5 338.1 iA7M ■1976 C. 1 ^'~~^%?, <(!^"^ Montana Department of Agriculture and Statistical Reporting Service - USDA MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS VOLUME XVI COUNTY STATISTICS 1974 and 1975 ■ rl''-">'-<:vXC:"tL<- Helena, Montana December, 1976 3 0864 1004 7804 2 THOMAS L. JUDGE, GOVERNOR MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Issued Cooperative By MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGE LACKMAN, Commissioner and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EARL L. BUTZ, Secretary STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE WILLIAM E. KIBLER, Administrator BRUCE GRAHAM, Deputy Administrator and Chairman Crop Reporting Board Compiled by MONTANA CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTING SERVICE DANIEL L. HERBERT, Statistician-in-Charge C. R. (BUD) LIES, Assistant Statistician-in-Charge SIDNEY W. LEBAHN, Agricultural Statistician GRACE A. CROSS, Bulletin Coordinator \ 616 HELENA AVENUE P.O. Box 4369 Helena, Montana 59601 Charles M. Russell Sketch by permission of Montana Historical Society Mackay Collection Primed bv COLOR WORLD OF MONTANA INC 201 E Mendenhall '^^ Bozeman. Montana 59715 ^tate of Montana ©fficc of €lie (Solicrnor JHelcna 591301 THOMAS L JUDGE GOVERNOR TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA As Governor, it has been my privilege to support an industry that is continually striving to improve the economy of Montana. The statistics contained in this publication provide factual information, useful in planning for the future by agricultural and agri-business sectors of our state. With the recent growth of interest by foreign countries in Montana' s agricultural products, as well as the continuing domestic interest, this volume will provide those countries with an excellent overview of our potential as a supplier. I wish to extend my appreciation to the Montana Department of Agriculture and the U.S.D.A. Statistical Reporting Service for their efforts to provide this statistical account of Montana's primary industry. I am sure anyone who has an opportunity to use this publication will find it helpful in continuing to build a more prosperous economy in Montana. Sincerely, T»fc^* y. THOMAS L. JUDGE Governor THOMAS L. JUDGE GOVERNOR GEORGE LACKMAN COMMISSPONER 1300 BLOCK CEDAR STREET AIRPORT WAY BUILDING WEST HELENA, MONTANA 59601 TELEPHONE 406-449. 3144 MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER As we celebrate our nation's 200th birthday, I would like to take this opportunity to give special recognition to the agricultural industry. As we look back at the development of Montana and the nation, we find that agriculture has been a major factor in making our state and nation a land of plenty. Continuing new developments in farm- ing and ranching techniques, production, and marketing systems are further enhancing agriculture's contribution to the economy. Twenty years ago, cash receipts from the marketing of Montana's agricultural products was $415 million, compared to $1.2 billion today. These figures further illustrate the success and develop- ment achieved in the agricultural industry over the last twenty years, not to mention the last two hundred years' improvements. The information contained in this bulletin has been made avail- able through a cooperative arrangement between the Montana De- partment of Agriculture and the U.S.D.A. Statistical Reporting Service. I sincerely hope you will find the data contained in this publication valuable in your agricultural planning. miffissTSiier ^fAgrTcuTture 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, 1974 and 1975 6, 7 Montana's Flank In the Nation's Agriculture 8 STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS Number of Farms, Land In Farms and Average Size 9 Farm Income U. 12. 13 10, 14. 15 Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 16, 17 Importance of Montana Industries 18 Land Uses 19 Number of Workers on Farms 20 Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 21 Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres and Value of Production 21 22, 23 aimatologlcal Data 24, 25 Prices Received by Montana Farmers. Selected Commodities 37 Commoditly Statistics Grain Crops Barley 29. 35. 53 35, M. 55 Barley Varieties 56, 57 Com 30 58, 59, 60 Oats 29, 53 36, 62, 63 Rye 30 Wheat, AU 28, 53 38. 39 Wheat. Durum 27 35, 42, 43 Wheat. Spring Excluding Durum 27 34, 44. 45 Wheat. Winter 26, 53 34, 40, 41 Wheat Shipped Out of State 50, 51, 52 Wheat Production. Stocks Utilization 52 Wheat Varieties 46. 47 47. 48, 49 Stocks of Grain 53 Hay Crops All Hay 33 64. 65 Alfalfa Hay 33 36, 66. 67 Other Hay 33 Wild Hay 33 Other Crops Beans. Dry 31 61 Haxseed 30 60 Potatoes 31 70 Seed. Alfalfa 32 68. 69 Sugarbeets 31 61 Fruits Cherries 32 Livestock Bees 74 Cattle and Calves 71. 72, 73 82. 84 Cattle and Calves on Feed 71, 80 81 Beef Cows 72 83 Milk Cows 72. 73 82 Hogs 76. 77 85 Sheep and Umbs 75, 76. 83 83. 84 Livestock Products Dairy Products Manufactured 73 Honey and Beeswax 74 Milk Production and Marketings 73. 74 Wool F*roductlon 75 Commercial Slaughter and Red Meat Production 79 Poultry Chickens 78 85 Eggs 78 Statistical Methods 86 Release Dates for Crop and Livestock Reports 87 Why Have Crop and Livestock Reports 88 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOREWORD Montana is largely a producer of raw materials and "new money" receipts from these raw products affect every aspect of the State's commercial economy and tax revenues. Agri- culture is the largest single "new money" producer in the State. Agricultural statistics — historic and current — provide a measurement of the size and health of this major economic force. The statistics in this bulletin provide the basic information for evaluating agriculture and its effect on the State's economy, county by county. The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA and Montana Department of Agriculture, cooperating as the "Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service" collect and publish agri- cultural 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 funded by the Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Committee. The barley variety statistics were funded by the Malting Barley Improvement Association. THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE FROM THE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICIAN, P. O. BOX 4369, HELENA, MONTANA OR THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CAPITOL COMPLEX, HELENA, MONTANA. Daniel L. Herbert, Agr. Statistician-in-Charge 6 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1974 Weather conditions for crop development during the 1974 crop year were more favorable in most of Montana than the previous year. The winter was fairly mild except for a cold snap the end of December and early January. The early spring farming season was dry and mild, permitting good progress in preparing seed beds and seeding crops. Calving and lambing weather was also near ideal. Welcome rains fell over much of the State during May, replenishing soil moisture reserves. The mountain snowpack was normal or above, which provided ample irrigation water supplies. A droughty area began to develop in June in the northcentral area between the mountains and a line just west of Chester, southwestward to Valier and south to Augusta. East of this line, conditions were remarkably more favorable. Another droughty area developed in much of the southwest district, affecting mainly ranges and some dryland crops. CROPS In the northeastern spring wheat area, seeding was delayed because of heavy early June rains. By mid- July however, moisture reserves were gone and crop deterioration was evident. Also, plaguing the areas were heavy localized infestations of grasshoppers. Unseasonal rains began during the second week of August and continued during the month. However, most spring crops were too mature to benefit and the dryness during late June and July took its toll. Winter wheat harvest began a little past mid-July and made rapid and uninterrupted progress until completion in late August. Spring wheat harvest began ahead of schedule in late July because the heat and dryness forced maturity. However, the August rains caused considerable delay in completing combining of this crop. Seeding the 1975 winter wheat crop got started in early September under ideal seed bed conditions. Fall stands emerged to good condition in most locations. Some stress occurred in October due to lack of rainfall but no significant damage was noted. Harvest of all 1974 crops was completed in late October with the close of the sugarbeet campaign. LIVESTOCK Livestock wintered well during 1974, with shrinkage about normal. There were localized shortages of hay in parts of the northwest and northcentral districts, but feed supplies proved mostly adequate for the State. Calving and lambing losses were about normal. Range grasses developed slowly due to cool weather which made supplemental feeding necessary much later than normal. Also contributing to slow range grass growth was the overgrazing that took place during the drought of 1973 in some sections. Conditions improved during the summer except in some areas in the western third of the State which had short supplies of range feed. Grazing on late summer and fall ranges was poor in the southwestern district, while fair to good elsewhere. However, there was adequate livestock supplemental feed for the winter feeding season. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1975 Moisture was generally plentiful during the 1975 crop year. Following a relatively mild winter, a cold, wet spring delayed seeding. Spring flooding in a few areas caused some damage to fields and irrigation waterways. Precipitation was abundant well into summer and fostered more than normal bacterial and fungal infections in wheat. The high moisture also caused a weathering factor in wheat, which resulted in an abnormal amount of the crop to grade yellow hard. CROPS Above normal precipitation in many areas pushed yields to record and near-record levels for all small grains. Row crops such as sugarbeets and corn were planted late, but generally developed well during the growing season. Harvesting of all crops was delayed by rain, snow and/or heavy dew and ended 10-20 days behind normal. Some counties, especially in the north- central and northeastern districts, experienced varying degrees of grasshopper damage. Winter wheat seeding for the 1976 crops began the first week of September and was virtually complete by mid-October. Soil moisture continued adequate or better throughout the State, giving the 1976 winter wheat crop a good start. LIVESTOCK The drought of 1974 had its effect on ranges in the western third of the State, well into 1975, but grazing prospects became much improved later in the season and livestock fared significantly better than during the previous year in those areas. Weather during the calving season was cold and wet and many herds suffered abnormally high calving losses — mainly from scours. Hay yields were good and feed supplies were more than adequate for the winter feeding season. Grazing remained open well into December, with winter ranges in very good condition. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA'S RANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE Item Unit Period or Date Rank Acres In strip cropping 4,489,260 acres 1969 Census 1 Land in farms and ranches 62,400,000 acres 1976 2 Income from Cash Receipts, excluding Government payments Total 1,078,329,000 dollars 1975 30 Crops 657,649,000 dollars 1975 24 Livestock 420,680,000 dollars 1975 32 LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS All cattle and calves All cows Milk cows Beef cows Cattle on feed Hogs and pigs All sheep and lambs Wool production All chickens Honey production 3,150,000 head Jan. 1, 1976 14 1,640,000 head Jan. 1, 1976 12 26,000 head Jan. 1, 1976 44 1,614,000 head Jan. 1, 1976 8 80,000 head Jan. 1, 1976 21 145,000 head Dec. 1, 1975 29 635,000 head Jan. 1, 1976 6 5,795,000 pounds 1975 8 980,000 birds Dec. 1, 1975 42 7,520,000 pounds 1975 7 CROPS (PRODUCTION) All wheat Winter wheat Durum wheat Spring wheat excluding durum All hay Alfalfa hay Dry beans Barley Oats Flax Potatoes Sugartjeets 155,925,000 bushels 1975 4 [05,000,000 bushels 1975 5 10,125,000 bushels 1975 2 40,800,000 bushels 1975 3 4,409,000 tons 1975 13 2,829,000 tons 1975 9 176,000 cwt. 1975 12 50,700,000 bushels 1975 3 10,750,000 bushels 1975 14 112,000 bushels 1975 5 1.748.000 cwt. 1975 20 829,000 tons 1975 10 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NUMBER OF FARMS 1910-1976 ALL LAND IN FARMS — AND AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS 1950-1976 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, 1950-1976 Year 1950... 1951... 1952... 1953... 1954... 1955... 1956... 1957... 1958... 1959... 1960... 1961... 1962... 1963... 1964... 1%5... 1966.., 1967... 1968.., 1969.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. 1974.. 1975.. 1976.. 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 24.6 62,500 2,541 23.5 62,400 2,655 22.5 62,400 2,773 10 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS s I GO It a. © piS H X 0) e V) V •o 3 £ o I-l F V) (A Q. u u u O w nJ o V) O o •o O ■o u (0 M c c S o o o M XJ c :S r^ c (0 t-, E E o o Ol Ol ^— CO c x: o o o cs CO ■* u >V" r-*" ^ ^^^H ^ ^ ?*' ' ■ E s\\ '-' .• ■ 3 SSS ■ . ■ ■ Z ^ ■4;" . ;' ' 1 o •o c o 0; c « 0 ' 0. to O ■O O MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS U CASH RECEIPTS — 1966-1975 Cash Receipts from the Sale of Principal Farm Products and Government Payments Year Livestock and Livestock F^oducts 1966 289,176 1%7 269,223 1968 319,493 1969 350,400 1970 357,058 1971 407,393 1972 495.281 1973 572,107 1974 433,138 1975 420,680 Crops Total Receipts from Marketings Thousand Dollars Government Payments Total All Cash Receipts 218,435 197,898 182,745 204,735 246,0% 507,611 467,121 502,238 555,135 603,145 64,454 69,098 74,129 80,081 85,361 572,065 536,219 576,367 635,216 688,515 209,940 328,465 554,964 754,906 657,649 617,333 823,746 1.127,071 1.188,044 1,078,329 77,789 103,169 64,990 14,998 9,350 695,122 926.915 1.192.061 1,203,042 1,087,679 CASH RECEIPTS All Crops, Livestock and Livestock Products 1945-1975 Thous. Dollars 800 600 400 200 - II f% f % 1 * 1 - f - hsc^*^^^/^^ All Livestock and Livestock Products ^^ f f 1 1 ^^^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 All Crops I'll 1 1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ^ 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 MONTH January February March April May June July August Septeml)er October November December YEAR 433,138 ^ROM FAR> IMARKl STCVGS BY ^ lONTHS - 1974 and 1975 Livestock and Livestock P roducts 1975 Crops All Farm 1974 Mark ?tings 1974 1974 1975 1975 Thousand Dollars 32,855 22,213 96.526 63.879 129.381 86.092 27,606 15,972 60.488 39.273 88.094 55.245 28,189 17.484 45.373 35.968 73.562 53,452 24,707 17.782 38.661 36,008 63.368 53.790 21,954 18.798 23,989 32,315 45.943 51.113 20,703 15.103 27,003 16,089 47.706 31.192 19,633 13.839 40,622 49,161 60.255 63.000 29.236 15.847 58,581 72,270 87.817 88.117 54.747 29.476 86.205 104.708 140.952 134.184 84.394 104.511 109.965 86.703 194.359 191,214 61,920 109.447 90.699 61,167 152.619 170,614 27.194 40.208 76.794 60,108 103.988 100,316 420.680 754,906 657,649 1,188,044 1,078,329 12 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM M.ARKETINGS BY COMMODITIES 1970-19751 1970 Livestock and Products Cattle and calves 299.169 Dairv products 15,940 Sheep and lambs 11.679 Wool 3.453 Hogs 16.066 Eggs 7.294 Chickens 202 Honev and beeswax 1,322 Other^ 1933 Total 357,058 Crops Field Crops Wheat 159,770 Barlev 44,394 Sugarbeets 14,014 Hay 11,327 Potatoes 4,268 Oats 4,137 Drv edible beans 1,100 Alfalfa seed 1,686 Flaxseed 407 Other' 1,553 Fruits and Berries Cherries 424 Other^ 26 Other Products Forest 1,200 Greenhouse and nursery 1,790 Total 246,096 .411 Commodities 603,154 i9n 1972 1973 1974 1975 Thousand Dollars 353,134 431.156 483,171 M8,072 339.916 16,627 17.827 19.126 22.552 22.557 10,191 11,385 15,474 12,013 10.502 1,818 2,975 8,123 4,857 2.955 16,383 20,830 29,120 29.312 28.345 6,244 6,560 10.285 9,157 8.831 165 187 349 274 158 957 2.404 3,288 3,680 3,709 1,874 1.957 3,171 3,221 3,707 407,393 495,281 572,107 433.138 420.680 127.291 225,312 380,638 552,220 509.387 38,242 53,341 85,185 89.710 71.789 13,740 14,819 31.347 43,050 22.456 15,148 20,494 30,350 34.872 29.280 3,457 3,647 7,476 14.745 6.m 2,623 2,936 5,465 4.558 4.021 1,721 1,028 3,408 2,336 3.910 782 439 1,880 1,926 669 570 298 712 1,150 1.196 2,537 2,808 3,830 6,035 3.410 1,194 597 1.648 859 1,411 25 36 60 28 30 1.400 1.500 1,700 2.000 2.300 1.210 1,210 1,265 1.417 1.619 209,940 328,465 5M,964 754.906 657,M9 617,333 823,746 1.127.071 1.188.M4 1,078.329 'Revised TXirkeys. turkey eggs, ducks, geese, other fowl, game birds, rabbits, mink. t>ees. horses, mules ^Dry field peas, cabbage, sweet corn, lettuce, onions, green peas, tomatoes, misc. vegetables, r>e, 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 CASH RECEIPTS FROM MARKETINGS BY COMMODITIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR ALL CO^LMODITIES — 1970- 1975' Livestocl( and Products Cattle and calves Dairy products Sheep and lambs Wool Hogs Chickens and eggs... Honey and beeswax. Other TOTAL Crops Wheat Barley Sugarbeets Hay Potatoes Other TOT.4L All Commodities 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Percent of Total 49.6 2.6 1.9 .6 2.7 1.2 .2 .4 57.2 2.7 1.7 .3 2.6 1.0 .1 .3 52.3 42.9 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.4 .4 .7 2.5 2.6 .8 .9 .3 .3 .2 .3 29.3 1.9 1.0 .4 2.5 .8 .3 .3 31.5 2J 1.0 .3 2.6 .8 .3 .4 59.2 65.9 60.1 50.8 36.5 39.« 26.5 7.4 2.3 1.9 .7 2.0 20.6 6.2 2.2 2.4 .6 2.1 27.4 33.8 6.5 7.6 1.8 2.8 2.5 2.7 .4 .7 1.3 1.6 46.5 7.6 3.6 2.9 1.2 1.7 47.2 6.7 2.1 2.7 .6 1.7 40.8 34.1 39.9 49.2 63.5 61.« 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 'ReWsed. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 13 CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS OF COMMODITIES 1970-1974 AVERAGE Livestock $452,995,000 52.0% Crops $418,909,000 48.0% 1975 Livestock $420,680,000 39.0% Crops $657,649,000 61.0% 14 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES - 1974 From Sale of Principal Products and Government Payments Livestock and Livestock Products Crops Total Receipts from Marketings Govern- ment Payments All Cash Receipts Cash Receipts Per Farms COUNTY & DISTRICT Dollars Deer Lodge 2.716,300 615,300 3,331,600 21,800 3,353,400 50,051 Flathead 6,270.700 9,008,300 15,279,000 76.300 15,355,300 17.876 Granite 2,791,900 928,500 3,720,400 22.600 3.743,000 25,291 Lake 10,555,100 10.002.800 20.557.900 95.200 20,653,100 20,348 Lincoln 777,700 383,800 1,161.500 51.400 1.212,900 6,701 Mineral 153,800 128.400 282.200 16,100 298.300 5.849 Missoula 2.545.300 1.160.400 3.705.700 61,700 3.767,400 10.182 Powell 4.771.000 1.846.800 6,617,800 71,100 6,688,900 38.442 Ravalli 9,549,200 3,323,200 12,872,400 222.700 13,095.100 15,262 Sanders 2,833,900 1.408,900 4,242,800 126,500 4,369.300 13.915 N. WEST 42,964.900 28,806.400 71,771,300 765,400 72,536,700 17,968 Blaine 13,499,500 19,010.600 32.510,100 159,100 32,669,200 64.564 Chouteau 8,002.000 81,674.500 89.676,500 401.600 90.078.100 102.595 Glacier 4,297.300 14,394,900 18,692,200 486,000 19,178,200 55,589 Hill 4.969,200 56,006,800 60,976.000 146,300 61,122,300 79,690 Liberty 2.438.900 14.944,100 17,383,000 1.448.300 18,831,300 61,141 Phillips 12,154,100 17,194,400 29,348,500 44,800 29,393,300 54,331 Pondera 5,582,300 19,542,500 25.124,800 1.754.500 26.879,300 49,139 Teton 8.771.600 22,259,200 31,030,800 550,800 31,581,600 44,924 Toole 3,578,900 13,575.200 17.154.100 2,591,900 19,746,000 53.512 N. CENTRAL 63,293.800 258,602,200 321,8%,000 7,583,300 329,479,300 66,374 Daniels 3,026.400 23.779.900 26,806,300 89,600 26,895,900 55,341 Dawson 7,587.300 24,949,000 32.536,300 192.200 32,728,500 53.830 Garfield 11.055,300 7,761,200 18,816.500 84.900 18.901.400 64.290 McCone 6.072,000 26,082,900 32,154.900 94.900 32.249.800 66,494 Richland 9.601.400 33.090,900 42.692.300 648,600 43.340.900 63.643 Roosevelt 7.007.100 37,645.700 44.652.800 194.500 44,847.300 65,090 Sheridan 4,837,800 36,507,500 41,345,300 256.300 41.601.600 59.262 Valley 11,193.100 35.743.400 46,936,500 155,500 47,092.000 61,238 N. EAST 60,380,400 225,560,500 285,940.900 1,716,500 287,657,400 61,022 Broadwater 4,465.700 4,948,100 9,413,800 324,400 9,738,200 51,525 Cascade 14,877.000 25.179.000 40,056.000 253.000 40,309.000 48,800 Fergus 15,895.800 28.380,200 44,276.000 438.100 44,714.100 51.933 Golden Valley 4.206.000 2.486.300 6.692.300 31,400 6,723,700 50,554 Judith Basin 7,679,000 11.250,200 18,929,200 331,500 19,260.700 46,411 Lewis & Clark 6,947.400 3,007.300 9,954,700 164.900 10,119,600 32,750 Meagher 5,158,700 1,521.500 6,680.200 46.500 6,726,700 50,199 Musselshell 4.921,600 2,807,100 7,728,700 66,800 7,795,500 34,041 Petroleum 3.588.200 1.188,300 4,776,500 59,000 4,835,500 49,851 Wheatland 4,945,300 2,192,800 7,138,100 99,300 7,237,400 50,968 CENTRAL 72,684,700 82,960,800 155,645,500 1,814,900 157,460,400 47,215 Beaverhead 17,748,000 4,212,300 21,960,300 96,200 22,056,500 72,080 Gallatin 16,373.700 15.401.600 31.775,300 164.300 31.939,600 40,948 Jefferson 3,087,400 1,416,000 4,503,400 112,100 4,615.500 26334 Madison 9,862.100 4.177.000 14,039,100 162,900 14,202,000 35,153 Silver Bow 720,700 281,800 1,002,500 5.600 1,008.100 11,327 S. WEST 47.791,900 25,488,700 73,280,600 541,100 73.821,700 42,160 Big Horn 15,335,000 15,082,000 30.417,000 225,200 30.642.200 60.083 Carbon 10,702400 12.097,400 22,799,500 407,100 23,206,600 33.977 Park 7.021.000 3.645.200 10,666,200 112.600 10.778.800 27.977 Stillwater 9.234.700 12.001.800 21,236.500 178.000 21,414,500 49.571 Sweet Grass 6.038.900 2,350,500 8,389,400 81,000 8.470,400 31.027 Treasure 4,355.900 6,093.400 10,449,300 202.500 10,651,800 91,041 Yellowstone 28.580.100 28,338,300 56,918,400 598.300 57.516,700 50,900 S. CENTRAL 81,267,700 79,608,600 160,876,300 1,804,700 162,681,000 46,085 Carter 10.659.000 4.680.700 15.339.700 72.800 15.412.500 43,910 Custer 12.138,100 6,175,300 18,313.400 243,300 18.556.700 45.260 Fallon 7,225,400 11,351,700 18.577.100 52.300 18.629,400 57,145 Powder River 10.236,100 6,168,700 16,404.800 33,600 16,438.400 42.258 Prairie 6,632.600 9.504.300 16.136.900 128.000 16.264,900 69,806 Rosebud 13,673,900 7,588,000 21,261,900 198,400 21.460,300 60,622 Wibaux 4,189,500 8.410,100 12.599,600 43,700 12,643.300 61,375 S. EAST M,754.600 53.878.800 118,633,400 772.100 119.405.500 52,625 STATE 433,138,000 754,906,000 1,188,044,000 14,998,000 1,203,042,000 48,904 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 15 CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES — 1975 From Sale of Principal Products and Government Payments 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 & Ciarlc . 