.200 100 500 3.700 3,500 800 20,000 1,400 3.000 3.800 900 500 700 11.400 24.000 56.871,300 45,700 100 100 3.100 700 1,200 5,200 5,700 1,900 2.000 800 100 1.30O 1,200 200 500 500 14,200 2.800 14.800 700 3.800 100 22,200 1,900 4.900 1.000 400 2.500 1.100 3.800 15,600 1,400 300 1.400 3,100 126,000 Bu. ,30.0 44.0 37.0 47.0 45.0 44.0 33.0 66.0 67.0 46.7 31.0 40.0 ,32.0 40.0 59.0 73.0 54.0 67.0 57.4 79.0 50.0 64.0 40.0 45.0 56.4 54.0 42.0 40.0 28.0 41.0 48.0 39.0 44.0 38.0 29.0 45.5 47.0 59.0 43.0 55.0 34.0 56.2 46.0 64.0 48.0 53.0 44.0 75.0 68.0 59.0 51.0 65.0 72.0 61.8 54.4 Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 200 20.600 600 3.500 300 2.600 800 1.500 1.800 31,900 64.300 175.200 123.700 93.700 84.600 48.800 113.400 101.300 157.700 962,700 58,200 36.300 15.100 50.000 43,700 62,700 51,400 71,700 289,100 14.200 58.500 109.100 6.300 54.800 8.300 3.000 4.600 3.600 10.000 272,400 2,800 27.300 3.200 2.400 35.700 19.400 17.700 6.000 26.100 4.400 1,000 23.600 98.200 8.800 7.900 27,700 6.000 8.300 9.500 ir-,800 84,000 1,874,000 Bu. 13.0 35.0 27.0 41.0 13.0 20.0 18.0 15.0 27.0 32.1 27.0 30.0 26.0 20.0 14.0 30.0 24.0 21.0 19.0 23.5 29.0 50.0 48.0 46.0 46.0 36.0 34.0 37.0 39.1 14.0 21.0 32.0 20.0 29.0 15.0 30.0 26.0 28.0 19.0 26.6 28.0 39.0 23.0 38.0 36.6 28.0 23.0 27.0 21.0 22.0 47.0 29.0 25.3 ,35.0 34.0 41.0 41.0 42.0 37.0 40.0 39.2 28.4 56 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BARLEY VARIETIES, 1968-1974 Variety Piroline Unitan Shabet Compana Steptoe Betzes Hypana Vanguard Palliser Ingrid Dekap Moravian Erbet Horsford Larker Freja Dickson Hector Firlbecks III . Klages Trebi Keystone Titan Paragon Herta Vantage Yukon Primus II California Other' TOTAL 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Percent of Total Seeded Acreage .2 4.3 19.7 32.4 32.0 34.1 35.8 12.1 10.0 11.5 14.5 17.8 19.0 16.5 .2 4.9 8.6 8.4 16.0 11.5 15.7 11.5 11.8 9.5 .6 8.0 6.8 13.1 16.3 16.4 17.6 11.5 7.7 6.0 40.7 41.2 17.7 6.9 3.8 3.6 2.9 .3 1.2 2.7 3.0 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.1 3.7 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.6 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.1 4.4 3.8 5.1 4.5 4.1 2.6 1.7 .3 .1 • .1 .1 1.3 • • .3 .8 1.0 .2 .2 .3 .3 .5 .4 .9 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.3 2.1 1.7 .8 .6 .5 .6 .5 .7 .6 .5 .8 .6 .8 .8 1.1 .3 .2 .2 .4 .2 ... • ■ - - - - - - - .2 • ■ .3 • .5 .7 .1 .1 • .1 • .1 .1 .2 • .5 .2 .2 ... .4 .4 .4 .4 .2 .1 ... 1.1 .8 1.0 .5 .6 • - , . .2 .4 .3 .1 .1 • ... ... ... .2 • . . . . • • • 2.3 1.9 2.5 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 •Less than 0.1 percent of total seeded acreage. 'Includes minor and unknown varieties. BARLEY VARIETIES BY DISTRICTS, 1974 Variety N. WEST N. CENT. N. EAST CENT. S. WEST S. CENT. S. EAST STATE Percent of Total Seeded Acreage Piroline 11.3 55.6 17.2 27.2 11.0 7.6 .35.8 Unitan 16.6 3.6 39.5 9.9 42.9 28.3 48.1 16.5 Shabet . . . - - - 15.5 1.6 2.5 1.5 8.4 Compana 8 3.5 6.1 7.7 4.6 8.4 5.9 25.1 4.9 2.9 7.5 12.1 5.8 13.8 5.2 5.0 12.7 4.3 1.9 80 Steptoe 16.5 68 Betzes 3.0 6.0 Hvpana 1.8 .9 .9 2.5 5.7 5.8 .8 2.2 14.9 3.2 23.4 2.9 Vanguard 2.7 Palli-ser ... .6 2.7 11.0 .6 6.2 11.4 2.4 Ingrid 29.8 2.1 Dekap - - - L9 2.3 2.1 1.7 Moravian ... 2.3 3.3 1.3 Erbot 4.5 6.1 1.0 Horsford 2 .5 .8 1.6 5.2 1.2 .9 Larker 4.6 . . - .8 Freja 12.1 .2 _ - , .5 Dickson 1.1 . . . . . . . . . .2 Hector .1 1.1 - . . . . . .2 Firlbecks III . _ . .3 .4 1.5 2 Klages .2 Trobi 4.2 .1 Keystone . . . . . . 2.7 .1 Titan . .9 Other' 3.7 .1 1.8 1.1 .8 6.5 2.8 1.2 TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 "Less than 0.1 percent of total seeded acreage. 'Includes minor and unknown varieties. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 57 CORN FOR GRAIN — 1972 and 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Irrigated 1972 1973 COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Har- vested Chouteau Teton N.CENTRAL Dawson 200 Richland Roosevelt Valley N.EAST 200 Cascade 100 CENTRAL 100 Big Horn 2,200 Carbon 100 Treasure 600 Yellowstone 600 S.CENTRAL 3,500 Custer 1,000 Fallon Prairie 300 Rosebud 900 S.EAST 2,200 STATE 6,000 Yield per Harv. Pro- Acre duction Bushels 75.0 15,000 Value Dollars 18,100 75.0 15,000 18.100 70.0 7.000 8,800 70.0 7,000 8.800 81.0 80.0 76.0 76.0 178.200 8.000 45,600 45,600 272,400 12,200 69.700 69.700 79.3 277.400 424,000 78.0 78,000 112.000 80.0 74.0 24,000 66,600 34.500 95,600 76.6 168,600 242,100 78.0 468,000 693,000 Acres Har- vested 100 100 SCO 400 300 600 200 1,500 3,600 800 1,600 6,000 300 1,200 700 1,100 3.300 11,000 Yield per Harv. Pro- Acre duction Bushels 60.0 62.0 61.0 74.0 72.0 20.0 68.0 51.2 77.0 6,000 6,200 12.200 29,600 21,600 12,000 13,600 76,800 277,200 Value Dollars 15,500 16,100 31.600 71,900 52,500 29,200 33,000 186.600 753.500- 74.0 71.0 .59.200 113.600 160.900 308.800 75.0 450.000 1,223.200 84.0 75.0 79.0 85.0 25.200 90.000 55.300 93.500 61.700 220.400 135.500 229,000 80.0 2&i.000 646,600 73.0 803.000 2,088,000 FLAXSEED — 1972 and 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Not Irrigated 1972 Yield COUNTY per & Har- Harv. Pro- DISTRICT Planted vested Acre duction Acres Cwt. Blaine 200 200 13.0 2.600 Chouteau 200 200 12.0 2.400 Pondera 200 200 15.0 3.000 Toole 300 200 8.0 1,600 N.CENTRAL 900 800 12.0 9,600 Daniels 5,600 4.500 14.0 63.000 Dawson 400 400 12.0 4.800 McCone 400 400 10.0 4.000 Richland 500 400 10.0 4.000 Roosevelt 2,000 1.600 12.0 19.200 Sheridan 1,400 1,100 14.0 15,400 Valley 300 300 9.0 2,700 N.EAST 10,600 8,700 13.0 113.100 Cascade 100 100 15.0 1.500 Fergus 100 100 13.0 1.300 CENTRAL 200 200 14.0 2,800 Custer ... ... Fallon 300 300 15.0 4.500 Powder River ... ... Wibaux ... ... S.EAST 300 300 15.0 4.500 STATE 12,000 10.000 13.0 130,000 1973 Value Planted Har- vested Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Value Dollars Acres ( Cwt. Dollars 6,700 6,200 7,700 4,100 100 300 200 200 100 200 200 200 7.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 700 1.600 1.400 1.200 5.000 11.300 9.900 8.500 24,700 800 700 7.8 4J00 34,700 177,200 13,500 11,200 11,300 .54,000 43,300 7,600 7.100 600 500 700 2.500 1.700 500 6.100 500 500 600 2.200 1.400 500 8.0 9.0 7.0 10.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 48.800 4.500 3.500 6.000 17.600 11.200 3.000 361.900 33.400 26.000 44.,500 130.500 83.000 22.300 318,100 13,600 11,800 8.0 94.600 701.600 3.800 3,200 7.000 13.200 200 200 8.0 1.600 12.000 100 300 100 200 9.0 10.0 900 2.000 6.700 15.000 13.200 600 500 9.0 4.500 33.700 363.000 15.000 13,000 8.0 104.000 770.000 58 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CORN — 1972 Acreage, L'tilization, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated ACRES HARVESTED FOR SILAGE courytY & DISTRICT Planted Flathead 300 Lake 300 Missoula 500 Ravalli 1.100 N. WEST 2,200 Blaine 3,000 Chouteau 400 Hill 200 Libortv 100 Phillips 1,800 Pondent 100 Teton _ 200 N. CENTRAL 5,800 Daniels 100 Dawson 2,500 Garfieli 1.100 McCone 300 Richland 8,700 Roose\elt 1,400 Sheridan 200 Valley 3,700 N. EAST 18.000 Broadwater 200 Cascade 1,800 Fergus. 400 Golden Vallev 600 Lewis S Clark 200 Musselshell 400 Petroleum 100 CENTRAL 3,700 Gallatil 500 S. WESff 500 Big Hor/i 10,100 Carbon. 2^400 Stillwater 2,900 Treasure 3,800 Yellowstone 10,300 S. CENTRAL 29,500 Carter 500 Custer 7,800 Fallon.*. 2,100 Powder River 100 Prairie 3,700 Rosebud 5,000 Wibaux 1,100 S. E.ASt 20,300 ST.ATQ 80,000 I Har- vested for Grain 200 200 100 100 Har- vested for Forage and Grazed Irrigated Not Irrigated 100 100 800 1.000 100 200 100 300 400 100 1,500 2,700 300 300 Har- vested for Silage .■?00 300 500 1,100 2,200 2,900 300 200 100 1,000 100 200 4,800 100 2,000 900 200 8,200 1,000 100 2,100 14,600 200 1,700 400 300 200 400 100 3,300 500 500 2,200 — 7,700 100 . . . 2J200 2,900 600 - . . 3,100 600 9,600 3,500 ... 25,500 200 300 1.000 300 6,500 2,100 100 300 300 3.100 900 4,100 200 900 2,200 1.000 17,100 6,000 5.000 68.000 Acres Har vested 300 300 500 1,100 2,200 2,900 300 200 400 100 200 4,100 100 1,100 500 5,300 1,500 8.500 200 1,700 200 400 100 2,600 .500 500 7,700 2,200 2,900 3,100 9,600 25.500 4.. 300 100 3,100 4,100 11,600 55,000 18.0 15.7 15.0 16.0 15.0 15.0 14.0 15.6 16.0 16.0 19.0 20.0 22.0 22.0 20.0 20.2 18.