338.1 A7M 1978 r. 1 ^N «1"*<*^ :*i£^ ^^-9 'w' MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS "[ RETui\ VOLUME XVII COUNTY STATISTICS 1976 and 1977 DEC ii 8 1978 iwL Montana Department of Agriculture and Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service Montana State Library 3 0864 1004 7803 4 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS VOLUME XVII STATE OF MONTANA THOMAS L. JUDGE— Governor MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE W. GORDON McOMBER, Director Cooperating With U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, & COOPERATIVES SERVICE KENNETH W. FARRELL, Administrator WILLIAM E. KIBLER, Deputy Adm. for Statistics Compiled By MONTANA CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTING SERVICE DANIEL L. HERBERT, State Statistician C. R. (BUD) LIES, Assistant State Statistician OLLIE K. MIRES, Bulletin Coordinator FEDERAL BUILDING and U.S. COURTHOUSE P.O. Box 4369 Helena, Montana 5%01 (Phone — 449-5303) December 1978 Printed bv COLOR WORLD OF MONTANA, INC 201 E MendgnhaM, Boi.man. MT S971S §'tntr uf IBontana (Office of (Tlio fr>inirrmir Hclrna, jillUU THOMAS L JUDGE GOVERNOR September 5, 1978 TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: The information presented in Volume XVII of Montana Agricultural Statistics demonstrates the critical importance of agriculture to the economy of Montana. This compilation of statistics is intended to provide an objective overview of our food and fiber industry. Information contained in this bulletin will assist all sectors in formulating plans, implementing programs, and reaching decisions that will benefit farmers, ranchers and all Montanans. I wish to compliment the Montana Department of Agriculture and the Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service for a job well done in preparing this statistical accounting. I hope this information will help you maintain agriculture as the foundation of Montana's economy and our leading industry. Sincerely, ^/^'^^ — •-» *> THOMAS L. JUDGE Governor THOMAS L JUDGE GOVERNOR STATK OF- MOXT.XXA I>K1».VKXMKXX OK .VORIC^ULTURE I300 BLOCK CCOAR rTRECT AIRPORT WAV BUILDING WEST TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 40« 44S-3I44 W. GORDON MCOMBER DIRCCTON MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Agriculture today is not what it used to be. Montana's agricultural industry is a billion dollar business, fifty years ago the total cash receipts from marketing of agricultural products was only $135,000,000. This figure is now equivalent to roughly one fourth of the cash receipts from livestock marketing today. Over the years technological advancements have contributed signifi- cantly to the successes in agriculture. Let me cite some examples: production yields have increased around 100% since the early nineteen hundreds for wheat; the farmer today can complete his field work in a fraction of the time that the same amount of work took before the gasoline engine, when we relied on horses, as the primary source of power. Exports have become a large consumer of our agricultural production, while in the early stages of development we were our own major consumer. Today nearly 60% of our wheat production enters the export market . The data contained in this publication presents a very good statistical picture of Montana's modern agricultural industry. The decisions that have led us to our present day success in our agricultural industry could not have been made without accurate statistical data. For this reason I am pleased to present, Montana Agricultural Statistics, Volume XVII. Sincerely , W. Gordon McOmber Director An Affirmative \ction/ Equal Employment Opportunity Employer 4 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, 1976 and 1977 6 Montana Population 7 Montana's Rank in the Nation's Agriculture 8 STATE STATISTICS COUNTY STATISTICS Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size 9 Farm Income 11, 12, 13 10, 14, 15 Rank of Counties by Importance for Specified Commodities 16, 17 Importance of Montana Industries 18 Land Uses 19 Number of Workers on Farms 20 Commercial Fertilizer Consumption 21 Irrigated and Not Irrigated Acres and Value of Production 21 22, 23 Climatological Data 24, 25 Prices Received by Montana Farmers, Selected Commodities 37 Commodity Statistics Grain Crops Barley 29, 35, 52 35, 54, 55 Barley Purchased for Malt 53 Barley Varieties 56, 57 Corn 30 58, 59, 60 Oats 29, 52 36, 62, 63, 64, 65 Wheat, All 28, 52 38, 39 Wheat, Durum 27 35, 42, 43 