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 and Livestock Products Crops Total Receipts from Marketings Govern- ment Payments All Cash Receipts Cash Receipts Per Farms 888,100 7,659,600 3,206,400 12,074,200 1,036,700 242,200 2,612,700 6.786,100 9,587,700 3,084,600 47,178,300 13,437.000 7,708,000 5,917.400 5.593,200 2,631,500 11,263.900 5,769,300 9,089,500 4,119,000 65,528,800 3,312,300 6,735,200 10,666,200 6,439,600 7,831,200 6,292,200 4,207.400 8,715,700 54.199,800 5,585,800 12,918,100 15,%5,400 3,286,500 9,490,500 6,368,400 6,936,400 3,917,200 4,210,200 5,866,500 74,515,000 19,376,500 14,989,400 2,591,600 8,482,500 500,900 45,940,900 15,925,900 8,739,500 6,781,000 10.039,100 6,834,300 4,343,300 21,417,200 74,080,300 10,400,200 11,365,800 5,849,300 9 ,,353 ,600 6,519,700 12,186,700 3,531,600 59,206,900 420,680,000 325,800 6,867,700 905,200 6,677,600 353,300 122,700 1,048,100 1,734,900 2,327,400 1,227,100 21,589,800 17,984,300 72,691,600 15,208,700 57,072,700 18,491,000 14,237,700 25,994,700 22,378,000 22,461.100 266,519,800 19,861,700 17,405,800 8,141,100 19,375,000 24,313,800 31,043,200 31,632,300 26,934,600 178,707,500 4,320,900 22,530,600 22,913,300 2,378,900 8,880,000 3,110,400 1,518,700 2,590,600 951,900 2,294,600 71,489,900 3,559,700 11,918,400 1,223,300 3,792,800 248,800 20,743,000 11,234,500 7,803,500 3,381,700 11,312,800 1,%1,800 3,887,400 19,406,900 58.988,600 2,892,900 4,146,500 8,205,600 4,498,400 6,706,800 6,073,000 7,087,200 39,610,400 657,649,000 Dollars 1,213,900 14,527,300 4,111,600 18,751,800 1,390,000 364,900 3,660,800 8.521,000 11,915,100 4,311,700 68,768,100 31,421,300 80,399,600 21,126,100 62,665,900 21,122,500 25,501,600 31,764,000 31,467,500 26,580,100 332,048,600 23,174,000 24,141,000 18,807,300 25,814,600 32,145,000 37,335,400 35,839,700 35,650,300 232,907,300 9,906,700 35,448,700 38,878,700 5,665,400 18,370,500 9,478,800 8,455,100 6,507,800 5,162,100 8,161,100 146.034,900 22,936,200 26,907,800 3,814,900 12,275,300 749,700 66.683,900 27,160,400 16,543,000 10,162,700 21,351.900 8.7%,100 8,230,700 40,824,100 133,068,900 13,293,100 15,512,300 14,054,900 13,852,000 13,226,500 18,259,700 10,618,800 98,817,300 1,078,329.000 16,200 112,800 33,200 120,900 63,700 14,500 95,400 138,900 102,600 138,400 836,600 222,600 291,500 443,300 65,400 23,400 78,200 146,900 386,800 193,400 1,851.500 52,000 191,700 136,700 296,600 481,100 68,500 93,400 110,300 1,430,300 106,000 487,300 364,600 133.700 156,300 266,400 94,600 175,900 60,400 120,300 1,965,500 124,700 106,200 73,600 108,000 13,900 426.400 171,500 459,100 108,100 149,100 101,300 162,900 490,900 1,642.900 393,000 226,500 128,300 135,200 106,500 159,100 48,200 1,196,800 9,350,000 1,230,100 14,640,100 4,144,800 18,872,700 1,453,700 379,400 3,756,200 8,659,900 12,017,700 4,450,100 69.604.700 31,643.900 80,691,100 21,569,400 62,731,300 21,145.900 25,579,800 31,910,900 31,854,300 26,773,500 333,900,100 23,226,000 24,332,700 18,944,000 26,111,200 32,626,100 37,403,900 35,933,100 35,760,600 234,337,600 10,012,700 35,936,000 39,243,300 5,799,100 18,526,800 9,745,200 8,549,700 6,683,700 5,222,500 8,281,400 148.000,400 23,060,900 27,014,000 3,888.500 12,383.300 763,600 67,110.300 27,331,900 17,002,100 10,270,800 21,501,000 8,897,400 8,393.600 41,315,000 134.711,800 13,686,100 15,738,800 14,183.200 13,987.200 13,333,000 18,418,800 10,667,000 100,014,100 1,087,679,000 19.220 17,832 29,3% 19,456 8,403 7,904 10,641 52,168 14,656 14,834 18,051 65,515 96,175 65,362 85,698 71,925 49,477 61,132 47,402 76,061 70,428 50,056 41,881 61,416 56,396 50,194 56,845 53,552 48.654 52.040 55,319 45,546 47,683 45,662 46,667 33,035 66,795 30,519 56,156 61,344 46,439 78,976 36,260 23,567 32,081 8,984 40,114 56,123 26,077 27,910 52,061 34,090 75,618 38,255 39,950 40,854 40,150 45,459 37,600 59.789 54,494 54,424 46,132 46,284 16 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NUMERICAL RANKING OF COUNTIES COUNTY Beaverhead.... Big Horn Blaine Broadwater.... Carbon Carter Cascade Chouteau Custer Daniels Dawson Deer Lodge .... Fallon Fergus Flathead , Gallatin Garfield Glacier Golden Valley , Granite Hill Jefferson Judith Basin..., Lake Lewis & Clark. Lit3ert>' Lincoln McCone Madison Meagher Mineral Missoula Musselshell Park Petroleum Phillips Pondera Powder River.. Powell Prairie Ravalli Richland Roosevelt Rosebud Sanders Sheridan Silver Bow Stillwater Sweet Grass.... Teton Toole Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone .... Crop Production Spring All Winter Wheat Durum All Wheat Wheat 45 Excl. Durum Wheat 24 Barley 29 Oats Hay 42 52 1 21 14 36 31 27 6 14 8 12 14 10 14 19 37 34 22 26 21 23 33 35 31 35 30 45 9 40 37 33 42 19 24 9 5 18 17 12 35 7 1 1 21 15 8 12 12 39 36 32 25 27 21 42 13 49 3 4 11 32 46 16 12 16 7 19 7 40 54 52 51 49 25 23 15 32 15 31 11 4 23 26 7 18 4 30 30 27 28 14 46 21 24 16 28 5 25 2 22 20 14 18 24 13 39 20 16 9 16 2 22 29 32 28 42 48 26 44 52 44 52 30 2 2 7 10 6 8 38 44 41 51 46 51 36 23 15 25 24 20 2 16 34 33 26 25 39 13 41 42 28 34 20 18 8 7 11 9 9 41 55 56 54 56 50 54 12 11 8 5 23 3 41 36 32 30 21 26 40 3 46 44 49 35 49 28 53 50 54 53 56 47 47 34 50 38 45 33 29 43 49 33 50 31 27 46 39 44 14 49 46 55 47 47 35 18 18 10 23 15 10 10 5 3 17 2 1 16 27 29 22 38 27 53 34 11 51 51 45 41 30 15 27 19 11 19 43 17 43 50 50 48 40 42 22 15 17 5 13 13 1 32 3 21 1 U 17 6 25 28 24 20 20 36 9 26 48 48 39 44 43 37 4 38 6 1 22 4 47 55 52 56 56 48 53 19 10 37 33 28 20 45 43 53 38 37 8 10 6 19 6 4 29 5 6 13 4 3 3 31 51 43 39 40 45 46 52 7 26 2 12 16 5 23 38 35 47 37 11 17 26 40 13 8 28 36 48 17 9 31 22 18 24 34 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 17 NUMERICAL RANKING OF COUNTIES Cash Receipts — 1975 Livestock Numbers COUNTY Beaverhead Big Horn Blaine Broadwater Carbon Carter Cascade Chouteau Custer Daniels Dawson Deer Lodge Fallon Fergus Flathead Gallatin Garfield Glacier Golden Valley , Granite Hill Jefferson Judith Basin..., Lake Lewis & Clark, Liberty Lincoln McCone Madison Meagher Mineral Missoula Musselshell .... Park Petroleum Phillips Pondera Powder River. Powell Prairie Ravalli Richland Roosevelt Rosebud Sanders Sheridan Silver Bow Stillwater Sweet Grass... Teton Toole Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone ... Livestock Cattle Sheep Hogs All and Products Products Crops Jan. 1, 1976 Jan. 1, 1976 Dec. 1, 1975 20 2 37 1 3 29 13 4 22 3 35 19 12 6 16 9 19 8 39 39 33 46 30 28 28 19 26 18 8 14 33 13 40 16 1 25 8 7 9 15 20 23 1 23 1 21 42 12 29 10 34 5 14 20 19 46 12 47 32 7 18 29 17 27 28 16 54 54 54 51 44 34 31 36 24 26 37 9 4 3 8 2 17 1 30 24 28 40 40 2 14 12 20 12 21 15 24 12 25 13 2 26 22 34 18 42 38 4 47 47 42 37 18 32 50 48 39 32 43 36 2 38 2 39 44 15 51 52 49 38 45 33 26 16 23 22 26 21 25 9 30 17 34 18 40 32 39 24 10 27 23 50 15 49 48 16 53 53 53 50 47 35 16 31 14 34 7 23 35 21 36 7 16 26 43 25 47 28 27 33 56 56 56 53 46 36 52 51 50 48 43 33 46 44 41 29 15 31 38 28 38 21 34 24 48 41 51 31 24 32 17 11 19 11 31 21 10 37 6 40 11 4 32 17 32 10 5 33 42 27 46 30 34 28 34 30 29 33 33 24 36 15 43 14 23 17 9 22 7 20 22 13 5 33 4 36 39 5 27 8 31 4 12 23 49 49 48 44 43 35 6 42 3 43 41 24 55 55 55 52 48 36 21 14 21 23 9 10 41 26 45 25 4 26 11 18 11 19 13 3 15 43 10 45 36 11 44 40 35 41 43 30 7 20 5 8 25 6 45 35 44 35 6 26 37 45 27 46 38 22 3 1 13 6 29 19 18 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTED MAJOR MONTANA INDUSTRIES Percent of Total VALUE BY GROUPS Industry Basis Cash Receipts Year Agriculture! 1975 Mining^ Value of Production 1975 Prel Manufacturing^ Value added (exclud- ing lumber & wood products) 1973 Travel^ Estimated Value 1975 Oil & Gas5 Value of Production 1975 Lumber & Wood Products^ Value added 1973 Value in Millions $ 1. 307 323 304 273 Total of above industries 192 $ 2,487 'USDA - Economic Research Service. 2"Metal Industries Surveys," Bureau of Mines. ^Census of Manufacturers, Bureau of Census. ^Montana Department of Highways (both travelers from In-State and out-of-State). 'Montana Department of Revenue. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 19 MONTANA LAND AREA AND 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 (62.8 Million Acres) Utilization as Percentage of Total Source: 1974 Census of Agriculture 20 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS FamUy and Hired Workers, 1967-1976 Year 1967. . 1968.. 1969.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. 1974.. 1975. . 10761. 1967.. 1968.. 1%9.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. 1974.. 1975.. 19761 . 1967.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970. . 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. 1974.. 1975.. 19761 . January April July October Annual Average Numbers Total Workers 28,000 27,000 26,000 27,000 26,000 44,000 45,000 42,000 37,000 46,000 59,000 52,000 54,000 53,000 54,000 41,000 43,000 40,000 40,000 36,000 43,000 42,000 41,000 39,000 41,000 27,000 26,000 22,000 26,000 28.000 45,000 42,000 37,000 29,000 34,000 51,000 55,000 51,000 41,000 37,000 38,000 39,000 33,000 40,000 40,000 37,000 32.000 24,000 23,000 23,000 23,000 22,000 34,000 35,000 33,000 29,000 35,000 Family Workers 33,000 31,000 31,000 31,000 30,000 29,000 31,000 30,000 29,000 27,000 30,000 30,000 29,000 28,000 29,000 23,000 22,000 16,000 18,000 21,000 33,000 31,000 26,000 20,000 25,000 31,000 30,000 31,000 26,000 Hired Workers 28,000 28,000 26,000 23.000 29,000 28,000 25,000 22.000 4,000 4,000 3,000 4,000 4,000 10,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 11,000 26,000 21,000 23,000 22,000 24,000 12,000 12,000 10,000 11,000 9,000 13,000 12.000 11,000 11,000 12,000 4,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 7,000 12,000 11,000 11,000 9,000 9,000 20,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 9,000 10,000 13,000 10,000 11,000 13,000 13,000 11,000 FARM WAGE RATES Paid to AU Hired Workers Per Hour. 1967-1976 Annual Year January April July October Average Dollars 1967 1.35 1.32 1.40 1.43 1.38 1968 1.42 1.42 1.47 1.44 1.44 1969 1.56 1.47 1.53 1.60 1.54 1970 1.68 1.60 1.61 1.64 1.63 1971 1.73 1.69 1.71 1.75 1.72 1972 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.93 1.83 1973 1.95 2.00 2.04 2.08 2.02 1974 2.22 1.84 1.97 2.35 2.10 1975 2.38 1.94 1.89 2.55 2.19 19761 2.53 2.20 iSome data not available In time for publication. MO^^^ANA agricultural statistics 21 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION By Primary Nutrients and Fertilizer Materials. 1970-75> PRIMARY NUTRIENTS Nitrogen Available P^Qs K20 TOTAL Nl'TRIENTS' FERTIUZER MATERIALS 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 36.786 49.775 1.572 88,113 41.207 56,834 1,262 Tons 43,913 50.154 2.504 96,571 52.840 62.346 2.983 118,169 45.961 60.786 4.225 110,972 39.029 43.973 3,155 86,158 NITROGEN MATERIALS: Anhydrous Ammonia Aqua Ammonia Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium Sulphate Nitrogen Solution Urea Other PHOSPHATE MATERIALS: Phosphate Rock Superphosphate— over 22%... Ammonium Phosphate Other POTASH MATERIALS: Chloride 50-62% Other NATURAL ORGANIC SECONDARY AND MICRONUTRIENTS: Gypsum Other MIXTURES TOTAL MATERIALS 2,390 1,705 2,069 2,137 2.049 5,818 341 125 153 247 441 260 26,951 35,988 60,936 73.656 57.295 47,750 2.232 1,794 3.090 6,146 10.768 5,645 4,536 4,352 3,213 2,781 2.539 1.720 249 1,523 239 46 649 3,305 68 28 6 79 955 1,208 2 14 0 0 0 0 19.358 14.968 11,414 11.230 9.799 7,268 45,589 38,455 33.748 39,797 35.532 32,822 4,440 2,087 2,212 3,737 1,049 1,125 1,913 1,602 3,878 4.865 5,534 4,004 5 8 0 0 0 0 195 292 166 150 237 109 464 68 889 60 215 20 463 23 2.058 4 3,813 151 77,650 99,057 81.654 100,572 100,965 63,975 86,451 202,947 203,013 245,929 229,874 178,973 'Year ending June 30. ^Data for some years may not add due to rounding. ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1966-1975 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production Year 1966 1%7 1968 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1970-74 Avg. IRRIGATED NOT IRRI GATED Acres Harvested Value of Crop Production Acres Harvested Number Value of Crop Production Number %of Total Dollars %of Total Dollars 1,476.000 1,530,000 1.535,789 1,586,689 1,492,439 18 18 19 19 18 88.056,100 90,100,900 93.848.600 98.947.100 91,106,900 28 30 32 33 31 6,816.800 7.150.900 6.742.100 6,682,500 6,809,900 228,504,400 208,804,100 201,663.400 203.881.900 203,731.100 1,458,155 1,564,355 1,733,455 1,696,290 1.736.490 17 19 19 19 19 105,725,900 139.386.700 264.698.400 247.490.700 224,270.400 32 31 31 28 24 7,280,300 6,773,300 7.226.900 7,273,300 7,360,300 223,941,100 313,103.300 595,484,600 650,425.300 704,827.600 1.588.939 18 169,681,700 30 7,072,700 397.337.100 22 MO^^^ANA agricultural statistics ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1974 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell , Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL.. Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan V'alley 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.4TE IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Acres Value of Crop Acres Value of Crop Harvested Production $ 836,100 Harvested 2,000 Production 12,120 $ 83,700 23,131 4,475,200 60.800 7,093,100 40,000 3,870,300 1.400 68,200 56.799 10.416,900 33.900 3,012,100 5,210 581,000 2.200 159,200 1,100 142.300 1,400 109,400 17,810 1.899,600 9,600 708,300 49,260 4,602,300 9,000 503,600 40,480 5,948.600 5.900 433,900 13,300 1,634,000 24.400 1,682,600 259,210 34,406,300 150.600 13,854.100 47,420 5,958,100 201.400 18,985,800 17,000 1,692,400 658,700 79,544,700 15,520 1,495,200 1%,300 16,544,700 5,410 693,100 591.600 55,251,100 2,430 312,400 231.300 14.039,700 46,740 4,727,000 201.700 18,692,200 47,220 5,254.600 231.000 15,629,400 83,820 11 ,8%, 600 219,800 16,491,000 2,120 240,400 264,900 13,129,600 267,680 32,269,800 2,796,700 248,308,200 3,400 194,000 294.400 21,729,900 16,340 4,533,800 208,200 19,394.700 7,505 636.200 113,600 8.403.400 3,610 310,500 243,600 23.912.700 37,850 15,755,400 243,400 20,444,200 14,800 1,368,700 399.400 33,598,300 4,805 359,900 349.900 32,878,900 28,500 4,115,400 359.500 31.291,600 116.810 27,273,900 2,212,000 191,653.700 35,000 5,389,500 23,000 1,110.100 39,600 4,462,600 229,300 27.083,000 18,620 1,705,700 318,900 31.769.500 11,700 1,015,700 33,300 2.524.000 19,800 1,502.200 156,400 13,115,700 40,240 4,520,500 28,000 1,625.400 39,600 3.825,000 11.100 812.800 7,600 995,400 28,400 2,502.400 24,700 2,433,600 12,800 956.000 46,800 4,437,800 30,200 1,889,800 283.660 30,288,000 871,400 83,388,700 136,720 11,063,300 13,600 660,700 99,440 13,321,200 79,300 7,919,600 26,760 2,358,600 12,500 554,400 83,240 8,047,100 17,800 1,785,700 7,020 505,300 2,100 109,900 353,180 35,295,500 125,300 11,030,300 55.350 10,018,500 114,900 12,328,700 63.360 15,249,700 47,300 4.533,200 46.800 4,924.500 41,300 3.088,500 24.220 3.686.800 149,200 13.651.600 59,600 6.353.800 27,000 1.951,200 14,740 5,689,400 17,200 1.601.700 54.220 21,186,000 103,900 12.982.600 318.290 67,108,700 500.800 50.137.500 10.010 1,009,800 103.700 6,229,100 23,020 6,691,000 41.100 2,845,200 3,605 395,200 134.800 12,624.000 13,200 1,377,900 %.900 7,642,000 14,020 4,232,800 73.000 7,176,400 31,900 6,968,600 79.900 6,254,600 1.705 173,200 87,100 9,281,500 97,460 20,848,500 616.500 52.052.800 1,696,290 247,490,700 7,273,300 650,425.300 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 23 ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1975 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 Litiertv Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL.. Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater Cascade Fergus Golden Valley . Judith Basin.... Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell Petroleum Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Grass... Treasure Yellowstone ... S. CENTRAL . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River. Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Acres Value of Crop Acres Value of Crop Harvested Production Harvested Production 11,920 $ 1.232,900 600 $ 41,000 37.561 6,539,400 42,300 4,326,800 35,800 2,948,700 4,000 336,400 56,899 10,937,800 36,200 2,723,700 4.305 373,200 1,600 87,100 900 117,300 1,200 105,400 15,405 1.768.200 6,700 480.300 64,320 6.390.800 7,800 671.400 37,100 5,600,400 3,900 259,800 18,100 2,077,200 17,200 854,700 282,310 37,985,900 121,500 9,886,600 46.130 4,422,200 220,400 20,317,300 15,800 1,492,800 625,200 79,804,100 22,120 2,441,500 203,200 20,036,500 10.810 1,132,900 587,900 66,970,700 1,730 217,300 228,300 25,065,900 46,620 3,831,600 192,600 15,588.300 40,725 4,934,400 281,500 35,830,200 101,335 11.282,100 190,700 22,354,700 4,810 451,800 339,700 34,875,500 290,080 30,206,600 2,8«9,500 320,843,200 2,500 161,800 268,500 22,938,000 16,110 3,858,000 192,600 16,508,300 8,600 934,500 142,600 11,091,800 4,510 369,300 250,900 21,079,100 45,500 10,%9,200 225,800 19,491,500 12,900 2,450,600 394,100 37,040,500 4,610 290,100 350,400 36,014,200 28,000 3,540,300 363,300 28,823,800 122,730 22,573,800 2,188,200 192,987,200 38,975 6,368,200 23,200 1,978,300 35,900 3,603,100 223,800 24,829,200 16,900 1,529,300 354,200 28,755,400 10,300 912,600 42,800 2,907,600 10,600 976,400 173,300 U, 684, 100 38,235 3.728,100 31,500 3,416,100 35,100 2,669,000 18,300 1,429,300 7,300 845,800 32,000 2,730,400 17,000 1,728,100 16,100 928,400 31,700 2,582,900 64,400 4,071,100 242,010 24,943,500 979,600 82,729,900 151,480 11,452,800 9,100 698,300 92,040 14,505,400 72,300 7,892.100 29,400 2,224,100 12,500 912,000 98,620 9,768.700 19,900 2,197,100 6,720 554.700 1,200 65,700 378,260 38,505,700 115,000 11,765,200 53,410 8,315,500 122,500 11,216,800 59.650 9,965,400 40,200 3,026,700 47,200 4,193,600 45,500 3,603,800 27,530 3,777,500 136,000 12,483.100 61,000 5,190,100 27,400 2,026,400 14,420 4,643,900 13,300 1,191,600 51,590 14,346,300 108,700 10,482,100 314,800 50,432.300 493,600 44,030,500 8,305 1.065,400 84,000 4,676,700 23,200 5,675,300 39,400 2,468,400 4,005 522,500 140,000 9,594,500 15,900 1,576,300 107,500 7,481.200 14,310 3,568,100 70,900 6,055,400 38,780 6,975,100 61,700 4,537,200 1,800 239,900 89,400 7,771,600 106.300 19,622,600 592,900 42,585.000 1,736,490 224,270,400 7,360,300 7M,827,600 24 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS O i MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 25 CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA PREPARED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA COUNTY & DISTRICT STATIONS Deer Lodge E. Anaconda , Flathead Kallspell Granite PhlUipsburg Lake St. Ignatius Lincoln Fortlne Mineral Superior Missoula Missoula , Powell Ovando Ravalli Hamilton Sanders Thompson Falls N. WEST Averages' Blaine Chinook Chouteau Ft. Benton Glacier Cut Bank HUl Havre Liberty Joplin Phillips Malta Pondera Valier Teton Fairfield Toole Dunkirk N. CENTRAL... Averages^ Daniels Scobey Dawson Glendive Garfield Jordan McCone Vida Richland Savage Roosevelt Culbertson Sheridan Medicine Lake . Valley Glasgow N. EAST Averages' Broadwater Townsend Cascade Great Falls Fergus Lewlstown Golden Valley .. Barber Judith Basin Stanford Lewis & Clark .. Helena Meagher WhiteSulSpgs. Musselshell Roundup Petroleum Flatwillow Whea tland 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 Timber... Treasure Hvsham Yellowstone Billings S. CENTRAL ... Averages' Carter Ekalaka Custer Miles City Fallon Plevna Powder River... Broadus Prairie Mildred Rosebud Forsyth Wibaux Wibaux S. EAST Averages' Days Between Freezing Temperatu res — 1974 and 1975 Between Dates of Temperature of Preclpitat on, Inches 320. Last In Spring and Growing Season Annual April thru September First in Fall 1 1974 1975 Normal 2 1974 1975 Normal^ 1974 1975 Avg. 10.25 22.09 14.32 4.76 13.14 9.21 92 115 116 13.97 16.98 16.24 7.25 8.12 8.83 106 81 135 9.67 24.80 14.93 7.06 16.99 9.93 84 58 55 14.58 17.95 16.36 9.04 8.91 10.29 117 116 119 15.36 16.96 18.02 7.89 8.79 9.92 93 63 39 15.03 18.60 17.93 4.95 7.51 8.57 107 117 85 10.76 18.48 13.34 5.32 8.43 7.71 105 U6 112 14.00E 20.83 16.43 6.49 11.82 8.49 67 40 39 13.64 19.45 12.99 6.56 9.95 7.14 105 116 122 21.08 25.74 22.52 5.20 7.38 9.10 119 116 115 19.14 24.24 20.01 7.18 10.06 9.48 16.25 19.25 11.95 14.37 15.43 8.97 102 108 119 12.92 25.79 14.78 10.56 20.02 10.28 93 109 127 8.92 23.34 11.58 7.39 18.74 9.36 103 113 108 12.42 18.24 11.55 10.42 13.98 8.59 127 141 138 11.10 18.62 10.72 10.24 15.79 8.67 87 108 115 15.40 20.22 11.58 13.41 15.73 8.91 102 108 131 8.68 21.18 13.03 7.13 16.70 10.70 93 111 114 10.72 26.30 12.51 8.88 20.91 9.85 105 121 8.46 17.88 10.90 6.65 13.56 8.31 97 116 104 13.34 20.75 12.87 11.26 16.12 9.86 12.58 16.54 13.62 9.50 12.93 10.40 109 132 116 11.65 15.69 13.82 9.34 11.41 11.13 144 172 139 13.24 19.32 11.42 10.66 14.17 9.09 102 133 108 15.55 21.10 16.34 12.50 15.98 12.28 113 133 11.65 19.94 14.06 9.43 15.97 11.69 119 ... 131 14.47 ... 14.18 11.27 ... 11.36 76 114 11.33 17.61 14.18 9.29 12.69 11.44 108 104 107 13.12 13.40 10.87 10.83 10.40 8.53 133 152 124 13.89 16.78 13.29 11.32 12.88 10.68 7.80 15.97 11.44 6.00 10.89 8.49 102 117 15.26 25.24 14.99 U.24 17.06 10.19 136 116 135 20.70 26.94 17.47 15.76 18.36 13.12 104 114 107 12.60 14.96 12.65 9.83 10.16 9.75 102 117 108 15.42 27.09 14.965 12.31 20.23 11.195 86 97 104 10.45 20.94 11.38 8.11 14.61 7.98 120 116 134 13.10 16.29 17.51 10.19 11.83 10.90 85 85 97 12.19 18.35 11.64 10.62 11.92 9.23 95 109 129 14.35 17.40 13.45 11.99 13.05 10.57 102 107 122 13.84 20.20 12.75 11.49 13.37 9.84 93 107 % 14.57 22.30 15.09 11.23 15.37 10.78 6.94 17.34 11.22 3.22 12.73 8.45 94 67 99 16.27 25.29 18.66 10.42 14.80 12.10 106 116 107 8.65 16.74 9.63' 5.51 11.30 7.52' 84 62 ... 10.93 21.06 15.93 4.83 14.08 11.05 87 62 94 8.31 18.62 12.17 5.11 11.90 8.86 84 60 81 11.89 20.40 15.08 6.06 12.33 9.88 20.20 21.02 14.87 13.46 11.72 10.18 120 109 125 29.30 36.65 23.20 18.97 20.74 15.06 84 95 104 15.34 22.87 14.89 11.32 13.75 10.68 113 104 116 16.91 21.64 13.64 11.82 12.62 10.14 119 116 13.96 25.84 15.13 9.75 14.01 11.02 113 111 123 13.46 20.12 11.995 12.50 12.88 8.725 102 109 121 16.30 20.51 14.15 11.28 10.40 9.51 134 165 132 17.61 21.64 15.64 11.82 12.28 10.81 15.18 22.21 15.22 11.97 17.38 12.02 91 100 122 13.64 20.07 13.93 7.87 13.92 10.58 102 144 150 10.90 18.60 13.36 9.59 13.83 10.65 100 134 118 12.88 16.05 14.05 10.05 10.88 10.39 102 109 128 ... 16.40 13.28 ... 12.47 10.63 119 11.11 ... 12.13 9.19 ... 9.51 102 -— 130 14.41 18.04E 14.19 12.38 14.00 11.68 93 134 ... 1.3.56 17.97 13.82 10.18 13.06 10.58 ' In this Comparison the "first in fall" is the first freezing temperature after June 30. 2 Normal for period 1941-1970. 3 Average of all stations Including some which are not listed on this table. * Average for Whitehall Airport 1938-1959. 5 Normal for period 1931-1960. E Estimated data. -- Data not available. 26 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER HUEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested for Grain 1966 2,213,000 2,143,000 1967 2377,000 2,807,000 1968 2,877,000 2,751,000 1969 2,556,000 2,416,000 1970 1,638,000 1,548,000 197^ 1,913,000 1,827,000 1972 2,143,000 1,790,000 1973 2,200,000 2,080,000 1974 2,750,000 2,650,000 1975 3,100,000 3,000,000 Yield Per Acre Total 30.0 30.0 31.5 26.0 27.0 30.0 27.0 26.5 29.5 35.0 Bushels 64,290,000 84,210,000 86,656,000 62,816,000 41,7%,000 54,810.000 48.330,000 55,120,000 78,175,000 105,000,000 Price Per Bu. 1.45 1.23 1.09 1.16 1.22 1.17 1.87 4.18 3.98 3.30 Value of Production Dollars 93J220,000 103,578,000 94,455,000 72,867,000 50,991,000 64,128,000 90.337,000 230,402,000 311,137,000 346,500,000 Value Per Acre 43.50 36.90 34.33 30.16 32.94 35.10 50.49 110.77 117.41 115.50 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 1966 33.900 32,200 1%7 30,100 29,300 1968 32,000 31,000 1969 30,000 29,000 1970 21,000 20,000 1971 23,700 23,100 1972 27,000 26,000 1973 22,000 21,000 1974 22,500 21,900 1975 23,100 22.200 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 1,546,000 1,389,000 1.504,000 1,305,000 995,000 48.0 47.4 48.5 45.0 49.8 54.0 52.0 48.8 50.6 54.9 1,247,400 1,353,000 1,025,000 1,107,100 1,218,900 Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 2,179,100 2.110,800 2,846,900 2,845,000 2,526,000 1,617,000 1,889,300 2,116,000 2,178,000 2,727,500 3,076.900 2,777.700 2,720,000 2,387.000 1,528.000 1,803,900 1,764,000 2,059,000 2,628,100 2,977,800 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 62,744.000 82,821.000 85,152.000 61.511.000 40.801,000 29.7 29.8 31.3 25.8 26.7 29.7 26.6 26.3 29.3 34.9 53.562.600 46,977,000 54,095,000 77,067,900 103,781,100 Thous. Acres 5,000 4,000 ACRES IL4RVESTED AU Spring and Winter Wheat, 1940-1973 3,000 2,000 1,000 • "^ A M/| * * 1 lA. i 1 1 ' ', All Spring WTi eat V ^< />^J 1 hr ? V V ^v^^ Winter Wheat >^~.