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 18.3 18.5 Yield per Acres Harv. Har- Acre vested Tons 19.0 18.0 17.0 19.0 18.4 17.0 16.0 16.0 15.0 18.0 15.0 16.6 15.0 17.0 14.0 15.0 100 600 700 900 400 200 2,900 1,000 100 600 6.100 400 300 700 300 2,200 2,100 900 5,500 13,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Tons 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 9.0 7.0 7.1 8.0 6.0 7.1 7.0 11.0 9.0 6.0 9.2 8.0 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 59 CORN — 1973 AtTPaRP, I'tili/.atinn, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated ACRES HARVESTED FOR SILAGE COUNTY & DISTRICT Planted Flathead 300 Lake 1.100 Missoula 500 Ravalli 800 N. WEST 2.700 Blaine 2,800 Chouteau 300 Hill 200 Liberty 100 Phillips 2.000 Pondera 100 Teton 500 \. CENTRAL 6.000 Daniels 100 Dawson 3,300 Garfield 1,200 McCone 300 Richland 9.000 Roosevelt 2,000 Sheridan 100 Valley 3,500 N. EAST 19.500 Broadwater 500 Cascade 1,400 Fergus 600 Golden Vallev 500 Lewis & Clark 200 Musselshell 1,200 Petroleum 100 CENTRAL 4.500 Gallatin 600 S. WEST 600 Big Horn 12,200 Carbon 2,500 Stillwater 3.000 Treasure 3,900 Yellowstone 13,500 S. CENTRAL 35,100 Carter 600 Custer 7,900 Fallon 2,400 Powder River .ijOO Prairie 4,600 Rosebud 6,300 Wibaux 1,300 S. EAST 23,600 STATE 92,000 Har- vested for Grain 100 100 200 400 300 600 200 1.500 Har- vested for Forage and Grazed Irrigated 100 400 500 600 500 200 700 200 100 600 2.900 100 100 100 300 Har- vested for Silage 300 1,100 500 800 2,700 2,700 200 200 100 1,500 100 400 5.200 100 2,200 700 100 7,800 1,200 2,500 14,600 500 1,300 500 400 200 1,200 100 4,200 600 600 3,600 100 8,100 100 2,300 2,900 800 3,100 1,600 11,700 6.000 200 28.100 ... 200 400 300 600 6,900 1,200 200 1,000 500 700 400 3,400 1.100 200 4,900 500 500 3,300 2,100 17,600 11,000 6,000 73,000 Acres Har- vested 300 1,100 500 800 2.700 2,300 200 200 100 1.200 100 400 4.500 1.800 600 6,000 200 2,100 10,700 500 1,300 200 1,000 100 3,100 500 500 8,100 2,300 2,900 3,100 11.700 28,100 6,600 500 3,000 4,900 15,000 64,600 Yield per Har\-. Acre Tons 16.0 17.0 16.0 18.0 17.0 17.0 15.0 17.0 17.0 15.0 16.0 13.0 16.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 19.0 17.0 19.0 15.0 17.0 10.0 14.0 9.0 15.0 20.0 20.0 17.0 17.0 22.0 19.0 20.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 16.0 Ig.O 18.3 Not Irrigated Yield per Harv. Acre Tons .Acres Har- vested 400 300 700 100 400 100 100 1.800 1.000 400 3,900 500 400 200 1.100 100 100 400 300 1.000 400 500 2,600 8,400 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 9.0 6.0 8.0 9.0 7.0 6.0 8.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 11.0 Il.O 6.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 60 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OATS — 1972 Acreage, Vield, Production and Value hy Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL COUNTY & DISTRICT Planted Han,'. for Grain Acres Flathead 2,400 Granite 300 Lake 2,000 Lincoln 1,800 Mineral 600 Missoula 2.700 Powell 1.300 Ravalli 1,100 Sanders 800 N. WEST 13,000 Blaine 14,300 Chouteau 23.700 Glacier 3„300 Hill 31,700 Liberty 5,400 Phillips 26,500 Pondera 14,400 Teton 6,000 Toole 5.300 N. CENTRAL 130,600 Daniels 15,700 Dawson 18,100 Garfield 13.000 McCone 12,500 Richland 34,200 Roosevelt 37.400 Sheridan 30.100 Valley 46,000 N. EAST 207,000 Broadwater 2,000 Cascade 3,800 Fergus 7,800 Golden Valley 7„500 Judith Basin 14,900 Lewis & Clark 5,700 Meagher 2,600 Musselshell 1,400 Petroleum 2,000 Wheatland 2,600 CENTRAL 50,300 Beaverhead 900 Gallatin 3.800 Jefferson 4,100 Madison 2.700 Silver Bow 500 S. WEST 12,000 Big Horn 3,300 Carbon 4,100 Park 2,800 Stillwater 8,200 Sweet Grass 3,200 Treasure 1,200 Yellowstone 8,,300 S. CENTRAL 31,100 Carter 8,200 Custer 4,600 Fallon 7,300 Powder River 6,800 Prairie 5,500 Rosebud 4,700 Wibaux 8,900 S. EAST 46,000 STATE 490,000 1,300 30O 1,600 600 200 900 600 400 500 6,400 8,400 5,100 1,900 3,000 1,800 10,600 6,400 2.400 2.100 41,700 7.000 ll.,500 9,600 6,400 23.300 21,100 10,700 11,100 100,700 1,900 2.200 5,200 6,400 10,000 3,500 2,000 600 1.200 2.100 35,100 700 3,100 2,900 1,000 400 8,100 2,600 3,500 2,000 7,600 2,200 900 3,400 22,200 5,900 3,800 4.500 4,300 3.000 3,900 6,400 31,800 Yield per Harv. Pro- Acre ductlon Bushels 61,700 15,000 92,000 32,400 9,600 46,300 24,000 22,600 26,200 47.5 50.0 57.5 54.0 48.0 51.4 40.0 56.5 52.4 51.5 44.2 22.6 46.6 30.9 33.0 40.5 54.1 47.9 47.0 41.2 40.0 54.4 45.2 47.0 58.1 55.0 53.0 49.1 52.3 53.3 36.2 35.5 37.6 36.0 36.3 39.4 33.7 34.2 29.5 36.9 56.1 62.4 38.8 52.8 50.0 51.6 50.4 61.0 54.6 38.8 50.5 56.2 57.6 49.8 44.2 62.5 55.3 46.5 55.7 51.3 56.0 52.6 246,000 48.0 329,800 371.400 115.400 88.500 92,800 59,400 429.800 346,400 115.000 98,700 1,717,400 280,000 626,000 434,200 300,800 1,353,800 1,161,100 567,100 545,000 5,268,000 101,200 79,600 184,800 240.800 360.000 127,000 78,800 20,200 41,000 62.000 1,295,400 39,300 193.500 112.500 52.800 20.000 418,100 131.100 213.400 109.200 295,200 111,100 50,600 196.000 1,106,600 260,800 237,500 248,800 199.900 167.200 200.100 358.400 1.672,700 11,808,000 Value Dollars 53,100 12,900 79,100 27,800 8,300 39.800 20.700 19.400 22,500 283,600 281.800 87.600 67,100 70,400 45,100 326,200 262.800 87,300 74,900 1,303,200 178,500 398,900 276,700 191,700 862,900 740,100 361,500 347,400 3,357,700 76,800 60.400 140,200 182,700 273,200 96,400 59,700 15.300 31.100 47,100 982,900 33,800 166,400 96,800 45.400 17.200 359,600 110.000 179,200 91,800 247,900 93,.300 42.500 164.600 929,300 182.100 165.800 173.700 139.600 116.700 139,600 2.50.200 1,167,700 8,384,000 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre NOT IRRIGATED 300 200 800 300 100 500 200 200 100 2,700 300 100 100 800 200 600 300 2,400 1,400 200 3,500 600 1,100 6.800 1.100 400 400 800 400 800 100 100 100 4,200 500 2,000 800 800 400 4,500 500 2,200 1.200 500 1,100 700 1,600 7,800 100 1,900 100 100 500 1,200 3.900 32,300 Bu. 69.0 54.0 71.0 68.0 50.0 59.0 48.0 75.0 70.0 64.7 50.0 54.0 57.0 50.0 69.0 65.0 68.3 58.2 72.0 56.0 70.0 56.0 50.0 65.5 68.0 64.0 54.0 63.0 54.0 49.0 ,57.0 58.0 60.0 59.7 65.0 72.0 54.0 56.0 50.0 63.2 69.0 71.0 61.0 65.0 63.0 60.0 73.0 67.2 56.0 71.0 68.0 67.0 69.0 70.0 69.9 64.8 Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 1,000 100 800 300 100 400 400 200 400 3,700 8,100 5,000 1.800 2,200 1,800 10,400 5,800 2.100 2,100 39.300 7,000 10,100 9,400 6,400 19,800 20,500 10,700 10,000 93,900 800 1.800 4.8(K) 5.600 lO.OOO 3.100 1.200 500 1.100 2,000 30,900 200 1,100 2,100 200 3,600 2,100 1,300 800 7.100 1,100 200 1,800 14,400 5.800 1.900 4.400 4,200 2,500 2,700 6.400 27.900 213,700 Bu. 41.0 42.0 44.0 40.0 46.0 42.0 36.0 38.0 48.0 41.9 44.0 22.0 46.0 24.0 33.0 40.0 53.0 45.0 47.0 40.2 40.0 52.0 45.0 47.0 56.0 55.0 53.0 49.0 51.4 33.0 ,30.0 .34.0 35.0 .36.0 34.0 ,13.0 29.0 32.0 28.0 33.8 34.0 45.0 33.0 40.0 37.1 46.0 44.0 45.0 37.0 38.0 43.0 44.0 40.4 44.0 54.0 55.0 46.0 53.1 43.0 .56.0 50.3 45.5 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 61 OATS — 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED Yield IRRIG/ \TED Yield Yield Harv. per Acres per Acres 3er I- arv. COUNTY for I arv. Pro- Har- Harv. Har- & DISTRICT Planted Grain Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Acre Acres Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. Flathead 2.400 1.100 37.6 41,400 55,500 300 50.0 800 33.0 Granite 500 3,600 300 2,000 60.0 49.4 18,000 98,800 24,200 132,600 300 1.600 60.0 53.0 400 Lake 35.0 Lincoln 1,900 900 61.8 55,600 74,600 700 72.0 200 26.0 Mineral 600 200 40.0 8,000 10,800 100 58.0 100 22.0 Missoula 3,200 1,000 48.0 48,000 64,400 600 62.0 400 27.0 Powell 1,300 1,500 600 700 48.3 62.9 29,000 44,000 38,900 59,000 400 600 60.0 68.0 200 100 25.0 Ravalli 32.0 Sanders 800 500 34.4 17,200 23,100 100 60.0 400 28.0 N. WEST 15,800 7.300 49.3 360,000 483.100 4.700 60.0 2,600 30.0 Blaine 16.600 7,600 31.9 242,200 283,800 1,000 64.0 6,600 27.0 Chouteau 42,800 16,100 29.4 472,900 554,200 500 41.0 15,600 29.0 Glacier 4,900 3,400 25.6 87,100 102,100 100 46.0 3,300 25.0 Hill 27,100 9,700 22.0 213,800 250,500 900 42.0 8,800 20.0 Liberty 4,200 1,300 26.6 34,600 40,600 46.0 1,200 25.0 Phillips 30,100 7,900 25.4 200,400 234,800 100 42.0 7,300 24.0 Pondera 11,800 4.600 20.7 95,000 111,400 600 50.0 4,500 20.0 Teton 9,000 4,900 25.5 125,100 146,600 100 48.0 4,600 24.0 Toole 5,600 2,800 26.0 72,800 85,300 300 2,800 26.0 N. CENTRAL 152.100 38.300 26.5 1,543,900 1,809,300 3,600 49.0 54,700 25.0 Daniels 10,400 6,400 26.3 168.200 181,200 100 44.0 6,300 26.0 Dawson 24,500 16,800 45.2 758.800 817,500 700 72.0 16,100 44.0 Garfield 17,500 11,400 40.7 464,000 499,900 800 50.0 10,600 40.0 McCone 12,800 8,200 41.2 337,700 363,900 300 46.0 7,900 41.0 Richland 34,700 24,600 51.1 1,257,900 1,355,200 2,500 70.0 22,100 49.0 Roosevelt 33,600 19,800 41.7 825,100 889,000 700 60.0 19,100 41.0 Sheridan 21,000 9,500 31.4 298,100 321,100 400 40.0 9,100 31.0 Valley 32,600 14,300 31.6 451,400 486,400 900 40.0 13,400 31.0 N. EAST 187,100 111.000 41.1 4.561.200 4.914.200 6,400 59.0 104,600 40.0 Broadwater 1,800 3,100 1.200 1.600 36.5 25.8 43.800 41,200 54,600 51,400 900 400 44.0 55.0 300 1,200 14.0 Cascade 16.0 Fergus 6,900 4,700 26.5 124.600 155,500 200 38.0 4,500 26.0 Golden Valley 7,600 5,200 28.6 148.800 185.600 1,200 54.0 4,000 21.0 Judith Basin 12,400 7,500 28.3 212,100 264.600 100 49.0 7,400 28,0 Lewis & Clark 5,500 2.500 44.2 110,600 138,000 1,800 56.0 700 14.0 Meagher 2.400 1,500 31.2 46,800 58,400 800 48.0 700 12.0 Musselshell 2,300 1,100 24.8 27,300 34,100 200 60.0 900 17.0 Petroleum 2,100 1,300 41.5 53,900 67,200 500 63.0 800 28.0 Wheatland 3.600 2,400 19.3 46.400 57,900 400 41.0 2,000 15.0 CENTRAL 47,700 29.000 29.5 855,500 1,067.300 6,500 52.0 22,500 23.0 Beaverhead 700 3,000 3,100 400 