Wheat, Spring Excluding Durum 27 34, 44, 45 Wheat, Winter 26, 52 34, 40, 41 Wheat Shipped Out of State 50, 51 Wheat Varieties 46, 47 47, 48, 49 Stocks of Grain 52 Hay Crops All Hay 33 66, 67 Alfalfa Hay 33 36, 68, 69 Other Hay 33 Wild Hay 33 Other Crops Beans, Dry 31 61 Flaxseed 30 60 Potatoes 31 71 Seed, Alfalfa 32 70 Sugarbeets 31 61 Fruits Cherries 32 Livestock Bees 75 Cattle and Calves 72, 73, 74 83, 84 Cattle and Calves on Feed 74, 81 82 Beef Cows 72 85 Milk Cows 73 84 Hogs 76, 78 86 Sheep and Lambs 76, 77, 85 83, 85 Livestock Products Dairy Products Manufactured 73 Honey and Beeswax 75 Milk Production and Marketings 73, 75 Wool Production Tl Commercial Slaughter and Red Meat Production 80 Poultry Chickens 79 86 Eggs 79 Statistical Methods 87 Release Dates for Crop and Livestock Reports 88 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOREWORD The statistics in this bulletin provide a measure of the size and health of Montana's major economic force, agriculture. In 1977 the State's farms and ranches contributed 957 million dollars to the economy, identifying agriculture as the largest single industry in the State. However, agriculture's proportion of the State's economic pie has declined some in recent years because of unfavorable prices. The Economics, Statistics, & Cooperatives Service, USDA, and the Montana Depart- ment of Agriculture, cooperating as the "Montana Crop and Livestock Reportng Service", collect and publish a comprehensive array of agricultural statistics. These are published currently throughout the year; and are combined with special county data for this bien- nial 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 the development of these statistics. OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC SPIRITED PER- SONS AND FIRMS WHO HAVE HELPED. Special statistics on wheat — varieties, stocks by class, movement, utilization; and barley for malt, were funded by the Montana Wheat Research and Marketing Commit- tee. Data on barley varieties were funded by the National Malting Barley Improvement Association. This issue of "Montana Agricultural Statistics" includes revisions of some State statistics and revised levels of county statistics based on the 1974 Census of Agriculture. Earlier issues of biennial bulletins are available on a limited basis for historical county statistics. In mid-1978 a special historical bulletin was published and is available, showing State-level statistics back to 1867. COPIES OF THE CURRENT PUBLICATION, EARLIER ISSUES, AND THE HISTORICAL BULLETIN ARE AVAILABLE FROM: Montana Crop & Livestock Reporting Service P.O. Box 4369 — Helena, Montana 59601 or Montana Department of Agriculture Scott Hart Bidg. — Helena, Montana 59601 Daniel L. Herbert, State Statistician Charles M. Russell Sketch courtesy Montana Historical Society THE STAGE DRIVER (1901)— Dressed in buffalo coat against the bitter cold and equipped with gauntlets and indispensable long-handled whip, this was an essential man of western travel before the coming of the railroads. 6 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1976 Montana experienced a very dry and windy winter. Winter wheat plants were covered with blown dirt in localities of the northcentral part of the State — the main winter wheat area. However, ample subsoil moisture sustained the plants and when timely rains came in April, a good recovery occurred. Spring moisture was plentiful and both fall and spring-planted crops got off to a good start. Dryness returned to the northcentral area of the State in June and much of the southern part became dry during midsummer. Sugarbeets which were planted late due to contract negotiations especially benefited from warm weather and ample irrigation water. Harvest weather was nearly ideal and crops were taken off ahead of normal. In spite of the localized dryness, crop yields approached record highs in most locations of the State. The lack of precipitation aided harvesting but hampered winter wheat seeding. The early seedings came up well but later-planted fields were spotty. Winter wheat entered the winter in generally fair to good condition. Livestock wintered well during the early months of 1976 and calving and lambing losses were less than normal due to the favorable weather conditions. Range grasses developed normally except for some drier areas of the northcentral and northeastern parts of the State and range feed supplies re- mained adequate throughout the summer. Grazing on late summer and fall ranges was generally