^\ .^AT 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 27 DURUM WHEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES Year Planted 1966 163.000 1967 243,000 1968 379,000 1%9 235,000 1970 129,000 1971 168,000 1972 137.000 1973 185.000 1974 270,000 1975 380,000 Harvested for Grain PRODUCTION VALUE Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels Dollars 160,000 240,000 365,000 230.000 124.000 23.0 19.0 21.0 31.0 25.5 3.680.000 4,560,000 7,665,000 7,130,000 3,162,000 1.65 1.61 1.41 1.25 1.30 6.072,000 7,342,000 10,808,000 8.913,000 4,111,000 37.95 30.59 29.61 38.75 33.15 160,000 134,000 182,000 267,000 375,000 23.0 31.5 22.0 19.0 27.0 3,680.000 4.221.000 4.004.000 5.073.000 10,125.000 1.28 1.86 5.90 5.84 4.45 4,710,000 7,851,000 23,624,000 29,626,000 45,056.000 29.44 58.59 129.80 110.% 120.15 Year 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 2.000 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Planted Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Planted Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Acres Bushels Acres Bushels 2.900 2.900 2.000 2,200 2.000 2.600 2.800 2,000 2,000 2,000 32.3 40.0 36.5 42.0 40.1 84.000 112.000 73.000 84.000 80.200 160.100 240.100 377.000 232.800 127.000 157.400 237.200 363.000 228.000 122.000 22.8 18.8 20.9 30.9 25.3 3,596.000 4,448,000 7,592,000 7,046,000 3,081,800 1.000 1.000 800 700 4.000 1,000 1,000 800 700 4,000 41.3 38.0 39.5 38.6 45.3 41.300 38.000 31.600 27.000 181,200 167.000 136.000 184.200 269.300 376,000 159.000 133.000 181.200 266.300 371.000 22.9 31.5 21.9 18.9 26.8 3,638,700 4,183.000 3.972,400 5.046.000 9.943,800 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year ACRES Planted 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 1974 2,000.000 1975 1.650.000 Harvested for Grain PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. VALUE Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels Dollars 1.442.000 22.0 31,724.000 1.56 49.489.000 34.32 1.687.000 18.0 30,366.000 1.42 43,120.000 25.56 1,434.000 22.0 31.548.000 1.31 41,328.000 28.82 1.104,000 27.0 29,808,000 1.36 40,539.000 36.72 1.711.000 23.5 40,209.000 1.40 56.293.000 32.90 2.327,000 23.0 53,521,000 1.29 69,042.000 29.67 1.780.000 26.0 46,280.000 1.90 87.932,000 49.40 1.790.000 21.0 37,590.000 4.16 156,374,000 87.36 1,940,000 19.0 36.860,000 4.57 168,450,000 86.83 1,600,000 25.5 40,800,000 3.95 161,160,000 100.73 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Harvested Year Planted for Grain Acres 1966 46,800 43,300 1967 48,100 46.000 1968 40,000 39,000 1%9 34,000 32,000 1970 38,000 36,000 1971 44,000 42,000 1972 37,500 36.000 1973 35.600 34.300 1974 44.200 44.100 1975 57,700 56,100 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 36.4 1.576,000 39.5 1.817.000 41.0 1,599,000 38.2 1,223,000 37.7 1.358,000 40.2 41.5 41.3 41.7 44.1 1,690,300 1,494,000 1,418,300 1,839,400 2,471,400 Planted Harvested for Grain Acres 1,462,200 1,398,700 1,656.900 1.426.000 1.095.000 1.701,000 2.391.000 1.812,500 1,814,400 1,955,800 1,592,300 1,641,000 1,395.000 1.072,000 1.675.000 2.285.000 1.744.000 1.755.700 1.895.900 1.543.900 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction 21.6 17.4 21.5 26.7 23.2 22.7 25.7 20.6 18.5 24.8 Bushels 30.148,000 28,549,000 29.949.000 28,585.000 38.851,000 51,830,700 44,786.000 36.171.700 35.020.600 38.328.600 28 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES Year Planted 1966 3,885.000 1%7 4.825.000 1968 4,722,000 19€9 3.920.000 1970 3,506.000 1971 4.516.000 1972 4.130.000 1973 4,235,000 1974 5.020.000 1975 5^30,000 Harvested for Grain PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. VALUE Value of F*roductlon Value Per Acre Bi ishels Dollars 3.745.000 4.734.000 4.550.000 3.750.000 3.383.000 26.6 25.2 27.7 26.6 25 J2 99.694.000 119,136.000 125.869.000 99.754.000 85.167.000 1.49 1.29 1.16 1.23 1.31 148,782,000 154.040.000 146,591,000 122,319,000 111,395,000 39.73 32.54 32.22 32.62 32.93 4.314.000 3.704.000 4.052.000 4,857.000 4.975.000 26.0 26.7 23.9 24.7 31.3 112.011.000 98331.000 %.714,000 120.108.000 155.925,000 1.23 1.88 4.24 4.24 3.54 137.880,000 186.160.000 410,400.000 509,213.000 552.716,000 31.% 50.26 101.28 104.84 111.10 Year 1966.. 1967., 1968. 1969. 1970., 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Planted Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Planted Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Acres Bushels Acres Bushels 83,600 81,100 74,000 66.200 61.000 78,100 78,100 72.000 63.000 58.000 41.0 42.5 44.1 41.5 42.0 3,206.000 3.318.000 3.176.000 2.612.000 2,433,200 3,801,400 4,743,900 4,648,000 3,853300 3,445.000 3.666.900 4.655.900 4.478.000 3.687.000 3.325,000 26.3 24.9 27.4 26.3 24.9 %. 488 .000 115.818.000 122.693.000 97.142.000 82.733.800 68.700 65.500 58.400 67.400 84,800 66.100 63.000 56.100 66.700 82,300 45.1 45.8 44.1 44.6 47.0 2.979,000 2,885,000 2,474,900 2,973,500 3,871,500 4,447.300 4.064.500 4.176.600 4.952.600 5,045J200 4,247.900 3,641,000 3.995.900 4.790.300 4.892,700 25.7 26.4 23.6 24.5 31.1 109.032.000 95.946.000 94.239.100 117.134.500 152.053,500 YIELD PER ACRE AU Wheat, Barley, and Oats, 1930-1975 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 29 OATS Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES Year Planted 1966 369.000 1967 244.000 1968 332.000 1969 562.000 1970 781.000 1971 420.000 1972 490.000 1973 510.000 1974 420.000 1975 400.000 Harvested for Grain PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Price Per. Bu. VALUE Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels Dollars 194.000 140,000 206.000 356.000 545.000 38.5 37.0 40.0 49.5 42.0 7.469,000 5,180,000 8.240.000 17,622,000 22,890,000 .58 .64 .61 .53 .53 4.332.000 3.315.000 5.026,000 9,340,000 12,132.000 22.33 23.68 24.40 26.24 22.26 236.000 246.000 270.000 245.000 250,000 40.0 48.0 38.0 36.0 43.0 9,440,000 11.808,000 10,260,000 8,820,000 10,750.000 .58 .71 1.17 1.61 1.45 5.475,000 8,384,000 12,004,000 14.200,000 15,588,000 23.20 34.08 44.46 57.96 62.35 Year 1966. 1%7. 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974., 1975. IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Production Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Production Acres Bushels Acres Bushels 38,700 37,100 44,000 50,000 43,200 56.5 59.8 60.0 59.0 55.9 2,186,000 2,219,000 2,640,000 2,950,000 2,415.000 155,300 102,900 162.000 306.000 501.800 34.0 28.8 34.6 47.7 40.8 5,?XS.000 2.961,000 5,600,000 14,672,000 20.475.000 31,600 32,300 35,400 37,100 46,900 57.9 64.8 58.0 54.0 59.8 1,831,000 2,092,000 2,053.000 2,003.400 2,805,600 204.400 213,700 234.600 207.900 203,100 37.3 45.5 35.0 32.8 39.1 7,609,000 9,716,000 8,207,000 6,816,600 7,944,400 BARLEY Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year ACRES Planted 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 1974 1,400,000 1975 1,360,000 Harvested for Grain PRODUCTION VALUE Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Value Per Acre Bi ishels Dollars 1,651,000 1,255.000 1,155,000 1,617,000 1,714,000 38.5 29.5 37.0 42.0 38.0 63.564.000 37.022.000 42.735.000 67.914,000 65,132,000 .87 .86 .78 .71 .78 55.301.000 31.839.000 33.333.000 48.219,000 50.803.000 33.50 25.37 28.86 29.82 29.64 1,680,000 1,707,000 2,000,000 1,280,000 1,300,000 35.0 37.5 30.0 29.0 39.0 58,800,000 64,013,000 60,000,000 37,120,000 50,700,000 .88 1.22 2.17 2.61 2.15 51,744,000 78.0%,0OO 130,200,000 96,883,000 109,005,000 30.80 45.75 65.10 75.69 83.85 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Harvested Year Planted for Grain Acres 1966 107.900 100.000 1967 101.900 93.400 1968 99.000 93.000 1969 112.000 107.000 1970 99.000 91.000 1971 102,600 99,200 1972 112.700 105.000 1973 131.600 126.000 1974 139,400 135,400 1975 202.600 191.000 Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Planted Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Bushels Acres Bushels 53.2 54.0 54.5 54.4 56.0 5,320,000 5,044,000 5.067,000 5,821,000 5,0%.000 1,627,100 1.217,100 1.101.000 1,568,000 1.701,000 1.551.000 1,161,600 1,062.000 1,510,000 1,623,000 37.6 27.5 35.5 41.1 37.0 58.244.000 31.978.000 37.668.000 62.093.000 60.036.000 55.0 60.6 54.4 51.3 56.3 5.456.000 6.365.000 6.858.500 6.951.500 10,745.500 1,637.400 1.707.300 1.968.400 1.260.600 1.157,400 1,580,800 1,602,000 1,874.000 1,144,600 1,109,000 33.7 36.0 28.4 26.4 36.0 53.344.000 57.648.000 53.141.500 30,168,500 39.954,500 30 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RYE Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally Not Irrigated Year 1966 1%7 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Estimates discontinued. ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Planted Harvested for Grain Yieid Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels DoUars 16,000 12,000 14.000 21,000 20.000 6,000 5,000 5,000 8,000 9,000 21.0 19.0 18.0 21.0 17.0 126,000 95,000 90,000 168,000 153.000 .87 .80 .72 .72 .72 110,000 76,000 65.000 121,000 110,000 18.33 15.20 13.00 15.13 12.22 18,000 9,000 7.000 3.000 27.0 23.0 189,000 69,000 .62 .68 117,000 47,000 16.71 15.67 FLAXSEED Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally Not Irrigated ACRES Year Planted 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 1974 23,000 1975 15.000 Harvested for Grain PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. VALUE Value of Production Value Per Acre Bushels Dollars 14,000 10.5 147.000 2.62 385.000 27.50 5,000 8.0 40.000 2.63 105.000 21.00 7,000 11.0 77.000 2.53 195.000 27.86 13,000 13.0 169,000 2.44 412.000 31.69 35,000 11.0 385.000 2.15 828.000 23.66 8.000 8.0 64,000 2.06 132,000 16.50 10.000 13.0 130.000 2.79 363,000 36.30 13,000 8.0 104.000 7.59 789,000 60.69 19,000 9.0 171.000 8.60 1,471,000 77.42 14,000 8.0 112,000 5.70 638.000 45.57 CORN Acreage. Production. Price. Total Value. Value Per Acre, and Utilization Year TOTAL ACRES Planted Harvested FOR GRAIN FOR SILAGE 1966 68,000 66,000 1%7 70.000 69,000 1968 70,000 68,000 1969 63.000 61,000 1970 62.000 61.000 1971 75.000 73,000 1972 80.000 79,000 1973 92,000 90,000 1974 99,000 %,000 1975 90,000 88,000 Acres Har- vested 5,000 7,000 4,000 6,000 4,000 7.000 6,000 11,000 13.000 10.000 Production Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 64.0 320.000 68.0 75.0 73.0 72.0 76.0 78.0 73.0 70.0 73.0 Value Value of Price Pro- per Bu. duction 476.000 300,000 438,000 288,000 532.000 468.000 803.000 910.000 730.000 Dollars 1.36 1.30 1.26 1.24 1.40 1.30 1.48 2.61 3.43 2.75 435,000 619,000 378,000 543,000 403,000 692.000 693,000 2,0% ,000 3.121.000 2.008.000 Acres Har- vested 49.000 50,000 45,000 47.000 48.000 47.000 68.000 73.000 73.000 68,000 Production Yield Per Acre Total Tons 15.0 735.000 GRAZING AND FORAGE 16.0 15.0 14.5 15.5 15.0 16.5 17.0 16.0 17.0 800,000 675,000 682,000 744,000 705.000 1.122.000 1.241.000 1.168.000 1,156,000 Acres 12,000 12,000 19.000 8.000 9.000 19.000 5.000 6.000 10.000 10.000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 31 Year POTATOES Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally Irrigated ACRES Planted Harvested 1966 8,200 1%7 8,600 1968 8,300 1%9 7,500 1970 7,800 1971 8.000 1972 7,700 1973 7,000 1974 7,200 1975 ; 7,700 PRODUCTION VALUE Yield Per Acre Total Cwt. Price Per Cwt. Value of Production Value Per Acre Cwt. Dollars 8,000 8,400 8,100 7,000 7,500 175 190 195 205 205 1,400,000 1,596,000 1,580.000 1,435,000 1,538,000 3.00 2.59 3.95 3.77 2.83 4.200.000 4,134.000 6,241,000 5.410,000 4,353.000 525.00 492.14 770.49 772.86 580.40 7,800 7,500 6,800 7,000 7,600 180 220 215 250 230 1,404,000 1,650,000 1,462,000 1,750,000 1,748,000 3.15 5.05 10.80 4.95 6.60 4,423,000 8,333,000 15,790,000 8.663,000 11,537,000 567.05 1,111.07 2,322.06 1,237.57 1,518.03 DRY BEANS Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally Irrigated Year ACRES Planted Harvested 1966 14,000 1%7 8.000 1968 9,000 1969 9,000 1970 11,000 1971 11.000 1972 11,000 1973 9.000 1974 11,000 1975 12,000 PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Cwt. Price Per Cwt. VALUE Value of Production Value Per Acre lOOLb. Bags (Cleaned) Dollars 14,000 8,000 9,000 9,000 11,000 18.00 18.00 18.00 15.00 17.00 252,000 144,000 162,000 135,000 187,000 5.80 7.90 6.00 7.70 7.20 1,462,000 1,138,000 972,000 1,040.000 1.346.000 104.43 142.25 108.00 115.56 122.36 11.000 11.000 9,000 11,000 11,000 16.00 17.00 18.00 14.00 16.00 176,000 187,000 162,000 154,000 176,000 8.70 8.40 20.00 25.80 16.30 1,531.000 1.571.000 3.240,000 3,973,000 2.869.000 139.18 142.82 360.00 361.18 260.82 SUGARBEETS Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre All Irrigated ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested 1966 61.400 58,700 1967 59,500 57.100 1968 67,500 65,700 1969 68,900 67.500 1970 58,000 56.900 1971 50.,300 46.700 1972 45,800 45.200 1973 45,900 44,600 1974 44,700 43,900 1975 48,700 48,500 Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Ton! Value of Pro- ductlon' Value Per Acre' Gov. Payments Per Ton Tons Dollars 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 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 35.50 31,347,000 702.85 2.16 18.7 820,000 52.50 43,050,000 980.64 2.24 17.1 829,000 31.102 25,782,000 531.59 3 'Excludes Government payments. ^Preliminary. 'Not Available. 32 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA SEED Acreage, Production, Prke, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year ACRES Harvested PRODUCTION VALUE 1966 40,000 1%7 36.000 1968 31.000 1%9 21,000 1970 50,000 1971 25.000 1972 12,000 1973 30,000 1974 30,000 1975 12.000 Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Cwt. Value of Production Value Per Acre Pounds (Qeaned) Dollars 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 94.00 2,%1,000 98.70 85 2.550.000 61.00 1,556,000 51.87 80 960.000 50.50 485.000 40.42 Year 1966. 1967., 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Acres Harvested Yield Per Acre Production Acres Yield Harvested Per Acre Production Pounds (Cleaned) Pounds (Cleaned) 12.000 13.200 9.000 9,500 13,000 142 122 90 133 131 1,704.000 1.610.000 810,000 1,260,000 1,699.000 28,000 22,800 22,000 11.500 37.000 82 64 55 55 103 2,296,000 1,450,000 1,205.000 630.000 3,801,000 6,000 2.000 11.000 8,000 3,000 116 98 117 104 119 693,000 196.400 1.288,000 835.000 355.500 19.000 10.000 19.000 22.000 9,000 89 76 98 78 67 1,682,000 763,600 1,862,000 1,715,000 604.500 SWEET CHERRIES Production, Price and Value Year 1966. 1%7. 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. PRODUCTION VALUE Produc- tion Production Having Value Average Price Per Ton Dollars Value of Production Tons Thousand Dollars 2,600 2,780 1,430 610 1,400 2,548 2,724 1.430 610 1,270 310.00 368.00 524.00 535.00 313.00 790 1,002 749 326 398 2.840 1.200 2.510 1.650 2.400 2.840 1.200 2.510 1.650 2.400 416.00 478.00 670.00 530.00 598.00 1,181 574 1,682 875 1,435 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 33 ALL HAY Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year ACRES Harvested PRODUCTION VALUE 1966 2.303,000 1%7 2,370,000 1968 2,204,000 1%9 2.370,000 1970 2.447.000 Wl 2.355.000 1972 2.520,000 1073 2.450.000 1974 2,390.000 1975 2,400.000 Yield Per Acre Total 1.43 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.67 1.64 1.73 1.67 1.78 1.84 Tons 3,297,000 3,864,000 3,603.000 3,854,000 4,081,000 3,872,000 4.362,000 4,100.000 4,261.000 4.409,000 Price Per Ton Baled 26.00 22.50 22.50 24.00 22.50 27.50 32.00 57.00 45.50 42.50 Value of Production Etollars 85.722,000 86,940,000 81,068.000 92.496.000 91.823.000 106,480.000 139,584,000 233,700,000 193,876,000 187.383.000 Value Per Acre 37.22 .36.68 36.78 39.03 37.53 45.21 55.39 95.39 81.12 78.07 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Acres Harvested 1966 1,161,700 1967 1,228,500 1968 1,210,400 1969 1,239.000 1970 1,171,400 1971 1,145,000 1972"!.; 1,236,400 1973 1,368.000 1974 1.308.500 1975 1.278,100 Yield Per Acre Production 1.86 2.10 2,06 2.04 2.14 2.19 2.26 2.13 2.26 2.22 Tons 2,164,500 2,575,000 2,493,000 2.528,000 2,506,800 2,510,000 2,796,200 2,918.000 2.961.000 2,841,900 Acres Harvested 1,141,300 1,141,500 993,600 1,131,000 1,275,600 1.210.000 1.283.600 1,082.000 1,081,500 1,121,900 Yield Per Acre Production .99 1.13 1.12 1.17 1.23 1.13 1.22 1.09 1.20 1.40 Tons 1.132,500 1,289,000 1,110,000 1,326,000 1,574,200 1,362,000 1,565,800 1,182.000 1,300,000 1.567,100 ALFALFA HAY Acreage and Production Year 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1%9.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973.. 1974., 1975., TOTAL [RRIGATED NOT IRRIG ATED Acres Har- vested Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Tons Acres Har- vested Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Pons Acres Har- vested Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Tons 1,045,000 1,118,000 1,107,000 1,118,000 1,162,000 1.85 2.15 2.05 2.05 2.15 1,933.000 2.404.000 2.269.000 2.292,000 2.498,000 599,500 638,000 646,000 652.000 628.900 2.37 2.64 2.57 2.58 2.72 1.421,000 1.684.000 1.660.000 1,695,000 1,713,400 445,500 480,000 461.000 466.000 533.100 1.15 1.50 1.32 1.28 1.47 512,000 720.000 609,000 597,000 784,600 1,160,000 1,200,000 1,220,000 1,220,000 1,230,000 2.05 2.15 2.10 2.15 2.30 2,378,000 2,580,000 2,562,000 2,623,000 2,829,000 630.000 679.400 760.000 693.000 683.700 2.72 2.72 2.61 2.75 2.77 1.713,000 1,847,200 1,984,000 1,904,700 1,893.600 530,000 520,600 460,000 527,000 546,300 1.25 1.41 1.26 1.36 1.71 665,000 7.32,800 578,000 718,300 935,400 OTHER HAY Acreage and Production Year 1966.. 1%7.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970., 1971., 1972.. 1973., 1974., 1975., WILD HAY ALL , OTHER HAY' Acres Har- vested Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Acres Har- vested Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Tons Tons 518.000 585.000 480,000 520,000 520.000 .95 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.10 492,000 614,000 504,000 546,000 572,000 740,000 667,000 617,000 732,000 765,000 1.18 1.27 1.35 1.39 1.32 872,000 846,000 830.000 1.016,000 1.011,000 634,000 590.000 540.000 580,000 620,000 1.10 1.20 1.10 1.26 1.20 697,000 708.000 594,000 731,000 744,000 561.000 730,000 690.000 590,000 550,000 1.42 1.47 1.37 1.54 1.52 797,000 1,074,000 944,000 907.000 836.000 'Includes clover-timothy, grain and other hay. 34 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT Acreage Har\'ested, 19' 4.999 or less 5.000- 14.999 z^'S::.' 15.000 - 24.999 m^ 25.000 - 49.999 - 100.000 ■ 199.999 200.000 or more SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM Acreage Harvested, 1975 4.999 or less 5.000 ■ 14.999 r.°'n°'„ 15.000 ■ 24.999 25.000 - 49.999 100.000 - 199.999 200.000 or more MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 35 DURUM WHEAT Acreage Harvested, 1975 01 - 499 ■= 500-999 1,000 ■ 2.999 ^^^^ L~l-4-i-i- l-trtr Numbers show ranking of top 5 3.000 - 4.999 5.000 ■ 9.999 10.000 or more BARLEY Acreage Harvested, 1975 Numbers show ranking ( LEGEND 4.999 or less 5.000 • 9.999 '""", o" o 10.000 • 24.999 25.000 - 49.999 50.000 • 99.999 100,000 or more 36 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OATS Acreage Harvested, 1975 Numbers show ranking of top 5 Roosevelt and Judith Basin Tie for 3rd place. 999 or less 1.000 ■ 1.999 -.'^■:-^ : 1 2.000 ■ 4.999 1 5.000 ■ 9.99^ I: ■. ; ■ I 10.000 or more I ALFALFA HAY .Acreage Harvested, 1975 Numbers show ranking of top 10 is than 5,000 5.000 ■ 9,999 -.0 •./_". 10.000 ■ 19.999 |p[-| I I I , 20.000 - 29.999 30.000 ■ 49,^'" 50.000 or more MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 37 PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS Selected Commodities, by Months, 1972-1976 Crop And Year Jan. ALL WHEAT 1972 1.25 1973 2.22 1974 5.17 1975 4.18 1976 3.37 WINTER WHEAT 1972 1.21 1973 2.25 1974 5.10 1975 3.97 1976 3.15 SPRING WHEAT EXCH 1972 1.30 1973 2.20 1974 5.05 1975 4.44 1976 3.76 BARLEY 1972 89 1973 1.43 1974 2.34 1975 2.85 1976 1.97 ALL HAY 1972 30.70 1973 34.50 1974 62.50 1975 45.50 1976 42.50 STEERS & HEIFERS 1972 34.80 1973 42.50 1974 49.30 1975 27.20 1976 34.00 COWS 1972 23.30 1973 29.20 1974 32.40 1975 16.20 1976 21.50 CALVES 1972 40.00 1973 51.00 1974 56.50 1975 24.60 1976 36.50 LAMBS 1972 24.50 1973 30.00 1974 38.00 1975 36.00 1976 45.90 HOGS 1972 20.70 1973 29.70 1974 38.60 1975 37.50 1976 45.70 Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual Avg. Dollars Per Bushel 1.28 1.87 5.45 3.98 3.51 1.28 1.96 4.88 3.66 3.42 1.27 2.00 3.92 3.63 3.40 1.27 2.05 3.46 3.38 3.33 1.26 2.38 3.96 3.23 3.35 1.27 2.48 4.36 3.60 3.35 1.40 4.42 4.26 3.87 2.83 1.56 4.36 4.20 3.93 1.73 3.90 4.75 3.87 1.79 3.91 4.84 3.41 2.26 4.52 4.60 3.32 1.47 3.01 4.49 3.67 1.23 1.89 5.40 3.79 3.29 1.23 1.98 4.84 3.41 3.19 1.22 2.03 3.79 3.34 3.17 1.21 2.04 3.30 3.05 3.08 1.19 2.37 3.76 2.93 3.14 1.20 2.45 4.02 3.29 3.09 1.30 4.35 3.95 3.56 2.64 1.52 4.32 3.90 3.65 1.73 3.87 4.53 3.62 1.79 3.87 4.59 3.15 2.30 4.47 4.38 3.10 1.43 2.99 4.30 3.41 DING DURUM 1.33 1.34 1.84 1.93 5.33 4.77 4.17 4.01 3.93 3.83 1.33 1.97 3.93 4.01 3.83 1.33 2.07 3.53 3.78 3.82 1.33 2.38 4.12 3.69 3.79 1.34 2.50 4.65 4.07 3.87 1.50 4.30 4.63 4.32 3.22 1.61 4.22 4.62 4.32 1.74 3.80 5.04 4.22 1.80 3.84 5.17 3.84 2.24 4.39 4.88 3.69 1.52 2.95 4.64 4.05 .95 1.37 2.46 2.48 2.05 .93 1.38 2.37 2.18 2.06 .94 1.30 1.93 2.40 2.00 .94 1.35 1.95 2.46 2.06 .93 1.55 2.20 2.31 2.17 .94 1.70 2.21 2.19 2.18 .95 2.25 2.55 2.36 2.05 .99 2.12 2.63 2.39 1.11 2.23 2.77 2.27 1.19 1.99 3.04 1.98 1.29 2.15 3.00 1.94 1.00 1.74 2.45 2.32 Dollars Per Ton 33.50 36.50 63.00 43.50 42.00 33.50 34.00 60.00 43.00 42.50 31.50 32.50 60.50 46.50 41.00 28.50 34.50 60.00 51.00 39.50 25.00 35.50 53.00 48.50 42.00 26.00 45.50 48.50 47.50 44.50 30.00 51.50 49.00 45.00 46.00 31.70 54.50 46.00 39.50 31.70 58.50 43.00 40.00 32.70 56.50 42.50 40.50 34.50 59.50 45.00 41.50 30.78 44.46 52.75 44.33 Dollars Per Hundredweight 35.70 44.90 48.20 24.90 36.70 36.10 48.40 43.30 26.20 36.30 36.10 46.80 41.30 29.50 39.70 36.60 47.40 39.00 34.40 40.10 37.00 48.50 33.40 37.00 39.00 38.30 48.80 37.30 35.80 36.30 36.70 59.50 38.10 33.10 34.60 37.90 53.00 30.90 34.10 39.50 50.90 29.20 35.60 38.10 46.00 28.20 34.80 39.00 44.90 27.60 34.70 37.15 48.47 37.15 32.28 23.10 33.00 33.40 16.50 24.40 25.30 34.40 32.90 17.90 26.30 24.80 34.60 30.70 19.80 28.80 26.80 35.00 28.40 22.80 29.70 27.00 36.00 26.80 22.60 28.30 27.50 36.90 25.40 22.40 27.30 28.00 42.80 25.00 21.20 25.40 28.00 37.00 21.80 21.00 27.80 34.90 18.70 21.00 27.10 31.50 16.50 20.90 27.80 31.00 16.40 20.60 26.38 34.69 25.70 29.75 40.00 54.50 54.70 24.00 39.10 40.50 57.50 49.80 24.50 38.80 41.00 59.00 47.20 28.70 43.00 43.00 57.40 41.60 32.80 42.30 44.00 59.20 36.40 32.40 42.40 44.50 59.90 37.00 35.50 39.00 44.50 78.50 34.40 28.00 36.30 46.00 66.70 28.80 27.90 49.50 61.00 27.50 29.00 49.00 56.90 27.20 32.70 49.00 55.50 26.50 36.90 44.25 59.76 38.97 29.75 25.20 33.30 38.90 35.30 47.80 25.60 38.50 35.00 37.80 44.70 26.30 35.20 34.00 39.80 48.60 28.80 32.40 35.00 40.00 53.20 29.80 37.20 42.90 43.20 51.00 29.90 35.10 36.00 39.50 46.80 29.90 40.50 35.90 35.50 42.70 27.90 31.70 29.90 37.90 27.80 29.90 31.40 41.40 27.10 32.80 35.00 43.60 27.50 34.90 35.00 46.20 27.53 34.29 35.58 39.68 24.20 31.60 38.70 37.60 46.70 22.90 35.20 33.30 37.40 44.90 21.10 34.30 30.50 38.30 44.90 22.60 34.70 26.90 42.90 46.00 24.00 35.70 25.10 43.60 47.10 25.90 39.10 31.30 52.40 47.65 26.40 55.30 34.20 54.30 41.20 27.20 41.80 32.40 56.30 26.50 39.10 35.50 57.80 25.50 39.80 35.90 47.30 28.30 37.70 36.60 46.70 24.61 37.83 33.22 46.01 38 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT — 1974 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 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties ACRES Yield per tarv. PRO- Gross Re- Net Harvested Seeded Seededi Seeded for Grain Acre DUCTION VALUE Bushels Dollars 200 200 200 45.0 9,000 41,900 22.800 ... 