1.500 1,600 53.0 58.0 32.8 21.200 87,000 52,400 28.300 115,900 69,800 300 900 600 64.0 70.0 49.0 100 600 1,000 20.0 Gallatin 40.0 Jefferson 23.0 Madison 2,500 1,400 53.6 75,000 99,900 1,200 59.0 200 21.0 Silver Bow 400 9.700 300 5,200 52.0 48.3 15,600 251,200 20,800 334.700 300 3,300 52.0 60.0 1,900 - . . S. WEST 28.0 Big Horn 4.000 2.300 52.9 121.700 159,900 800 64.0 1,500 47.0 Carbon 2,300 1.200 49.0 58,800 77,200 800 54.0 400 39.0 Park 3,300 1,800 44.9 80,800 106,200 1,000 56.0 800 31.0 Stillwater 9,100 6,600 30.1 198,400 260,600 800 45.0 5,800 28.0 Sweet Grass 3,800 1,400 49.0 68,600 90,200 1,200 53.0 200 25.0 Treasure 800 10,200 600 5,000 62.7 44.6 37,600 223.000 49,400 292,900 400 2,000 70.0 71.0 200 3,000 48.0 Yellowstone 27.0 S. CENTRAL .33.500 18.900 41.7 788.900 1.036.400 7,000 60.0 11,900 31.0 Carter 11. .500 7.400 35.0 259,000 293,700 7,400 35.0 Custer 6,700 4,000 53.7 214,800 243,600 1,800 68.0 2,200 42,0 Fallon 12,600 7,500 43.0 322,500 ,365,800 7,500 43.0 Powder River 9.600 6,700 45.0 301,500 341,900 6.700 45.0 Prairie 7,400 3,600 48.7 175,200 198,700 1,000 66.0 2.600 42.0 Rosebud 5,800 4,200 58.5 245,600 278,500 800 69.0 3,400 56.0 Wibaux 10,500 6.90O 55.2 380,700 431,800 300 ,59.0 6,600 55.0 S. EAST M.IOO 40.300 47.1 1,899.300 2,154.000 3,900 67.0 36.400 45.0 STATE 510.000 270,000 38.0 10.260,000 11.799.000 35,400 58.0 234.600 35.0 62 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL HAY — 1972 Acreage, Yield, Pruduction and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated NOT 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 TOTAL IRRIGATED Yield IRRIGA TED Yield Yield Acres per Acres per Acres per Har- I-arv. Pro- Har- Harv. Har- Harv. vested Acre duction Tons Value vested Acre Tons vested Acre Dollars Tons 12,800 1.90 24,300 789.200 12,300 1.93 500 1.20 48,800 2.26 110,400 3.585.400 18,900 2.96 29,900 1.82 39,100 1.94 75,700 2.4.58,4(K) 38.300 1.95 800 1.13 71,700 2.09 149.700 4.861.600 49,300 2.33 22,400 1.55 8,600 1.83 15,700 509.900 4,400 2.20 4,200 1.43 1.900 2.21 4,200 136,400 1,000 2.80 900 1.56 20.900 2.11 44,000 1.429.000 13,100 2.53 7.800 1.40 51.900 1.96 101,800 3.306,000 44,100 2.07 7,800 1.36 35.900 2.55 91,500 2.971,500 34,500 2.61 1.400 1.07 26,400 1.91 50,500 1.640.000 10,500 2.31 15.900 1.65 318,000 2.10 667,800 21,687,400 226,400 2.30 91,600 1.61 60,200 2.05 123,200 3,877.400 39,300 2.62 20.900 .97 58,900 .97 56.900 1.790.800 12,300 1.69 46.600 .77 28,000 1.64 46,000 1.447.700 10.000 2.35 18.000 1.25 40,400 1.09 43,900 1 ,,381. 600 7.100 2.27 33,300 .83 13,400 1.72 23.000 723.900 3,100 2.61 10, .300 1.45 80,700 1.63 131,300 4.132,300 34,800 2.10 45,900 1.27 32,900 2.02 66,600 2,096,100 19,800 2.61 13,100 1.15 75,300 2.25 169,100 5.,322.000 59,300 2.53 16,000 1.18 20,200 1.20 24,200 761.600 2,200 1.68 18.(X)0 1.14 410,000 1.67 6»i,200 21,533,400 187.900 2.40 222.100 1.05 31,900 1.08 34,300 952,000 1,000 1.70 30.900 1.06 48,500 1.29 62,400 1.731.800 5.100 2.57 43.400 1.14 35,900 1.11 39,700 1.101,800 3.500 1.79 32.400 1.04 42,400 1.20 51,000 1,415,400 3.400 1.74 39.000 1.16 48,200 1.55 74,600 • 2,070,400 9.200 2.51 .39.000 1.32 50,300 1.57 79,200 2,198,000 5.100 2.59 45.200 1.46 41,900 1.34 56,300 1.562.600 1.800 1.67 40.100 1.33 65,900 1.85 121,800 3.380.400 17.000 2.96 48.900 1.46 365,000 1.42 519,300 14,412,400 46,100 2.52 318,900 1.26 20,700 2.98 61,600 2.157.500 20.000 3.04 700 1.14 76,900 1.43 109,600 3.838.600 29,700 2.26 47.200 .90 129,000 1.12 144,300 5.053.900 15,400 1.51 113,600 1.07 14,900 1.82 27,100 949.100 6,000 2.97 8,900 1.04 70,100 1.18 82,400 2.886.000 5,700 2.02 64,400 1.10 41,300 1.93 79,600 2.787,900 29,800 2.24 11.500 1.11 43,600 1.77 77,300 2.707,300 39,800 1.87 3.800 .76 18,600 1.77 33,000 1,155,800 8,500 2.99 10.100 .75 16,700 1.88 31,400 1.099.800 12,600 2.19 4.100 .93 52.200 1.67 87,400 3.061.100 38,700 1.95 13.500 .90 484,000 1.52 733,700 25.697,000 206.200 2.18 277,800 1.02 136,100 1.72 233,500 8.042.500 133,000 1.73 3,100 .90 80,400 2.57 207,000 7.129.800 58,800 2.94 21,600 1.58 25,600 1.60 41,000 1.412,200 20,300 1.73 5,300 1.09 84,500 2.27 191,900 6,609,700 81,700 2.28 2,800 2.00 6,400 1.61 10.300 354,800 4,200 1.93 2,200 1.00 333,000 2.05 683,700 23.549,000 298,000 2.12 35,000 1.45 72,400 1.91 138,200 4,509,900 35,500 2.34 36.900 1.49 62,000 2.52 156,200 5,097,400 44,500 2.90 17.500 1.55 60,600 1.57 95.400 3,113,200 43,600 1.83 17,000 .92 47,600 1.41 67,000 2,186,400 13,200 1.86 .34,400 1.24 52,200 1.63 85,100 2,777,100 39,400 1.78 12.800 1.16 10.500 2.07 21,700 708,100 5,000 3.00 5.500 1.22 28,700 2.51 72,100 2.352,900 17,800 3.34 10.900 1.16 334,000 1.90 635,700 20,745,000 199,000 2.32 135.000 1.29 64,900 1.30 84,500 2.309.400 9,700 1.60 55.200 1.25 33,900 2.25 76,200 2.082.600 13,700 3.31 20.200 1.52 40,000 1.37 54.800 1.497.700 3,800 1.84 36.200 1.32 66.300 1.54 102,200 2.793.200 20,000 1.72 46.300 1.47 19,400 1.35 26,200 716.000 2.800 2.43 16.600 1.17 .37,100 2.05 76,200 2.082.600 21.800 2.45 15.300 1.49 14,400 1.22 17.500 478.300 1.000 2.30 13.400 1.13 276,000 1.59 437,600 11,959,800 72.800 2.26 203,200 1.34 2,.5.'0.000 1.73 4,362,000 139,584,000 1.236,400 2.26 1,283,600 1.22 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 63 ALL HAY - 1973 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 Ciiouteau 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 TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIG^ TED Yield Yield Yield per Acres per Acres liarv. Acres Harv. Pro- Har- Harv. Har- Harvested Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Acre Tons Dollars Tons Tons 12,800 1.28 16,400 927,700 12,300 1.29 500 1.00 43.100 1.83 78,800 4,457.400 19.700 2.64 23,400 1.14 36.200 1.72 62,400 3,529,700 35,800 1.73 400 .75 64,300 1.80 115,500 6,533,300 47,600 2.12 16,700 .86 8,400 1.35 11,300 639,200 5,700 1.44 2,700 1.15 1,800 1.44 2,600 147,100 1,100 1.91 700 .71 20,800 1.89 39,300 2,223,000 14,800 2.26 6,000 .97 65,600 1.35 88,300 4,994,700 58,300 1.38 7,300 1.11 34,100 2.71 92,400 5,226,600 32,500 2.78 1,600 1.25 32,900 1.34 44,200 2, .500,100 20,900 1.71 12,000 .71 320,000 1.72 551,200 31,178,800 248,700 1.94 71,300 .98 6O,.30O 1.91 115,300 6,849.700 43,000 2.25 17,300 , 37,100 < 1.08 60,000 1.31 78,600 4,669,500 22,900 1.80 1.01 26,400 1.24 32,700 1,942,700 12,900 1.71 13,500 3 33,900 f .79 41,000 1.05 43,100 2,560,500 7,100 2.63 .72 12,100 1.03 12,500 742,600 3,100 1.74 9,000 , .79 91.000 1.48 135,000 8,020,100 42,400 2.06 48.600 1 .98 39,200 1.52 59,700 3,546,700 26,400 1.96 12,800 .63 67,700 2.21 149,800 8,899,300 57,900 2.48 9,800 s 15,400 ' .61 18,600 1.04 19,300 1,146,600 3,200 1.66 .91 416,300 1.55 &t6,000 38,377,700 218,900 2.16 197.400 .88 23,600 .84 19,800 988,100 1,100 1.00 22,500 .83 39,100 1.30 50,700 2,530,000 7,700 1.95 31,400 1.14 22,700 1.12 25,500 1,272,500 3.600 2.22 19,100 .92 30,900 1.13 35,000 1.746,600 3.200 2.06 27,700 1.03 46,000 1.14 52,400 2,614,900 4,500 2.58 41,500 .98 46,400 1.16 54,000 2,694,700 6,300 1.29 40.100 1.14 30,000 .93 28,000 1,397,200 2,200 1.32 27,800 .90 59,300 2.12 125,600 6.267,700 28,900 3.11 30,400 1.18 298,000 1.31 391,000 19,511,700 57,500 2.49 240,500 1.03 25,500 2.87 73,300 4,258,000 25,100 2.90 400 1.00 80.400 1.66 133,500 7,755,000 34,300 2.31 46,100 1.17 122,200 1.38 168,300 9,776,500 20,100 1.65 102,100 1.32 14,700 1.65 24,300 1,411,600 7,100 2.46 7,600 .89 63,400 1.15 72,900 4,234.700 9,200 1.73 54,200 » 1.05 42,100 2.17 91,500 5,315,200 38,600 2.29 3,500 ! .89 34,000 1.72 58,400 3,392.400 30,700 1.79 3,300 • \ 1.00 .82 16,600 1.67 27,700 1,609.100 8,100 2.56 8,500 ■ 21,000 1.75 36,700 2,131,900 15,300 2.08 5.700 - .84 51,800 1.25 64,500 3,746,800 43,200 1.31 8,600 \ .94 471,700 1.59 751,100 43,631,200 231,700 2.03 240,000 1.17 131,200 1.68 220,800 13,078,700 130,400 1.69 800 .88 78,700 2.61 205,800 12,190,100 64,300 2.78 14,400 1.88 27,200 1.60 43,600 2,582,600 24,000 1.66 3,200 1.16 85,300 2.38 203,100 12,030,200 82,100 2.41 3,200 1.69 7,600 1.51 11,500 681,200 5.100 1.73 2,500 1.08 330,000 2.08 684,800 40,562.800 305,900 2.11 24,100 1.64 73,000 1.88 136,900 7,939,700 27,300 2.51 45,700 1.49 60,900 2.32 141,500 8,206,600 48.800 2.63 12,100 1.08 58,000 1.93 112,100 6,501,500 47.600 2.07 10.400 1.31 43,400 1.21 52,300 3,033,200 17,800 1.39 25.600 1.08 69,400 1.85 128,400 7,446,900 54.000 2.09 15,400 1.00 15,100 1.56 23,600 1,368,800 4,800 2.85 10,300 .96 28,200 2.63 74,200 4,303.400 19.000 3.48 9.200 .88 348,000 1.92 669,000 38,800,100 219,300 2.34 128.700 1.21 .55.500 1.31 72,500 3,855,3(K) 17.300 1.50 38,200 1.22 35,800 1.91 68,300 3,632,000 11,100 3.01 24,700 1.41 40„300 1.47 59,100 3,142.900 6.900 2.35 33.400 1.28 59„300 1.37 81,400 4,328,600 19,100 1.92 40,200 1.11 18,400 1.64 30,200 1,605.900 6.100 2.64 12.. 300 1.15 37,600 1.84 69.200 3.679,800 23.200 2.47 14.400 .83 19,100 1.37 26,200 1,393.200 2.. 