good, with feed supplies adequate for the subsequent winter feeding season. MONTANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK — 1977 The winter months, although dry and with limited snowcover in many areas, were spared from damaging winds. March brought welcome moisture in most areas except the northeastern counties. The 1977 crop season was plagued with dryness that was partially relieved by timely but spotty rainfall. The southwestern part of the State was an exception to this, as generally it had adequate moisture for most of the crop year. Spring seeding was generally ahead of schedule but finally became delayed as farmers waited for moisture. Good rains fell around the middle of May, which relieved dryness in most areas. The dryland crops were sustained during the season by spotty showers that bypassed some areas all season. This resulted in extremely varied patterns of crop development. Irrigation water supplies were also very short but most farmers were able to get by with better management and efficient use of irrigation water. Hay and pastures suffered the most from irrigation shortages. Harvest of winter wheat started ahead of normal and harvest of spring grains got off to an early start but final wrapup was delayed by September showers. Harvest of late-season crops was also delayed but by the end of October most potatoes and sugarbeets had been dug. Winter wheat seeding started the last week of August and was about complete by the first week of October. Winter wheat entered the winter season in mostly good condition. The relatively mild winter in early 1977 was good for livestock and grazing was generally open over the State. Conditions for calving and lambing were good and losses were light. Spring range growth was abnormally slow due to dry conditions that prevailed during the spring and stockwater shortages were common in all parts of the State. Summer range feed supplies were shorter than normal in all areas except the southwestern part of the State. Some ranchers grazed hayfields because of range shortages. The poor range growth over most of the State necessitated an earlier than normal movement from summer ranges. Cow and calf marketings were generally above average but ewe and lamb marketings were about average. Ranges were in poor condition going into the winter. Hay supplies for the 1978 winter feeding season were short to adequate in eastern Montana but generally adequate elsewhere. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA POPULATION Urban and Rural — by Counties U.S. Census (Prov.) July 1 COUNTY 1976 Beaverhead 8,200 Big Horn 10,600 Blaine 7,400 Broadwater 3,100 Carbon 8,300 Carter 1,800 Cascade 83,600 Chouteau 6,200 Custer 13,000 Daniels 3,200 Dawson 11,200 Deer Lodge 14,600 Fallon 3,900 Fergus 13,000 Flathead 45,400 Gallatin 37,400 Garfield 1,800 Glacier 10,900 Golden Valley 1,000 Granite 2,700 Hill 18,100 Jefferson 6,900 Judith Basin 2,700 Lake 17,400 Lewis & Clark 38,000 Liberty 2,500 Lincoln 16,400 McCone 2,700 Madison 5,400 Meagher 2,200 Mineral 3,500 Missoula 65,500 Musselshell 4,400 Park 12,600 Petroleum 700 Phillips 5,500 Pondera 7,000 Powder River 2,500 Powell 7,600 Prairie 1,700 Ravalli 18,500 Richland 10,300 Roosevelt 10,500 Rosebud 9,900 Sanders 8,000 Sheridan 5,500 Silver Bow 41,100 Stillwater 5,200 Sweet Grass 3,200 Teton 6,100 Toole 5,300 Treasure 1,300 Valley 13,400 Wheatland 2,500 Wibaux 1,500 Yellowstone 99,600 Yellowstone Natl. Pk 100 State Total 752,600 U.S. CENSUS - - APRIL 1, 1970 URBAN RURAL Total Percent Places Pop- Total of Total of 1,000 Other ulation Urban' Total Rural to 25,000 Rural 8,187 4,548 55.6 3,639 3,639 10,057 2,733 27.2 7,324 — 7,324 6,727 — — 6,727 2,907 3,820 2,526 — — 2,526 1,371 1,155 7,080 — — 7,080 1,844 5,236 1,956 — — 1,956 — 1,956 81,804 70,905 86.7 10,899 — 10,899 6,473 — — 6,473 1,863 4,610 12,174 9,023 74.1 3,151 — 3,151 3,083 — — 3,083 1,486 1,597 11,269 6,305 55.9 4,964 4,964 15,652 9,771 62.4 5,881 — 5,881 4,050 2,584 63.8 1,466 — 1,466 12,611 6,437 51.0 6,174 — 6,174 39,460 16,527 41.9 22,933 — 22,933 32,505 18,670 57.4 13,835 2,495 11,340 1,796 — — 1,796 — 1,7% 10,783 4,004 37.1 6,779 1,700 5,079 931 — — 931 — 931 2,737 — 2,737 1,128 1,609 17,358 10,558 60.8 6,800 1,073 5,727 5,238 — 5,238 2,377 2,861 2,667 — — 2,667 — 2,667 14,445 — — 14,445 3,811 10,634 33,281 22,730 68.3 10,551 1,651 8,900 2,359 — — 2,359 — 2,359 18,063 3,286 18.2 14,777 2,241 12,536 2,875 — — 2,875 — 2,875 5,014 — — 5,014 — 5,014 3,122 — — 2,122 1,200 922 2,958 2,958 — 2,958 58,263 43,531 