22,800 22.200 42.8 949,200 3,864.700 600 ... 600 600 13.0 7,800 36,400 13,500 ... 13,500 13,300 31.9 424.400 1,748,200 500 ... 500 500 33.2 16,600 75,800 500 ... 500 500 34.4 17,200 76,600 5.200 ... 5.200 4,600 24.7 113,500 491,300 1,500 ... 1,500 1,500 33.6 50,400 224.600 2,800 ... 2,800 2,700 30.7 83,000 341,200 7,600 ... 7,600 7,100 26.8 190,300 816,300 55,200 ... 55,200 53,200 35.0 1,861,400 7.717,000 147.800 16,300 131,500 130,400 24.8 3,233,400 13,813,300 536.100 1,300 534,800 530,900 32.5 17,255,700 70.101,100 83,500 400 83,100 80,600 23.8 1.915,500 8,682,600 511,100 700 510,400 502,700 23.7 11,893,400 49,155,000 181,800 1,200 180,600 178,600 13.9 2,479,900 10,899,200 142,000 17,100 124,900 111,800 25.2 2,818.500 12.396,500 142.200 3,700 138,500 136,400 18.7 2,550,400 11.039,900 156,800 100 156,700 155,000 21.7 3,358,400 14,147,000 181,200 500 180,700 155,200 11.3 1,755,700 8,211.500 2,082,500 41,300 2,041,200 1,981,600 23.8 47,260,900 198,446,100 228,500 ... 228,500 227,200 17.1 3,896,100 17,764.600 156.100 1,400 154,700 152,500 25.8 3,929,300 16,252,900 67,700 900 66,800 64,000 22.2 1,418,200 5,828,400 189.200 2,100 187,100 185,400 26.2 4,862,100 20,519,000 143,000 1,200 141,800 139,100 25.2 3,501,800 15,062,700 305.000 3,300 301,700 295,800 19.8 5,868,600 26.804,800 294,200 100 294,100 292,500 19.4 5,682,900 30,012,400 285,800 500 285,300 283,900 20.9 5,923,400 26,424,200 1,669,500 9,500 1,660,000 1,M0,400 21.4 35.082,400 158,669,000 18,100 -., 18,100 17,800 19.0 338,300 1,438,800 153.400 200 153,200 152,100 36.2 5,501,600 21,921,300 168,900 1,400 167,500 157,800 34.2 5,398,300 21,529,600 21,700 ... 21,700 21,500 23.9 514,000 2,040,300 75,000 400 74,600 71,000 26.5 1,880,600 7,678,800 14,100 ... 14.100 13,700 15.9 217,800 899,600 6,500 ... 6,500 6,400 23.5 150,200 599,500 18,700 ... 18,700 18,400 27.7 509,800 2,023,100 4,500 ... 4,500 4,300 28.3 121,900 487,500 14,000 600 13,400 11,900 22.1 262.700 1,058,900 494,900 2,600 492,300 474,900 31.4 14,895,200 59,677,400 8,900 ... 8,900 8,600 20.5 176,200 763,800 49,500 200 49,300 48,500 34.3 1,665.900 6,910.700 7.800 ... 7,800 7,200 12.7 91,500 374,000 14,000 ... 14,000 13,900 29.6 411.300 1,705.100 400 ... 400 400 29.5 11.800 49,400 80,600 200 80,400 78,600 30.0 2,356,700 9,803,000 68,300 ... 68,300 68,000 35.0 2,383,200 9,286,500 19,000 ... 19,000 18,500 32.6 603,900 2,362,800 24,600 ... 24,600 24,100 22.2 535,500 2,103,500 92,700 ... 92,700 92,300 28.2 2,603,600 10,114,100 8.400 ... 8,400 8,400 20.8 175,000 683,800 8.300 .— 8,300 8,200 35.6 292,100 1,160,900 91,600 ... 91,600 91,400 35.6 3,251,300 12,748,200 312,900 ... 312,900 310,900 31.7 9,844,600 38,459,800 37,200 ... 37,200 36,100 20.7 745.700 3,045,300 23,100 200 22,900 21,900 25.6 560,600 2,295,200 83,800 600 83,200 82,700 27.7 2,291,400 9,601,600 33,000 1,400 31,600 30,700 33.2 1,019,900 4,029,200 48,700 48,700 47,900 30.5 1,459,200 5,747,000 35 600 35 600 35,600 28.2 1,004,800 4,013,800 63.000 63,000 62,500 27.6 1,725,200 7,708.600 324 400 2200 322,200 317,400 27.7 8,806,800 36,440,700 . 5,020,000 55,800 4,964,200 4,857,000 24.7 120,108,000 509,213,000 'Winter wheat reseeded to spring wheat. MO^^^ANA agricultural statistics 39 ALL WHEAT - 1975 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties COUNTY & DISTRICT ACRES Gross Seeded Deer Lodge 200 Flathead 18.200 Granite 1.000 Lake 17,300 Lincoln 200 Mineral 300 Missoula 5,600 Powell 1,100 Ravalli 1,900 Sanders 5,300 N. WEST 51,100 Blaine 152.200 Chouteau 544.900 Glacier 81.300 Hill 513,400 Uberty 181,900 Phillips 122,000 Pondera 194.700 Teton 157.200 Toole 233.800 N. CENTR.4L 2,181,400 Daniels 190,600 Dawson 138,500 Garfield 94.200 McCone 199.700 Richland 142.200 Roosevelt 303.500 Sheridan 302.600 Valley 291.500 N. EAST 1,662,800 Broadwater 19,400 Cascade 146,000 Fergus 189,600 Golden Valley 26,300 Judith Basin 73,400 Lewis & Clark 13,300 Meagher 6.100 Musselshell 23.200 Petroleum 4,200 ViTieatland 15,800 CENTRAL 517,300 Beaverhead 8,700 Gallatin 43,300 Jefferson 9,000 Madison 14,900 Silver Bow 300 S. WEST 76,200 Big Horn 73,700 Carbon 20,100 Park 28.500 Stillwater 92.400 Sweet Grass 6.400 Treasure 7.300 Yellowstone 94.000 S. CENTRAL 322,400 Carter 24.200 Custer 14.400 Fallon 84,600 Powder River 43,300 Prairie 47,700 Rosebud 37,800 Wibaux 66,800 S. E.AST 318,800 STATE 5,130,000 Re- Seeded' 100 100 1,200 600 800 900 1,400 4,900 1,100 900 900 2,900 1,000 1,000 3,100 600 1,300 200 800 6,000 14,900 Net Seeded 200 18,100 1.000 17.300 200 300 5.600 1,100 1,900 5,300 5L000 151,000 544,900 81,300 512,800 181,100 121,100 194,700 157,200 232,400 2,176,500 190,600 138,500 93,100 199,700 142,200 302,600 302,600 290,600 1,659,900 19,400 145,000 189.600 26.300 73.400 13.300 6,100 23,200 4,200 15,800 516,300 8,700 43,300 9,000 14,900 300 76,200 73,700 20,100 28,500 92,400 6,400 7,300 94,000 322,400 21,100 14,400 84,600 42.700 46,400 37,600 66,000 312,800 5,115,100 Harvested for Grain 200 17,600 1.000 16.800 200 300 5.100 1,100 1,600 5,200 49,100 149,600 523,400 78,600 505,400 179,500 118,000 189,400 149,400 227,300 2,120,600 188,100 133.700 91.600 191.500 140.600 298.000 2% ,500 287,600 1,627,600 19,100 141,900 183,500 25,800 71,100 12,200 5,900 22,600 3,400 12,800 498,300 8,600 43,000 8,900 14,400 300 75,200 71,300 19,900 27,000 90,200 6,400 7,200 91,400 313,400 17,500 13,600 77,900 39,300 45,900 36,700 59,900 290,800 4,975,000 Yield per Harv. PRO- Acre DUCTION Bushels 40.0 44.7 35.3 36.7 35.0 36.7 31.4 36.0 33.0 23.1 37.4 29.3 41.2 32.1 35.1 32.8 25.8 40.2 37.4 29.0 35.3 24.7 27.3 25.7 25.8 30.1 27.6 26.4 22.6 26.0 30.5 39.8 30.4 26.4 26.7 27.0 29.7 29.5 32.2 31.8 32.3 38.2 40.5 23.5 41.2 24,0 38.3 33.1 30.8 25.8 33.3 29.5 41.3 34.1 32.8 20.2 28.2 21.9 25.7 30.6 30.7 25.7 25.9 31.3 8,000 787.400 35,300 617.200 7.000 11.000 159.900 39.600 52.800 120.100 1,838,300 4,386,100 21,569,800 2,524.500 17,739,100 5,881,400 3,045,700 7,620,000 5,587,100 6.599.700 74,953,400 4,642,200 3,656,200 2,357,100 4,944,900 4.234,200 8,211.900 7.833,600 6,500.300 42,380,400 582,700 5,651,300 5,574,200 681,500 1,898,500 328,900 175.000 665.700 109.500 406.600 16,073,900 328,300 1,742.300 209.100 592,700 7,200 2.879,600 2,357.700 612.700 697.200 3,006,000 188,900 297.100 3,118.000 10,277,600 353.300 383.800 1.706.000 1.009.400 1.403.900 1,127,900 1,537,500 7,521,800 155,925,000 VALUE Dollars 32,300 2,734.800 142.300 2,175,800 28,200 44,400 585,700 155,100 192,700 428,900 6,520,200 15,664.900 72,546,800 9,787,600 60,990,900 20,967,600 11,414,400 27,061.600 19.334.500 25,609,200 263,377,500 18,244,200 12,526,100 8,368.100 17.508.200 15,521,000 31,710,000 32,847,800 24,856.300 16I,58L700 2,016,300 18,611,300 18,173,300 2,230,600 6,271,200 1,151,500 574,400 2,178,000 357,900 1,333,800 52,898,300 1.223.700 5.892.200 704,800 2,049,000 25,500 9,895,200 7.430.100 1.957.000 2.204.600 9.460.800 596,800 955,600 9,843.700 32,448,600 1.190.500 1.294.900 5.960.900 3.314.200 4.599.000 3.815,000 5,820,000 25,994,500 552,716,000 'Winter wheat reseeded to spring wheat. 40 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT — 1974 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL COUNTY & DISTRICT Planted Acres Flathead 17,100 Lake 9,700 Lincoln 100 Mineral 200 Missoula 2,700 Powell 200 Ravalli 2,200 Sanders 4,800 N. WEST 37,000 Blaine 99.700 Chouteau 500,000 Glacier 17,000 Hill 416.000 Liberty 72,800 Phillips 76,800 Pondera 89,700 Teton 106,000 Toole 12,000 N. CENTRAL 1,390,000 Daniels 1,500 Dawson 91,000 Garfield 44,000 McCone 101,000 Richland 48,000 Roosevelt 24,000 Sheridan 9,500 Valley 28,000 N. EAST 347,000 Broadwater 13,000 Cascade 140,000 Fergus 150.000 Golden Valley 21.000 Judith Basin 54.000 Lewis & Clark 8.000 Meagher 6,000 Musselshell 18,000 Petroleum 4,000 Wheatland 12,000 CENTRAL 426,000 Beaverhead 6,000 Gallatin 35,700 Jefferson 7,000 Madison 11,000 Silver Bow 300 S. WEST 60,000 Big Horn 66,300 Carbon 16,500 Park 21,000 Stillwater 90,200 Sweet Grass 7.900 Treasure 6.800 Yellowstone 87,300 S. CENTRAL 296,000 Carter 23,500 Custer 15,800 Fallon 37,800 Powder River 30,600 Prairie 47.200 Rosebud 29.900 Wibaux 9,200 S. EAST 194,000 STATE 2,750,000 Yield Harv. per for Harv. Grain Acre 17,000 9,700 100 200 2,200 200 2,100 4.500 36,000 83,400 495,800 15,100 412,600 71,600 48,600 85,500 105,400 10,000 1,328,000 1,200 88,500 41,400 98,200 46,200 19,300 9,100 27,100 33L000 13,000 139,500 142,700 20,900 51,200 7,800 5,900 17,800 3,900 10,300 413,000 5.800 35,400 6,500 11.000 300 59,000 66,100 16,200 20.700 90,000 7,900 6,800 87,300 295,000 22,500 14,600 37,000 28,400 46,400 29,900 9,200 188,000 2,650,000 Pro- duction Bushels 45.8 32.8 20.0 23.5 23.7 70.0 30.3 21.7 37.0 25.5 33.3 29.0 24.7 16.7 25.2 21.5 24.6 20.0 19.8 31.7 25.7 30.2 31.0 26.6 19.2 27.8 29.4 15.2 37.9 36.1 24.1 30.2 21.3 24.1 28.1 29.2 22.8 14.0 36.7 12.3 29.9 27.7 30.5 35.1 35.0 23.8 28.5 21.0 36.0 34.8 31.8 24.3 26.9 33.6 34.4 30.3 29.6 35.3 30.7 29.5 777,800 318,400 2,000 4,700 52,100 14,000 63,600 97,700 Value Dollars 3,068,500 1.256.100 7.900 18,500 205,500 55,200 250,900 385,400 1,330,300 5,248,000 2,126,900 16,498,500 438,500 10,206,200 1,193,700 1,222,800 1,835,000 2,590,900 199,900 8,578,000 66,540,100 1,768,500 41,162.600 4.814.300 4,931,700 7,400,700 10,449,300 806,200 27.3 36,312,400 146,451,400 23,800 2,806,600 1,064,500 2,960,900 1,432,100 513,800 174.600 752,400 94,200 11,103,200 4,211,300 11,713,600 5,665,500 2,032,600 690,700 2,976,600 9,728,700 38,487,700 197,900 5,282,600 5,148,300 503,000 1,545,900 166.500 142,400 499,400 113,900 234,700 782,500 20,887,700 20,356,600 1,988,900 6,112,300 659,800 563,000 1,974,500 450,100 928,000 33.5 13,834,600 54,703,400 81,000 1,300,200 80,100 328,700 8,300 325,000 5,216,500 321,400 1,318,800 33,300 1,798,300 7,215,000 2,320,700 567,100 493,500 2,563,700 165,800 244,800 3.038.700 8.993.200 2,197,600 1.912,400 9,934,900 642,500 948,600 11,775,600 9,394,300 36,404,800 547,800 392,500 1,243,100 978,000 1,406,600 883,900 324,500 5,776,400 78,175,000 2,145,800 1,537,400 4,869,400 3,830,900 5,509,800 3,462,300 1.271.100 22,626,700 311,137,000 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 900 800 200 300 600 2.800 100 200 5,400 100 100 200 700 200 100 200 200 100 5,800 200 100 6,200 3,300 500 500 200 1,000 5,500 300 100 400 21,900 Bu. 80.0 54.0 70.0 87.0 45.0 65.1 35.0 32.0 100 32.0 1,600 32.0 3,400 51.0 44.0 37.0 33.0 35.0 32.0 42.0 30.0 33.0 45.0 1,400 35.3 50.0 59.0 45.0 44.0 58.2 42.0 40.0 38.0 40.0 70.0 46.5 35.0 40.0 36.3 50.6 NOT IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 16,100 8,900 100 200 2,200 1,800 3,900 33,200 83,400 495,700 14,900 412,600 71,600 48,500 83,900 102,000 10,000 1,200 88,500 41,400 98,200 46,100 19,300 9,100 27,000 12,300 139,300 142,700 20,800 51,200 7,800 5,900 17,600 3,700 10.300 5,700 29,600 6,300 10,900 300 52,800 62,800 15,700 20,200 90,000 7.700 6.800 86,300 22,500 14,300 37,000 28,400 46,300 29,900 9,200 187,600 2,628,100 Bu. 43.8 30.9 20.0 23.5 23.7 20.8 18.1 34.6 25.5 33.3 29.0 24.7 16.7 25.1 21.3 23.7 20.0 1,322,600 27.3 19.8 31.7 25.7 30.2 31.0 26.6 19.2 27.7 330,800 29.4 14.3 37.9 36.1 24.0 30.2 21.3 24.1 28.0 28.4 22.8 411,600 33.5 13.3 32.4 11.3 29.8 27.7 27.2 34.7 34.8 23.5 28.5 20.5 36.0 34.4 289,500 31.6 24.3 26.7 33.6 34.4 30.3 29.6 35.3 30.7 29.3 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 41 WINTER WHEAT — 1975 Acreage. Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL COUNTY & DISTRICT Planted Harv, for Grain Acres Flathead 13.900 13,400 Lake 11.300 11,000 Missoula 3,200 3,200 Powell 100 100 Ravalli 1,200 1,100 Sanders 4,300 4,200 N. WEST 34,000 33.000 Blaine 104,900 103,000 Chouteau 535,400 514,000 Glacier 24,100 22,200 Hill 440,000 433,000 Liberty 125,300 123,600 Phillips 48,100 46.000 Pondera 153,800 150,500 Teton 139,700 133,500 Toole 86.700 84,200 N. CENTRAL 1,658,000 1,610,000 Daniels 1.500 1,500 Dawson 102,200 99,700 Garfield 39,500 38,200 McCone 106,700 103,900 Richland 51,500 50.900 Roosevelt 41,400 39,700 Sheridan 9,100 8,900 Valley 24,100 23,200 N. EAST 376.000 366,000 Broadwater 11,900 11,800 Cascade 126,900 123,300 Fergus 180,000 174,000 Golden Va Hey 24 ,800 24 .300 Judith Basin 64.700 62,500 Lewis & Clark 9,100 8,100 Meagher 5,300 5,100 Musselshell 22,100 21,500 Petroleum 3,900 3,100 Wheatland 14,300 11,300 CENTRAL 463.000 445,000 Beaverhead 5.500 5,400 Gallatin 39,600 39,300 Jefferson 8,600 8,500 Madison 12,100 11,600 Silver Bow 200 200 S. WEST 66.000 65,000 Big Horn 71,200 68,800 Carbon 18,500 18,300 Park 27,300 25,800 Stillwater 91,000 88,800 Sweet Grass 6,100 6,100 Treasure 6,500 6,400 Yellowstone 91,400 88,800 S. CENTRAL 312.000 303.000 Carter 17,300 13,000 Custer 10.600 10.100 Fallon 38.500 37.100 Powder River 40,500 36,800 Prairie 45,800 44,100 Rosebud 30.300 29,700 Wibaux 8,000 7,200 S. EAST 191,000 178,000 STATE 3,100,000 3,000.000 Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Bushels 45.9 39.8 25.8 65.0 25.7 18.5 37.8 30.9 41.4 36.8 36.6 35.3 32.1 42.0 37.7 31.5 25.0 28.4 33.1 28.0 30.4 29.2 29.3 31.4 29.3 32.6 42.0 30.9 26.5 27.3 24.1 31.9 29.3 33.6 33.6 33.2 25.2 41.6 23.5 41.5 25.0 37.8 33.4 30.2 25.9 33.2 29.8 40.1 34.0 32.8 21.1 29.6 24.8 26.0 30.7 29.0 28.9 27.4 35.0 614.800 438.000 82,600 6,500 28,300 77.500 1,247,700 3,183,500 21,300.200 816.500 15.843.800 4,365.400 1.476.200 6.317.600 5.033.800 2.656,400 Value Dollars 2,039,800 1.453.200 274,100 21.600 93.900 257.100 4,139,700 10,671,900 71,403,600 2,737,100 53,112,300 14,633,900 4,948,600 21,178,200 16,874,600 8,904,900 37.9 60.993,400 204,465,100 37.500 2,828,600 1,263,400 2,913,100 1,545,100 1,158,700 260,600 728,600 121,900 9,192.700 4,105,900 9,467.300 5.021.500 3.765,700 846,900 2,368,000 10,735,600 34,889,900 384,100 5,181,300 5,377,100 643,700 1,708,100 194,900 162,800 630,100 104,200 379.500 1.243.400 16.772.500 17,406.300 2.083.800 5.529.300 631.000 527.000 2.039.700 337.300 1.228.500 14.765,800 47,798,800 136,300 1,635.400 199.800 481.900 5.000 455.500 5,464.500 667.600 1,610.300 16.700 2,458,400 8,214,600 2,298,600 552,700 667,000 2.952.000 181,600 256,600 3,017,700 7,210,100 1,733,700 2.092.200 9.259,800 569,600 804,900 9.465.900 9,926,200 31,136.200 274.700 298.800 919.400 955.100 1,356.000 860,500 208,400 4,872,900 105.000,000 893.800 972.300 2.991,600 3,107.700 4,412.300 2.799.900 678.100 15,855,700 346,500,000 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre Bu. NOT IRRIGATED 900 1,300 100 100 200 100 100 100 100 200 400 100 200 500 300 1,500 100 5,800 100 100 3,500 500 300 1,400 5,700 100 100 1,200 1,400 22,200 77.0 60.0 65.0 70.0 35.0 2.600 64.5 45.0 40.0 2,000 45.0 2,500 54.0 4,700 49.7 40.0 38.0 39.0 35.0 51.0 40.0 30.0 40.0 36.1 60.0 65.0 55.0 58.0 6,100 64.6 39.0 61.0 45.0 81.0 51.6 50.0 50.0 48.0 48.3 54.9 Yield Acres per Har- I-arv. vested Acre 12,500 9,700 3,200 1,000 4,000 30,400 103,000 513,900 22,100 433,000 123,600 46,000 148,500 131,000 84,200 1,500 99,700 38,200 103,900 50,800 39,700 8,900 23,100 11,400 123,200 174,000 24,100 62,500 7.600 4.800 21,500 3,100 11,300 5,300 33,500 8,400 11,500 200 65,300 17,800 25,500 88,800 6,100 6,400 87,400 13,000 10,000 37,100 36.800 44.000 28.500 7.200 176,600 Bu. 43.6 37.1 25.8 21.3 17.6 35.5 30.9 41.4 36.8 36.6 35.3 32.1 41.9 37.4 31.5 1.605,300 37.8 25.0 28.4 33.1 28.0 30.3 29.2 29.3 31.4 365.800 29.3 32.5 42.0 30.9 26.4 27.3 23.7 31.4 29.3 33.6 33.6 443.500 33.2 24.6 37.6 23.1 41.4 25.0 58,900 35.0 33.1 29.3 25.6 33.2 29.8 40.1 .33.2 297.300 32.4 21.1 29.4 24.8 26.0 30.7 28.2 28.9 27.2 2,977.800 34.9 42 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DURUM WHEAT - 1974 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Planted COLWTY & DISTRICT Acres Flathead 100 Lake 100 N.WEST 200 Blaine 2,100 Chouteau 1,100 Glacier 500 Hill 3.100 Libern- 4,000 Phillips 200 Pondera 15,500 Teton 6,800 Toole 4.200 N. CENTRAL 37,500 Daniels 10,000 Dawson 5,100 Garfield 700 McCone 5,200 Richland 2,000 Roosevelt 24,000 Sheridan 174,800 Valley 2,800 N. EAST 224,600 Cascade 500 Fergus 200 Judith Basin 100 CENlTtAL 800 Gallatin 400 Madison 200 S. WEST 600 Big Horn 400 Park 100 Yellowstone 400 S. CENTHAL 900 Carter 300 Fallon 300 Powder River 500 Rosebud 300 Wibaux 4.000 S. EAST 5,400 STATE 270.000 Harv. for Grain Yield I&v. Acre Pro- duction Value Acres Har- vested Yield Acre Acres Har- vested Yield Acre Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. 100 100 23.0 19.0 2.300 1,900 9.300 7,700 ... ... 100 100 23.0 19.0 200 21.0 4,200 17.000 ... ... 200 21.0 2,000 1,100 500 3,100 4,000 200 14,900 6,600 4.200 22.4 13.9 14.2 24.2 12.9 21.0 14.0 11.8 22.4 44,700 15,300 7,100 74,900 51,400 4,200 208,900 78,000 94.100 272,100 93,100 43,200 455,900 312,900 25,600 1,271,600 474,800 572.800 200 200 31.0 40.0 2.000 1,100 500 3,100 4,000 200 14,700 6,400 4,200 22.4 13.9 142 24 J2 12.9 21.0 133 10.9 22.4 36,600 15.8 578,600 3,522.000 400 35.5 36.200 15.6 10,000 5,000 600 5,200 1,900 23,500 173,500 2,800 12.8 11.5 23.5 31.3 16.8 18.6 19.6 20.0 128,000 57,600 14,100 162,800 31,900 436,700 3,408.400 56.100 744,700 335,100 82,000 947,200 185,600 2,540.600 19.829.400 326,400 100 29.0 10,000 5,000 600 5,200 1,900 23,500 173,500 2.700 12.8 11.5 23.5 31.3 16.8 18.6 19.6 19.7 222.500 19.3 4.295,600 24,991,000 100 29.0 222,400 19.3 500 200 100 14.0 15.5 14.0 7,000 3,100 1,400 42.600 18.900 8,500 ... ... 500 200 100 14.0 15.5 14.0 800 14.4 11.500 70,000 ... ... 800 14.4 400 200 18.8 24.0 7.500 4.800 43,300 27,700 ... ... 400 200 18.8 24.0 600 20.5 12,300 71,000 ... ... 600 20.5 400 100 400 21.0 16.0 30.0 8,400 1,600 12,000 50,400 9,600 72,000 100 100 39.0 60.0 300 100 300 15.0 16.0 20.0 900 24.4 22.000 132,000 200 49.5 700 17.3 300 300 500 300 4,000 24.0 20.3 18.4 21.0 30.0 7,200 6,100 9,200 6,300 120,000 39,800 33,700 50,900 34.900 663,700 ... ... 300 300 500 300 4,000 24.0 20.3 18.4 21.0 30.0 3,400 27.6 148,800 823,000 ... ... 5,400 27.8 267,000 19.0 5.073,000 •29,626,000 700 38.6 ■266,300 18.9 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 43 DURUM WHEAT — 1975 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL Planted COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Flathead 100 N. H'EST 100 Blaine 2,300 Chouteau 2,000 Glacier 900 Hill 3,900 Liberty 5.000 Phillips 200 Pondera 23,500 Teton 6,700 Toole 27,900 N. CENTRAL 72,400 Daniels 16,800 Dawson 8,900 Garfield 1,000 McCone 8,900 Richland 3,600 Roosevelt 39,200 Sheridan 214,500 Valley 3,900 N. EAST 296,800 Broadwater 100 Cascade 900 Fergus 100 Judith Basin 200 CENTRAL 1,300 Madison 200 S. WEST 200 Yellowstone 400 S. CENTRAL 400 Custer 100 Powder River 300 Prairie 300 Rosebud 300 Wibaux 7,800 S. EAST 8,800 STATE 380,000 Yield Harv. per for Harv. Grain Acre 100 100 2,300 2,000 900 3,900 5,000 200 23,300 6,500 27,500 71,600 16,600 8,900 1,000 8.900 3,600 38,900 210,800 3,900 292,600 100 900 100 200 1,300 200 200 400 400 100 300 300 300 7,800 8,800 375,000 Pro- duction Bushels 15.0 15.0 26.6 24.4 29.3 28.3 27.0 25.5 33.0 41.2 25.1 29.5 27.7 27.5 19.7 33.4 25.2 28.3 25.8 23.9 26.4 27.0 26.8 27.0 21.0 25.9 40.0 40.0 15.0 15.0 29.0 8.3 32.7 31.0 26.3 26.1 27.0 1,500 1,500 61,100 48,700 26,400 110,400 135,000 5,100 768,100 268,000 690,000 459,600 245,000 19,700 297,700 90,600 1,099,000 5,428,300 93,400 2,700 24,100 2,700 4,200 33,700 8,000 8,000 6,000 6,000 2,900 2,500 9,800 9,300 205,200 229,700 10,125,000 Value Dollars 5,200 5,200 293,000 233,600 126,600 529,400 647,400 24,500 3,683,500 1,285,200 3,309,000 2,112,800 10,132,200 2,003,300 1,067,900 85,900 1,297,600 394,900 4,790,300 23,660,800 407,100 7,733,300 33,707,800 12,000 107,000 12,000 18,700 149,700 27.400 27,400 26,800 26,800 12,700 11,000 42,900 40,800 899,500 1,006,900 45,056,000 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre Bu. 2,000 46.0 1,700 46.0 3,700 46.0 200 200 100 100 40.