31 10 2.78 IH.SDO 1.18 266,000 L53 406,900 2L637,700 86.000 2,23 180,000 1.20 2,430,000 1.67 4.100,000 233,700,000 1,368,000 2.13 1.082.000 1.09 64 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA HAY — 1972 Acreage, Vield, and Production by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated NOT COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge Flathead Granite Laler Harv. Acre Tons 1.00 1.30 1.00 .90 1.00 .75 1.22 1.14 1.00 .50 .99 1.00 1.25 .84 1.00 .67 .90 1.00 .68 1.00 .99 .90 1..31 1.20 1.21 1.30 1.60 .91 1.30 1.25 1.00 1.32 1.40 .89 1.00 1.00 1.50 .90 .90 .90 1.25 1.00 2.10 1.50 2.00 1.67 2.01 1.90 1.10 1.31 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.21 1.35 1.30 2.00 1.40 1.15 1.51 .90 2.00 1.32 1.26 66 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA SEED - 1972 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Harvested Mineral 100 N. WEST 100 Blaine 200 Chouteau 1,200 Phillips 2,000 N. CENTRAL 3,400 Daniels 100 Garfield 100 McCone 100 Roosevelt 300 Valley 200 N. EAST 800 Musselshell 200 Petroleum 400 CENTRAL 600 Big Horn 1,200 Stillwater 100 Sweet Grass 200 Treasure 300 S. CENTRAL 1,800 Carter 1,100 Custer 1,000 Fallon 400 Powder River 2,000 Prairie 100 Rosebud 700 S. EAST 5,300 STATE 12,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Pounds (Cleaned) 86 86 53 82 73 75 77 81 86 96 98 91 40 70 60 98 72 54 58 83 82 66 63 91 82 90 82 80 8,600 8,600 10,600 98,400 146,000 253.000 7,700 8,100 8,600 28,800 19,600 72,800 8,000 28,000 36,000 117,600 7,200 10,800 17.400 153,000 90,200 66.000 25.200 182.000 8,200 63,000 434,600 960,000 Value Dollars 4,700 4,700 4,800 44,900 66,700 116,400 2,300 2,400 2.500 8.500 5.800 21,500 3,600 12,700 16,300 41,000 2,500 3,800 6.000 33,300 39.000 28.500 10.900 78.700 3.500 27,200 187,800 400,000 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre NOT IRRIGATED 100 400 500 100 100 Lbs. 93 89 90 120 120 200 113 100 68 300 98 200 200 100 400 100 86 87 103 200 115 1,100 100 2,000 98 Acres Har- vested 100 100 200 1,100 1,600 2,900 100 100 100 200 200 700 200 400 600 1,000 100 200 200 1,500 900 800 300 1,600 100 500 4,200 10,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Lbs. 86 86 53 81 69 72 77 81 86 84 98 87 40 70 60 95 72 54 53 82 78 61 55 88 82 80 77 76 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 67 ALFALFA SEED — 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Harvested Blaine 100 Chouteau 2.500 Phillips 2J00 N. CENTRAL 5,000 Garfield 700 McCone 200 Richland 100 Roosevelt 100 Valley 400 N. EAST 1,500 Fergus 200 Musselshell 400 Petroleum 400 CENTRAL 1,000 Big Horn 2.500 Sweet Grass 400 Treasure 1,500 Yellowstone 100 S. CENTRAL 4,500 Carter 6,500 Custer 800 Fallon 400 Powder River 7.300 Prairie 500 Rosebud 2,500 S. EAST 18,000 STATE 30,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Pounds (Cleaned) 75 94 99 96 116 95 105 110 105 109 100 90 105 98 95 99 102 85 98 112 119 114 96 118 136 109 105 7,500 235,600 237,600 480,700 81,200 19,000 10.500 11.000 42.000 163,700 20.000 36.000 42.000 98,000 2^8,500 39.500 153.100 8,500 439,600 725,600 95.000 45.500 703,500 59.000 339.400 1,968.000 3,150,000 Value Dollars 7,000 220.100 221,900 449,000 96,700 22.600 12,500 13.100 50.100 195,000 20,800 37,500 43,700 102,000 222,400 36,900 142.800 7,900 410,000 677,300 88.700 42.500 656,600 55,100 316,800 1,837,000 2,993,000 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre NOT IRRIGATED 1,100 900 2,000 300 300 Lbs. 106 104 105 124 124 200 110 200 110 1,000 300 700 105 100 93 2,000 100 1,600 600 300 2.000 200 1.800 135 130 125 100 130 145 6,500 126 11,000 117 Acres Har- vested 100 1.400 1.500 3,000 400 200 100 100 400 1,200 200 400 200 800 1,500 100 800 100 2,500 4,900 200 100 5.300 300 700 11,500 19,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Lbs. 75 85 96 90 110 95 105 110 105 105 100 90 100 95 89 95 110 85 96 104 85 80 95 no 112 100 98 68 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SUGARBEETS — 1972 and 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — All Irrigated 1972 1973 COUNTY & DISTRICT Har- Planted vested Acres Ravalli 450 450 N.WEST 450 450 Blaine 1.100 1,100 N. CENTRAL 1,100 1,100 Daniels 100 100 Dawson 2,920 2,820 McCone 100 100 Richland 10,910 10.800 N.EAST 14,030 13,820 Broadwater 2.080 1.950 CENTRAL 2,080 1.950 Carbon 7.470 7.450 Stillwater 950 930 Treasure 3.800 3.750 Yellowstone 10.350 10,2.30 S.CENTRAL 22,570 22.360 Custer 2,360 2.350 Prairie 1.930 1.920 Rosebud 1.280 1.250 S.EAST 5,570 5,520 STATE 45,800 45,200 Yield per Harv. Pro- Acre duct ion Tons 20.0 9.000 20.0 16.0 16.0 15.0 17.5 15.0 17.0 183.600 17.1 236,000 29,300 29.300 15.0 15.0 9.000 17.600 17,600 1.500 49.400 1.500 16.5 122.900 19.5 18.100 23.5 88.100 20.0 204.600 19.4 433,700 22.0 51.700 21.0 40,300 19.5 24,400 21.1 116,400 18.6 842,000 Value ■ Dollars 160.300 160.300 313.300 313,300 25.900 8.53. 70O 25.900 3.172.700 4,078,200 521.600 521,600 2,188.000 322.200 1.568,500 3.642.700 7,721,400 893.400 696.400 434.400 2,024,200 14,819,000 Har- Planted vested Acres 390 370 390 370 770 750 770 750 3,160 11,840 15,000 2,000 2,000 6,670 970 4.060 10.100 2.430 2.220 1.290 5.940 45.900 3.090 11.710 14.800 1.560 1,560 6,390 870 4.030 9.990 Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Tons 20.5 7.585 20.5 7.585 20.0 15.000 20.0 15.000 18.5 20.0 19.7 15.5 15.5 17.5 20.5 23.5 20.0 57,165 234.200 291,365 24.180 24,180 111,830 17,835 94,705 199.800 2.400 2,170 1,270 5.840 44.600 22.0 19.0 19.8 20.7 19.8 52.800 41,230 26.670 120.700 883.000 Value ' Dollars 288,200 288,200 570,000 .570.000 2,172,300 8,899,600 11,071,900 918.900 918.900 4,249.500 677,700 3.598.800 7.592.400 21,800 21,280 19.9 424,170 16,118,400 2.006.400 1.566.700 1.013.500 4.586.600 33,554,000 'Excludes government payments under the Sugar Act; 1973 value preliminary. DRY BEANS — 1972 and 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — .All Irrigated 1972 1973 COUNTY & DISTRICT Har- Planted vested Acres Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction 100 lb. bags (cleaned) Dawson 1,000 1,000 McCone 100 100 Richand 4,100 4.100 N.EAST 5.200 5.200 Big Horn 1,200 1.200 Carbon 1,700 1,700 Stillwater 100 100 Treasure 900 900 Yellowstone 1.400 1.400 S.CENTRAL 5,300 5.300 17.0 Custer 100 100 ^rairle 200 200 rtosebud 200 200 S.EAST 500 500 STATE 11.000 11.000 18.0 16.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 18.0 12.0 17.0 17.0 13.0 17.0 18.000 1.600 69.700 89,300 20.400 30,600 1.200 15.300 23.800 91,300 14.0 1.400 12.0 2.400 13.0 2.600 6.400 187.000 Value Dollars 151.200 13.400 585.500 750.100 171.400 257.100 10.100 128.500 199.900 767.000 11.800 20.200 21.900 53,900 1,571,000 Har- Planted vested Acres 700 100 3.700 4.500 900 1.400 100 600 1.100 4.100 100 200 100 400 9.000 700 100 3.700 4.500 900 1.400 100 600 1.100 100 200 100 400 9.000 Yield per Har%'. Pro- Acre duction 100 lb. bags (cleaned) 17.0 17.0 19.0 18.6 16.0 18.0 16.0 19.0 17.0 4,100 17.4 16.0 17.0 18.0 17.0 18.0 11.900 1.700 70,300 83.900 14.400 25,200 1.600 11.400 18.700 1.600 3.400 1.800 6,800 162.000 Value Dollars 357.000 51.000 2.109.000 2.517.000 432.000 756.000 48.000 342.000 .561.000 71.300 2.139.000 48.000 102.000 54.000 204.000 4.860,000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 69 POTATOES — 1972 and 1973 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Irrigated 1972 1973 DISTRICT & COUNTY Har- Planted vested Acres Deer Lodge 230 230 Flathead 870 830 Lake 2,330 2,230 Powell 330 330 Ravalli 530 530 Other Counties 10 10 N. WEST 4,300 4,160 N. CENTRAL 200 200 Dawson 200 200 Richland 150 150 Roosevelt 100 100 Other Counties 40 40 N. EAST 490 490 Broadwater 410 410 Cascade 120 120 Other Counties 120 120 CENTRAL 650 650 Beaverhead 470 470 Gallatin 1,080 1,020 Jefferson 180 180 Madison 120 120 Other Counties 60 60 S. WEST 1,910 1,850 S. CENTRAL 100 100 S. EAST 50 50 STATE 7,700 7,500 Yield per Harv. Pro- Acre duction Cwt. 220 250 240 230 210 180 236 ISO 150 150 110 100 138 200 160 192 191 220 250 220 220 170 235 104 100 220 50,600 207,500 535,200 75,900 111.300 1,800 982,300 26,000 30,000 22,500 11,000 4,000 67,500 82,000 19,200 23,000 124,200 103,400 255,000 39,600 26,400 10,200 434,600 10,400 5,000 1,650,000 Value Dollars 255,600 1,047,900 2,702,900 383,300 562,100 9,100 4,960,900 131,300 151,500 113,600 55,600 20,200 340,900 414,100 97,000 116,200 627,300 522,200 1,287,900 200,000 133,300 51,500 2,194,900 52,500 25,200 8,333,000 Har- Planted vested Acres 150 800 2,300 200 480 30 3,960 200 100 150 100 20 370 380 120 100 600 440 980 140 120 20 1,700 100 70 7,000 150 730 2,250 200 460 30 3,820 200 100 150 100 20 370 360 120 100 580 430 950 140 120 20 1,660 100 70 6,800 Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Cwt. 200 240 240 180 200 113 230 138 180 180 130 150 165 190 120 171 172 200 240 210 230 180 226 154 100 215 30,000 175,200 540,000 36.000 92,000 3,400 876,600 27,500 18,000 27,000 13,000 3.000 61,000 68,400 14,400 17,100 86,000 228.000 29,400 27,600 3,600 374,600 15,400 7,000 1,462,000 Value Dollars 324,000 1,892,200 5.832,300 388,800 993,600 36,700 9,467,600 297,000 194,400 291.600 140.400 32.400 658,800 738,700 155,500 184,700 99,900 1,078,900 928,800 2.462.500 317,500 298.100 38.900 4,045,800 166,300 75,600 15,790,000 70 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES January 1 Inventory, 1930-1974 Mil. Hd. 3.0 2.0 1.0 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED Number on Feed, January I, 1930-1974 Thous. hepd 150 100 50 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 71 Thous. Hd. 1930 HOGS AND PIGS January 1* Inventory, 1930-1974 . - h M) \ \ * V 200 \ 1 J ^ V -^ 00 0 v V 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 •Data for 1968 and subsequently relate to December 1. Mil. Hd SHEEP AND LAMBS January 1 Inventory, 1930-1974 1980 72 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES Number, Value Per Head and TotaJ Value, January 1 Year 1964. 