74.7 14,732 1,492 13,240 3,734 — — 3,734 2,116 1,618 11,197 6,883 61.5 4,314 — 4,314 675 — 675 — 675 5,386 — — 5,386 2,195 3,191 6,611 2,770 41.9 3,841 — 3,841 2,862 _ — 2,862 — 2,862 6,660 4,306 64.7 2,354 — 2,354 1,752 — 1,752 — 1,752 14,409 — — 14,409 2,499 11,910 9,837 4,543 46.2 5,294 — 5,294 10,365 3,095 29.9 7,270 1,389 5,881 6,032 — — 6,032 1,873 4,159 7,093 — 7,093 2,402 4,691 5,779 — 5,779 2,381 3,398 41,981 34,005 81.0 7,976 4,465 3,511 4,632 — — 4,632 1,173 3,459 2,980 — — 2,980 1,592 1,388 6,116 — — 6,116 1,586 4,530 5,839 3,111 53.3 2,728 2,728 1,069 — 1,069 — 1,069 11,471 4,700 41.0 6,771 — 6,771 2,529 — — 2,529 1,375 1,154 1,465 — 1,465 — 1,465 87,367 75,651 86.6 11,716 — 11,716 64 — 64 — 64 694,409 370,676 53.4 323,733 53,685 270,048 'Urban defined as persons living in areas or places of 2,500 inhabitants or nnore. MONTANA FARM POPULATION vs. TOTAL POPULATION, 1920-701 Total Year Population 1920 546,000 1930 538,000 1940 560,000 1950 591,000 1%0 675,000 1970 694,000 '"Farm Population Estimate" Rural Development Service, USDA Statistical Bulletin 523. Farm Pop jiatior Number % of Total 228,000 205,000 176,000 136,000 115,000 90,000 41.8 38.1 31.4 23.0 17.0 13.0 8 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS MONTANA'S RANK IN THE NATION'S AGRICULTURE Item UnM Period or Dale Ran Acres in strip cropping 4,489,260 acres 1%9 Census 1 Land in farms and ranches 62,100,000 acres 1978 2 Income from Cash Receipts, excluding Government payments Total 957,152,000 dollars 1977 33 Crops 443,364,000 dollars 1977 34 Livestock 513,788,000 dollars 1977 28 LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS All cattle and calves All cows Milk cows Beef cows Cattle on feed Hogs and pigs Sheep and lambs Wool produaion All chickens Honey production 2,570,000 head Jan. 1, 1978 15 1,365,000 head Jan. 1, 1978 13 27,000 head Jan. 1, 1978 44 1,338,000 head Jan. 1, 1978 8 81,000 head Ian. 1, 1978 21 211,000 head Dec. 1, 1977 27 530,000 head Jan. 1, 1978 8 4,462,000 pounds 1977 8 985,000 birds Dec. 1, 1977 41 5,472,000 pounds 1977 13 CROPS (PRODUCTION) All wheat Winter wheat Durum wheat Spring wheat other than durum All hdy Alfalfa hay Dry beans Barley Oats Flax Potatoes Sugarbeets 30,920,000 bushels 1977 5 81 ,200,000 bushels 1977 6 4,840,000 bushels 1977 3 44,880,000 bushels 1977 4 3,907,000 ton 1977 12 2,516,000 ton 1977 10 104,000 cwt. 1977 12 55,480,000 bushels 1977 2 5,600,000 bushels 1977 17 35,000 bushels 1977 5 2,016,000 cwt. 1977 20 8%,000 ton 1977 10 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 9 NUMBER OF FARMS 1910-1978 ALL LAND IN FARMS — AND AVERAGE SIZE OF FARMS 1950-1978 Number of Farms — 1910-1949 Number Number Number Number of of of of Year Farms Year Farms Year Farms Year Farms Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. 1910 28.8 1920 57.7 1930 55.0 1940 44.5 1911 31.5 1921 57.0 1931 54.5 1941 4Z0 1912 34.0 1922 55.0 1932 54.0 1942 41.0 1913 37.0 1923 52.5 1933 53.5 1943 40.8 1914 40.0 1924 51.0 1934 53.0 1944 40.6 1915 45.0 1925 50.0 1935 52.0 1945 40.4 1916 50.0 1926 51.0 1936 50.0 1946 39.8 1917 54.0 1927 52.5 1937 48.0 1947 39.2 1918 56.0 1928 53.5 1938 46.0 1948 38.5 1919 57.0 1929 54.0 1939 45.0 1949 37.8 Number of farms, all land in farms and average size of farm, 1950-1978 Year 1950.. 1951 . , 1952.. 1953. . 1954.. 1955.. 1956.. 1957.. 1958.. 1959. . 1960.. 1961 . . 1%2.. 1963,. 1964.. 1965.. 1966.. 1967.. 1968.. 1969.. 1970.. 1971 . . 1972.. 1973.. 1974.. 1975.. 1976. . 1977.. 1978. . 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 2.015 324 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 63,000 2.510 24.6 62,800 2.553 24.2 62,600 2.587 23.7 62,400 2.633 23.3 62,300 2,674 22.9 62,100 2.712 10 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS I o c o o E _. ^ jj o -o O c o 9 n la O rg J2 O -o C o E o 0) -o c o -o c o E MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 11 CASH RECEIPTS — 1964-1977 Cash Receipts from the Sale of Principal Farm Products and Government Payments Year 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Livestock Total and Receipts Total Livestock from Government All Cash Products Crops Marketings Payments Receipts Thousand Dollars 319,493 182,745 502,238 74,129 576.367 350,128 204,735 554,863 80,081 6K944 357,058 246,0% 603,145 85,361 688,515 407,393 209,940 617,333 77,789 695,122 495,281 328,465 823,746 103,169 926,915 572,107 554,964 1,127,071 64,990 1,192,061 433,124 720,745 1,153,869 14,998 1,168,867 420,949 587,992 1,008,941 9,350 1,018,291 456,392 