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 NOT IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Har\'. vested Acre Bu. 15.0 15.0 26.6 24.4 29.3 28.3 27.0 25.5 31.7 39.5 25.1 28.6 27.7 27.5 19.7 33.4 25.2 283 25.8 23.9 100 100 2,300 2,000 900 3,900 5,000 200 21,300 4,800 27,500 67,900 16,600 8,900 1,000 8,900 3,600 38,900 210,800 3,900 292,600 26.4 4,000 45.3 100 900 100 200 1,300 300 300 100 300 300 300 7,800 8,800 371,000 27.0 26.8 27.0 21.0 25.9 10.0 10.0 29.0 8.3 32.7 31.0 26.3 26.1 26.8 44 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SPRING HUEAT EXCLUDING DURUM - 1974 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL COUNTY Harv. & for DISTRICT Planted Grain Acres Deer Lodge 200 200 Flathead 5,600 5,100 Granite 600 600 Lake 3.700 3.500 Lincoln 400 400 Mineral 300 300 MUsoula 2.500 2,400 Powell 1,300 1,300 Ravalli 600 600 Sanders 2.800 2.600 N. WEST 18.000 17,000 Blaine 46.000 45,000 Chouteau 35.000 34.000 Glacier 66.000 65.000 Hill 92,000 87.000 Liberty 105.000 103.000 Phillips 65.000 63,000 Pondera 37.000 36.000 Teton 44.000 43.000 Toole 165.000 141.000 N. CENTRAL 655.000 617.000 Daniels 217.000 216.000 Dawson 60.000 59.000 Garfield 23.000 22,000 McCone 83,000 82,000 Richland 93,000 91,000 Roosevelt 257.000 253,000 Sheridan 109.900 109.900 Valley 255.000 254.000 N. EAST 1,097,900 1,086,900 Broadwater 5.100 4.800 Cascade 12.900 12.100 Fergus 18.700 14.900 Golden Vallev 700 600 Judith Basin 20.900 19.700 Lewis & Clark 6.100 5.900 Meagher 500 500 Musselshell 700 600 Petroleum 500 400 Wheatland 2.000 1.600 CENTRAL 68.100 61.100 Beaverhead 2.900 2.800 Gallatin 13.400 12.700 Jefferson 800 700 Madison 2.800 2.700 Silver Bow 100 100 S. WEST 20,000 19,000 Big Horn 1,6a) 1.500 Carbon 2.500 2,300 Park 3,500 3.300 Stillwater 2.500 2.300 Sweet Grass 500 500 Treasure 1.500 1.400 Yellowstone 3.900 3.700 S. CENTRAL 16.000 15,000 Carter 13,400 13,300 Custer 7.300 7.300 Fallon 45.700 45.400 Powder River 1.900 1.800 Prairie 1.500 1.500 Rosebud 5.400 5.400 Wibaux 49.800 49.300 S. EAST 125,000 124,000 ST.ATE 2.000,000 L940.000 Yield per Harv. F*ro. Acre duction Bushels 45.0 33.2 13.0 29.7 36.5 41.7 25.6 28.0 32.3 35.6 3L0 23.6 21.8 22.6 18.5 12.0 25.3 14,1 16.0 10.4 17.3 18.1 15.4 21.2 22.4 19.4 19.1 20.1 19.4 29.3 17.5 16.6 18.3 16.9 8.7 15.6 17.3 20.0 17.5 17.2 34.0 28.2 16.3 28.8 35.0 28.7 36.1 16.0 12.2 17.3 18.4 33.8 54.2 28.6 14.3 23.0 23.0 18.2 35.1 21.2 26.0 23.2 19.0 9.000 169,100 7,800 104,100 14,600 12.500 61,400 36.400 19.400 92.600 526,900 1,061,800 741.900 1.469.900 1,612.300 1.234.800 1,591.500 506.500 689,500 1,461.700 3.744.300 1.065.100 339.600 1.738,400 2,037.800 4.918.100 2.099.900 5.114.900 140.400 212.000 246.900 11.000 333.300 51,300 7,800 10.400 8.000 28.000 95.200 358.200 11,400 77,800 3.500 54,100 36,800 40.400 39,900 9,200 47,300 200,600 428,300 190,700 168,100 1.012.200 32.700 52.600 114.600 1.280.700 2,881.600 36,860,000 Value Dollars 41.900 786.900 36,400 484,400 67,900 58,100 285,800 169,400 90,300 430.900 2.452,000 4,963.200 3,467.900 6.870.900 7.536.500 5.772.000 7.439,200 2.367,600 3.222,900 6,832,500 16.8 10,369,900 48.472,700 16.925.700 4.814.600 1.535.100 7.858.200 9.211.600 22.231.600 9.492.300 23.121.200 21,058,100 95,190,300 656,300 991,000 1.154,100 51.400 1.558.000 239.800 36.500 48.600 37.400 130.900 1,049,100 4,904,000 438.800 1.650.900 52.600 358.600 16.100 546.100 2.517,000 242.900 165.200 181.500 179.200 41.300 212.300 900.600 1,923,000 859,700 757,800 4.698.500 147.400 237.200 516,600 5.773.800 12.991,000 168,430,000 Acres Har vested IRRIGATED Yield per Harv. Acre Bu. 45.0 46.0 32.0 31.0 40.0 50.0 36.0 35.0 47.0 50.0 37.9 46.0 25.0 28.0 32.0 20.0 52.0 31.0 40.0 17.0 38.4 27.0 35.0 30.0 28.0 50.0 25.0 200 1,400 100 2.900 200 200 900 800 300 500 7,500 1.200 600 300 200 100 1,000 1.500 3,200 100 8,200 300 400 100 100 5.000 300 1.200 7.400 3.000 1,000 100 100 500 100 100 100 5,000 2.800 3.000 100 800 100 6,800 l.OOO 800 500 100 600 3.200 6,200 1.500 300 1,200 3,000 44,100 29.0 43.3 38.0 32.0 28.0 30.0 38.0 30.0 25.0 25.0 33.8 34.0 41.0 32.0 40.0 35.0 37.8 39.0 31.0 37.0 30.0 62.0 60.0 30.7 53.0 53.0 62.0 36.6 41.7 NOT IRRIGATED Yiekj Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 3.700 500 600 200 100 1.500 500 300 2.100 9,500 43,800 33.400 64.700 86,800 102.900 62,000 34,500 39.800 140,900 608,800 215,700 58,600 21,900 81,900 86.000 252,700 109.900 252.800 1.800 11.100 14.900 500 19.600 5.400 400 600 300 1.500 9,700 600 1,900 Bu. 28J 92 23.7 33.0 25.0 193 16.8 17.7 322 25.6 23.0 21.8 22.6 185 12.0 24.8 13.3 14.1 104.0 16.5 17.3 17.9 15.4 212 20.8 19.4 19J 20.1 1,079,300 19.2 14.7 162 16.6 16.4 16.9 6.0 12.0 17.3 18.3 17.0 36,100 15.5 24.2 13.7 24.1 12,200 23.7 500 30.2 1,500 8.0 2,800 7.8 2,300 173 400 155 800 12.6 500 172 8,800 12.9 13,300 143 5,800 153 45.400 23.0 1,800 1S2 1.200 30.6 4,200 9.6 49.300 26.0 121.000 1.893.900 22.4 18.5 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 45 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM — 1975 Acreage, Vield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL COUNTY Han-. & for DISTRICT Planted Grain Acres Deer Lodge 200 200 Flathead 4,200 4,100 Granite 1.000 1,000 Lalce 6,000 5,800 Lincoln 200 200 Mineral 300 300 Missoula 2.400 1.900 Powell 1,000 1.000 Ravalli 700 500 Sanders 1.000 1.000 N. WEST 17,000 16,000 Blaine 45.000 44.300 Chouteau 7.500 7.400 Glacier 56.300 55.500 Hill 69.500 68.500 Liberty 51.600 50.900 Phillips 73.700 71,800 Pondera 17.400 15.600 Teton 10.800 9.400 Toole 119.200 115.600 N. CENTRAL 451,000 439,000 Daniels 172,300 170,000 Dawson 27.400 25,100 Garfield 53.700 52.400 McCone 84.100 78.700 Richland 87.100 86.100 Roosevelt 222.900 219.400 Sheridan 79.000 76,800 Valley 263.500 260.500 N. EAST 990,000 969,000 Broadwater 7.400 7.200 Cascade 18.200 17.700 Fergus 9.500 9,400 Golden Vallev 1,500 1,500 Judith Basin 8.500 8,400 Lewis & Clark 4.200 4.100 Meagher 800 800 Musselshell 1.100 1,100 Petroleum 300 300 Wheatland 1.500 1.500 CENTRAL 53,000 52,000 Beaverhead 3,200 3.200 Gallatin 3.700 3.700 Jefferson 400 400 Madison 2.600 2.600 Silver Bow 100 100 S. WEST 10.000 10,000 Big Horn 2,500 2,500 Carbon 1,600 1.600 Park 1.200 1.200 Stillwater 1.400 1.400 Sweet Grass 300 300 Treasure 800 800 Yellowstone 2.200 2.200 S. CENTRAL 10,000 10,000 Carter 6.900 4.500 Custer 3.700 3.400 Fallon 46.100 40.800 Powder River 2.500 2.200 Prairie 1.600 l.,500 Rosebud 7.200 6.700 Wibaux 51.000 44.900 S. EAST 119.000 104.000 STATE 1,650,000 1,600,000 Yield per Harv. Pro- Acre duction Bushels 40.0 41.7 35.3 30.9 35.0 36.7 40.7 33.1 49.0 42.6 36.8 25.8 29.9 30.3 26.1 27.1 21.8 34.3 30.4 28.1 24.4 23.2 20.5 22.0 30.2 27.1 27.9 21.8 24.7 27.2 25.2 20.7 25.2 22.2 32.7 15.3 32.4 17.7 18.1 24.5 60.0 28.9 23.3 39.5 22.0 41.3 23.6 37.5 25.2 38.6 24.3 50.6 42.9 34.5 17.5 24.1 19.3 23.5 25.4 38.5 25.0 23.3 25.5 8,000 171.100 35.300 179,200 7,000 11,000 77,300 33,100 24,500 42,600 589,100 1.141,500 220,900 1,681.600 1.784.900 1.381.000 1.564,400 534,300 285.300 3.253,300 4,145,100 582,600 1,074.000 1.734.100 2.598.500 5.954.200 2.144.700 5.678.300 195.900 445.900 194.400 37.800 186.200 134.000 12,200 35,600 5,300 27.100 192,000 106,900 9,300 102,800 2.200 413,200 59,100 60,000 30,200 54,000 7,300 40,500 94,300 345,400 78,600 82.100 786.600 51.800 38.100 258,100 1,123,900 2,419,200 40,800,000 Value Dollars 32.300 689.800 142.300 722.600 28,200 44,400 311,600 133.500 98.800 171.800 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 4.700,000 909.600 6.923.900 7.349.200 5,686,300 6,441,300 2,199,900 1.174.700 13.395.300 27.0 11,847,200 48,780,200 16,119,000 2,265,500 4,176.300 6,743.300 10.104.600 23.154.000 8.340,100 22,081,200 23,911,500 92,984,000 760,900 1,731.800 755,000 146,800 723,200 520,500 47,400 138.300 20.600 105.300 1,274,400 4.949,800 768,200 427.700 37.200 411.300 8,800 1.653,200 220,000 223,300 112,400 201.000 27.200 150,700 351.000 1,285,600 296,700 309.900 2,969.300 195.500 143.800 974.300 4.242.400 9,131,900 161,160,000 200 3.100 5,600 200 1.800 200 500 900 1.000 100 500 1.500 200 800 900 200 800 1.000 17,100 2.200 200 300 600 3.200 800 2.000 6,000 1,100 1,400 300 1.000 700 1.700 100 1.000 100 4.800 6,000 56,100 Bu. 40.0 47.0 31.0 35.0 41.0 42.0 49.0 45.0 2,375,300 12,500 38.5 33.0 39.0 40.0 50.0 35.0 43.0 35.0 5,000 41.0 30.0 30.0 15,100 45.0 40.0 43.8 45.0 39.0 38.0 40.0 3,300 43.1 60.0 58.0 45.0 54.7 37.0 40.0 40.0 45.0 55.0 51.0 6,200 45.0 40.0 53.0 35.0 47.0 47.7 44.1 NOT IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre Bu. 25.4 35.3 28.0 36.7 35.0 30.9 21.0 30.7 25.6 29.7 30.2 25.5 27.1 21.8 33.8 29.9 28.1 1.000 1,000 200 300 100 800 100 3,500 43.300 7.300 55.000 67,000 50,900 71,600 14.800 8.500 115.600 434,000 26.8 170,000 24,900 51.600 78.700 71.000 219.400 76.800 259,500 5,000 17,500 9.400 1.500 8.400 3.800 800 500 300 1,500 48.700 24.4 23.2 20.3 22.0 27.0 27.1 27.9 21.7 951.900 24.3 19.4 25.0 20.7 25.2 22.2 32 J 15.3 23.2 17.7 18.1 23.2 2.900 20.9 400 23.3 600 21.3 100 22.0 4,000 21.2 1.400 13.1 200 20.0 900 20 J2 400 22.5 300 24.3 100 20.0 500 15.2 3,800 17.5 4.400 17.0 2.400 12.1 40,800 19.3 2.200 23.5 1.400 24.7 1.900 17.1 44.900 25.0 98,000 21.8 1.543,900 24.8 46 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT Major Varieties Percent of Total Acreage — 1960-1976 1*9 mo in i»T2 ira 1974 isrs i»t6 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM Major Varieties Percent of ToUl Acreage — 1960-1976 19M 1%1 1K3 19U 19M I9» 1964 1%' IMS 1989 1970 19T1 1973 1973 1974 1973 19IV DURUM WHEAT Major Varieties as Percent of ToUl Acreage — 1960-1976 1971 1973 irj ir4 1973 lfT« MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 47 WHEAT VARIETIES, 1972-1976 CLASS & VARIETY 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 WINTER WHEAT Wlnalta 43.7 Cheyenne 33.5 Centurk Warrior 6.6 Wlnoka 1.4 Sundance Trapper 4.6 Froid 1.2 Hi-Plains Nugaines .5 Teton Lancer 1-4 Wanser .9 Crest .7 Other 5.5 TOTAL 100.0 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM Fortuna 53.1 Olaf Norana Thatcher 14.8 Tioga Waldren .8 Red River 68 1.1 Manitou 14.9 Era Prodax Wared Centana 2.0 Bounty 208 Other 13.3 TOTAL 100.0 DURUM WHEAT Wells 48.6 Ward Leeds 37.6 Rolette Crosby Wascana Hercules 1.6 Other 12.2 TOTAL 100.0 Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 45.7 38.5 34.0 35.3 29.6 32.9 33.7 30.0 ... .6 3.5 12.0 5.5 6.2 5.8 6.1 4.3 6.9 7.5 3.5 ... .2 1.7 2.6 4.4 2.0 3.5 2.4 .8 2.3 12 .8 ... ... .1 .8 .5 .2 .5 .7 • .4 .6 .7 1.8 1.8 1.3 .6 1.2 1.2 .6 .4 .7 .7 .2 .4 5.5 6.1 5.8 3.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 50.0 54.2 48.4 35.2 .4 8.0 26.0 • .5 2.5 8.2 13.7 10.0 9.0 8.1 ... .1 .9 6.1 2.2 1.3 4.3 3.0 4.5 2.7 4.3 2.4 14.1 9.9 4.7 1.6 • 5.4 5.6 1.4 ... 1.1 --, ... .2 1.0 1.3 .8 .6 .7 1.4 .9 .5 14.2 13.3 10.6 4.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 53.7 58.6 39.6 38.4 .1 2.0 14.1 16.0 33.9 26.6 8.9 14.1 ... ... 13.9 8.4 ... ... .9 2.9 ... 2.6 16.2 2.6 1.6 4.6 1.9 2.4 10.7 5.6 4.5 15.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 •Less than 0.1 percent of total seeded acreage. DURUM WHEAT Seeded Acreages by Varieties, Selected Districts and Counties — 1976 DISTRICT & COUNTY Wells Ward Leeds Ro- lette Cros- by Was- cana Other Her- and cules Unknown Total Thousand Acres N. CENTRAL 3.3 9.7 ... .6 ... 3.6 ... 23.6 40.8 Daniels McCone Roosevelt Sheridan Other 3.2 1.6 .6 106.5 .7 28.9 3.0 5.5 36.9 13.4 11.1 8.7 4.3 7.2 4.8 .4 1.3 2.7 9.9 8.0 8.2 15.3 206.3 12.9 N. EAST 111.9 32.6 42.4 24.5 8.7 4.3 7.2 19.1 250.7 ALL OTHER COUNTIES ... 5.8 ... ... ... ... ... 2.7 8.5 STATE 115.2 48.1 42.4 25.1 8.7 7.9 7.2 45.4 300.0 48 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS t) o D 1$ 2^ 3 C a •"! M!? n! ^ f^ ^ '^ ""I "^ 2 »-* f^ ^ t© c^ c« f-4 95 f*5 op »-< « c^ 1-H cc r- f*3cs s© r- i-h cs ffi oo «-i —« cMTjtTrmcocs i-H in T <-H ,-H f-i r-» r- t— t .— 1 Sf*5 00 •■ t-Hi-H ; -^ ; ; in p ^ ; *» c^) 1-H t-H TT cs in ' r- 1— I c^ CD CO cs-^ ; tn o : 00 t^.-l f-ro ' § ■^ "-• to ; i-i ; ; ; 00 ; oo ; 00 ; to a CO oj Sm ^O (0 o U^ 5« 00 9; Si ! M 00 s 00 t^ 1 ^ Si 9> i-li-H W "to CD in TjJ r^' I tDCO'^OtDOO 00 CO 0» S o o 00 00 T ''! i ! "^ ' •* ** "? CO ' O CO ^ (^-••a" ; ; tcoo ' 0000 90 o 2 S ina^c^^T lA Ot- ; oc : i-trH ce -(T -^ 00 >!. QcSa:a:>o >> ii c _ -"^CQ « as ra 0; O 3 3^^ I ^ Z =^ U !o£ o £ e irS 55 at > :5 . nj n! o t- OC uu,a.a.Qio MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 49 I Q O Z Q s 3 O u ii I OS •c a ii 1 be « b « •o « O a D a' .5 6 X U e 3 ra o u 9 o c o S t.2 e <:© m cs ifi h- f^ ^^ o 00 o i~- in oo t- r-; o^ •— < <£> o -^r^t^Troo •^ mm(5ai) ^^ CS ""^ o e ot^ro e *N o ee incs*^ "^ o p : ; CO ' ' WO 00 ■ irjrH ' COC^J ' ' QO i-io e» M « oor-pTT 'cNJciro Tf ^' « - ■ - a C» CO 00 CO 06 oico CO ; M CO t-^o^ pppi-jcsp in to 06 1^ «^ cs 0 ; t~rji 0 ; c>)0 00 in f— ( p CO 00 in p -q; 00 00 in •-< 00 as oi o in 00 tc TjJ rr cs 5* CO 00 cs in ?£> "X) cs -^ c^ ^ e* CO TT ffi in »— I p f-j rH in ^ Tj* oi CO ^ «£) CO i-H e^ c^ r-icoinubinf-i«-tc>i»-t pt— int^ ;oqr-_i-H ^ inc-^pp^ 00 '(£>in ■ ot^in *ft t^i-todini-H CS ,-t rHi-HO ^ COi-l CO ^ intDcs CO in CD CO .— I ■ cs CO 3 « ^i cj o jj Q O 3 (0 w -0] 5T3 <« _ re cj bc^ 0/ O « *- "D J3 u m Oi 3 ^ z u H z Ed C 3 ra:rt: 50 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CROP YEARi East WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE — 1970-75 By Class and Destination ALL WHEAT WINTER WHEAT SPRING WHEATS West Other' Total East West Other' Total East West Other' 1970* 11.929 1971 7,405 1972 7,685 1973 2,549 1974 6,426 1975 13,440 Total Thousand bushels Thousand Bushels Thousand bushels 67.529 58.224 98.149 1.623 771 563 81,081 66,400 106,397 3,030 4,567 30,447 52,100 321 67 33,798 56,734 4,375 3,118 27,777 46,049 450 4% 32,602 49,663 84.430 73.374 90,196 184 1,158 2,041 87,163 80,958 105,677 499 4,797 10,637 50,025 43,662 61,863 97 1,000 1,260 50,621 49.459 73,760 2,050 1,629 2,803 34,405 29,712 28,333 87 158 781 36,542 31,499 31,917 'Crop year, July through June the following year. ^Includes durum wheat. XDther and unknown. ^Breakdown by classes not available. DISTRICT OF ORIGIN, MODES DESTINATION WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE, 1973-74 By Class, District, Mode and Destination' Crop Year July 1973 - June 1974 Crop Year July 1974 - June 1975 Winter Wheat N. WEST 355 N. CENTRAL 23,061 N. EAST 7,346 CENTRAL 8,933 S. WEST 1,642 S. CENTRAL 4,309 S. EAST 4,975 STATE Truck East 350 Truck West 8,413 Truck Other' 29 Total bv Truck 8.792 Rail East 149 Rail West 41,612 Rail Other' 68 Total by Rail 41,829 Total Wheat Shipped 50,621 Spring Wheats AU Wheat Winter Wheat Spring Wheats All Wheat Thousand bushels Thousand bushels 496 8S1 455 1,655 2,110 7,955 31,016 22,271 8,401 30.672 23,711 31,057 5,824 16,687 22,511 1,588 10,521 9,281 1,390 10,671 142 1,784 1,2»4 245 1,539 1,186 5,495 5,844 1,970 7,814 1,4«4 6,439 4,490 1,151 5,641 319 4,890 64 5,273 1,731 29,515 23 31,269 36,542 669 13.303 93 14.065 1,880 71,127 91 73,098 87,163 1.280 7,799 659 9,738 3,517 35,863 341 39.721 49,459 293 6.887 124 7.304 1.336 22.825 34 24.195 31,499 1.573 14,686 783 17,042 4,853 58.688 375 63,916 80,958 'Based on data reported by commercial elevators and licensed truckers. The reported data were expanded to represent 100 percent coverage of elevator cap>acity. ^Includes durum. 'Other and unknown. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 51 WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE, 1975 By Class, District, Mode and Destination' DISTRICT OF ORIGIN, MODE& DESTINATION N. WEST N. CENTRAL N. EAST CENTRAL S. WEST S. CENTRAL S. EAST STATE Truck East Truck West Truck Other^ Total by Truck Rail East Rail West Rail Others Total by Rail Total Wheat Shipped Crop Year July 1975 - June 1976 Winter Wheat Spring Wheats All Wheat Thousand bushels 380 L124 1,444 36,118 9,892 46,010 10,542 16,529 27,071 12,902 1,873 14,775 2,094 378 2,466 7,573 1,183 8.756 4,211 944 5,155 3,395 11,357 1,135 15,887 7,242 50,506 125 57,873 73,760 610 6,723 685 8,018 2,193 21,610 96 23.899 31.917 4,005 18,080 1,820 23,905 9.435 72.116 221 81.772 105,677 'Based on data reported by commercial elevators and licensed truckers. The reported data were expanded to represent 100 percent coverage of elevator capacity. ^Includes durum. K)ther and unknown. 52 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT PRODUCTION, STOCKS AND UTILIZATION 1973 Marketing Year SUPPLY Beginning stocks — July 1, 1973' Production — 1973 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 Dispositton Ending stocks July 1, 1974' MUUon Bushels 31.5 %.7 128^ 91.5 7.2 4.8 .8 5^ 109.9 18.3 '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 19«8-73 1968 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 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 Rea Winter and Durum from Pacific Northwest ports Montana exports as percent of total HRS, HRW and Durum exports from Pacific N.W. ports . Million Bushels 54.1 125.9 -84.5 845 99.8 -72.5 72.5 85.2 -57.0 57.0 112.0 -60.4 60.4 98.8 -31.5 31.5 %.7 -18.3 95.5 111.8 100.7 108.6 127.7 109.9 63.3 65.9 63.5 54.8 %.9 83.6 36.6 32.0 34.2 29.8 31.8 30.6 22.9 18.2 20.8 17.9 21.5 21.6 40.4 47.7 42.7 36.9 75.4 62.0 42'^ 43% 42% 34% 59% 56% 96.3 101.4 108.9 75.3 133.4 183.8 42% 47% 39% 49% 57% 34% 'Pacific Northwest — Oregon and Washington. 'Beginning stocks plus production minus ending stocks. ■^Sources: 1968 and 1%9 Pacific Northwest Wheat Summary — 1970 and 1971 Montana Grain Movement project. 'pana Horsford Vanguard.... Larker Karl Freja Dekap Erbet Bison Georgie Lud Other! TOTAL N. W'EST N. CENT. N. EAST CENT. S. WEST S. CENT. S. EAST STATE Thousands ... 208.6 25.0 47.7 13.1 10.3 2.0 306.7 1.3 176.4 12.0 3.3 14.4 ... 207.4 51.2 27.0 44.4 ... 9.0 5.7 137.3 17.2 3.9 27.0 16.0 8.7 10.7 21.1 104.6 7.2 14.8 25.4 8.8 13.3 20.8 13.9 1W.2 12.4 2.3 32.4 3.8 13.5 5.0 69.4 .3 49.0 2.8 2.5 3.2 3.3 1.6 62.7 .3 15.7 ... 11.6 1.9 2.9 32.3 27.4 ... ... .4 2.6 ... 30.4 6.9 ... 14.1 ... ... ... 21.0 16.0 ... ... 2.4 ... 18.5 ... .5 12.2 2.4 ... 1.7 .3 17.1 .2 .5 3.2 7.5 .7 ... ... 12.1 4.2 4.8 2.3 ... ... ... 11.3 ... 9.7 ... ... ... 9.7 ... 2J 2.5 2.4 .7 ... 7.7 6.8 ... ... ... ... ... ... 6.8 ... ... 5.0 ... ... ... 5.0 ... ... 1.4 ... 1.8 ... 3J ... ... 2.2 2.2 1.8 ... ... ... ... .3 ... 2.1 .5 ... ... ... ... .3 ... .8 5.7 15.5 5.9 9.9 ... 3.1 7.4 47.5 68.7 577.7 157.3 211.8 61.9 83.4 59.2 1JJ20.0 'Includes minor and unknown varieties. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 57 I £ ■c 7 s 58 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CORN — 1974 Acreage, Utilization, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated ACRES HARVESTED FOR SILAGE Planted Har- vested for Grain Har- vested for Forage and Grazed Har- vested for Silage Irrigated Not Irrif Acres Har- vested rated COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Har- vested Yield I&v. Acre Yield per Han,'. Acre Tons Tons Flathead Lake Missoula Ravalli 400 1.200 500 800 ... ... 400 1,100 500 700 2,700 400 1,100 500 700 2,700 16.0 17.0 15.0 19.0 17.0 ... ... N. WEST 2,900 ... Blaine Chouteau Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole 2.800 300 600 100 1,800 400 600 200 100 100 100 500 2,500 200 500 100 1,200 400 600 100 2,400 100 200 liw 200 500 100 16.0 18.0 16.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 12.0 100 100 300 100 200 100 4.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 N. CENTRAL 6,800 200 600 5,600 4,700 15.0 900 4.0 Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley 100 3.200 1,200 600 9,600 2,000 200 4,600 500 400 300 100 500 400 400 1,000 600 200 700 100 2,100 500 100 8,000 900 3,600 2,100 300 7,100 800 3,300 16.0 14.0 17.0 12.0 15.0 100 200 100 900 100 300 5.0 7.0 7.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 N. EAST 21,500 1,300 3,800 15,300 13,600 16.0 1,700 8.0 Broadwater Cascade Golden Valley 600 1,800 800 500 ::; 100 200 100 100 100 500 1,500 700 400 100 100 1,100 500 1,500 100 100 1,100 18.0 16.0 16.0 17.0 15.0 600 400 100 6.0 6.0 Judith Basin Lewis & Clark 100 100 6.0 Musselshell 1,200 ... CENTRAL 5,100 ... 600 4,400 3,300 16.0 1,100 6.0 Gallatin 500 ... ... 500 500 18.0 ... ... S. WEST 500 ... ... 500 500 18.0 ... ... Big Horn 11,400 3,300 900 200 1,400 1,600 200 100 200 100 200 400 7,700 2,200 2,600 2.300 12.800 7,700 2,200 1,800 2,300 12,800 16.0 20.0 18.0 17.0 19.0 800 Carbon Stillwater Sweet Grass 3,300 3,100 100 5.0 Treasure Yellowstone 4,000 15,000 ... S. CENTRAL 36,900 7,400 1,200 27.600 26,800 18.0 800 5.0 Carter Custer Fallon Powder River 600 8,400 2,800 500 1,300 400 300 2,000 100 300 700 1.300 400 400 200 500 300 6.300 1.000 100 3.900 4,700 600 6,3(W 100 3,700 4,500 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 300 1,000 200 200 600 6.0 5.6 Prairie Rosebud Wibaux 4,700 7,000 1,300 7.0 7.0 7.0 S. EAST 25,300 4,100 3,800 16,900 14,600 17.0 2,300 6.0 STATE 99,000 13,000 10,000 73,000 66,200 17.0 6,800 6.1 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 59 CORN — 1975 Acreage, Utilization, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated ACRES COUNTY & DISTRICT Flathead Lake Missoula Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau 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 . Musselshell CENTRAL Gallatin S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Stillwater Sweet Grass.... Treasure Yellowstone .... S. CENTRAL .. Carter Custer Fallon Powder River.. Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE Planted 200 1,000 300 700 100 2,300 2,800 200 500 100 1,500 300 500 100 6,000 200 3,600 1,100 800 8,200 2,200 300 5,000 21,400 500 1,600 700 400 200 100 800 4,300 400 400 9,100 2,800 3,000 100 4,000 11,000 30,000 500 8,100 2,100 300 5,000 8,600 1,000 25,600 90,000 Har- vested Har- for vested Forage for and Grain Grazed HARVESTED FOR SILAGE Irrigated Not Irrigated 100 100 200 200 400 200 800 300 300 2,000 1,100 500 300 3,900 1,400 200 400 2,800 4.800 10,000 100 100 200 200 200 200 700 1,100 1,000 100 2,300 5,800 100 400 100 100 100 800 100 700 200 400 900 100 100 200 500 2,400 10,000 Har- vested for Silage 200 900 300 700 2,100 2,800 100 400 100 1,500 300 500 100 5,800 3.100 900 100 6,200 1,000 100 2,700 14,100 400 900 600 300 200 100 700 3,200 400 400 6,600 1,700 2,900 100 3,400 9,700 800 24,400 300 6,200 1,100 4,400 5,500 500 18,000 68,000 Acres Har- vested 200 900 300 700 2.100 2,500 100 200 1,000 200 400 100 4,500 2,000 600 3,500 900 2,500 9,500 400 900 100 100 700 2,200 400 400 Yield per Acres Harv. Har- Acre vested Tons 16.0 16.0 17.0 19.0 17.1 19.0 19.0 21.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 13.0 17.9 19.0 14.0 21.0 19.0 15.0 18.4 17.0 15.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 15.8 22.0 22.0 300 200 100 500 100 100 1,300 1,100 300 100 2,700 100 100 200 4,600 500 300 200 1,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Tons 20.0 15.0 6.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 1L5 12.0 8.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 7.0 10.2 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 6.600 1,700 2,300 100 3,400 9,700 17.0 20.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 20.0 600 10.0 23,800 19.0 600 10.0 6,200 19.0 300 1,100 7.0 6.0 4,300 5,300 18.0 16.0 100 200 500 7.0 8.0 6.0 15,800 17.7 2,200 6.4 58,300 18.3 9,700 9.3 60 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CORN FOR GRAIN — 1974 and 1975 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Irrigated 1974 1975 COUNTY & DISTRICT Chouteau Liberty Toole N. CENTRAL.. Dawson Richland Roosevelt Valley N. EAST Cascade CE>fTRAL Big Horn Carbon Stillwater Treasure Yellowstone .... S. CE>rrRAL .. Custer Fallon Powder River.. Prairie , Rosebud , Wibaux S. EAST STATE , Acres Har- vested Yield per Harv. Acre Bushels Pro- duction Value DolUrs Acres Har- vested Yield Ifarv. Acre Pro- duction Value Bushels Dollars 100 10) 26.0 12.0 2,600 1,200 8,900 4,100 100 100 20.0 60.0 2.000 6,000 4,700 14,200 200 19.0 3,800 13,000 2M 40.0 8.000 18,900 500 400 300 100 68.0 70.0 48.3 64.0 34,000 28,000 14,500 6,400 105,000 86,500 44,700 19.800 200 400 200 60.0 60.0 60.0 12,000 24.000 12,000 34,100 68,100 34,100 1,300 63.8 82,900 256,000 800 60.0 48,000 136,300 ... ... ... ... 300 14.0 4.200 12,100 ... ... ... ... SM 14.0 4,200 12,100 3,300 900 200 1,400 1,600 73.0 75.0 n.o 78.0 77.0 240,900 67,500 14,200 109,200 123.200 871,600 244,200 51,400 395,100 445.700 2,000 1,100 500 300 83.0 80.0 80.0 70.0 166,000 88,000 40,000 21.000 471,300 249,900 113,600 59.600 7,400 75.0 555,000 2,008,000 3,900 80.8 315,000 894,400 1,300 400 300 2,000 100 76.0 27.5 76.0 66.6 25.0 98,800 11,000 22,800 133.200 2,500 310.800 34,600 71,700 419,000 7,900 1.400 200 400 2.800 75.0 30.0 80.0 75.6 105,000 6.000 32,000 211.800 280,100 16,000 85.300 564.900 4,100 65.4 268,300 844,000 4,800 73.9 354,800 946,300 13,000 70.0 910,000 3,121,000 10,000 73.0 730,000 2.008,000 FLAXSEED — 1974 and 1975 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Not Irrigated 1974 1975 COUNTY & DISTRICT Planted Har- vested Yield Iferv. Acre Pro- duction Value Planted Har- vested Yield per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Value Acres Bushels Dollars Acres Bushels Dollars Blaine Chouteau Pondera Toole 100 400 200 100 100 300 200 100 9.0 10.0 8.0 8.0 900 3,000 1,600 800 8.000 26,800 14,300 7,200 100 100 8.0 800 4,500 N. CENTRAL 800 700 9.0 6,300 56,300 100 100 8.0 800 4.500 Daniels Dawson McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley 10,500 700 700 800 3,800 2,700 800 9.100 600 600 700 2.800 2,200 700 9.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 8.0 9.0 81.900 5,400 4,800 6,300 28,000 17,600 6.300 707.200 46.600 41.500 54.400 241.800 152.000 54.400 6.400 400 2.000 1,200 1.800 1,300 500 5.900 400 1.900 1.100 1.700 1.200 500 7.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 7.0 10.0 10.0 41.300 4.400 17,100 9.900 11.900 12,000 5,000 235.400 25.100 97.500 56.400 67.800 68,400 28,500 N. EAST 20,000 16.700 9.0 150,300 1,297,900 13,600 12.700 8.0 101,600 579,100 Carter Custer Fallon Powder River 700 300 200 100 500 200 100 100 200 500 6.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 12.0 3,000 1,600 900 900 2,000 6,000 24.300 13,000 7,300 7,300 16,200 48,700 300 100 200 700 300 100 200 600 6.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 1.800 800 1.600 5.400 10,200 4,500 Prairie Wibaux 200 700 9,100 30,600 S. EAST 2,200 1.600 9.0 14.400 116,800 1,300 1,200 8.0 9.600 51.400 STATE 23,000 19.000 9.0 171.000 1,471.000 15,000 14,000 8.0 112,000 638.000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 61 SUGARBEETS — 1974 and 1975 Acreoge, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — All Irrigated 1974 Yield COUNTY per & Har- Harv. Pro- Har- DISTRICT Planted vested Acre duct Ion Value' Planted vested Acres Tons Dollars Acres Ravalli 370 360 19.0 6,840 361,400 400 400 N. WEST 370 360 19.0 6.840 361,400 400 400 Blaine 390 380 14.5 5,510 291,100 400 400 N. CENTRAL 390 380 14.5 5,510 291,100 400 400 Dawson 2.840 2.810 17.0 47.770 2.476.800 3.220 3,210 Richland 11.330 11,200 17.0 190,400 9.872.000 12,060 12,020 N. EAST 14,170 14,010 17.0 238.170 12,348,800 15,280 15,230 Broadwater 1,680 1,660 13.5 22,410 1,183,900 2.100 2.100 CENTRAL 1.680 1,660 13.5 22,410 1,183.900 2,100 2,100 Big Horn 1,550 1,530 17.5 26.780 1.414,800 1,610 1,600 Carbon 6.200 6,040 19.0 114.760 6.062.700 6.540 6.520 Stillwater 910 900 21.5 19.350 1.022.300 1.160 1,120 Treasure 3,460 3.440 21.5 73.960 3,907.200 3,540 3,520 Yellowstone 10,050 9,820 21.0 205,960 10,880,700 11,650 11,590 S. CENTRAL 22,170 21,730 20.3 440,810 23,287,700 24,500 24,350 Custer 2,490 2,440 19.0 46,360 2,449,100 2,630 2,630 Prairie 2.170 2.120 17.5 37.100 1,923.500 2,110 2,110 Rosebud 1.260 1.200 19.0 22.800 1,204.500 1,280 1,280 S. EAST 5,920 5,760 18.4 106,260 5,577,100 6,020 6,020 STATE 44.700 13,900 18.7 820,000 43,050,000 48,700 48,500 'Excludes government payments under the Sugar Act; 1975 value preliminary. 