1965., 1966. 1%7., 1968., 1969.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. 1974.. ALL CATTLE Farm Value Number Per Head Total 1,000 Head Dols. 1.000 Dols. 2,627 2.758 2,841 2,869 2,984 146.00 121.00 146.00 156.00 154.00 383.542 333.718 414.786 447.564 459.536 2,984 3.014 3.165 3,165 3.197 3,380 168.00 195.00 • 200.00 230.00 285.00 340.00 501.312 587.730 633,000 727.950 911.145 1,149.200 Numbers by Classes. January 1 Year 1964.. 1965.. 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970.. TOTAL MILK ANIMALS BEEF ANIMALS ALL CATl'LE & CALVES Cows 2 Yrs Heifers 1-2 Yrs Heifer Calves Cows 2 Yrs. + Heifers 1-2 Yrs Calves Steers 1 Yr. + Bulls 1 Yr. + 1.000 Head 66 64 59 55 51 13 13 12 11 10 20 19 18 17 16 1.310 1.415 1.452 1.481 1,525 286 298 278 306 314 780 798 857 837 881 92 85 97 94 115 60 66 68 68 72 2.627 2.758 2.841 2.869 2,984 48 44 10 10 15 14 1.556 1.592 303 301 872 873 112 111 68 69 2.984 3.014 COWS & HEIFERS THAT HAVE CALVED Year Beef Cows Milk Cows HEIFERS 500 LBS. & OVER Beef Cow Replace- ments Milk Cow Replace- menis Other OTHER Strs.. TOTAL Hfrs.. ALL Steers Bulls Bulls CATTLE 500# 500» under & & over & over 500» CALVES 1970' 1,559 40 252 12 1971 1,595 36 272 12 1972 1,648 35 304 11 1973 1,685 32 298 10 1974 1.746 29 355 10 1.000 Head 70 77 82 90 108 130 140 144 163 216 81 83 84 89 105 870 950 857 830 811 3.014 3,165 3,165 3.197 3,380 'Classification changed l)eginning Jan. 1, 1970. Calf Crops and Disposition Year 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974^ 1,780 CALVES INSHIP- FARM BORN MENTS MARKETINGS' Cattle Calves SLAUGHTERS Cattle & Calve^s DEATHS Cattle Calves 1.000 Head 1.266 88 722 362 23 35 81 1.331 116 851 360 23 40 90 1.375 110 885 460 15 38 59 1,398 83 822 414 14 31 85 1,466 92 937 508 12 31 70 1,508 82 894 540 11 35 80 1,535 106 874 4T7 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 'Excludes interfarm sales. Beginning with 1966. includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establish- ments for use on farms whe.e produced. ^Beginning with 1966, excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. ^Some data not available in time for publication. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 73 Production and Income from Cattle and Calves Price Per 100 Lbs. Year Production' Marl Sherbert Desserts 1,000 Gallons 933 145 300 961 150 313 1.071 142 339 1.089 130 382 1,024 125 503 867 127 491 889 123 490 1,039 118 509 1.058 106 591 1,046 111 499 'Includes low fat ice cream. 74 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MILK AND CREAM MARKETED Quantity, Price and Cash Receipts Year 1964., 1%5., 1966.. 1%7., 1968.. 1969., 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973. 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. Dols. Receipts 1,000 Dols. Milkfat 1,000 lbs. Fat Receipts Quantity 1.000 Qts, Quart Cents Receipts Mil. Lbs. Cents 1.000 Dols. 1,000 Dols 245 4.49 11,000 3.340 .59 1.971 3.000 23.6 708 244 4.59 11,200 2,890 .61 1,763 3,000 24.0 720 248 4.77 11,830 2,790 .65 1,814 3.000 25.2 756 250 5.04 12,600 2,600 .67 1,742 3,000 27.0 810 256 5.24 13.414 2.220 .68 1,510 3,000 27.4 822 249 5.51 13,720 1,810 .68 1,231 2.326 24.0 558 254 5.65 14,351 1,310 .68 891 2,791 25.0 698 267 5.71 15,246 1.210 .66 799 2,326 25.0 582 278 5.93 16,485 970 .64 621 2,326 31.0 721 258 6.76 17,441 960 .64 614 2,326 28.0 651 Income and Value of Dairy Products Marketed Combined Marketings of Milk and Cream Year Milk Utilized Mil. Lbs. 1964 341 1965 328 1966 330 1967 327 1968 321 1969 303 1970 296 1971 305 1972 309 1973 289 Average Returns' Per 100 Per Pounds Pound Milk Milkfat Dollars 4.01 4.17 4.36 4.63 4.90 5.12 5.39 5.45 5.77 6.47 1.10 1.14 1.19 1.28 1.35 1.41 1.49 1.50 1.58 1.78 Cash Receipts from Market- ings^ Used for Milk, Cream and Butter on Farms Where Produced Milk Utilized Value^ 1.000 Dols. Mil. Lbs. 1.000 Dols. 13.679 13.683 14,400 15,152 15,746 15.509 15,940 16.627 17.827 18.706 43 39 36 34 28 25 22 22 19 15 1.724 1,626 1,570 1,.574 1.372 1.280 1,186 1.199 1.096 970 Gross Farm Income from Dairy Products^ Farm Value of Milk Pro- duced* 1.000 Dols. 15.403 15.309 15,970 16,726 17,118 16,789 17.126 17.826 18.923 19.696 15,880 15,763 16..394 17.131 17,542 17,203 17.571 18,203 19.269 20,194 '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. HONEY AND BEESWAX Production, Price and Value Colonies of Year Bees Number 1964 78,000 1965 80,000 1966 79,000 1%7 78.000 1968 78.000 1%9 75,000 1970 74,000 1971 74,000 1972 74.000 1973 78,000 Honey Yield Per Colony Pounds 63 72 80 98 85 125 105 55 110 101 Production Price Per Pound Value of Production Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax 1,000 Pounds 4.914 5.760 6.320 7.644 6.630 9,375 7,770 4,070 8,140 7.878 93 121 126 153 133 178 155 81 163 158 Cents 16.3 15.1 15.4 14.2 13.2 14.2 15.6 21.4 30.4 41.4 44.0 46.0 49.0 62.0 66.0 61.0 61.0 61.0 67.0 73.0 1,000 Dollars 801 41 870 56 973 62 1,085 95 875 88 1,331 109 1.212 95 871 49 2.475 109 3.261 115 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 75 SHEEP, LAMBS AND WOOL Number, Value per Head, and Total Value, 'January 1 Wool Production and Value Year Number Per Head 1,000 Stock Sheep and Lambs ^^^^ 1964 1.461 1965 1,403 1966 1,277 1967 1,226 1968 1,140 1969 1,083 1970 1,018 All Sheep and Lambs' 1971 1,067 1972 1,000 1973 955 1974< 794 SHEEP & LAMBS ON FARMS Farm Value Total 1,000 Dols. 23,960 27,218 28,732 28,688 25.422 27,400 29.522 WOOL PRODUCTION Year Year Dols. 16.40 19.40 22.50 23.40 22.30 25.30 29.00 26.50 24.00 28.50 34.00 28,276 24,000 27,218 26,996 Sheep Shorn 1,000 Head 1,369 1,292 1,213 1,134 1,063 984 933 902 853 774 669 Per Fleece Lbs. 9.8 9.6 9.7 9.9 10.1 9.7 9.7 9.6 10.0 9.9 10.0 Total 1,000 Lbs. 13,444 12,462 11,792 11,277 10,725 9,567 9.086 8,657 8.501 7,663 6,698 Price Per Lb. Cts. 55 51 58 46 45 45 38 21 35 106 Value 1,000 Dols. 7,394 6,356 6,839 5,187 4.826 4.305 3.453 1,818 2,975 8,123 Number by Classes, January 1 All Sheep Sheep on Feed STOCK SHEEP ONE YEAR AND OVER LAMBS Stock Sheep Ewes Wethers & Rams Ewes Wethers & Rams 1964 1,553 1965 1,503 1966 1,387 1967 1,351 1968 1,250 iyb9 1,178 1970 1,113 1971 1,067 1972 1,000 1973 955 1974 794 92 100 110 125 110 95 95 100 100 120 84 1,461 1,403 1,277 1,226 1,140 1,083 1,018 967 900 835 710 1,000 Head 1,127 1,093 1,006 936 852 826 774 747 697 657 559 50 46 43 42 34 28 28 28 23 21 18 267 248 213 230 230 208 202 177 166 145 114 17 16 15 18 24 21 14 15 14 12 19 LAMBS SAVED Lamb Crops and Disposition MARKETINGS^ IN- SHIPMENTS FARM SLAUGHTERS DEATHS Sheep & Lambs Sheep Lambs Sheep & Lambs Sheep Lambs 1964 1,037 1965 1,006 1966 926 1967 842 1968 809 1969 760 1970 720 1971 695 1972 669 1973 625 1974 * 537 74 61 46 75 64 63 46 48 30 27 1,000 Head 172 202 206 226 205 123 164 174 133 146 669 650 561 531 535 470 438 426 403 445 159 160 100 125 91 165 90 90 95 155 165 135 130 110 125 117 115 109 130 Production and Income from Sheep and Lambs Price per 100 Lbs. Year Production^ Marketings^ Sheep Lambs 1,000 Pounds Dollars 1964 65,098 76,188 5.40 19.60 1965 60,474 78,919 5.90 22.50 1966 67,215 71,773 6.40 23.20 1967 59,453 73,254 5.90 21.30 1968 61,671 72,659 6.30 23.80 1969 46,583 58,184 7.30 27.50 1970 51,883 59,905 6.80 26.10 1971 50,968 59,500 5.50 24.00 1972 43,023 54,316 6.10 27.90 1973 38,403 59,844 11.80 34.00 Cash Receipts' Value of Home Consumption 12,105 13,838 12,602 11,427 12.808 12,870 11,679 10,191 11,385 15,842 1,000 Dollars 70 84 123 128 94 162 78 139 118 156 Gross Income 12.175 13,922 12,725 11.555 12.902 13.032 11,757 10,330 11,503 15,998 1 Starting with 1971 farm value Is based upon all sheep and lambs. 2 Excludes interf arm sales. Beginning with 1966, includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. 3 Beginning with 1966, excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. ■ Some data not available in time for publication. 5 Adjustments made for inshlpments 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 HOGS AND PIGS Number. Value Per Head, Total Value, December 1 NUMBER, VALUE PER HEAD AND TOTAL VALUE Year 1964.. 1965.. 