582,492 1,038,884 10,497 1,049,381 513,788 443,364 957,152 61,443 1,018,595 CASH RECEIPTS All Crops, Livestock and Livestock Products 1945-1977 TI>ous. Dollars 1970 12 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS BY COMMODITIES 1972-19771 1972 Ltvestock and Products Cattle and calves 431,156 Dairy produas 17,827 Sheep and lambs 11,385 Wool. 2,975 Hogs 20,830 tegs 6,560 Chickens 187 Honey and beeswax 2,404 Other^ 1,957 TOTAL 495,281 Crops Field Crops Wheat 225.312 Barley 53,341 Sugarbeets 14,819 Hay 20,494 Potatoes 3,647 Oats 2,936 Dry edible beans 1,028 Alfalfa seed 439 Flaxseed 298 Other' 2,808 Fruits and Berries Cherries 597 Other* 36 Other Products Forest 1,500 Greenhouse and nursery 1,210 TOTAL 328,465 Al Commodities 823,746 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Thousand Dollars 483,171 348,072 339,916 373,307 432,481 19,126 22,552 22,245 23,653 26,926 15,474 12,013 10,695 10,381 10,718 8,123 4,857 2,693 3,467 3,347 29,120 29,312 28,984 27,575 23,399 10,285 9,157 8,879 8,630 7,886 349 274 186 288 220 3,288 3,680 3,709 4,539 3,293 3,171 3,221 3,642 4.552 5,518 572,107 433,138 420,949 456,392 513,788 380,638 552,220 446.722 429,583 306,456 85,185 89,710 66,771 85,487 62.825 31,347 43.050 25,036 21,683 21.504 30,350 34,872 28,017 20,186 28.267 7,476 14,745 5,856 9,667 6.325 5,465 4,558 2.580 3,551 2.606 3,408 2,336 3,425 2,812 2,013 1,880 1,926 595 1,229 2,410 712 1,150 302 282 212 3,830 6,035 3,325 3,078 4.662 1,648 859 1,416 1,081 1.301 60 28 28 33 33 1,700 2,000 2,300 2,000 3,200 1,265 1,417 1,619 1,820 1,550 554,964 754,906 587,992 582,492 443,364 ,127,071 1,188,044 1,008,941 1,038,884 957,152 'Revised Turkeys, turkey eggs, ducks, geese, other fowl, game birds, rabbits, mink, bees, horses, mules. 'Dry field peas, cabbage, sweet corn, lettuce, onions, green peas, tomatoes, misc. vegetables, rye, corn sorghum grain, soybeans, alsike clover seed, red clover seed, mustard seed, 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 COMMODITIES — 1972-19771 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Livestock and Products Cattle and calves ... Dairy produas Sheep and lambs ... Wool Hogs Chickens and eggs . Honey and beeswax Other TOTAL Crops Wheal Barley Sugarbeets Hay Potatoes Other TOTAL Al Commodities Percent of Total 52.3 2.2 1.4 .4 2.5 .8 .3 .2 42.9 1.7 1.4 .7 2.6 .9 .3 .3 29.3 33.7 1.9 Z2 1.& 1.1 .4 .3 2.5 Z9 .8 .9 .3 .4 .3 .3 35.9 2.3 1.0 .3 2.7 .9 .4 .4 45.2 2.8 1.1 .4 2.5 .8 .3 .6 60.1 StJ 36.5 41.8 43.9 5X7 27.4 6.5 1.8 2.5 .4 1.3 33.8 7.6 2.8 2.7 .7 1.6 46.5 44.3 7.6 6.6 3.6 ZS 2.9 2.6 1.2 .6 1.7 1.4 41.4 8.2 Z1 1.9 .9 1.6 32.0 6.6 2.2 3.0 .7 1.8 39.9 49.2 63.5 58.2 56.1 46.3 lOQiO 100.0 ioao loao loao ioao 'Revised MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 13 CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS OF COMMODITIES 1972-1976 Average Livestock $475,573,000 46.6% Crops $561,764,000 53.4% 1977 Livestock $513,788,000 Crops $443,364,000 46.3% 14 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES — 1976 From Sale of Principal Products and Government Payments COUNTY & DISTRICT Livestock and Livestock Products Deer Lodge 1,464,000 Flathead 7,631,000 Granite 3,469,000 Lake 12,363,000 Lincoln %2,000 Mineral 273,000 Missoula 3,009,000 Powell 5,695,000 Ravalli 11,530,000 Sanders 2,886,000 N. WEST 49,282,000 Blaine 11,859,000 Chouteau 8,544,000 Glacier 6,027,000 Hill 4,976,000 Liberty 2,807,000 Phillips 12,673,000 Pondera 5,243,000 Teton 11,054,000 Toole 3,789,000 N. CENTRAL 66,972,000 Daniel 3,764,000 Dawson 7,205,000 Garfield 10,936,000 McCone 6,907,000 Richland 13,527,000 Roosevelt 7,358,000 Sheridan 3,975.000 Valley 11,554,000 N. EAST 65,226,000 Broadwater 3,610,000 Cascade 17,992,000 Fergus 15,754,000 Golden Valley 2,654,000 Judith Basin 8,524,000 Lewis & Clark 7,503,000 Meagher 5,524,000 Musselshell 4,901,000 Petroleum 4,119,000 Wheatland 5,663,000 CENTRAL 76,244.000 Beaverhead 24,784,000 Gallatin 16,377,000 Jefferson 3,302,000 Madison 11,845,000 Silver Bow 1,140,000 S. WEST 57,448,000 Big Horn 16,323,000 Carbon 9,860,000 Park 8,219,000 Stillwater 10,301,000 Sweet Grass 6,124,000 Treasure 3,610,000 Yellowstone 26,319,000 S. CENTRAL 80,756,000 Carter 11,277,000 Custer 11,667,000 Fallon 5,993,000 Powder River 9,453,000 Prairie 6,761,000 Rosebud 11,668,000 Wibaux 3,645,000 S. EAST 60,464,000 STATE 456,392,000 Crops 338,000 6,656,000 748,000 7,581,000 278,000 186,000 1,287,000 2,345,000 2,178,000 958,000 22,555,000 17,008,000 56,860,000 16,754,000 47,689,000 19,984,000 11,619,000 29,144,000 