1975 Yield I^rv. Acre Pro- duction Value' Tons Dollars 18.0 7.200 223,900 18.0 7,200 223,900 14.5 5.800 180,400 14.5 5,800 180,400 16.5 16.0 52.960 192.320 1,647,100 5,981,200 16.1 245,280 7,628,300 13.5 28,350 881,700 13.5 28,350 881,700 14.0 16.5 18.5 21.0 18.0 22.400 107.580 20.720 73,920 208,620 696,600 3,345,700 644,400 2,298,900 6,488,100 17.8 433,240 13.473,700 19.5 16.5 18.0 51,280 34,810 23,040 1,594.800 1,082,600 716,600 18.1 109,130 3,394,000 17.1 829,000 25,782,000 DRY BEANS — 1974 and 1975 COUNTY & DISTRICT Dawson McCone Richland N. EAST Big Horn Carbon Stillwater Treasure Yellowstone .. S. CENTRAL . Custer Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE Acre age. Yield, Production and Value by Counties — .411 Irrigated 1974 1975 Yield Yield Planted Har- vested Harv. Acre Pro- duction Value Planted Har- vested per Harv. Acre Pro- duction Value Acres 100 lb. bags (cleaned) Dollars Acres 100 lb. bags (cleaned) Dollars 1,800 100 3,900 1,800 100 3,900 12.0 14.0 12.0 21.600 1.400 46.800 557.300 36,100 1.207,400 2,800 3,600 2.600 3.300 15.0 16.0 39.000 52.800 635.700 860.600 5,800 5,800 12.0 69.800 1,800.800 6,400 5.900 15.6 91,800 1.496.300 600 1,600 200 800 800 600 1.600 200 800 800 17.0 18.0 13.0 18.0 17.0 10,200 28,800 2,600 14,400 13.600 253.200 743,000 67,000 371,500 350,900 700 1,700 200 900 900 700 1.500 200 800 800 18.0 17.0 17.0 16.0 16.0 12,600 25,500 3,400 12,800 12.800 205,400 415,700 55,400 208,700 208,700 4,000 4,000 17.4 69.600 1,795,600 4,400 4,000 16.8 67,100 1,093,900 100 600 400 100 100 600 400 100 16.0 10.0 15.0 10.0 1.600 6.000 6,000 1.000 41,200 154,800 154,800 25,800 100 700 400 100 600 400 15.0 16.0 15.0 1.500 9.600 6.000 24,500 156.500 97,800 1,200 1,200 12.2 14.600 376,600 1.200 1,100 15.5 17,100 278,800 11,000 11,000 14.0 154.000 3.973,000 12,000 11,000 16.0 176,000 2,869,000 62 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OATS - 1974 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED Yield Yield COUNTY & Harv. for Farv. Pro- Acres Har- Farv. DISTRICT Planted Grain Acre duction Value vested Acre Acres Bushels Dollars Bu. Flathead 1,600 1,100 46.8 51,500 90,800 100 75.0 Granite 400 ... ... ... ... ... Lake 1,800 1,200 62.4 74,900 132,000 700 67.0 Lincoln 1.400 400 48.8 19,500 34,300 300 50.0 Mineral 1,300 100 70.0 7,000 12,300 100 70.0 Missoula 1,600 1,100 47.3 52,000 91,700 500 50.0 Powell 3.100 2,300 34.1 78,500 138,400 500 67.0 Ravalli 1.700 1,100 51.6 56,800 100.100 600 68.0 Sanders 1,300 600 39.2 23,500 41.400 100 75.0 N. WEST 14,200 7,900 46.0 363,700 641,000 2,900 63.2 Blaine 11,800 9,100 47.7 434,100 673,500 1,600 51.0 Chouteau 19,700 7,200 35.9 258,800 401,500 2,800 50.0 Glacier 5.300 3,500 40.0 140,000 217,200 Hill 25.800 11,900 39.7 472,500 733,000 400 60.0 Liberty 3,500 2,800 31.5 88,200 136,800 100 45.0 Phillips 20.300 8,200 48.9 400,800 621,800 900 56.0 Pondera 5,200 4.300 32.0 137,500 213,300 300 45.0 Teton 8,400 3.800 31.1 118,300 183,500 900 38.0 Toole 5,000 3.200 17.0 54,400 84,400 ... N. CENTRAL 105,000 54,000 39.0 2,104,600 3,265,000 7,000 49.7 Daniels 6,600 3,700 27.0 99,900 156,100 ... ... Dawson 11,400 7,400 38.5 285.000 445,400 1,200 67.0 Garfield 18,500 12,300 33.1 407,100 636,200 100 45.0 McCone 19,600 10,600 36.3 384,600 601,000 200 51.0 Richland 26,800 20,300 38.6 783,500 1,224,500 1,700 67.0 Roosevelt 35,600 18,200 30.5 555,100 867,600 700 43.0 Sheridan 16,000 11,300 35.3 399,400 624,200 1,300 38.0 Valley 34,400 16,200 34.6 559,900 875,000 700 47.0 N. EAST 168,900 100,000 34.7 3,474,500 5,430,000 5,900 54.5 Broadwater 1.600 1,600 40.0 64,000 102,700 1,500 41.0 Cascade 4,000 2,100 39.0 81,900 131,400 800 52.0 Fergus 12,600 6,400 38.8 248,400 398,600 1,300 42.0 Golden Valley 3,200 1,900 40.5 76,900 123,400 800 48.0 Judith Basin 17,000 12,100 25.0 302,500 485,400 ... Lewis & Clark 8,400 900 69.0 62,100 99,700 900 69.0 Meagher 400 300 28.3 8,500 13,700 100 39.0 Musselshell 3,500 2,800 37.1 104,000 166,900 900 48.0 Petroleum 600 600 60.0 36,000 57,800 600 60.0 Wheatland 8,500 6,100 18.4 112,400 180,400 900 44.0 CENTRAL 59,800 34,800 31.5 1,096,700 1,760,000 7,800 48.8 Beaverhead 1,000 100 66.0 6,600 11,500 100 66.0 Gallatin 4,600 2,500 49.1 122,800 214,600 1,300 64.0 Jefferson 1,600 600 28.0 16,800 29,400 200 60.0 Madison 5,600 2,400 46.9 112,500 196,700 1,300 62.0 Silver Bow 900 13,700 400 6,000 67.0 47.6 26,800 285,500 46,800 499,000 400 3,300 67.0 S. WEST 63.4 Big Horn 2,300 1,900 56.1 106,600 190,400 1,200 62.0 Carbon 1,100 1,000 51.4 51,400 91,800 600 57.0 Park 1,300 1,000 48.0 48,000 85,700 500 54.0 Stillwater 5,500 5,200 31.5 163,600 292,200 400 49.0 Sweet Grass 2,800 1.900 43.4 82,500 147,300 1,700 45.0 Treasure 1,000 800 48.5 38,800 69,300 100 45.0 Yellowstone 6,100 3,200 54.5 174,300 311,300 2.900 57.0 S. CENTRAL 20,100 15,000 44.3 665,200 1,188,000 7,400 54.3 Carter 8.000 5,600 23.6 131,900 225,200 100 54.0 Custer 2,400 2,200 39.4 86,600 147,900 900 50.0 Fallon 6,700 4,600 32.6 149,800 255,800 200 45.0 Powder River 3 500 2 700 306 82,500 140,900 100 45.0 Prairie 4,700 2,900 45.4 131,600 224,700 1,100 64.0 Rosebud 11,700 8,000 25.4 203,200 347,000 400 52.0 Wibaux 1,300 1,300 34.0 44,200 75,500 S. EAST 38,300 27,300 30.4 829,800 1,417,000 2,800 55.4 STATE 420,000 245,000 36.0 8,820,000 14,200,000 37,100 54.0 NOT IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre Bu. 1,000 44.0 500 56.0 100 45.0 600 45.0 1,800 25.0 500 32.0 500 32.0 5,000 36.1 7,500 47.0 4,400 27.0 3,500 40.0 11,500 39.0 2,700 31.0 7,300 48.0 4,000 31.0 2,900 29.0 3,200 17.0 47,000 37.4 3,700 27.0 6,200 33.0 12,200 33.0 10,400 36.0 18,600 36.0 17,500 30.0 10,000 35.0 15,500 34.0 94,100 33.5 100 25.0 1,300 31.0 5,100 38.0 1,100 35.0 12,100 25.0 200 23.0 1,900 32.0 5,200 14.0 27,000 26.5 1,200 33.0 400 12.0 1,100 29.0 2,700 28.3 700 46.0 400 43.0 500 42.0 4,800 30.0 200 30.0 700 49.0 300 30.0 7,600 34.7 5,500 23,0 1,300 32.0 4,400 32.0 2,600 30.0 1,800 34.0 7,600 24.0 1,300 34.0 24,500 27.5 207,900 32.8 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 63 OATS — 1975 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL Planted COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Flathead 1,000 Lake 1.500 Lincoln 1,400 Mineral 1,000 Missoula 2,200 Powell 2,500 Ravalli 1,200 Sanders 900 N. WEST 11.700 Blaine 9.700 Chouteau 14,000 Glacier 5,000 Hill 17.600 Liberty 2,200 Phillips 20,300 Pondera 7,400 Teton 4,600 Toole 7,400 N. CENTRAL 88.200 Daniels 6.400 Dawson 11.000 Garfield 11.500 McCone 16.100 Richland 29.400 Roosevelt 34.000 Sheridan 22.400 Valley 42.400 N. EAST 173.200 Broadwater 2,500 Cascade 3,100 Fergus 7,100 Golden Valley 4,100 Judith Basin 18,800 Lewis & Clark 4,200 Meagher 600 Musselshell 4,000 Petroleum 1.000 Wheatland 12.800 CENTRAL 58,200 Beaverhead 400 Gallatin 2,900 Jefferson 700 Madison 1,800 Silver Bow 1,000 S. WEST 6,800 Big Horn 2,400 Carbon 600 Park 1,100 Stillwater 2,900 Sweet Grass 1,700 Treasure 900 Yellowstone 3,600 S. CENTRAL 13,200 Carter 11,400 Custer 4,700 Fallon 9,900 Powder River 3,300 Prairie 9,000 Rosebud 8,500 Wibaux 1,900 S. EAST 48,700 STATE 400,000 Yield Harv. per for Harv. Grain Acre 700 1,300 400 100 1,100 1,600 800 700 6,700 6,800 6,800 4,500 10,800 1.700 8.000 5.600 2,300 3,800 50,300 2,900 9,500 8,000 10,500 23,300 14,500 14,200 16,100 99,000 2,400 1,800 6,000 2,800 14,500 2,900 400 1,900 500 8,800 42,000 300 1,800 400 1,100 400 4,000 2,100 500 600 2,500 1,300 400 2,600 10,000 8,000 4,400 9,200 2,700 5,000 7,000 1,700 38,000 250,000 Pro- duction Bushels 37.3 48.5 44.3 59.0 60.5 62.0 55.1 44.0 52.7 41.6 46.5 37.0 35.7 30.0 42.2 46.9 45.2 26.0 39.9 33.6 46.8 37.2 56.4 55.1 32.1 39.7 33.7 43.3 63.0 45.9 42.2 41.3 42.3 70.5 51.8 48.0 50.0 37.1 44.9 54.0 65.9 43.5 57.1 59.0 59.7 54.3 55.2 47.2 42.6 56.8 65.3 57.8 52.7 29.8 40.3 29.8 31.9 51.2 49.5 43.8 38.2 43.0 26.100 63.100 17.700 5,900 66,500 99,200 44,100 30,800 353,400 283,200 316,100 166,400 386,000 51,000 337,800 262,800 104.000 98,800 97,400 444,400 297,700 591,800 1,283,600 466,100 564,100 542,800 4,287,900 151,200 82,700 253,200 115,500 613,700 204,400 20,700 91,200 25,000 326,500 16,200 118,700 17,400 62,800 23,600 238,700 114,000 27,600 28,300 106,600 73,800 26,100 150,200 526,600 238,700 177,500 274,100 86,000 256,200 346,200 74,500 Value Dollars 42.100 101.600 28,500 9.500 107.100 159.800 71.000 49.600 569,200 385,000 429,700 226.200 524.700 69,300 459,200 357.300 141.400 134.300 IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 2,006,100 2,727,100 131,400 599,400 401,600 798.300 1.731.400 628.800 760,900 732,200 5,784,000 237,900 130,100 398,300 181,700 12,400 1,274,400 32,600 143,400 39,300 513,500 300 700 400 100 900 1,600 800 400 5,200 2,600 1,200 500 400 2,300 1,000 800 8,800 800 500 100 2,300 1,200 1,600 1,100 7,600 2,400 800 700 1,300 2,700 300 1,000 400 3,100 25,000 183,400 26,900 97,100 36,500 368,900 187,900 45,500 46,700 175,700 121,700 43,000 247,700 868,200 379,000 281,800 435,100 136,500 406,700 549,600 118,300 1,453,200 2,307,000 10,750,000 15,588,000 200 800 100 1,100 400 2,600 800 400 300 400 800 300 1,200 4,200 100 1,500 200 100 1,100 2,700 100 5,800 46,900 Bu. 42.3 64.0 44.3 59.0 63.0 62.0 55.1 51.3 58.0 66.0 52.2 65.0 69.0 59.0 59.1 56.1 60.7 73.9 49.2 64.0 72.8 39.3 42.3 64.0 58.3 63.0 49.3 56.1 57.1 72.8 55.0 62.0 56.0 49.2 1,884,100 2,963,600 12,700 59.4 59.0 80.8 59.0 57.1 59.0 64.9 56.1 56.0 57.0 44.3 64.0 69.0 62.0 59.1 54.0 68.9 44.5 41.0 68.9 56.1 68.0 61.3 59.8 NOT IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre Bu. 33.5 30.5 400 600 200 49.0 300 34.3 1,500 34.5 4,200 26.6 5,600 45.3 4,000 .33.5 10.400 34.5 1.700 30.0 5.700 35.4 4.600 44.3 1,500 39.4 3,800 26.0 41,500 35.5 2,900 33.6 8,700 44.3 7,500 36.4 10,400 56.3 21,000 53.1 13,300 31.5 12.600 39.4 15,000 31.5 91,400 42.1 1.000 43.3 5,300 40.4 1,500 27.5 14.500 42.3 200 39.5 100 42.0 900 32.4 100 26.0 5.700 30.5 29,300 38.6 100 44.0 1.000 54.1 300 38.3 1,400 50.0 1.300 53.2 100 52.0 300 37.3 2,100 42.3 500 45.2 100 54.0 1,400 54.1 5,800 48.0 7,900 29.5 2,900 25.6 9,000 29.5 2,600 31.5 3,900 46.3 4.300 45.3 1,600 42.3 32,200 34.1 203,100 39.1 64 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL HAY — 1974 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGAT ■ED Yield Yield Yield COUNTY & Acres Har- per tarv. Pro- Acres Har- Harv. Acres Har- l^rv. DISTRICT vested Acre Tons duction Value Dollars vested Acre Tons vested Acre Tons Deer Lodge 12,700 35,200 1.38 2.32 17.500 81.600 730,900 3,407,800 10.900 15.500 1.44 3.14 1.800 19,700 1.00 Flathead 1.68 Granite 40,000 2.30 91,800 3,833,800 39.200 2.32 800 1.25 Lake 63.800 2.37 151,300 6,318,700 42.700 2.69 21.100 1.72 Lincoln 6.400 2.28 14,600 609,700 4.600 2.59 1.800 1.50 Mineral 1,600 2.25 3.600 150.300 800 2.50 800 2.00 Missoula 17,400 2.15 37.400 1.561.900 14,600 2.34 2,800 1.18 Powell 49,200 1.97 %.800 4,042.600 43,300 2.05 5,900 1.36 Ravalli 34,900 2.92 101.800 4.251.400 34,200 2.96 700 1.00 Sanders 27.800 1.95 54.100 2.259.400 11.400 2.70 16,400 1.42 N. WEST 289.000 2.25 650,500 27,166,500 217.200 2.48 71,800 1.56 Blaine 56.400 2.06 116.200 5.423.800 40.000 2.31 16,400 1.45 Chouteau 46.700 1.55 72,300 3.374,700 11.700 2.25 35,000 1.31 Glacier 31.400 1.57 49,400 2,305,800 13.900 2.00 17.500 1.23 Hill 28.900 1.24 35,900 1,675,700 4,300 2.65 24.600 1.00 Liberty 5.900 1.68 9,900 462,100 1,400 3.07 4.500 1.24 Phillips 93.300 1.62 151,400 7,066,800 41,600 2.01 51.700 1.31 Pondera 35.100 2.06 72,400 3,379,400 29,100 2.29 6,000 .97 Teton 64,000 2.49 159,200 7,430,900 54,700 2.73 9.300 1.06 Toole 9,300 1.22 11.300 527,400 1,900 2.21 7.400 .% N. CENTRAL 371,000 1.83 678,000 31,616,600 198,600 2.35 172,400 1.23 Daniels 25,600 .83 21,200 1,042,400 3.100 1.03 22.500 .80 Dawson 32,600 1.08 35.100 1.725,800 7.200 1.40 25.400 .98 Garfield 30,700 .98 30,000 1,475,100 6.400 1.58 24.300 .82 McCone 27,900 1.01 28.100 1,381,600 3.200 1.50 24.700 .94 Richland 61.700 1.07 65.900 3,240,200 5.000 2.28 56.700 .% Roosevelt 55.100 1.38 76,300 3,751,600 12.700 1.56 42.400 1.33 Sheridan 21.900 .96 21.000 1,032,500 2.600 1.46 19.300 .89 Valley 44.500 1.98 87.900 4,321,900 22.300 2.69 22.200 1.26 N. EAST 300,000 1.22 365,500 17,971,100 62,500 1.97 237.500 1.02 Broadwater 23.100 2.10 48,400 2,244,500 21,000 2.23 2,100 .76 Cascade 78.600 1.73 135,600 6.288,400 34.400 2.23 44,200 1.33 Fergus Golden Valley 121.700 1.37 167,200 7,753,800 15.800 1.98 105,900 1.28 19.300 1.35 26,000 1,205,800 10,200 1.88 9,100 .75 Judith Basin 53.100 1.45 76,900 3,566,300 19,600 1.63 33,500 1.34 Lewis & Clark 49.300 2.05 100,900 4.679.300 35,500 2.37 13,800 1.21 Meagher 38.400 2.04 78,300 3,631.200 36,500 2.09 1,900 1.11 Musselshell 10.600 1.64 17,400 806.900 5,200 2.50 5.400 .81 Petroleum 28.500 1.88 53,600 2,485.700 23,100 2.13 5.400 .83 Wheatland 51,400 1.97 101,400 4.702.400 45.200 2.06 6.200 1.35 CENTRAL 474.000 1.70 805,700 37,364,300 246.500 2.11 227.500 1.25 Beaverhead 136.000 89.700 1.77 2.26 241.300 203.000 9,728,100 8,184,000 129.700 68.800 1.81 2.41 6.300 20,900 .97 Gallatin 1.78 Jefferson 26.400 1.86 49.100 1,979,500 24.300 1.92 2.100 1.14 Madison 78.700 2.29 180,600 7,281,000 76.300 2.32 2.400 1.42 Silver Bow 8,200 1.48 12.100 487.800 6,400 1.59 1.800 1.06 S.WEST 339,000 2.02 686.100 27,660,400 305,500 2.08 33.500 1.52 Big Horn 71,700 67.800 1.90 2.50 136.300 169,800 6.494.900 8,091,200 33,000 46.800 2.49 2.87 38.700 21,000 1.40 Carbon 1.69 Park 53.800 2.09 112,500 5,360.800 43.600 2.19 10,200 1.67 Stillwater 56,800 1.51 85,700 4.083.600 19.900 1.92 36,900 1.28 Sweet Grass 70.100 1.89 132,800 6.328.100 55,400 2.00 14,700 1.50 Treasure 11.200 1.% 22,000 1.048.300 4,600 2.85 6.600 1.35 Yellowstone 19.600 3.01 59,000 2,811,400 16,900 3.32 2.700 1.07 S. CENTRAL 351.000 2.05 718,100 34,218,300 220,200 2.41 130.800 1.44 Carter 59.000 1.08 64.000 3,198,900 8.300 2.14 50.700 .91 Custer 21.700 1.49 32.300 1,614,400 8.700 2.63 13.000 .72 Fallon 35.600 1.15 40.800 2,039.300 3.300 2.06 32.300 1.06 Powder River 67,200 1.29 86.800 4,338.400 12,100 2.15 55.100 1.10 Prairie 20.700 1.41 29,100 1,454,500 5,600 2.39 15.100 1.04 Rosebud 45.900 1.93 88,600 4,428,500 18,400 3.09 27.500 1.16 Wibaux 15.900 .97 15.500 774,800 1,600 1.81 14.300 .88 S. EAST %6.000 1.34 357,100 17,848,800 58,000 2.53 208.000 1.01 STATE 2,390.000 1.78 4,261,000 193,876,000 1,308.500 2.26 1,081.500 1.20 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 65 ALL HAY — 1975 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Yield Yield Yield COUNTY & Acres Har- I^arv. Pro- Acres Har- I^rv. Acres Har- I^A-. DISTRICT vested Acre Tons duction Value Dollars vested Acre Tons vested Acre Tons Deer Lodee 11.200 35,200 2.07 2.58 23,200 90,900 1,063,700 4,167,700 10,700 21,800 2.10 3.07 500 13.400 1.40 Flathead 1.79 Granite 37,800 1.75 66,200 3,035.200 35,000 1.78 2,800 1.36 Lake 58,300 1.89 110,000 5.043.500 37,300 2.25 21,000 1.25 Lincoln 5,200 1.63 8.500 389,700 3,600 1.83 1,600 1.19 Mineral 1,300 2.23 2,900 133,000 700 3.00 600 1.33 Missoula 13,400 2.11 28,300 1.297.600 11,700 2.23 1,700 1.29 Powell 63.600 1.71 108.800 4.988,400 57,400 1.70 6,200 1.79 Ravalli 31.600 2.80 88.400 4,053,000 30,100 2.85 1,500 1.67 Sanders 25.400 1.86 47.300 2,168,700 14,500 2.49 10,900 1.03 N. WEST 283,000 2.03 574,500 26,340,500 222,800 2.20 60,200 1.40 Blaine 50,000 1.92 96.000 3,669.400 36,900 1.95 13,100 1.83 Chouteau 56,100 2.03 113.800 4,349,800 13,200 2.48 42,900 1.89 Glacier 35,100 1.95 68,500 2.618.200 15,500 2.% 19,600 1.24 Hill 30,800 1.39 42,800 1,636.000 8,200 2.06 22,600 1.15 Liberty 5,200 1.60 8,300 317.200 1,400 3.00 3,800 1.08 Phillips 76,300 1.58 120,700 4.613.500 39.800 1.97 36,500 1.15 Pondera 30,900 2.26 69,700 2.664.200 18,700 2.56 12,200 1.79 Teton 64,700 2.64 170,800 6,528,500 59,000 2.67 5,700 2.37 Toole 12,900 1.59 20,500 783,500 3,800 2.29 9.100 1.30 N. CENTRAL 362,000 1.96 711,100 27,180,300 196,500 2.36 165,500 1.49 Daniels 22,700 1.21 27,500 1,271,500 2,500 1.40 20,200 1.19 Dawson 28,400 1.45 41,100 1,900,400 6,500 2.09 21,900 1.26 Garfield 33.600 1.24 41,600 1,923,500 6,400 2.19 27,200 1.01 McCone 34.500 1.15 39.700 1,835,600 4,400 1.70 30.100 1.07 Richland 48.000 1.21 58.000 2,681.800 7,200 1.71 40,800 1.12 Roosevelt 58,700 1.35 79.000 3,652.800 10,500 2.16 48,200 1.17 Sheridan 24,800 1.08 26,700 1,234,600 3,000 1.33 21,800 1.04 Valley 49,300 1.69 83,100 3,842,300 23,000 2.45 26.300 1.02 N. EAST 300,000 1.32 396,700 18,342,500 63,500 2.11 236,500 1.11 Broad wa ter 21,000 79.500 2.63 1.96 55,300 156.000 2,233,200 6,299,800 20,000 32.300 2.70 2.28 1,000 47,200 1.30 Cascade 1.74 Fergus 110.400 1.65 182.200 7,357,900 15.400 2.21 95,000 1.56 Golden Valley 20.600 1.45 29,800 1,203,500 8,500 2.18 12,100 .93 Judith Basin 61,900 1.75 108,400 4,377.600 9,800 2.17 52,100 1.67 Lewis & Clark 46.700 2.06 96,100 3.880.800 29,400 2.21 17,300 1.80 Meagher 38.900 1.77 69,000 2,786.500 33,000 1.82 5,900 1.54 Musselshell 11.300 1.97 22,300 900.600 4,800 2.31 6,500 1.72 Petroleum 25.000 2.01 50,200 2.027.200 16,100 2.55 8,900 1.03 Wheatland 62.700 1.65 103,300 4.171.700 28.500 2.03 34,200 1.33 CENTRAL 478,000 1.83 872,600 35,238,800 197.800 2.21 280,200 1.56 Beaverhead 143.500 1.62 232,900 9,374.300 142.100 1.63 1,400 1.07 Gallatin 76.000 2.88 218.900 8.810.800 62.300 3.10 13,700 1.88 Jefferson 29.000 1.71 49,500 1.992,400 27.800 1.73 1,200 1.25 Madison 92,400 2.31 213,100 8,577.300 87.800 2.34 4,600 1.67 Silver Bow 7,100 1.83 13,000 523.200 6.200 1.94 900 1.11 S. WEST 348,000 2.09 727,400 29,278,000 326,200 2.11 21,800 1.72 Big Horn 78,900 61,500 2.15 1.98 169,400 121,700 7.643.700 5.491.400 32,600 42.500 2.67 2.26 46.300 19.000 1.78 Carbon 1.35 Park 58.500 1.87 109,500 4.940.900 43.700 1.93 14.800 1.70 Stillwater 53,600 1.77 94.700 4.273.100 20.600 2.02 33.000 1.61 Sweet Grass 74,800 1.74 129,800 5,856,900 56,700 1.83 18.100 1.44 Treasure 9,000 1.89 17,000 767,100 3,400 2.85 5.600 1.30 Yellowstone 21,700 2.41 52,400 2,364,400 14,600 2.98 7.100 1.25 S. CENTRAL 358,000 1.94 694,500 31,337,500 214,100 2.18 143,900 1.59 Carter 54,300 1.47 79.900 3,635.500 7,100 2.96 47.200 1.25 Custer 22,900 1.55 35,600 1,619,700 7,200 2.80 15.700 .98 Fallon 42,500 1.45 61,800 2,812,000 3,800 2.92 38.700 1.31 Powder River 77,200 1.53 118,100 5,373,700 14,700 2.24 62.500 1.36 Prairie 19,100 1.76 33,600 1,528.800 5,300 3.12 13.800 1.25 Rosebud 38,000 2.07 78,600 3.576.400 17,500 3.14 20.500 1.16 Wibaux 17,000 1.45 24,600 1.119,300 1,600 3.00 15.400 1.29 S. EAST 271,000 1.59 432,200 19,665,400 57,200 2.82 213,800 1.27 STATE 2,400,000 1.84 4,409,000 187,383,000 1,278,100 2.22 1,121,900 1.40 66 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA HAY — 1974 Acreage, Yield, and Production by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N.WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater Cascade Fergus Golden Valley Judith Basin Lewis & Clark Meagher 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 156,000 STATE 1,220,000 Yield Yield Yield Acres Har- I^rv. Pro- Acres Har- liarv. Acres Har- Ifarv. vested Acre duction vested Acre Tons vested Acre Tons Tons 7,500 1.53 11,500 6,700 1.60 800 1.00 19,500 2.70 52,600 11,300 3.34 8,200 1.82 9,400 2.40 22,600 9,200 2.42 200 l.SO 46,200 2.58 119,200 30,400 2.99 15,800 1.78 4,600 2.59 11,900 4,000 2.68 600 2.00 1,000 2.40 2,400 300 3.00 700 2.14 13,000 2.31 30,000 11,400 2.45 1,600 1.31 18,900 2.10 39,600 16,300 2.19 2,600 1.50 18,600 3.38 62,800 17,900 3.47 700 1.00 17,300 2.24 38,700 7,100 3.24 10,200 1.54 156,000 2.51 391,300 114,600 2.81 41,400 1.67 28,800 2.62 75,500 19,400 3.04 9,400 1.76 26,300 1.73 45,500 7,000 2.76 19,300 1.36 23,800 1.56 37,100 12,400 2.07 11,400 1.00 6,800 2.04 13,900 3,200 2.97 3,600 1.22 2,300 2.17 5,000 700 2.86 1,600 1.88 29,200 2.51 73,200 17,000 2.98 12,200 1.85 16,200 3.05 49,400 14,000 3.19 2,200 2.14 40,900 2.59 106,100 37,000 2.74 3,900 1.21 2,700 2.04 5,500 900 3.00 1,800 1.56 177,000 2.32 411,200 111,600 2.82 65,400 1.47 10,100 .83 8,400 600 1.00 9,500 .82 8,000 1.19 9,500 700 3.71 7,300 .95 13,200 1.17 15,400 3,400 1.85 9,800 .93 7,000 1.30 9,100 2,600 1.69 4,400 1.07 9,700 1.69 16,400 2,800 3.11 6,900 1.12 15,800 1.72 27,100 2,700 1.85 13,100 1.69 7,500 1.12 8,400 500 1.60 7,000 1.09 29,700 2.46 73,100 18,500 2.98 11,200 1.61 101,000 1.66 167,400 31,800 2.63 69,200 I.2I 17,600 2.26 39,800 16,700 2.33 900 1.00 56,900 1.92 109,500 22,900 2.67 34,000 1.42 76,300 1.49 114,000 9,400 2.45 66,900 1.36 10,800 1.70 18,400 7,200 2.10 3,600 .92 30,600 1.74 53,200 8,800 2.31 21,800 1.51 20,600 3.34 68,900 20,000 3.42 600 1.00 19,700 2.44 48,000 18,900 2.47 800 1.63 7,100 2.10 14,900 5,000 2.52 2,100 1.10 25,700 2.04 52,500 22,800 2.14 2,900 1.31 20,700 2.41 49,900 16,600 2.61 4,100 1.59 286,000 1.99 569,100 148,300 2.55 137,700 1.39 41,600 2.73 113,400 41,000 2.76 600 .67 50,900 2.54 129,500 36,200 2.86 14,700 1.77 10,100 2.58 26,100 10,100 2.58 ... 