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. Farm Value Number Per Head Total 1,000 Head Dols. 1,000 Dols. 171 139 177 170 185 24.50 4,190 41.70 5,796 33.10 5,859 27.10 4,607 28.30 5,236 217 260 285 240 235 35.50 7,942 24.00 6,240 25.00 7,125 38.50 9,240 54.50 12,808 NUMBER BY CLASSES Breeding Marketing 1.000 Head Estimates not available prior to December 1%7. 30 140 31 154 37 180 42 218 34 251 36 204 31 204 Pig Crops and Disposition PIG CROPS IN FARM Year Spring Fall SHIPMENTS MARKETINGS^ SLAUGHTERS DEATHS 1,000 Head 1964> 133 124 25 268 22 13 1965 112 106 20 238 19 13 1966 131 146 12 221 12 18 1967 146 128 15 265 11 20 1968 156 150 22 284 11 18 1969 163 156 25 286 10 16 1970 190 175 31 322 11 20 1971 225 205 25 401 9 20 1972 168 180 15 381 9 18 1973 165 192 20 353 10 19 Production and Income from Hogs Year Production* Marketing' 1964' 60.487 1965 54.258 1966 57.771 1967 63.461 1968 68.974 1969 72.285 1970 82.866 1971 96.256 1972 88,013 1973 86,110 1.000 Pounds 60.032 54.499 50.005 60.038 64,660 65.635 73,989 91.903 87,582 83,392 Price Per Pound 14.40 18.60 23.10 19.00 18.40 21.40 22.40 17.10 23.40 36.70 Dollars Cash Receipts' of Home Consumption Gross Income 1,000 Dollars 8,653 10.137 11,551 11,464 11,897 698 797 873 673 638 9,351 10.934 12.424 12.137 12.535 14.046 16.574 15.715 20.494 30,605 805 986 716 1.2.^ 2.158 14.851 17.560 16.431 21,732 32.763 'For 1964 and 1965 data relate to the Calendar year — from 1966 on. data relate to the 12 months period beginning with December of the previous year through November of the current year. ^Excludes interfarm sales. Beginning with 1966. includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establish- ments for use on farms where produced. ■'Beginning with 1966. 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. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 77 CHICKENS Number, Value per Bird, and Total Value Year January 1 1964 1965 1%6 1967 1968 1969 December 1 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 Chickens 1,000 Birds 1,052 1,042 1,034 1,126 1.117 1,157 1,095 1,173 1.154 1.180 1,190 Farm Value Per Bird Total Dollars 1,000 Dels 1.15 1,210 1.10 1,146 1.25 1,293 1.20 1,351 1.15 1,285 1.15 1,331 1.30 1,424 1.25 1.466 1.40 1,616 1.35 1,593 1.80 2,142 Production and Income from Chickens Year 1964... 1965... 1%6... 1967... 1968... 1%9... 1970>.. 1971... 1972... 1973... Price Per Cash Gross Produced Sold Pound Receipts Income 1.000 Pounds Cents 1,000 Dollars 3,450 1,905 11.6 221 405 3,069 U59 10.8 190 335 3,214 2,021 11.0 222 347 4,056 2,751 10.6 292 413 3,621 2,554 10.5 268 376 3,385 2,670 10.5 280 380 3,428 2,460 8.0 197 264 4,032 3,300 5.0 165 204 3.687 3,080 6.0 185 226 4,192 3,320 10.5 349 425 Farm Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs Year 1964., 1%5., 1966., 1967., 1968., 1969. 1970' 1971. 1972. 1973. Egg Consum ed Price Per Produc- In Per Cash Gross LAYERS' Layer Number tion Household Sold Millions Dozen Receipts Income 1.000 Millions Cents 1,000 Dollars Birds 884 206 182 26 156 34.4 4,472 5,217 867 205 178 23 155 34.3 4,430 5,087 875 214 187 20 167 39.6 5.511 6,171 889 214 190 19 171 33.5 4,774 5,304 907 214 194 18 176 36.1 5,295 5,836 923 218 201 15 186 44.2 6,851 7,403 964 217 209 13 1% 45.8 7,481 7,977 994 222 221 11 210 36.3 6,353 6,686 942 230 217 9 208 36.8 6,379 6,655 926 232 215 9 206 57.8 9,922 10,356 ' Beginning 1970, data relate to the 12 month period beginning with December 1 of the previous year through November of the current year. 2 Average number of layers on hand during the year. 78 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED - 1965-1974 Number, Height Groups, Classes and Length of Time on Feed Year Total ]Zt Cattle Under Month & Calves 500 on Feed Lbs. January 1 1965 92 1966 100 1%7 98 1968 104 1%9 120 1970 115 1971 130 1972 165 1973 160 1974 122 April 1 1965 71 1966 89 1967 84 1968 70 1969 81 1970 87 1971 120 1972 150 1973 140 1974 114 Julyl 1965 51 1966 54 1%7 60 1968 53 1969 74 1970 73 19n 100 1972 130 1973 122 1974 102 October 1 1965 48 1966 64 1967 63 1968 65 1%9 74 1970 74 1971 95 1972 105 1973 83 Number on Feed by Weight Groups Number on Feed Bv Classes Number on Feed by Time on Feed' 500- 700- 900- 1100 Steers Heifers Cows 699 899 1099 Lbs. & Steer & Heifer & Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. & Over Calves Calves Other Less Than 3 Mo. 3-6 Mos. 6 Mos. or More Thousand Head 12 22 11 14 20 21 25 29 21 10 5 14 3 6 4 3 3 5 7 20 20 21 16 28 27 31 36 68 28 26 24 34 25 29 38 50 58 49 30 11 9 13 11 15 12 12 18 14 11 9 16 19 25 16 9 15 20 16 31 34 43 37 41 39 39 33 38 34 18 29 31 25 22 27 36 44 52 42 27 26 34 32 32 39 46 57 46 39 21 23 30 24 33 36 37 30 20 23 18 19 30 29 23 27 57 27 42 18 20 15 13 24 14 27 17 26 25 12 15 13 10 23 21 38 42 44 45 15 21 13 14 21 21 35 34 28 6 6 4 7 2 5 8 10 6 8 4 2 1 1 2 5 4 26 6 17 4 1 4 13 16 7 2 7 5 14 13 57 59 59 62 65 75 81 115 109 82 43 51 46 40 43 51 75 111 94 79 30 30 29 23 39 44 57 79 80 62 31 41 36 37 43 49 55 77 61 31 36 36 38 50 36 41 46 49 34 26 36 36 28 37 34 44 38 45 33 21 24 31 29 34 28 42 48 40 39 17 23 27 28 30 24 39 27 21 65 81 70 72 80 75 % 21 35 32 25 24 38 54 19 15 23 19 30 21 37 27 43 40 46 40 41 56 26 19 26 30 38 38 31 47 53 50 44 55 47 64 18 26 26 23 23 37 53 16 14 17 16 27 21 36 14 13 11 11 21 15 10 5 7 6 3 7 12 3 'Estimates discontinued as of January 1, 1972. CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED 1965-1974 Number .Marlteted and Placements by Quarters Grain Fed Cattle Marketed ' Cattle and Calves Placed on Feed Jan. 1- April 1- Julv 1- Oct. 1- Jan. 1- April 1- Julv 1- Oct. 1- Year March 31 June30 Sept. 30 Dec.31 Total March 31 June30 Sept. 30 Dec. 31 Total Thousand Head 1965 42 41 30 29 142 21 21 27 81 150 1966 47 50 35 36 168 36 15 45 70 166 1%7 46 47 38 33 164 32 23 41 74 170 1968 60 37 34 26 157 26 20 46 81 173 1%9 65 37 40 34 176 26 30 41 75 172 1970 67 35 40 42 184 39 21 41 98 199 1971 65 58 62 50 235 55 38 57 120 270 1972 55 60 72 60 247 40 40 47 115 242 1973 54 55 69 37 215 34 37 30 76 177 1974 34 54 26 42 'Includes cattle placed on feed and marketed during the same quarter. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 79 FEEDLOTS AND CATTLE ON FEED BY COUNTIES January 1, 1973 and 1974 1973 COUNTY > & DISTRICT Flathead Lake & Ravalli Lincoln, Mineral & Sanders Missoula N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier, Hill & Toole Liberty & Teton Phillips Pondera N. CENTRAL Daniels & Dawson McCone Richland Roosevelt & Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater, Lewis & Clark & Meagher Cascade r, Fergus, Petroleum & Wheatland Judith Basin Golden Valley & Musselshell CENTRAL Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison, Park & Sweet Grass Big Horn Carbon Stillwater Treasure Yellowstone S. WEST & S. CENTRAL Custer, Powder River & Rosebud Prairie & Wibaux S. EAST STATE Feedlots Cattle on Feed Number 9 9 3 3 1,400 100 100 200 24 1,800 15 13 15 9 7 17 2,500 2,300 700 300 1,500 800 76 8.100 li 6 48 20 5 100 200 10,700 3,500 500 90 15,000 7 15 2,600 24,500 14 14 7 1,800 3,300 1,600 57 33,800 17 11 15 15 9 56 9,300 1,400 9,700 13,600 1,200 64,300 123 99,500 7 12 500 1,300 19 1,800 160,000 1974 Feedlots CatUe on Feed Number 5 8 4 5 400 200 100 500 » 1,200 9 11 15 11 8 14 700 2,100 300 1,800 1,700 100 68 6,700 8 5 38 17 4 100 100 8,100 2,200 200 72 10,700 5 15 3,100 16,300 8 11 6 1,300 1,700 2,300 45 24,700 11 6 11 9 7 40 3,000 200 8,900 5,800 800 57,500 84 76,200 5 9 1.200 1,300 14 2,500 305 122,000 'Some counties combined to avoid disclosing individual operators. NUMBER OF CATTLE FEEDLOTS By Size of Feedlot Capacity, 1964-1973 > Year 1964... 1%5... 1966... 1%7... 1968... 1969... 1970... 1971... 1972... 1973.. Total Feedlots by Capacity Number of Feed- lots Under 1,000 head 1,000- 1,999 2,000- 3,999 4,000- 7,999 8,000 & over . 600 574 566 511 461 459 415 424 387 317 236 Number 16 20 19 19 21 31 39 46 36 31 7 9 13 13 12 14 21 22 17 20 3 5 7 7 6 8 13 16 14 11 0 . 600 0 . 550 0 . 500 0 . 500 2 . 470 2 . 501 4 . 473 2 . 389 5 .. 