22,023,000 28,430,000 249,511,000 18,977,000 13,855,000 6,886,000 15,164,000 20,355,000 27,556,000 25,260,000 24,019,000 152.072,000 5,308,000 16,954,000 18,894,000 2,004,000 7,853,000 2,995,000 1,355,000 2,255,000 694,000 2,098,000 60,410,000 3,494,000 11,636,000 1,179,000 3,626,000 132,000 20,067,000 9,152,000 6,396,000 2,698,000 8,432,000 1,409,000 3,479,000 14,887,000 46,453,000 2,214,000 3,%4,0O0 5,927,000 3,941,000 5.229,000 5,088,000 5,061,000 31,424,000 582,492,000 Total Receipts from Marketings Dollars 1,802,000 14,287,000 4,217,000 19,944,000 1,240,000 459,000 4,296,000 8,040,000 13,708,000 3,844,000 71,837,000 28,867,000 65,404,000 22,781,000 52,665.000 22,791,000 24,292,000 34,387,000 33,077,000 32,219,000 316,483,000 22,741,000 21,060,000 17,822,000 22,071,000 33,882,000 34,914,000 29,235,000 35,573.000 217,298,000 8,918,000 34,946.000 34,648,000 4,658,000 16,377,000 10,498,000 6,879,000 7,156,000 4,813,000 7,761.000 136,654,000 28,278,000 28,013.000 4,481.000 15,471,000 1,272,000 77,515,000 25,475,000 16,256,000 10,917,000 18,733,000 7,533,000 7,089,000 41,206,000 127,209,000 13,491,000 15,631,000 11,920,000 13,394,000 11,990,000 16,756,000 8,706,000 91,888,000 1,038,884,000 Govern- ment Payments 18,900 115,300 41,400 154,100 78,500 17,700 102,000 175,400 118,900 153,100 975,300 213,800 301,500 585,400 122,300 30,600 129,100 238,200 513,400 307,200 2,441,500 144,500 153,400 307,900 296,800 247,800 135,100 217,100 213,600 1,716,200 78,300 672,800 306,800 164,500 107,800 353,000 132,000 259,000 87,100 168,300 2,329,600 172,800 126.300 92,700 145,200 17,500 554,500 158,500 321,200 84,500 155,900 160,200 53,100 203.600 1,137,000 479,100 163.100 101.400 152,500 221.600 166.400 58.800 1,342,900 10,497,000 All Cash Receipts 1,820,900 14,402,300 4,258,400 20,098,100 1,318,500 476,700 4,398,000 8,215,400 13,826,900 3,997,100 72,812.300 29,080,800 65,705,500 23,366,400 52,787,300 22,821,600 24,421,100 34,625,200 33,590,400 32,526,200 318,924,500 22,885,500 21,213,400 18,129,900 22,367,800 34,129,800 35,049,100 29,452,100 35,786,600 219,014,200 8,9%,300 35,618,800 34,954.800 4,822,500 16,484,800 10,851,000 7,011,000 7,415,000 4,900,100 7,929,300 138,983,600 28,450,800 28,139,300 4,573,700 15,616,200 1,289,500 78,069,500 25,633,500 16,577,200 11,001,500 18,888,900 7,693,200 7,142,100 41,409,600 128,346,000 13,970,100 15,794,100 12,021,400 13,546,500 12,211,600 16,922,400 8,764,800 93,230,900 1,049,381,000 Cash Receipts Per Farms 28,452 18,394 31,544 19,704 8,345 9,931 13,%2 46,154 18,169 13,413 19,365 58,749 75,696 66,761 69,548 75,071 44,564 65,827 48,124 95,758 64.835 47,878 37,480 64,063 46,310 53,079 50,943 42,933 47,274 47,778 47,599 45,432 42,837 37,096 41,734 38,208 61,500 34,014 50,001 56,638 43,871 95,472 37,771 28.060 40,042 15,536 46,498 49,677 24,632 30,560 44,655 29,363 63,204 39,400 37,771 41,827 40,087 38,285 36,124 54,274 48,768 43,176 42,532 44,278 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 15 CASH RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES — 1977 From Sale of Principal Products and Government Payments COUNTY & DISTRICT Livestock and Livestock Products Deer Lodge 1,750,000 Flathead 6,795,000 Granite 3,898,000 Lake 11,438,000 Lincoln %7.000 Mineral 270,000 Missoula 2,609,000 Powell 6,302,000 Ravalli 10,478,000 Sanders 2,816,000 N. WEST 47,323,000 Blaine 12,005,000 Chouteau 8,948,000 Glacier 6,316,000 Hill 4,533,000 Liberty 2,491,000 Phillips 12,063,000 Pondera 5,669,000 Teton 10,153,000 Toole 3,474,000 M CENTRAL 65,652,000 Daniels 4,255,000 Dawson 8,992,000 Garfield 12,229,000 McCone 8,089,000 Richland 15,063,000 Roosevelt 7,5%,000 Sheridan 4,834,000 Valley 13,353,000 N. EAST 74,411,000 Broadwater 4,934,000 Cascade 22,696,000 Fergus 19,857,000 Golden Valley 4,142,000 Judith Basin 10,340,000 Lewis & Clark 9,173,000 Meagher 7,476,000 Musselshell 7,702,000 Petroleum 4,647,000 Wheatland 6,365,000 CENTRAL 97,332,000 Beaverhead 23,732,000 Gallatin 19,093,000 Jefferson 3,415,000 Madison 12,269,000 Silver Bow 1,115.000 S. WEST 59,624,000 Big Horn 16,850,000 Carbon 13,910,000 Park 8,974,000 Stillwater 10,814,000 Sweet Grass 7,269,000 Treasure 4,166,000 Yellowstone 34,375,000 S. CENTRAL 96,358,000 Carter 12,947,000 Custer 14,473,000 Fallon 7,206,000 Powder River 13,368,000 Prairie 7,140,000 Rosebud 13,059,000 Wibaux 4,895,000 S. EAST 73,088,000 STATE 513,788,000 Crops 612,000 5,660,000 981,000 6,841,000 411,000 192,000 1,244,000 1,833,000 2,403,000 837,000 21,014,000 13,269,000 40,356,000 10,813,000 32,538,000 14,676,000 