48,900 2.66 130,300 47,700 2.68 1,200 2.00 1,500 2.27 3,400 1,200 2.50 300 1.33 153,000 2.63 402,700 136,200 2.74 16,800 1.74 46,600 2.22 103,500 22,000 2.95 24,600 1.57 31,000 2.62 81,300 22,200 3.05 8,800 1.56 20,000 2.53 50,500 14,500 2.80 5,500 1.80 39,600 1.53 60,700 11,600 1.95 28,000 1.36 28,800 2.08 59,800 21,900 2.26 6,900 1.51 8,600 2.17 18,700 3,800 3.03 4,800 1.50 16,400 3.30 54,100 15,000 3.49 1,400 1.21 191,000 2.24 428,600 111,000 2.78 80,000 1.50 27,000 1.41 38,100 5,400 2.76 21,600 1.07 11,100 2.22 24,600 4,800 3.96 6,300 .89 28,800 1.17 33,800 3,000 2.10 25,800 1.07 42,400 1.38 58,700 7,100 2.80 35,300 1.10 7,300 2.05 15,000 2,500 4.00 4.800 1.04 36,000 2.14 76,900 15,100 3.35 20,900 1.26 3,400 1.65 5,600 1,600 1.81 1,800 1.50 1.62 2.15 252,700 2,623,000 39,500 693,000 3.13 2.75 116,500 527,000 1.11 1.36 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 67 ALFALFA HAY — 1975 Acreage, Yield, and Production by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Har- vested Deer Lodge 7,100 Flathead 20,900 Granite 10,700 Lake 43,500 Lincoln 4,200 Mineral 900 Missoula 8,600 Powell 26,900 Ravalli 14,100 Sanders 16,200 N. WEST 153,100 Blaine 23,100 Chouteau 31.100 Glacier 25,900 Hill 8,400 Liberty 2,300 Phillips 29,500 Pondera 13,300 Teton 41,200 Toole 2,600 N. CENTRAL 177,400 Daniels 10,700 Dawson 8,200 Garfield 10,800 McCone 9,600 Richland 8,000 Roosevelt 15,800 Sheridan 7,900 Valley 31,100 N. EAST 102,100 Broadwater 16,100 Cascade 56,400 Fergus 75,800 Golden Valley 10,800 Judith Basin 34,700 Lewis & Clark 24,000 Meagher 19,900 Musselshell 8,600 Petroleum 21,000 Wheatland 26,400 CENTRAL 293,700 Beaverhead 36,600 Gallatin 48,700 Jefferson 10,000 Madison 49,000 Silver Bow 1,200 S. WEST 145,500 Big Horn 49,100 Carlxjn 27,700 Park 22,700 Stillwater 38,800 Sweet Grass 36,800 Treasure 7,500 Yellowstone 13,200 S. CENTRAL 195,800 Carter 25,900 Custer 11,600 Fallon 34,400 Powder River 47,700 Prairie 6,600 Rosebud 33,000 Wibaux 3,200 S. EAST 162,400 STATE 1,230,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Tons 2.61 3.10 2.03 2.08 1.69 2.56 2.56 2.34 3.56 2.03 2.44 2.43 2.68 2.29 2.50 2.30 2.47 3.03 3.14 2.62 2.68 1.29 2.50 1.53 1.66 1.56 1.78 1.24 2.12 1.79 3.06 2.23 1.96 1.58 2.07 2.38 2.17 2.24 2.16 1.87 2.13 3.05 3.26 2.27 2.83 2.17 2.99 2.44 2.14 2.11 1.92 1.80 2.08 3.33 2.18 1.85 1.98 1.56 1.79 2.73 2.23 2.63 1.91 2.30 Pro- duction 18,500 64,800 21,700 90,600 7,100 2,300 22,000 62,900 50,200 32,900 373,000 56,200 83,300 59,300 21,000 5,300 72,900 40,300 129,500 6,800 474,600 13,800 20,500 16,500 15,900 12,500 28,100 9,800 66,000 183,100 49,300 125,800 148,300 17,100 71,700 57,200 43,100 19,300 45,400 49,300 626,500 111,700 158,700 22,700 138,700 2,600 434,400 119,800 59,400 48,000 74,500 66,100 15,600 43,900 427,300 47,800 23,000 53,700 85,600 18,000 73,600 8,400 310,100 2,829,000 Acres Har- vested 6,700 13,500 10,500 26,700 3,200 500 7,500 21,000 12,800 9,400 111,800 19,400 7,800 13,500 4,000 1,300 16,900 10,200 38,700 1,300 113,100 1,900 3,000 3,500 3,500 2,600 2,700 1,400 20,700 39,300 15,900 24,300 9,100 4,800 6,900 21,400 15,900 3,000 15,300 15,800 132,400 35,900 42,400 9,600 47,500 1,100 136,500 21,600 16,300 16,100 11,600 27,600 2,800 11,900 107,900 4,400 5,300 3,400 10,000 2,400 16,200 1,000 42,700 683,700 Yield per Harv. Acre Tons 2.70 3.59 2.05 2.55 1.84 3.40 2.73 2.50 3.75 2.61 2.77 2.44 3.44 2.96 3.15 3.00 3.04 3.18 3.14 3.46 3.01 1.37 3.23 2.11 1.83 2.12 2.70 1.64 2.42 2.32 3.08 2.57 2.92 2.31 2.39 2.39 2.23 3.03 2.55 2.32 2.55 3.08 3.41 2.30 2.84 2.27 3.04 2.84 2.69 2.22 2.20 1.94 3.25 3.45 2.51 2.95 3.13 3.12 2.54 3.58 3.27 3.00 3.05 2.77 NOT IRRIGATED Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre Tons 400 1.00 7,400 2.20 200 1.00 16,800 1.34 1,000 1.20 400 1.50 1,100 1.36 5,900 1.78 1,300 1.69 6,800 1.24 41,300 1.54 3,700 2.41 23,300 2.42 12,400 1.56 4,400 1.91 1,000 1.40 12,600 1.71 3,100 2.55 2.500 3.12 1,300 1.77 64,300 2.09 8,800 1.27 5,200 2.08 7,300 1.25 6,100 1.56 5,400 1.30 13,100 1.59 6,500 1.15 10,400 1.53 62,800 1.46 200 2.00 32,100 1.97 66,700 1.82 6,000 1.00 27,800 1.99 2,600 2.31 4,000 1.90 5,600 1.82 5.700 1.12 10,600 1.20 161,300 1.79 700 1.43 6,300 2.22 400 1.50 1,500 2.40 100 1.00 9,000 2.14 27,500 2.12 11,400 1.36 6,600 1.85 27,200 1.80 9,200 1.36 4,700 1.38 1,300 2.15 87,900 1.78 21,500 1.62 6,300 1.02 31,000 1.39 37,700 1.60 4,200 2.24 16,800 1.23 2,200 2.45 119,700 546,300 L50 1.71 68 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALF.'VLFA SEED - 1974 Acreage, Yield, Productton and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Flathead Mineral , Missoula , RavalU N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Phillips N. CENTRAL.. Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Valley N. EAST Cascade Fergus Golden Valley . Musselshell Petroleum CENTRAL Big Horn Stillwater Sweet Grass.... Treasure Yellowstone .... S. CENTRAL .. Carter Custer Fallon Powder River- Prairie Rosebud S. EAST STATE Acres Har- vested 100 100 200 100 500 100 1.000 1.900 3,000 1J200 300 100 200 200 2,000 100 100 200 600 500 1,500 3,600 800 400 2.000 200 7,000 4.500 700 500 6.900 400 3.000 16,000 30,000 Yield per Harv. F*ro- Acre duction Pounds (Qeaned) 50 5,000 5.500 55 95 60 71 40 73 53 59 75 55 85 45 40 66 65 70 95 45 64 61 103 50 59 79 40 78 86 74 102 83 111 19.000 6,000 35,500 4,000 73,000 100.000 177,000 90,500 16,500 8,500 9,000 8.000 132,500 6.500 7,000 19.000 27.000 32.000 91,500 369,000 40,000 23.500 158.000 8.000 598,500 351.000 60.500 37.000 700.500 33.000 333.000 95 1.515.000 Value E>oiiars 3.600 4.000 13.800 4.400 25,800 2,900 53,100 72.700 128,700 65.800 12.000 6.200 6.600 5.800 96,400 4.700 5.100 13.800 19.600 23.300 66,500 230.000 24,900 14.600 98.500 5,000 373,000 200,500 34,600 21.100 400.200 18.900 190.300 865,600 Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 85 2,550,000 1,556,000 100 IM 800 500 1,300 500 SM 300 SM 900 300 400 1,600 1,500 400 100 800 200 1,200 4,200 8,000 Lbs. 140 140 80 60 72 90 90 70 70 140 60 95 114 104 95 90 120 90 135 114 104 Acres Har- vested 100 100 100 100 400 100 200 1,400 1,700 700 300 100 200 200 1,500 100 100 200 600 200 1,200 2.700 800 100 1.600 200 5.400 3.000 300 400 6.100 200 1,800 11.800 22,000 Yield per Har\-. Acre Lbs. 50 55 50 60 54 40 45 SO 49 65 55 85 45 40 58 65 70 95 45 55 59 90 50 55 75 40 77 65 75 70 99 75 95 88 78 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 69 ALFALFA SEED — 1975 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Mineral Missoula Ravalli N. WEST Chouteau Phillips N. CENTRAL.. Garfield Richland Roosevelt N. EAST Broadwater Cascade Fergus Musselshell Petroleum CENTRAL Big Horij Stillwater Sweet Grass.... Treasure Yellowstone .... S. WEST Carter Custer Fallon Powder River.. Prairie Rosebud S. CENTRAL .. STATE Acres Har- vested 100 200 100 400 300 700 1,000 700 100 200 1,000 100 100 200 100 500 1,000 2,500 100 100 700 400 3,800 300 100 400 2,500 100 1,400 4,800 12,000 Yield per Harv. Pro- Acre duction Pounds (Qeaned) 65 6,500 105 21,000 70 7,000 86 57 46 SO 64 45 60 62 50 45 50 45 92 70 81 50 60 54 81 75 83 65 60 112 65 84 96 80 34,500 17,000 32,500 49,500 45,000 4,500 12,000 61,500 5,000 4,500 10,000 4,500 46,000 70,000 203,400 5,000 6,000 37,500 32,500 284,400 25,000 6,500 24,000 280,100 6,500 118,000 460,100 960,000 Value Dollars 3,900 12,400 4,100 20,400 8,200 15,700 23,900 21,800 2,200 5,800 29,800 2,900 2,600 5,700 2,600 26,400 40.200 116,000 2,800 3,400 21,400 18,500 162,100 11,300 3,000 10,900 127,000 2,900 53,500 208,600 485,000 Yield Acres per Har- Harv. vested Acre 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 600 100 100 800 100 800 500 1,400 3,000 Lbs. 140 140 90 85 83 100 100 110 110 130 100 130 126 110 130 110 121 119 Acres Har- vested 100 100 100 300 200 600 800 500 100 200 800 100 100 200 100 200 700 1,900 100 100 600 300 3,000 200 100 400 1,700 100 900 3,400 9,000 Yield per Harv. Acre Lbs. 65 70 70 68 40 40 40 50 45 60 52 50 45 50 45 65 53 66 50 60 45 65 61 70 65 60 104 65 70 85 67 70 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS POTATOES — 1974 and 1975 Acreage, Yield, Productton and Value by Counties — Principally Irrigated 1974 1975 DISTPUCT & COUNTY Flathead Lake Powell RavalU Other Counties . N. WEST N. CENTRAL... Dawson Richland Roosevelt Other Counties . N. EAST Broadwater Cascade Other Counties . CENTRAL Beaverhead Gallatin Jefferson Madison Other Counties . S. WEST S. CENTRAL ... 8. EAST STATE Planted Har- vested Yidd Harv. Pro- Acre duct Ion Acres 840 2.220 260 440 140 3,900 MO 230 150 100 20 900 440 100 60 420 1.100 160 140 20 1,840 CO 100 7,»0 800 2.140 260 420 140 S,7«0 200 230 150 100 20 SOO 440 100 60 000 420 1,040 160 140 20 1,780 W 100 7,000 Cwt. 280 224,000 577,800 70,200 84,000 14,100 270 270 200 101 238 970,100 151 30,100 110 uo 230 200 25,300 16,500 23,000 4,000 138 68,800 260 114,400 200 20,000 200 12,000 244 146,400 270 113,400 310 322,400 250 40,000 220 30,800 200 4,000 287 510,600 173 10,400 136 13,600 250 1,750,000 Value Dollars 1,108,800 2,860,100 347,500 415,800 69,800 4,802,000 149,300 125,200 81,700 113,900 19,900 340,700 566,300 99,000 59,400 724,700 561,300 1,595,900 198,000 152,500 19,800 2,527,500 51,500 67,300 8,663,000 Har- Planted vested Yield Harv. Pro- Acre ductlon Acres 750 730 2,380 2.340 830 820 400 400 130 130 4,490 4,420 180 180 200 200 80 80 100 100 20 20 400 400 575 575 100 100 35 35 710 710 380 380 1^70 1,140 100 100 120 120 20 20 1,790 1,760 50 50 80 80 7,700 7,600 Cwt 230 230 230 195 92 167.900 538.200 188,600 78.000 11.900 223 984,600 147 26,500 100 20,000 100 8,000 230 23,000 210 4,200 138 55.200 260 149,500 200 20,000 189 6.600 270 102.600 287 327.600 250 25.000 220 26,400 210 4,200 276 485,800 176 8,800 138 11,000 230 1,748,000 Value Dollars 1,108,100 3,552,100 1.244.800 514.800 78,600 6,498.400 174,900 132,000 52.800 151.900 27.700 3M.400 986,700 132,000 43.600 248 176,100 1.162,300 677,200 2,162,200 165,000 174,200 27.700 3.206.300 58,100 72,600 11.537,000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 71 MU. Hd. 3.0 1.0 CATTLE AND CALVES January 1 Inventory, 1930-1976 ^.^ /^ A. c / ^^^-' 1 1 1 1 1 1930 1950 1960 1970 1980 Thous. head ISO ISO CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED Number on Feed, January 1, 1930-1976 1910 1980 72 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES Number, Value Per Head and Total Value, January 1 Year 1966 1%7, 1968, 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Year 1966. 1%7. 1%8. 1%9. 1970. ALL CATTLE Number 1,000 Head 2,841 2,869 2.984 2.984 3.014 3,165 3,165 3,197 3,380 3.340 3,150 )y Classes, January 1 BEEF Farm Value Per Head Dols. 146.00 156.00 154.00 168.00 195.00 200.00 230.00 285.00 340.00 160.00 205.00 ■ ANIMALS Total 1,000 DoU. 414,786 447,564 459,536 501,312 587,730 633,000 727,950 911,145 1,149,200 534,400 645,750 Numbers I MILK ANIMALS TOTAL ALL Cows Heifers Heifer 2 Yrs 1-2 Yrs Calves Cows 2 Yrs. + Heifers 1-2 Yrs Steers Calves 1 Yr. Bulls + 1 Yr. CATTLE & CALVES 59 12 18 55 11 17 51 10 16 48 10 15 44 10 14 1,452 1,481 1,525 1,556 1,592 1.000 Head 278 306 314 303 301 857 97 837 94 881 115 872 112 873 111 68 68 72 68 69 2,841 2,869 2,984 2,984 3,014 COWS & HEIFERS THAT HAVE CALVED HEIFERS 500 LBS. & OVER OTHER Strs., TOTAL Beef Milk Hfrs., ALL Cow Cow Steers Bulls Bulls CATTLE Beef Milk Replace- Replace- 500» 500« under & Year Cows Cows ments ments Other & over & over 500a CALVES 1,000 Head 19701 1,559 40 252 12 70 130 81 870 3,014 1971 1,595 36 272 12 77 140 83 950 3,165 1972 1,648 35 3M 11 82 144 84 857 3,165 1973 1,685 32 298 10 90 163 89 830 3,197 1974 1,746 29 355 10 108 216 105 811 3,380 1975 1,692 28 300 10 140 182 97 891 3,340 1976 1,614 26 274 10 101 165 95 865 3,150 'Classification changed beginning Jan. 1, 1970. Calf Crops and Disposition CALVES INSHIP- FARM BORN MENTS MARKETINGS' Cattle Calves SLAUGHTERS Cattle & Calves DEATHS Year Cattle Calves 1,000 Head 1966 1,375 110 885 460 15 38 59 1967 1,398 83 822 414 14 31 85 1968 1,466 92 937 508 12 31 70 1%9 1,508 82 894 540 U 35 80 1970 1,535 106 874 477 13 39 87 1971 1,582 104 909 654 9 41 73 1972 1,640 126 880 721 10 39 84 1973 1,730 144 763 757 9 42 120 1974 1,725 90 1,007 688 25 35 100 1975 1,680 80 1,069 645 16 40 180 1976' 1,600 '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. ^Preliminary 1976 calf crop — other data not available at time of publication. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 73 Production and Income from Cattle and Calves Year 1966. 1%7. 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. Price Per 100 Lbs. Production' Marketing' Cattle Calves 1,000 Pounds 985,345 973,940 1.062,930 1,066,560 1,089,075 1,122,103 1,103,350 1,053,550 1,035,930 963,050 1,008,961 936,392 1,099,262 1,072,590 1,045,986 1,128,876 1,125,763 971,468 1,133,651 1,140,660 E>ollars 22.20 22.00 22.80 25.70 27.00 29.20 34.80 45.80 30.80 29.50 27.80 28.30 29.20 32.70 35.50 38.10 48.00 58.30 30.40 30.80 Cash Receipts' Value Of Home Consumption Gross Income 234,462 216,892 264,906 292,253 299,169 353,134 431,156 483,171 348,072 339,916 1,000 Dollars 3,845 3,507 3,765 4,333 5,673 5,125 6,556 6,893 12,358 7.613 238,307 220,399 268,671 296,586 304,842 358,259 437,712 490,064 360,430 347,529 '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. MILK COWS, MILK PRODUCTION AND MILKFAT Year 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973., 1974.. 1975., TOTAL Production Per Cow PRODUCTION' Butter Milk Cows Churned on Farms' MUk. Pounds Mllkfat Mllkfat Milk Mil. Mllkfat Lbs. on Farms 1,000 Head Percent 1,000 Lbs. 54 6,960 253 3.63 376 14 100 50 7,400 269 3.63 370 13 70 46 7,660 282 3.62 358 13 50 42 8,000 290 3.62 336 12 50 39 8,359 303 3.62 326 12 3 36 9,278 337 3.63 334 12 .-- 34 9,823 360 3.66 334 12 ... 31 10,065 364 3.62 312 11 ... 28 10,500 381 3.63 294 11 --- 27 10,519 384 3.65 284 10 ... 'Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 'Excludes milk sucked by calves. 'Discontinued. DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED Cheese Year 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. Creamery Butter American Cheddar Cottage Cheese Creamed 3,430 3,106 3,043 2,655 2,782 2,879 3,185 2,647 2,249 2,100 1,000 Pounds 2,898 2,931 2,991 2,684 3,173 3,996 3,885 3,480 3,489 1,933 3,881 3,980 4,204 4,350 4,465 4,658 5,091 4,498 3,246 3,214 Ice Cream 2,141 2,124 2,012 1,854 1,875 1,759 2,027 1,%6 2,262 2,221 "Mellorine Type- Ice Frozen Milk' Sherbert Desserts 1,000 Gallons 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 1,064 126 491 1,200 125 316 'Includes low fat Ice cream. 74 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MILK AND CREAM MARKETED Quantity, Price and Cash Receipts Milk Sold to Plants Cream Sold to Plants Mllk^ Sold Directly and Dealers and Dealers to Consumers Price Price Price Per Cash Quantity Per Lb. Cash Per Cash Year Quantity Mil. Lbs. 100 Lbs. Dols. Pveceipts 1,000 Dols. MUkfat 1,000 Lbs. Fat Receipts 1,000 Dols. Quantity 1.000 Qts. Quart Cents Receipts Cents 1.000 Dols 1966 248 4.77 11,830 2,790 .65 1.814 3.000 25.2 756 1967 250 5.04 12,600 2,600 .67 1.742 3.000 27.0 810 1968 256 5.24 13,414 2,220 .68 1,510 3,000 27.4 822 1%9 249 5.51 13.720 1,810 .68 1,231 2,326 24.0 558 1970 254 5.65 14,351 1,310 .68 891 2,791 25.0 698 1971 267 5.71 15,246 1,210 .66 799 2,326 25.0 582 1972 278 5.93 16,485 970 .64 621 2.326 31.0 721 1973 257 6.95 17,861 960 .64 614 2,326 28.0 651 1974 252 8.55 21,546 550 .68 374 1,860 34.0 632 1975 244 8.85 21,594 480 .69 331 1.860 34.0 632 Income and Value of Dairy Products Marketed Combined Marketings of Milk and Cream Used for Milk, Cream and Butter Gross Farm Average Returns' Cash Receipts on Farms Where Produced Farm Income Value of Per 100 Per from from Milk Milk Pounds Pound Market- Milk Dairy Pro- Year Utilized Mil. Lbs. Milk Mllkfat Dollars ings 1,000 Dols. Utilized Mil. Lbs. Valued Products^ 1.000 D duced* 1,000 Dols. ols. 1966 330 4.36 1.19 14,400 36 1.570 15.970 16,394 1967 327 4.63 1.28 15,152 34 1,574 16,726 17,131 1968 321 4.90 1.35 15,746 28 1,372 17.118 17,542 1%9 303 5.12 1.41 15,509 25 1.280 16,789 17,203 1970 2% 5.39 1.49 15,940 22 1.186 17,126 17,571 1971 305 5.45 1.50 16,627 22 1,199 17,826 18,203 1972 309 5.77 1.58 17,827 19 1,0% 18,923 19,269 1973 288 6.44 1.83 19,126 16 1,064 20,190 20,717 1974 271 8.32 2.29 22,552 15 1.248 23,800 24.461 1975 261 8.64 2.37 22,557 15 1.2% 23,853 24.538 'Cash receipts divided by milk or mllkfat represented in combined marketings. ^Valued at average returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. K^sh 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 Year 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. Honev Value of Yield Per Production Price Per Pound Production of Bees Colony Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax Number Pounds 1,000 Pounds ( Cents 1,000 Dollars 79.000 80 6,320 126 15.4 49.0 973 62 78.000 98 7,644 153 14.2 62.0 1,085 95 78.000 85 6.630 133 13.2 66.0 875 88 75.000 125 9.375 178 14.2 61.0 1,331 109 74.000 105 7,770 155 15.6 61.0 1.212 95 74.000 55 4,070 81 21.4 61.0 871 49 74.000 110 8,140 163 30.4 67.0 2.475 109 78.000 101 7.878 158 41.4 73.0 3.261 115 81.000 88 7.128 114 50.1 125.0 3.5n 143 80,000 94 7,520 135 47.3 112.0 3.557 151 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 75 SHEEP, LAMBS AND WOOL Number, Value per Head, and Total Value, January I Wool Production and Value SHEEP & LAMBS ON FARMS WOOL PRODUCTION Year Farm Value Sheep Per Price Number 1,000 Per Head Dels. Total 1,000 Shorn 1,000 Fleece Lbs. Total Per Lb. Cts. Value 1,000 1,000 Stock Sheep and Lambs Head Dols. Head Lbs. Dols. 1%6 1,277 22.50 28,732 1,213 9.7 11,792 58 6,839 1967 1,226 23.40 28,688 1,134 9.9 11,277 46 5,187 1968 1,140 22.30 25,422 1,063 10.1 10,725 45 4,826 1969 1,083 25.30 27,400 984 9.7 9,567 45 4,305 1970 1,018 29.00 29,522 933 9.7 9,086 38 3,453 All Sheep and Lambs' 1971 1,067 26.50 28,276 902 9.6 8,657 21 1,818 1972 1,000 24.00 24,000 853 10.0 8,501 35 2,975 1973 955 28.50 27,218 774 9.9 7,663 106 8,123 1974 794 34.00 26,996 7M 10.1 7,143 68 4,857 1975 710 29.50 20,945 600 9.7 5,795 51 2.955 1976< 635 40.50 25,718 549 9.6 5^262 Number by Classes, January 1 STOCK SHEEP ONE YEAR AND OVER LAMBS Year 1966., 1%7. 1968., 1969., 1970., 1971., 1972., 1973. 1974., 1975., 1976., All Sheep Sheep on Feed Stock Sheep Ewes Wethers St Rams Ewes Wethers & Rams 1,387 1,351 1,250 1.178 1,113 1,067 1,000 955 794 710 635 110 125 UO 95 95 100 100 120 84 90 75 1,277 1,226 1,140 1.083 1,018 %7 900 835 710 620 560 1,000 Head 1,006 936 852 826 774 747 697 657 559 490 448 43 42 34 28 38 23 21 IB 21 17 Lamb Crops and Disposition IN- SHIPMENTS MARKETINGS' FARM SLAUGHTER' 213 230 230 208 202 177 166 145 114 87 77 DEATHS 15 18 24 21 14 15 14 12 19 22 18 Year LAMBS SAVED Sheep & Lambs Sheep Lambs Sheep & Lambs Sheep Lambs 1966 926 1967 842 1968 809 1969 760 1970 720 1971 695 1972 669 1973 625 1974 537 1975 470 1976* 420 46 75 64 63 46 48 30 28 27 30 206 226 205 123 164 174 133 175 118 82 1,000 Head 561 531 535 470 438 426 403 417 326 264 Year Production and Income from Sheep and Lambs Price per 100 Lbs. F>roductlon' Marketings^ Sheep Lambs 1,000 Pounds 67,215 71,773 59,453 73,254 61,671 72,659 46,583 58,184 51,883 59,905 Cash Receipts^ 100 125 91 165 90 90 95 88 85 80 Value of Home Consumption 135 130 110 125 117 115 109 130 115 145 Gross Income Dollars 6.40 23.20 5.90 21.30 6.30 23.80 7.30 27.50 6.80 26.10 1%6 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 'Starting with 1971 farm value Is based upon all sheep and lambs. 'Excludes Interfarm sales. Beginning with 1966, Includes animals custom slaughtered In commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. ^Beginning with 1966, excludes animals custom slaughtered In commercial establishments for farmers. 'Preliminary 1976 Iamb crop — other data not available at time of publication. ^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. 50,968 43,023 39,891 33,658 23,955 59,500 54,316 61,397 45,698 35,114 5.50 6.10 11.80 11.80 8.70 24.00 27.90 34.00 34.40 40.10 12,602 11,427 12,806 12,870 11,679 10491 11,385 15,474 12,013 10,502 1,000 Dollars 123 128 94 162 78 139 118 156 158 178 12.725 11.555 12,902 13,032 11,757 10330 11.503 15.630 12.171 10,680 76 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Thous. Rd. 300 200 HOGS AND PIGS January 1* Inventory, 1930-1976 * 1930 l»M ISM I960 1970 1980 •Data for 1968 and subsequently relate to Decemljer 1. MU. Hd. SHEEP AND LAMBS January 1 Inventory, 1930-1976 \A 4.0 A/ \ i.0 1.0 0 w \ /-v/ ^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1930 1»40 19C0 19T0 I9M MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 77 HOGS AND PIGS Number, Value Per Head, Total Value, December 1 NUMBER, VALUE PER HEAD AND TOTAL VALUE NUMBER BY CLASSES Year 1966. 1%7. 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. Farm Value Breeding 1,000 Number Per Head Total Marketing 1,000 Dols. 1,000 Head Head Dols. 177 33.10 5,859 170 27.10 4,607 30 140 185 28.30 5.236 31 154 217 35.50 7,942 37 180 260 24.00 6,240 42 218 285 25.00 7,125 34 251 240 38.50 9,240 36 204 255 54.50 12,808 33 222 190 45.00 8,550 28 162 145 72.00 10,440 25 120 Pig Crops and Disposition Year 1966. 1967. 1%8. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. PIG CROPS IN- FARM Spring Fall SHIPMENTS MARKETINGS' SLAUGHTERS DEATHS 1,000 Head 131 146 12 221 12 18 146 128 15 265 11 20 156 150 22 284 11 18 163 156 25 286 10 16 190 175 31 322 11 20 225 205 25 401 9 20 168 180 15 381 9 18 165 192 20 333 10 19 143 158 64 396 15 19 111 115 37 285 11 12 Production and Income from Hogs Year Production' Marketing* Price Per Pound Cash Receipts^ Value of Home Consumption Gross Income 1%6 1,000 F 57,771 'ounds 50,005 60.038 61,660 65,635 73,989 91,903 87,582 78,480 88,209 63,529 Dollars 23.10 11,551 19.00 11,464 18.40 11,897 21.40 14,046 22.40 16,574 17.10 15,715 23.40 20,494 36.70 28,802 32.80 28,933 44.50 28,270 1,000 Dc 873 673 638 805 986 716 1,238 2,158 2,411 2,099 )llars 12,424 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 63,461 68.974 72,285 82,866 %,256 88,013 83,672 85,115 60,773 12,137 12,535 14,851 17,560 16,431 21,732 30,960 31,344 30,369 'Includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. 'Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. 'Adjustments made for inshipments and changes in inventory. ^Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for useon farms where produced. ^Includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat. 78 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CHICKENS Number, Value per Bird, and Total Value Year January 1 1%6 1%7 1968 1%9 December 1 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Chickens 1.000 Birds 1.034 1.126 1,117 1,157 1,095 1,173 1,154 1,180 1,190 1,000 980 Farm Value Per Bird Total Dollars 1,000 Dols. 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 1.70 1,700 1.70 1,666 Production and Income trom Chickens Year 1966. 1967. 1968. 1969. 1970' 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. Per Cash Gross Produced Sold Pound Receipts 1,000 E Income 1.000 Pounds Cents •oUars 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 3,830 3,840 7.0 269 319 3,436 2.780 5.5 153 192 Farm Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs Egg Consumed Price Per Produc- In Per Cash Gross Year LAYERS' 1,000 Layer Number tion Household Millions Sold Dozen Receipts 1,000 D Income Millions Cents Dllars Birds 1966 875 214 187 20 167 39.6 5,511 6,171 1%7 889 214 190 19 171 33.5 4,774 5,304 1968 907 214 194 18 176 36.1 5,295 5,836 1969 923 218 201 15 186 44.2 6,851 7,403 1970' 964 217 209 13 1% 45.8 7,481 7,977 1971 994 222 221 11 210 36.3 6,353 6,686 1972 942 230 217 9 208 36.8 6,379 6,655 1973 926 232 215 9 206 57.8 9,922 10,356 1974 880 229 202 8 194 58.5 9,458 9,848 1975 836 236 197 8 189 55.4 8,726 9,095 'Beginning 1970, data relate to the 12 month period beginning with December 1 of the previous year through November of the current year. ^Average number of layers on hand during the year. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 79 COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER Number of Head by Classes, by years, 1950-1975' Year 1950.. 1951.. 1952.. 1953.. 1954.. 1955.. 1956.. 1957.. 1958.. 1959.. I960.. 1961.. 1%2.. 1963.. 1964.. 1965.. 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1%9.. 1970.. 1971., 1972.. 1973. 1974. 1975. Cattle and Calves Hogs and Pigs 1.000 Head Sheep and Lambs 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 67.8 180.5 4.4 56.9 199.9 43 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 62 221.4 311.6 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 2.7 185.5 572.0 2.3 153.1 308.0 2.6 TOTAL RED MEAT PRODUCTION^ by Months, 1966-1975 Year 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1%9.. 1970.. 1971.. 1972.. 1973., 1974., 1975. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Millions of Pounds 16 12 13 12 14 17 15 18 16 16 16 16 181 17 14 15 14 15 16 16 17 15 16 15 13 183 14 13 13 12 13 12 12 13 13 14 13 12 154 14 12 12 13 12 14 14 14 15 16 14 14 164 16 13 14 12 14 15 15 14 16 16 16 14 lYb 12 12 16 15 15 16 16 14 17 17 18 16 184 15 15 17 13 14 16 14 16 14 16 16 13 179 15 11 14 11 13 13 15 16 12 15 17 15 167 18 14 15 15 17 17 19 18 15 16 15 14 193 14 12 9 11 10 12 13 11 8 8 12 14 134 Number of Head by Months and Classes Month January February ... March April May June July August September . October November., December ., Total Cattle and Calves Hogs and Pigs 1973 1974 188.6 185.5 1975 1973 1974 1975 Sheep and Lambs 1973 1974 1975 1.000 Head 1.000 Head 1.000 Head 16 5 18.7 17.1 29.5 46.5 30.5 .2 .1 13 3 13.2 12.5 23.6 41.5 23.0 .1 160 13.3 10.2 27.0 45.0 21.9 .1 11 7 10.3 11.6 26.0 60.5 27.5 .2 144 12.8 10.8 29.5 63.5 26.0 ... 