305 7 ' Number of feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity is number of lots operating anytime during year. Number 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, 1972-74 COUNTY & DISTRICT 1972 Deer Lodge 11,800 Flathead 32,000 Granite 35.200 Lake 72,100 Lincoln 8.500 Mineral 1,500 Missoula 21,200 Powell 51,500 Ravalli 56,100 Sanders 30.100 N. WEST 320,000 Blaine 96.000 Chouteau 70.400 Glacier 38.800 Hill 39,800 Liberty 18,200 Phillips 96,000 Pondera 35,100 Teton 59,400 Toole 27,000 N. CENTRAI 481,000 Daniels 21,100 Dawson 50,400 Garfield 80,600 McCone 44,000 Richland 58,200 Roosevelt 40,900 Sheridan 32,000 Valley 87,800 N. EAST 41.5,000 Broadwater 33.400 Cascade 95,500 Fergus 120,900 Golden Valley 29,.300 Judith Basin 68,300 Lewis & Clark 55,400 Meagher 54,800 Musselshell 37,600 Petroleum 31.900 Wheatland 43.900 CENTRAL 571,000 Beaverhead 167,700 Gallatin 80,000 .lofferson 25.500 Madison 91.000 Silver Bow 5.800 S. WEST .370,000 Big Horn 129,000 Carbon 62,900 Park 61,500 Stillwater 61,500 Sweet Grass 52,000 Treasure 31,800 Yellowstone 149.300 S. CENTRAL 548,000 Carter 65,800 Custer 94,100 Fallon 46.300 Powder River 86,800 Prairie 43,500 Rosebud 99.200 Wibaux 24.300 S. EAST 460.000 STATE 3,165.000 Cattle and Calves 1973 1974 Number of Head 14,200 17.100 32,800 32.800 33.200 31,800 70.900 75.900 8.400 8.100 1,800 1.500 19.500 19.700 50.200 49.600 58,000 60.300 28,000 28.200 317,000 325,000 97,100 109.800 63,800 67,000 38.900 38,100 38.000 40,700 16.800 17.300 98.300 102.200 37.000 37.700 61.800 60.500 26.300 25.7(X) 478,000 499.000 23.000 24.600 50.400 58.600 82.200 92,100 44.500 49,000 58..300 64,800 45.400 50,400 34.300 37,000 93.900 99,500 432,000 476,000 32,000 32,300 93,300 90,500 121,800 131,900 28,600 35.000 67.400 70.900 53,000 50.900 53,000 51.400 38,600 40,600 33,700 37,500 44.600 41.000 566,000 582,000 168,600 173,500 79,700 82.800 27.500 27.500 86.000 91.100 6.200 6,100 368,000 381,000 124.600 143,.50O 64.500 67.700 58.100 61,600 60.600 62.400 53.200 53.700 32.900 36,900 156,100 151.200 550,000 577.000 70,100 77..30O 96.500 107.300 50.200 55.300 87.200 95.200 48.000 52.900 105.700 120.800 28,300 31.200 Milk Cows and Heifers that have Calved 486.000 3,197,000 540,000 3,380,000 1972 1973 Number of Head 1974 • 1,900 • 2,000 • 2,200 100 100 • 4,300 3.800 3.200 • • • • • • 600 400 400 100 300 300 3,900 3.900 3.000 200 200 200 11,100 10,700 9,300 700 500 600 200 • 200 • 200 300 600 400 100 100 100 200 100 200 500 400 600 1,400 1,100 1.100 200 100 200 3,600 3,100 3.400 100 100 100 500 500 400 100 100 100 300 200 200 600 400 300 300 300 200 200 100 100 200 100 100 2,300 1,800 1.300 100 100 100 1,800 2,200 1.900 800 600 500 • • • 200 100 100 900 700 800 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 100 4,300 4,200 3.800 100 100 100 5,500 5.000 4.700 300 500 500 500 400 200 100 200 200 6,500 6,200 5,700 200 100 100 1,000 700 700 500 500 400 500 400 300 400 • 300 200 2.700 2,600 2,400 5,300 4,600 4,100 200 100 100 700 500 400 200 200 200 200 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 200 200 1,900 1,400 1.300 33,000 32,000 29.000 •Less than 50 head MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 81 LIVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, January 1, 1972-74 COUNTY & DISTRICT Beef Cows and Heifers tliat have Calved Stock Sheep and Lambs 1972 Deer Lodge ^-^W) Flathead 13,700 Granite 16,300 Lake 37,900 Lincoln 4,800 Mineral 800 Missoula 10,200 Powell 26,100 Ravalli 27,600 Sanders 17,800 N. WEST 161,300 Blaine 49,900 Chouteau 38.500 Glacier 27,300 Hill 26,800 Liberty 10,900 Phillips 47,100 Pondera 21,600 Teton 30,700 Toole 15,900 N. CENTRAL 268,700 Daniels 12,300 Dawson 29,400 Garfield 46,400 McCone 26,200 Richland 29,900 Roosevelt 25,400 Sheridan 18,300 Valley 47.700 N. EAST 235,600 Broadwater 19,800 Cascade 48,200 Fergus 67,500 Golden Valley 14,800 Judith Basin 37,000 Lewis & Clark 26,400 Meagher 23,600 Musselshell 21,100 Petroleum 15,300 Wheatland 23,100 CENTRAL 296,800 Beaverhead 82,100 Gallatin 40.100 Jefferson 18,100 Madison 54.800 Silver Bow 3.400 S. WEST 198,500 Big Horn 62,200 Carbon 32,100 Park 36,300 Stillwater 31,200 Sweet Grass 28.400 Treasure 15,400 Yellowstone 46,000 S. CENTR.AL 251,600 Carter 34,000 Custer 49,300 Fallon 24,000 Powder River 41,600 Prairie 20,400 Rosebud 54,300 Wibaux 11,900 S. EAST 235,500 STATE 1,648,000 1973 Number of Head 8,500 14,300 17,300 35,000 4,500 1,000 9,400 24,800 29,200 17,000 161,000 51,000 36.600 24,800 24,000 10,400 51,000 21.900 33.500 15,800 269.000 14,000 29,000 45,400 27,800 30,700 26,100 20,100 49,900 243,000 19,600 46,000 67,000 14.900 35,800 26,300 25,000 22,000 18,000 23,400 298,000 91,200 39,500 16,200 55,600 3,500 206,000 63,100 33,600 36,000 32,300 30,200 15,800 46,000 257.000 39,100 46,800 27,000 46,300 21,800 56,700 13,300 251,000 1,685,000 1974 11,800 14,200 17,000 37,800 4.500 900 9,000 23,600 30.400 15.800 165,000 53,700 36.600 23.800 23.300 9,600 54.100 20.800 31.500 14.600 268,000 14,400 30.500 48,800 28,900 33,500 27,400 21,100 50,400 255,000 18.600 45.200 69.300 15,000 35,800 26,000 27.500 21,500 18,700 22,400 300.000 87,700 41,100 15,600 57,300 3.300 205,000 68,300 33,000 36,800 32,100 30,300 17,200 44,300 262,000 40,000 47.800 27,900 49,200 23,800 59,100 14,200 262,000 1,717,000 1972 2,900 2,800 2,000 6,200 300 300 1,300 8,100 11,900 2,200 38,000 18,900 3,800 6,100 1,900 700 19,800 7,600 16,500 9,700 85,000 6,200 16,600 87,500 22,400 20,900 6,700 2,900 12,800 176,000 6,900 16,500 17,000 9,500 8.800 14.200 13.600 14.200 9.500 28,800 139,000 63.300 13.700 2,500 23,100 400 103,000 8,100 42,600 10,000 20,700 29,800 2,600 13,200 127,000 120,400 23.700 9.000 41.700 6,200 22,000 9,000 232,000 900,000 1973 Numl)€r of Head 1,700 2,400 1,900 5,400 300 300 1,200 7,100 11,600 2,100 34,000 18.000 3,100 4,900 1,300 500 19,000 8,300 16,000 9,900 81,000 5,600 11,800 84.800 24.700 19.800 6,600 2,900 12,800 169.000 4,300 16.300 15.700 9,100 8,100 14.600 14,100 13.900 8,200 23,700 128,000 59.000 9,700 2,200 18,900 200 90,000 6,400 38,200 7,900 19,300 27,600 1,600 12,000 113,000 124,000 18,000 8,800 36,100 7,500 20,300 5,. 300 220,000 835,000 1974 1,900 1,800 1,600 3,200 200 300 700 4,200 8,800 1,300 24,000 13,200 2,600 3,600 1,600 100 18,100 7,600 14,100 9,100 70,000 5,000 7,600 71,300 22,600 16,400 4,500 2.100 10,500 140,000 6,500 17,100 13,200 6,200 7,900 12.800 10,200 13,000 8,100 19,000 114,000 52,300 9,500 1,500 15,500 200 79,000 3,900 30,600 5,400 16,300 21,500 1,700 9,600 89,000 117,400 13,000 6,500 30,700 6,400 16,100 3.900 194,000 710,000 82 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES Number of Head. January 1. 1974 Numbers sho\s' ranking of top 10 9.999 or less 10.000-24.999 ^ ^ ^ / J) 25,000-49.999 KWN 50.000 - 74,999 I 1 75,000 ■ 99,999 100,000 or more STOCK SHEEP AND L.4MBS Number of Head. January 1, 1974 5,000 or less 5.000 - 9.999 EED 10.000 - 19.999 20.000 - 29.999 Numbers show ranking of top 10 LEGEND 30.000 - 49.999 50.000 or more MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 83 LIVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, December 1, 1971-73 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 Valle.v 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 ST.ATE Hogs and Pigs Chickens 1971 1972 Number of Head 1973 1971 1972 Number of Head 1973 700 300 400 3,100 3,300 2,400 16,700 14.900 12,300 15,300 12,600 10,200 100 100 100 700 600 400 8,900 5,000 5,500 30,000 27,700 30,000 1.000 500 400 3,500 l.,300 1..500 100 100 100 800 200 400 2.200 1,300 1.000 2,400 2,100 1.400 3,800 2,600 3.300 3,900 8,900 -..TOO 5,700 3,700 3,700 130.000 135,000 143,900 800 500 200 2,700 3,200 2,600 40.000 29,000 27,000 192,400 194,900 200,300 10.700 13,000 11,500 12.600 7,700 5,.500 9,900 7,600 7,200 11,300 7,700 6.600 3,200 2,900 4,200 13,800 30,600 31.800 4.000 3,700 3,800 10,400 15,800 15.600 3,700 4,500 5,200 19,400 17,300 18.100 10.100 8,800 6,300 6,100 4.400 5,000 8,100 7,600 7,300 28,600 33.400 33,.500 8,900 8.400 7,800 34,800 55,800 52,500 4,400 3,500 4,700 18,000 22,800 22.900 63.000 60,000 58.000 155,000 195,500 191, .500 5,700 3,600 4,900 4,100 3,000 2.700 5,700 5,800 6,900 9.300 7.600 7,. 300 1,300 1,300 2.900 3.500 1,900 2,400 4,200 3,400 4.200 6.500 4.500 4,600 6,500 4,800 3,300 15.500 13.300 10,900 7,200 6,900 7.000 7.000 5.700 5,900 6,500 4,800 5.500 9,300 8,200 7,600 6,900 5,400 4,500 13,600 10,100 10,600 44,000 36,000 39,200 68,800 54,300 52.000 1,500 1,100 1.500 3.700 119,600 165.700 3.400 2,700 2.200 175.800 110.600 92.200 22,200 16.300 16,300 18,800 12,400 13,100 2,800 2,700 1,700 2,500 1.500 1,800 3,300 2,700 3,200 4,900 2,600 5,100 2,500 2,200 1,500 31,800 21,300 19,600 1,500 1,600 1.300 8,200 10,900 17,500 2,700 2,600 1,700 2.500 4,500 2,.300 1,000 900 600 800 500 800 2.100 2.200 2,000 17.400 28.700 .33.000 43,000 35,000 32.000 266,400 312,600 351,100 4.000 3,200 3,500 4.400 3,300 3,100 7,000 4.300 5,400 210.500 207,800 168,100 1,400 800 600 3,800 1,500 2,200 7,300 4,400 4.000 4.400 2,200 2,200 300 300 300 2.100 2,900 2,300 20.000 13,000 13,800 225,200 217.700 177,900 13.800 9,200 6.200 3,600 4.500 3,600 9,300 8,700 9.400 17.700 7,000 10,000 3,700 4.200 3,200 5,700 2,300 2,500 16,300 13,800 10,600 20.900 17,000 22,300 3,800 2,600 2.400 3,100 1,600 2,600 1,600 1,500 1,900 1,100 1,600 2,000 3,500 3,000 3,300 132,200 130,100 133.900 52,000 43,000 37,000 184,300 164,100 176.900 3,200 3.900 3,900 4,100 2,900 2,200 2,400 2.300 3,100 38,000 25,500 22,700 6,200 4.900 8,800 6,500 5,200 8,200 300 100 100 2,500 1,500 1.100 4,500 5,300 4,300 4,300 2,500 3,000 3,800 4.400 3,900 2,900 1,900 1,500 2,600 3.100 3,900 3,600 1,400 1,600 23,000 24,000 28,000 61,900 40,900 40,300 285,000 240,000 235,000 1,154,000 1,180,000 1,190,000 84 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA CATTLE SHIPMENTS OUT-OF-STATE, 1958-73 By Vears and T>'pes of Brand Inspection Inspected at Year Country Shipping Points 1956 644,883 1957 575,442 1958 639,964 1959 5.58,578 1%0 708.503 1%1 697,052 1962 608,085 1963 .5.36,265 1964 636,743 1965 711,397 1966 819,148 1%7 799,612 1968 984,030 1969 993,2.53 1970 853,725 1971 1,007,826 1972 1,041,331 1973 ' Montana Markets Specified Marlcets Out-of-state Total Out-of-state Number of Head 500,639 427,535 352,285 388,033 415,107 162.012 116,656 94,242 122,7.37 104,225 1,307,534 1,119,6.33 1,086,491 1.069,348 1,227,835 410,822 .319,.3.53 295,587 390,413 435,836 94,019 49,968 49„340 66.609 58.127 1,201,893 977,406 881,192 1,093.765 1,205,360 431,121 419,480 478,583 457,381 380,705 45,399 51,499 44,496 34,.363 23,387 1,295,668 1,270,591 1,. 507, 109 1,484.997 1,257,817 478,434 456,617 507,644 20,408 16.265 15.913 1,506,668 1,514,213 1 'Local Inspection data not available. TOTAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION' by Montiis, 1964-1973 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Mill) ions of Pounds 1964 10 8 9 9 9 10 11 12 12 12 11 12 125 1965 12 10 12 11 11 13 15 15 15 16 17 16 163 1966 16 12 13 12 14 17 15 18 16 16 16 16 181 1967 17 14 15 14 15 16 16 17 15 16 15 13 183 1968 14 13 13 12 13 12 12 13 13 14 13 12 154 1969 14 12 12 13 12 14 14 14 15 16 14 14 164 1970 16 13 14 12 14 15 15 14 16 16 16 14 175 1971 12 12 16 15 15 16 16 14 17 17 18 16 184 1972 15 15 17 13 14 16 14 16 14 16 16 13 179 1973 15 11 14 n 13 13 15 16 12 15 17 15 167 'Excludes on-farm slaughter. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 85 COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER Number of Head by Classes, by years, 1950-1973I Year 1950. 1951. 1952. 1953. 1954. 1955. 1956. 1957. 1958. 1959. 1960. 1961 1%2, 1963. 1964, 1%5. 1966. 1967. 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. Cattie and Calves Hogs and Pigs Sheep and Lambs 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 1.000 Head 67.8 180.5 4.4 56.9 199.9 4.3 57.4 210.0 6.7 75.7 216.0 8.8 88.1 189.7 12.5 89.0 224.0 10.6 100.8 224.0 7.4 97.6 219.0 6.0 89.4 227.5 5.0 86.5 268.5 6.5 105.9 260.9 7.8 103.7 255.5 8.7 97.0 285.4 9.5 115.5 299.5 7.7 162.6 275.5 6.2 221.4 311.6 4.5 244.1 343.8 4.5 244.8 364.0 5.1 191.8 359.5 2.9 198.4 327.9 1.9 208.6 346.6 2.1 208.2 412.0 2.2 210.2 354.7 2.4 188.6 350.6 2.7 Number of Head by Months and Classes, 1971-1973' Cattle and Calves Month 1971 January 11.7 February 12.7 March 17.6 April 17.2 May 17.0 June 18.9 July 18.7 August 16.2 September 20.3 October 20.4 November 20.3 December 17.2 Total 208.2 1972 210.2 1973 188.6 Hogs and Pigs 1971 1972 1973 Sheep and Lambs 1971 1972 1973 ,000 Head 1.000 Head 1,000 Head 16.5 16.5 36.0 32.5 29.5 .2 .2 2 17.3 13.3 31.0 34.0 23.6 .2 .1 19.1 16.0 36.5 36.5 27.0 .1 .1 14.5 11.7 35.5 30.0 26.0 .1 .3 16.1 14.4 35.5 31.5 29.5 .1 .1 18.7 14.8 34.5 31.0 26.0 .1 .1 17.5 16.8 32.5 23.7 27.0 .1 2 18.9 19.9 31.5 28.0 29.5 .4 .4 6 17.1 14.0 34.0 27.0 25.5 .3 .3 3 19.5 16.6 34.0 28.5 33.5 .2 .3 4 18.9 17.9 36.0 28.5 39.0 .3 .3 3 16.1 16.7 35.0 23.5 34.5 .2 .1 2 412.0 354.7 350.6 2.2 2.4 2.7 •Includes slaughter in Federally Inspected and other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. 86 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS STATISTICAL METHODS "Montana Agricultural Statistics" represents an accumulation of agricultural information from many sources. Each source is evaluated for validit\- and in all cases, the data must pass the test of statistical reliability. The most frequently used source is the agricultural producer himself. In order to build a sound foundation for data, it is necessary to find the primary element. Once the primary element has been discovered and defined, then a major decision has to be made. That decision is this: can we count each element in the universe to discover the total or the average or must we devise a sample to represent the universe? In most areas of interest, the Crop Reporting Service finds the cost of 100 percent coverage far beyond the available resources. Therefore, except in a very small universe, for example chern.- packers, sampling is used. In the early days of American agriculture, each farm was likely to have many types of agricultural commodities — cattle, hogs, sheep, chickens, small grains, corn, fruit, etc. One could send a single question- naire to a cross-section of farms and obtain a good picture of agricultural production and prices for all items. But that has all changed in this day of specialization. It is now necessary to build lists for each type of agricultural commodity. Each questionnaire must be designed to obtain information for one commodity or group of commodities. .Another development that must be considered in sample design is the influence of extremely large operations. When a sample is selected we must be sure that the inclusion or e.xclusion of one or a few large operations will not affect the sample results. The best way to prevent this adverse influence is to select the large operations with 100 percent certainty. This is standard procedure for all major surveys. An extension of this sampling technique ( stratified sampling t requires giving the largest operations a 100 percent chance of selection and each group of smaller operations a lesser chance, so that the smallest strata may have only a. 5 or 10 percent chance for selection. Sampling from a list is one method of drawing a sample. Another method used in the Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service is area frame sampling. This makes use of the geographic land area as the universe. Aerial photos and maps are used to identify and delineate small areas of land. These segments of land are surveyed by a local enumerator contacting the land operator and obtaining information for all the land area inside the segment. Crop acreage estimates are determined through the useof t)oth list sampling and area sampling. Crop yield estimates are also generated by two sampling methods — list and area frame. Within the area frame we use two types of data collection. One is by asking growers how many acres were harvested and how many bushels were obtained. The other method is called objective yield measurements. In the latter method, plant, head and kernel counts are taken from designated plots. Moisture and weight measures are taken and a formula is used to compute yield. For cattle and calf inventory we are now using a combination of list sampling and area frame sampling. This is a highly efficient probability sample design and provides extremely accurate estimates (it should be noted that this survey design is one of the most recent statistical developments in use at this time i . All of these sampling methods are aimed at obtaining accurate estimates at the State level. County level estimates require some redirection of our samples. For example, a larger total sample is needed in order to provide sufficient reports in each county. Also, the distribution must be based more on geography than on size of operation. Therefore, in order to have a well rounded statistical procedure for both State and County estimates, text book sample designs must be revised and compromises obtained. This results in many types of survey approaches; each commodity- or group of commodities must have a "tailor made" survey design. In addition to sample surveys, we make extensive use of other reliable data sources — especially for allocating State estimates by counties. We rely heavily on the .Agricultural Census County data available e%'ery 5 years. We also use published county data from ASCS. assessors. BLM. State Apiary. State Horticulture, and others. Personal contacts with county extension agents and other informed individuals are an integral part of the Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Ser\-ice data collection operations. Professional statisticians in the Helena office use all available statistical tools and equipment including the latest electronic data processing and communication devices to assure accurate data handling. Survey design is under their continuous sur\'eillance for proper application and execution. The Helena office has full access to a statistical methods staff and a research and development staff located in the Washington. D.C. office of the Statistical Reporting Service. State estimates for all commodities are reviewed and approved by the Crop Reporting Board in Washington, D.C. before release at a specified time and date. The Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service is under the general direction of the USD.A Statistical Reporting Ser\-ice and the .Montana Department of .Agriculture. The office enjoys the full support and confidence of both agencies, whose cooperation goes back to 1945. The Service has two goals — one is to provide accurate, reliable agricultural information and the other is to move that information into the hands of the user as fast as possible. DATE DUE imjAN 2 2 75 MS81JAN : 9 75 fBITJUL- !1 1976 „--- ■ ' « H S/338.1/A7m/1973 Montana, ^riculture Montana agriculture statistics. 1973. Dept, S/338.i/A7ra/l973 Montana. Agriculture, Dept. of Montana agriculture statistics 1973. SJATIDOCUMENT 930 Easf vyr.daJe Avenut Helena, M-ntono 5960?