14,8 12.0 14.7 26.0 64.5 25.5 .1 16 8 16.1 16.0 27.0 68.0 24.2 .2 .2 199 16.8 13.9 29.5 54.0 24.5 .6 .3 14.0 16.0 7.7 25.5 36.5 28.5 .3 .3 16,6 19.8 7.4 33.5 35.0 26.5 .4 .3 17 9 18.4 14.5 39.0 30.0 22.4 .3 .2 16.7 18.1 16.7 34.5 27.0 27.5 .2 .2 153.1 350.6 572.0 308.0 2.7 2.3 2.6 'Includes slaughter in Federally Inspected and other slaughter plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. 80 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED — 1967-1976 Number, Weight Groups and Classes Number on Feed by Number on Feed Total Weight Groups By Classes Year Cattle Under 500- 700- 900- 1100 Steers Heifers Cows and & Calves 500 699 899 1099 Lbs. & Steer & Heifer & Month on Feed Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. & Over Calves Calves Other January 1 Thousand Head 1967 98 11 21 43 19 4 59 36 3 1968 104 14 16 37 30 7 62 38 4 1969 120 20 28 41 29 2 65 50 5 1970 115 21 27 39 23 5 75 36 4 1971 130 25 29 31 36 39 33 27 57 8 10 81 115 41 46 8 1972 165 4 1973 160 21 68 38 27 6 109 49 2 1974 122 10 28 34 42 8 82 34 6 1975 79 10 17 25 22 5 39 36 4 1976 80 5 22 23 28 2 40 39 1 April 1 1967 84 3 34 31 15 1 46 36 2 1968 70 6 25 25 13 1 40 28 2 1969 81 4 29 22 24 2 43 37 1 1970 87 3 38 27 14 5 51 34 2 1971 120 3 50 36 27 4 75 44 1 1972 150 5 58 44 17 26 lU 38 1 1973 140 7 49 52 26 6 94 45 1 1974 114 ... 30 42 25 17 79 33 2 1975 62 18 27 13 4 32 29 1 1976 63 — 22 29 10 2 30 32 1 July 1 1967 60 13 34 13 ... 29 31 ... 1968 53 11 32 10 ... 23 29 1 1%9 74 ... 15 32 23 4 39 34 1 1970 73 ... 12 39 21 1 44 28 1 1971 100 ... 12 46 38 4 57 42 1 1972 130 18 57 42 13 79 48 3 1973 122 2 14 46 44 16 80 40 2 1974 102 ... 11 39 46 6 62 39 1 1975 60 ... 6 28 23 3 26 33 1 1976 52 10 22 19 1 22 29 1 October 1 1967 63 19 30 13 1 36 27 ... 1968 65 2 25 24 14 37 28 ... 1%9 74 2 16 33 21 2 43 30 1 1970 74 95 1 3 9 15 36 37 21 35 7 5 49 55 24 39 1 1971 1 1972 105 7 20 30 34 14 77 27 1 1973 83 6 16 20 28 13 61 21 1 1974 65 2 2 18 29 14 43 21 1 1975 44 ... 6 17 19 2 20 23 1 CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED 1967-1976 Number Marketed and Placements by Quarters Grain Fed Cattle Marketed' Cattle and Calves Placed on Feed Jan. 1- April 1- Juiyl- Oct. 1- Jan. 1- April 1- July 1- Oct. 1- Year March 31 June 30 Sept. 30 Dec. 31 Total March 31 June 30 Sept. 30 Dec. 31 Total Thousand Head 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 50 49 187 35 50 19 66 170 1975 40 33 35 24 132 28 35 20 61 144 1976 24 26 31 18 'Includes cattle placed on feed and marketed during the same quarter. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 81 FEEDLOTS AND CATTLE ON FEED BY COUNTIES January 1, 1975 and 1976 1975 1976 COUNTY' & DISTRICT Flathead Granite, Lake & Ravalli Missoula & Sanders N.WEST Blaine Chouteau, Glacier, Hill & Toole Llbertv & Teton Phillips & Pondera N. CENTR.'VL Daniels, Dawson, McCone & Vallev Richland Roosevelt & Sheridan N. EAST Broadwater, Golden V'alley, Lewis & Clark & Musselshell .. Cascade Fergus. Petroleum & Wheatland... Judith Basin CENTR.4L Beaverhead. Gallatin & Park Big Horn & Treasure Carbon Stillwater Yellowstone S. WEST & S. CENTRAL Custer, Powder River & Rosebud. Prairie & Wibaux S. EAST STATE Feed lots Cattle on Feed Feed lots Cattle on Feed Number 5 8 7 600 200 400 20 1,200 10 1,400 20 8 19 2,500 600 1,200 57 5,700 14 35 16 300 8,800 2,000 65 11,100 11 10 8 10 1,400 8,800 1,400 1,100 39 12,700 11 12 12 8 38 2,800 2,800 5,500 8,300 26,300 81 45,700 5 9 600 2,000 14 2,600 276 79,000 Number 4 7 6 1,000 400 500 17 1.900' 5 700 10 4 7 500 900 200 26 2,300- 5 15 8 300 10,200 1,700 28 12,200 5 9 6 4 1,500 11,700 500 1,900 84 15,600 12 6 4 6 22 1,800 2,900 4,800 10,100 24,800 50 44,400 3 4 400 3,200 7 3,600 152 80,000 'Some counties combined to avoid disclosing individual operators. NUMBER OF CATTLE FEEDLOTS By Size of Feedlot Capacity, 1966-1975' Total Number Feedlots by Capacity of Feed- Under 1,000 1,000- 2,000- 4,000- 8,000 & Year lots head 1,999 3,999 7,999 over Number 1966 550 511 19 13 7 0 1%7 500 461 19 13 7 0 1968 500 459 21 12 6 2 1969 470 415 31 14 8 2 1970 501 424 39 21 13 4 1971 473 387 46 22 16 2 1972 389 317 36 17 14 5 1973 305 236 31 20 11 7 1974 276 211 26 21 12 6 1975 152 102 13 19 13 5 '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. 82 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS LIVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, January 1, 1974-76 COUNTY All Milk Cows and Heifers & Cattle and Calves that have Calved DISTRICT 1974 1975 Number of Head 1976 1974 1975 Number of Head 1976 Deer Lodge 17,100 7,600 6.700 • • • Flathead 32,800 36,700 31,600 2,200 1,800 1,500 Granite 31,800 36,000 38,400 • 100 100 Lake 75,900 82,100 71,500 3,200 3,300 3,000 Lincoln 8,100 9,100 7,300 m • Mineral 1.500 1,700 1,100 • • • Missoula 19,700 20,600 21,100 400 500 500 Powell 49,600 55,800 43,600 300 200 200 Ravalli 60,300 67.000 77,700 3,000 3,300 3,100 Sanders 28,200 29,400 28,000 200 200 200 N. WEST 325,000 346,000 327,000 9,300 9,400 8,600 Blaine 109.800 109.300 %,400 600 500 500 Chouteau 67.000 66,100 61,300 200 200 200 Glacier 38,100 38,600 30,200 • • 100 Hill 40,700 40,400 32,300 400 400 400 Liberty 17,300 18,100 16,500 100 100 100 Phillips 102,200 98,900 88,700 200 200 200 Pondera 37,700 35,800 31,600 600 400 300 Teton 60,500 62,600 61.900 1,100 1,200 1,000 Toole 25,700 26,200 25,100 200 200 200 N. CENTRAL 499,000 496,000 444,000 3,400 3,800 3,000 Daniels 24.600 24,800 24,600 • 100 100 Dawson 58,600 54.600 50.000 400 500 500 Garfield 92,100 92.300 87.900 100 200 200 McCone 49.000 49.100 37.800 200 200 200 Richland 64,800 57,700 61.400 300 300 300 Roosevelt 50,400 44.000 35,600 200 100 100 Sheridan 37,000 34,200 28,900 100 100 100 Valley 99,500 93.300 102,800 100 100 100 N. EAST 476,000 450,000 429,000 1,400 1,600 1,600 Broadwater 32.300 34,200 24,700 100 100 100 Cascade 90,500 79.900 77,500 1,900 1,300 1,300 Fergus Golden Valley 131.900 138,200 134,400 500 600 500 35.000 32,100 33,500 • • • Judith Basin 70,900 72,100 50,700 56,200 55,200 54,700 44.000 100 800 100 100 600 100 100 Lewis & Clark 50,900 600 Meagher 51,400 100 Musselshell 40,600 39,700 43,800 100 100 100 Petroleum 37,500 41.600 41,900 100 100 100 Wheatland 41,000 43,300 37,300 100 100 100 CENTRAL 582,000 588.000 547,000 3,800 3,100 3,000 Beaverhead 173,500 182,100 166,900 100 100 100 Gallatin 82,800 81,400 88,600 4,700 4,300 4,200 Jefferson 27,500 27,700 33,100 500 400 400 Madison 91,100 93,400 104.200 200 200 200 Silver Bow 6,100 5,400 6.200 aoo 100 100 S. WEST 381,000 390,000 399,000 5,700 5,100 5,000 Big Horn 143.500 144,500 128,600 100 100 100 Carbon 67,700 63,800 65,800 700 600 400 Park 61,600 62,200 61,300 400 400 400 Stillwater 62,400 63,100 54,900 300 400 400 Sweet Grass 53,700 57,600 35,000 54,200 30,900 200 • 200 • 100 Treasure 36,900 • Yellowstone 151,200 116,800 104,300 2,400 2,600 2.300 S. CENTRAL 577,000 543,000 500,000 4,100 4,300 3,700 Carter 77.300 79,000 75,000 100 100 100 Custer 107,300 107,100 107,500 400 200 200 Fallon 55,300 53,200 53,100 200 200 200 Powder River 95,200 95,300 49,300 95,900 38,200 100 100 100 200 100 Prairie 52,900 100 Rosebud 120,800 115,600 109,600 200 300 200 Wibaux 31,200 27.500 24,700 200 200 200 S. EAST 540,000 527.000 504,000 1,300 1,300 1,100 STATE 3,380,000 3.340,000 3,150,000 29.000 28,000 26,000 •Less than 50 head MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 83 UVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, January 1, 1974-76 COUNTY & DISTRICT 1974 Deer Lodge 12,000 Flathead 14,400 Granite 17,300 Lake 38.500 Uncoln 4,500 Mineral 900 Missoula 9,200 Powell 24,100 Ravalli 31,000 Sanders 16.100 N. WEST 168,000 Blaine 54,600 Chouteau 37,300 Glacier 24,300 Hill 23,800 Ubertv 9,800 Phillips 55,100 Pondera 21,200 Teton 32,100 Toole 14,800 N. CENTRAL 273,000 Daniels 14,700 Dawson 31,100 Garfield 51,800 McCone 29.500 Richland 34,100 Roosevelt 27,900 Sheridan 21.500 Valley 51,400 N. EAST 262,000 Broadwater 19,000 Cascade 46,400 Fergus 71,000 Golden Valley 15,300 Judith Basin 36,500 Lewis & Clark 26,500 Meagher 24,400 Musselshell 22,000 Petroleum 19,000 WTieatland 22,900 CENTR.AL 303,000 Beaverhead 89,000 Gallatin 41,700 Jefferson 15,800 Madison 58,200 Silver Bow 3,300 S. WEST 208,000 Big Horn 69,400 Carbon 33,500 Park 37,400 Stillwater 32,500 Sweet Grass 30,800 Treasure 17,400 Yellowstone 45,000 S. CENTRAL 266,000 Carter 40,600 Custer 49,600 Fallon 28,300 Powder River 50,000 Prairie 23,100 Rosebud 60,000 Wibaux 14,400 ». EAST 266,000 STATE 1,746,000 Beef Cows and Heifers that have Calved 1975 1976 Number of Head 5,200 4.000 15,400 16.000 17.300 19,000 39.600 38,000 5,000 5,000 900 1,000 9,500 10,000 24.600 24,000 32.000 32,000 16,100 16,000 165,600 165,000 53,500 49,000 35,200 30,000 24,600 23,000 23,500 27,000 9,200 9,000 55,000 49,000 19,900 17,000 31,700 38.000 14,800 12.000 267,400 254,000 15,400 14,000 30,600 24,000 52,000 52,000 30,300 26,000 34.800 38,000 26.200 21,700 20.200 17,000 50.800 50,300 260,300 243,000 18,800 13,000 42,000 41,000 70,200 63,000 14,100 14,000 36,400 36,000 26,000 28,000 22,900 21,000 22,800 20.000 18,700 17,000 23,900 16,000 295,800 269,000 91,300 88,000 38,100 39,000 15,900 16,000 58.200 58,000 3,200 3,000 206,700 204.000 67,900 62,000 33,200 34,000 35,400 37,000 32,500 33,000 31,400 30,000 16,400 16,000 45,500 43,000 282,300 255,000 40.900 41,000 46,300 39,000 29,500 31,000 50,900 52,000 21.700 18,000 59.300 57,000 13,300 12,000 261,900 250,000 1,720,000 1,640,000 Stock Sheep and Lambs 1974 1975 Number of Head 1976 1,900 1,700 500 1,800 2,100 1.700 1,600 1,400 800 3,200 3.400 4,000 200 200 200 300 300 300 700 800 800 4,200 3,800 4,000 8,800 9,400 8,000 1,300 900 800 24,000 24,000 21,100 13,200 8,100 10,000 2,600 2,400 1,000 3,600 5,000 2,300 1,600 1,600 500 100 100 100 18,100 14,600 13,200 7,600 5,800 5,500 14,100 11,900 13,000 9,100 5,500 3,200 70,000 55,000 48,800 5.000 4,500 5,000 7,600 6,600 6,200 71,300 64,800 60,000 22,600 20,500 16.500 16,400 10,100 8,400 4,500 2,600 1,900 2.100 1,700 1.200 10,500 9,200 7.500 140,000 120,000 106,700 6,500 6,500 5.800 17,100 12,000 9,300 13,200 12,100 10,800 6,200 8.400 10,200 7,900 6.600 6,600 12,800 13.400 13.700 10,200 8.400 6.300 13,000 11,200 11.500 8.100 7,800 7.800 19,000 20,600 19,700 114,000 107,000 101.700 52,300 40,700 38.800 9,500 7,800 8,700 1,500 1,100 400 15,500 12,300 11,000 200 100 100 79,000 62,000 59,000 3,900 3,000 3,800 30,600 25,400 15,000 5,400 5,100 4,000 16,300 14,900 14.600 21,500 21,800 23.900 1,700 1,400 800 9.600 6,400 6,100 89,000 78,000 68.200 117,400 114,300 97,100 13,000 11,300 12,900 6,500 4,100 2,900 30,700 24,600 21,400 6.400 4,000 4,800 16,100 13,100 13,100 3,900 2,600 2,300 194,000 174,000 154,500 710,000 620,000 560,000 84 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES Number of Head, January 1, 1976 9,999 or less 10,000-24,999 r= «"'>'.%•>„' L* ° ** ° n »^ 25,000.49.999 g^^ 50,000 ■ 74,999 Numbers show ranking of top 10 LEGEND 75,000 - 99,999 100,000 or more STOCK SHEEP AND LAMBS Number ot Head, January 1, 1976 4,999 or less 5,000 - 9.999 V-v^ 10,000 ■ 19.999 |-rt-- 20.000 - 29.999 30,000-49.999 ^^^Sg!^?^ 50,000 or more MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 85 LIVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, December 1, 1973-75 COUNTY & DISTRICT 1973 Deer Lodge 400 Flathead 13,200 Granite 100 Lake 5,900 Lincoln 400 Mineral 100 Missoula 1,100 Powell 2,600 Ravalli 4,000 Sanders 200 N. WEST 28,000 Blaine 12,500 Chouteau 7,800 Glacier 4,600 Hill 4,100 Liberty 5,700 Phillips 6,800 Pondera 7,900 Teton 8,500 Toole 5,100 N. CENTRAL 63,000 Daniels 5,400 Dawson 7,600 Garfield 3,200 McCone 4,600 Richland 3,600 Roosevelt 7,700 Sheridan 6,000 Valley 4,900 N. EAST 43,000 Broadwater 1,600 Cascade 2,400 Fergus 17,800 Golden Valley 1,900 Judith Basin 3,500 Lewis & Clark 1,600 Meagher 1,400 Musselshell 1,900 Petroleum 700 Wheatland 2,200 CENTRAL 35,000 Beaverhead 3,800 Gallatin 5,900 Jefferson 700 Madison 4,300 Silver Bow 300 S. WEST 15,000 Big Horn 6,700 Carbon 10,200 Park 3,400 Stillwater 11,500 Sweet Grass 2,600 Treasure 2,100 Yellowstone 3,500 S. CENTRAL 40,000 Carter 4,300 Custer 3,400 Fallon 9,800 Powder River 100 Prairie 4,800 Rosebud 4,300 Wibaux 4,300 S. EAST 31,000 STATE 255,000 Hogs and Pigs 1974 1975 Number of Head 300 300 11,000 7,200 100 100 3,600 2,900 100 200 100 100 1,000 500 2,000 1,500 3,500 3,000 300 200 22,000 16,000 7,200 4,700 5,500 3,900 8,000 6,100 3,900 3,300 4,400 3,100 3,300 2,500 8,300 6,100 7,900 6,200 6,500 4.100 55,000 40,000 5,900 4.800 4,500 3.100 2,800 1,800 2,200 2,100 3,000 3,600 5,800 5.500 2,800 2.000 5,000 5.100 32,000 28,000 1,700 1.500 2,100 2,100 10,400 8,100 1,100 600 3,700 2,500 2,400 1,600 1,200 500 1,000 700 1,000 600 2,400 1,800 27,000 20,000 1,600 1,300 5,000 3,300 1,000 500 2,100 1,800 300 100 10,000 7,000 3,700 2.800 4,600 3.500 2,300 2,000 6,800 4,300 3,000 1,800 1,400 800 4,200 2,800 26,000 18,000 2,000 1,900 3,000 2,600 5,000 4,600 100 500 2,200 2,000 2,400 2,100 3,300 2,300 18,000 16,000 190,000 145,000 Chickens 1973 1974 Number of Head 1975 2,400 2.300 2.300 10,200 6,700 8.500 400 800 700 30,000 31,000 30,700 1,500 500 800 400 600 200 1,400 700 600 7,500 1,700 1.700 143,900 150,000 130.400 2,600 1.400 1,200 200,300 195,700 177,100 5,500 3.900 2,700 6,600 3.400 2,800 31,800 33.400 34,600 15,600 15.600 15.800 18,100 19.900 19.500 5,000 3.900 3.200 33.500 29.400 29,700 52.500 48.500 55,800 22.900 23.600 25,000 191,500 181,600 189,100 2.700 2,000 1,300 7.300 5,100 3,000 2,400 2,000 1.500 4,600 4,700 4.000 10,900 7,800 6,000 5,900 6,200 3,300 7,600 5,700 3,600 10,600 9,200 5.800 52.000 42,700 28.500 165.700 92,000 94,600 92.200 78,600 65.000 13.100 3,400 2,400 1.800 3,200 2,300 5.100 4,700 5,100 19.600 12,200 14,600 17.500 16,100 12,800 2.300 1.900 1,700 800 600 600 33.000 32,200 31,500 351,100 244,900 230,600 3.100 1,800 1.400 168.100 143,900 169,600 2.200 1,800 1.400 2,200 1,200 1.100 2,300 1,600 1.000 177,900 150,300 174.500 3,600 4,500 3,900 10,000 9,000 1,300 2,500 1,800 1,300 22,300 17,100 17,100 2,600 4,300 4,300 2.000 500 300 133.900 115,700 120,400 176,900 152,900 148,600 2.200 1,500 1,400 22,700 23,500 23,000 8,200 3.300 4,300 1,100 700 700 3,000 1.300 1,000 1,500 1,100 900 1.600 500 300 40.300 31,900 31,600 1,190,000 1,000.000 980,000 86 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS STATISTICAL METHODS GENERAL The Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service has two primary objectives: 1. To develop accurate, reliable agricultural statistics 2. To move those statistics to users as rapidly as possible Data collection to achieve these objectives, in most cases, involves sample surveys of farmers and ranchers, grain companies, feed mills, seed dealers, retail stores, and many other agricultural enterprises. From data reported by these many sources, statisticians, using all available statistical tools, generate State totals forming official USDA estimates. Cooperation of USDA and the Montana Department of Agriculture provides resources for breaking State totals into crop reporting districts and counties. Montana agricultural statistics are available in two dimensions — State estimates and county or crop report- ing district estimates. STATE ESTIMATES The U.S. Department of Agriculture is required by law to provide National crop and livestock statistics and statistics for each major producing State. For many years and to a considerable extent today, mailed non-probability surveys served as the backbone of data gathering. However, probability sampling, a more sophisticated sampling procedure, is being incorporated as funds and applied technology allow. Some types of probability sampling used in Montana are Area Frame Sampling, List Frame Sampling, and Multiple Frame Sampling. Sampling farm operators in a specifically outlined geographic area is known as Area Frame Sampling, while sampling a list of all known producers of a specific commodity is known as List Frame Sampling. A technique called Multiple Frame Sampling takes advantage of the attributes of both the Area and List samples. Area Frame Sampling is used in Montana for a number of acreage and livestock items and Multiple Frame Sampling is used for estimating the cattle inventory and calf crop. The concept of probabilit>' sampling is maintained in all three types of sampling. Data collection therefore involves personal enumeration and telephone or personal foUowup for all non-respondents to mail questionnaires. These probability surveys are exjjenslve on a per sampling unit basis but yield State results that have greater precision and allow measurement of the sampling error. The Numl)er 1 grain crop in Montana, wheat, is measured by objective yield procedures. Forecasts before harvest incorporate plant counts, kernel and head counts, and weight. Sample fields are entered with permission of growers, by enumerators in May, June, July, August, and September to take counts and measurements. After harvest, gleaning provides estimated harvesting loss. COUNTY ESTIMATES Federal funding and regulations support State estimates for specific agricultural items that are important in National totals. When additional items or geographic descriptions within States are needed, local funding is required. To provide estimates by county for example, requires a much larger sample because each count>- must have enough reports to provide a statistically sound basis for estimates. Without going into details of statistical requirements and concepts, it is sufficient to point out that if reporting units display the same variation within county as they do within the entire State, then a sample will be required in each county nearly as large as the State sample. Large mailings are needed to place enough questionnaires in the hands of producers in each count>'. If response is low in some counties, telephone followup is needed to secure additional reports. Also, Information for minor crop acres Is secured from informed people in each county — such as county agents, ASCS personnel, etc. County assessments and their change from year to year are a reliable indicator for livestock estimates by counties. The Montana Department of Agriculture and Wheat Research and Marketing Committee provide funds for local agricultural data. CHECK DATA In addition to producer surveys, check data are collected from the marketing channels to verify or supplement the grower survey data. These data become available — usually long after harvest and are used to establish final production and marketing figures. The final estimate is arrived at when all grower survey data and marketing data (check data such as: handler or processor receipts, slaughter, and market shipments) have been analyzed. These data then become the statistical history against which current forecasts and estimates are viewed. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 87 REPORTS ISSUED H MONTANA CROP & LIVESTOCK REPORTING SERVICE Report Frequency General Reports: Farm Report (Crop Forecasts) , Weather, Crops, & Livestock Reports on Crops: Acreage Reports: Winter Wheat Seedlngs Prospective Plantings June Acreage Summary of Small Grains Annual Crop Summary and Value of Production.... Cherry Forecast Potato Stocks Range and Pasture Condition Stocks of Grains Wheat Movement Summary Alfalfa Seed Wheat Varieties Barley Varieties Reports on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry and Livestock Products: Dairy Monthly Poultry (Egg Production, Chick and Poult Hatchings) Quarterly Livestock Slaughter Monthly Cattle Inventory and Calf Crop Semi-Annually Sheep on Feed, January 1 Annual Jan. 1 Sheep Inventory and Lamb Crop Annual Lamb Crop Annual Wool Crop Semi-Annually Dec. 1 Hog Inventory & Pig Crop Annual Cattle and Calves on Feed Quarterly Honey and Bees Semi-Annually Mink Annual Meat Animals, Marketings and Cash Receipts Annual Price Reports: Agricultural Prices Monthly Farm Income Semi-Annually Miscellaneous Reports: Farms and Farm Land Annual Farm Labor Quarterly County Estimates: Wheat Estimates by County Annual Barley Estimates by County Annual Corn Estimates by County Annual Cattle on Farms by County Biennial Cattle on Feed by County Annual Approximate Date of Publication* Monthly 12th of month Weekly Mondays, April-October Monthly 7th of month, Nov. ■Mar. Annual December 24 Annual Jan. 23 and Apr, 16 Annual July 2 Annual December 12 Annual January 17 Monthly 12th of month, June & July Monthly 12th of month, Dec. ■April Monthly 12th of month, Apr, -Dec. Quarterly 25th of month, Jan., Apr., June., Oct. Semi-Annually January and July Annual October 22 Annual August Annual July 15 { 30th of following month 19th Mar., June., Sept., Dec. 30th of following month February 5 and July 27 January 17 February 1 July 24 July 24 and April 16 December 24 22nd of Jan., Apr., July and October January 19 and Sept. 27 May 11 April 5 30th of month March and September January 3 26th of Feb., May, Aug., and November Late winter-early spriilg January •Statistics in the National program are released in Washington, D.C. and locally according to strict predetermined dates. The Montana report Is prepared as soon as possible after the National release. The above reports may be obtained from the Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, P.O. Box 4369, Helena, Montana 59601 (Office ■ Room 200, 616 Helena Avenue — Phone 449-5303). 88 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WHY HAVE CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTS * * * * * A man's judgment is no better than his facts and crop and livestock reports are the basic facts of Agriculture. They aid farmers in planning their production and marketing which helps to provide an orderly market. They give producers the same foresight to future price trends that organized dealers possess. They are the best basis for adjusting supply to demand which Is highly essential if maximum price is to prevail. They eliminate the HI effects of misleading reports that might be circulated for private gain, if there were no official reports. They reduce the amount of speculation in farm products. Speculation thrives on uncertainty. Unbiased official crop reports reduce uncertainty which limits speculation. They are a check on fluctuation in price. Uncertainty of supply promotes undue fluctuation In price. They are the basis for analysis of agriculture and other business conditions. They give information on surplus and deficit areas of production making possible a more economical distribution of products. They enable transpwrtation companies to make a better distribution of cars, trucks, barges, etc. for moving farm products. They aid farm organizations, schools and others in planning constructive programs. They are a guide to farm resources and for developing new resources such as irrigation, electric power, location of food processing and other factories. They Indicate potential buying power thereby enabling the manufacturer to meet the probable demand. With economical production and distribution, the manufacturer can sell at a lower price than he could with uncertain demand. They reduce the risk of ownership of buyers of farm products which enables them to do business on a smaller margin. Under the stimulus of competition, they pay producers higher prices than could be paid if uncertainty of production existed. They are Indispensable in times of war t)ecause food is as essential as ammunition and weapons of war. They are essential In enacting wise legislation affecting Agriculture. They provide an accurate, unbiased picture of Montana agriculture. The facts on present and prospective supplies furnish a sound basis for judgment and action by farmers, other individuals, business men, railroads, crop and livestock interests and governmental agencies. f'-^' . V-' - -v . TV .*■> . . •-> •- ■■^-■^ ^rsm ''^^6-19''^