9,913,000 18,448,000 17,189,000 17,950,000 175,152,000 14,997,000 10,234,000 4,158,000 10,085,000 15,652,000 17,631,000 17,687,000 18,765,000 109,209,000 5,346,000 13,775,000 15,879,000 1,471,000 7,534,000 2,585,000 1,524,000 1,930,000 718,000 2,144,000 52,906,000 3,597,000 9,880,000 1,056,000 2,703,000 141,000 17,377,000 8,821,000 6,975,000 2,361,000 5,935,000 1,350,000 3,251,000 13,%5,000 42,658,000 2,524,000 3,404,000 4,314,000 3,500,000 3,810,000 4,433,000 3,063,000 25,048,000 443,364,000 Total Receipts from Marketings Dollars 2,362,000 12,455,000 4,879,000 18,279,000 1,378,000 462,000 3,853,000 8,135,000 12,881,000 3,653,000 68,337,000 25,274,000 49,304,000 17,129,000 37,071,000 17,167,000 21,976,000 24,117,000 27,342,000 21.424,000 19,252,000 19,226,000 16,387,000 18,174,000 30,715,000 25,227,000 22,521,000 32,118,000 183,620,000 10,280,000 36,471,000 35,736,000 5,613,000 17,874,000 11,758,000 9,000,000 9,632,000 5,365,000 8,509,000 150,238,000 27,329,000 28,973,000 4,471,000 14,972,000 1,256,000 77,001,000 25,671,000 20,885,000 11,335,000 16,749,000 8,619,000 7,417,000 48,340,000 139,016,000 15,471,000 17.877,000 11,520,000 16.868,000 10,950,000 17,492,000 7,958,000 98,136,000 957,152.000 Govern- ment Payments 35,400 326,800 119,700 406,100 81,100 23,500 184,900 251,100 506,200 227,500 2,162.300 1,876,100 5,844,500 1,393,000 5,191,300 2,129,400 1,395,000 1,958,900 2,292,800 2.088,500 240,804,000 24,169,500 2,271,700 1,379,300 7%,700 1,515,900 1,581,600 2,435,700 2,793,600 2,677,800 15,452,300 760,900 2,401,500 2,166,400 332,500 1,034,300 494,100 241,200 397,300 156,100 418,200 8,402,500 368,800 924,200 188,400 263,800 36,300 1,781,500 997,800 1,002,900 304,100 861,300 304,700 253,600 1,377,500 5,101,900 868,000 732.600 634,900 492,300 456,400 721,300 467,500 4,373,000 61,443,000 All Cash Receipts 2,397,400 12,781.800 4.998,700 18,685,100 1,459,100 485,500 4,037,900 8,386,100 13,387.200 3,880,500 70,499,300 27,150,100 55,148,500 18,522,000 42,262,300 19,2%,400 23,371,000 26,075,900 29,634.800 23,512,500 264,973,500 21,523,700 20,605,300 17,183,700 19,689,900 32,2%,600 27,662,700 25,314,600 34,795,800 199,072,300 11,040,900 38,872,500 37,902,400 5,945,500 18,908,300 12,252,100 9,241,200 10,029,300 5,521,100 8.927.200 158,640,500 27,697,800 29,897,200 4,659,400 15,235,800 1,292,300 78,782,500 26,668,800 21,887,900 11,639,100 17,610,300 8,923,700 7,670,600 49,717,500 144,117,900 16,339,000 18,609,600 12.154.900 17.360.300 11,406,400 18,213,300 8,425,500 102.509,000 1,018,595,000 Cash Receipts Per Farms 38,054 16,600 37,584 18,685 9,353 10,330 13,025 47,921 17,873 13,244 19,074 55,750 64,728 53,843 56,728 64,536 43,280 50,340 43,199 64,418 54,7« 45,814 37,060 61,590 41,452 51,102 40,921 37,559 46,706 44,17t 59,360 50,418 47,378 46,449 48,607 43,758 82,511 46,648 57,511 64,690 50,928 94,532 40,899 29,121 39,677 15,760 47,747 52,498 33,113 32,879 42,332 34,588 69,105 48,129 43,136 49,663 48,211 39,336 47,174 51,613 53,255 42,128 47,568 43,717 16 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NUMERICAL RANKING OF COUNTIES 1977 CROP PRODUCTION COUNTY Beaverhead . . Big Horn Blaine Broadwater . . Carbon Carter Cascade Chouteau . . . Custer Daniels Dawson Deer Lodge . . Fallon Fergus Flathead Gallatin Garfield Glacier Golden Valley Granite Hill )efferson .... 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 . Spring All Winter Wheat Durum All Wheat Wheat Excl. Durum Wheat Barley Oats Hay 40 44 30 24 37 1 20 12 26 18 27 9 13 9 9 5 11 7 10 26 27 18 14 25 28 33 30 31 19 36 13 32 26 29 17 41 20 25 9 6 15 16 7 11 7 1 1 10 10 1 9 17 28 21 35 42 28 32 6 51 2 7 28 21 46 15 13 13 15 33 14 33 53 48 51 45 47 24 23 19 34 5 39 B 3 21 9 4 11 2 36 34 33 10 30 21 22 16 25 6 10 4 25 20 22 22 25 16 42 21 19 14 14 5 40 43 37 32 43 48 25 48 52 44 52 44 31 2 2 6 18 16 2 44 42 37 50 50 24 35 19 14 24 21 9 6 20 38 36 32 22 23 8 45 42 40 26 17 19 7 4 12 19 17 39 54 55 54 54 44 52 14 11 11 13 29 18 37 46 48 28 32 28 3 43 39 51 31 31 24 54 52 55 55 44 55 51 50 47 47 38 36 39 35 52 44 35 45 35 33 34 30 28 12 48 46 53 46 43 40 16 17 7 13 1 6 12 / 20 3 2 22 38 31 24 38 9 39 33 29 50 49 45 40 34 15 30 22 39 43 36 51 44 41 42 20 37 13 14 17 18 8 20 3 27 5 31 3 23 12 26 29 28 23 36 29 30 49 47 49 53 42 34 3 40 4 21 8 41 56 55 42 50 23 15 37 12 27 32 18 41 38 46 38 15 22 10 5 17 15 3 26 5 11 10 5 8 19 53 47 45 41 45 41 49 4 25 1 11 12 4 11 34 29 36 35 19 23 27 43 16 49 17 51 18 8 27 15 24 16 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 17 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 . Liberty Lincoln McCone Madison Meagher Mineral Missoula Musselshell . . . Park Petroleum . . . . Phillips Pondera Powder River . Powell F*rairie Ravalli Richland Roosevelt Rosebud Sanders Sheridan Silver Bow .... Stillwater Sweet Grass . . . Teton Toole Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone . . Cash Receipts — 1977 L vestock Numbers All Livestock and Cattle Sheep Hogs ProduCTs Products Crops Jan. 1, 1977 Jan. 1, 1977 J an, 1, 1977 10 2 32 1 3 28 11 6 21 4 37 23 12 17 15 10 25 6 39 39 27 44 27 26 IB 9 23 17 5 16 31 13 39 15 1 24 4 3 14 S 17 22 1 26 1 20 41 12 23 8 34 7 19 21 19 44 11 48 31 10 20 24 17 23 26 24 53 S3 53 53 47 30 36 32 29 32 30 9 5 4 9 3 16 1 34 34 26 47 40 2 8 5 20 13 23 7 30 15 30 14 2 29 27 36 16 33 33 11 47 46 46 43 21 33 49 47 50 38 42 36 3 43 2 41 44 15 50 49 49 46 43 32 24 21 22 19 23 21 21 18 24 18 35 18 35 23 38 25 4 27 26 52 12 52 46 20 54 55 54 55 47 32 32 14 37 29 8 19 22 27 18 6 9 22 41 30 45 27 14 33 56 56 55 56 48 36 51 51 48 51 45 35 40 28 43 28 13 30 37 25 41 22 30 21 48 42 52 39 24 34 16 16 19 8 IS 17 14 38 4 37 26 8 28 10 33 9 6 31 44 37 44 24 34 29 38 33 31 34 32 21 33 20 40 30 18 23 7 7 10 16 22 3 13 29 7 35 36 5 25 12 28 11 11 29 52 50 51 49 43 37 15 41 6 42 39 23 55 54 56 54 49 37 29 19 25 26 10 11 42 31 47 31 4 28 9 22 8 21 12 4 17 48 5 50 29 13 46 45 35 45 46 33 6 11 3 12 20 5 43 35 42 36 7 23 45 40 36 40 38 25 2 1 13 2 28 14 18 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF SELECTED MAJOR MONTANA INDUSTRIES Percent of Total VALUE BY CROUPS Industry Basis Year Val je in Millions Agriculture^ Cash Receipts 1977 1,018 Mining^ Value of Produrtion 1976 376 Manufacturing^ Value added (excluding Lumber and Wood Products) 1976 546 Travel* Estimated Value 1977 264 Oil & Gass Value of Production 1977 311 Lumber & Wood Products^ Value added 1976 225 Total of above industries 2,740 'USOA Economics, Statistics, & Cooperatives Service. 'Metal Industries Surveys, Bureau of Mines. •Census of Manufaaurers, Bureau of Census. •Montana Department of Highways (travelers from out of State). 'Montana Department of Revenue. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 19 MONTANA LAND AREA AND LAND IN FARMS MONTANA LAND AREA (93.3 Million Acres) Ownership as Percentage of Total Source: "Public Land Statistics, 1976" and Montana Department of Lands. LAND IN FARMS & RANCHES (62.2 Million Acres) Utilization as Percentage of Total t Source: 1974 Census of Agriculture 20 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FARMS Family and Hired Workers, 1968-1978 Year 1968 1969 1970 . 1971 , 1972 . 1973 . 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978^ . 1968 . 1969 , 1970 , 1971 . 1972 . 1973 . 1974 . 1975 . 1976 . 1977 . 19781 . 1968 . 1969 . 1970 . 1971 . 1972 . 1973 . 1974 . 1975 . 1976 . 1977 . 1978' . Annual January April July October Average Numbers Total Workers 27,000 45,000 52,000 43,000 42,000 26,000 42,000 54,000 40,000 41,000 27,000 37,000 53,000 40,000 39,000 26,000 46,000 54,000 36,000 41,000 27,000 45,000 51,000 37,000 40,000 26,000 42,000 55,000 38,000 40,000 22,000 37,000 51,000 39,000 37,000 26,000 29,000 41,000 33,000 32,000 28,000 34,000 39,000 32,000 33,300 22,600 36,000 41,000 28,000 31,900 24,500 34,100 Family Workers 23,000 35,000 31,000 31,000 30,000 23,000 33,000 31,000 30,000 29,000 23,000 29,000 31,000 29,000 28,000 22,000 35,000 30,000 27,000 29,000 23,000 33,000 31,000 28,000 29,000 22,000 31,000 30,000 28,000 28,000 16,000 26,000 31,000 26,000 25,000 18,000 20,000 26,000 23,000 22,000 21,000 25,000 27,000 23,000 24,000 18,000 28,000 29,000 22,000 24,000 20,000 27,000 Hired Workers 4,000 10,000 21,000 12,000 12,000 3,000 9,000 23,000 10,000 11,000 4,000 6,000 22,000 11,000 11,000 4,000 11,000 24,000 9,000 12,000 4,000 12,000 20,000 9,000 11,000 4,000 11,000 25,000 10,000 13,000 6,000 11,000 20,000 13,000 13,000 8,000 9,000 15,000 10,000 11,000 7,000 9,000 12,000 9,000 9,300 4,600 8,000 12,000 6,000 7,700 4,500 7,100 FARM WAGE RATES Paid to All Hired Workers Per Hour, 1968-1978 Annual Year January April July October Average Dollars 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 1.95 100 2.04 106 202 1974 2.22 1.84 1.97 135 210 1975 2.38 1.94 1.89 155 219 1976 Z53 120 206 142 231 1977 258 130 210 237 234 19781 150 172 'Some data not available in time for publication. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 21 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION By Primary Nutrients and Fertilizer Materials, 1972-1977' PRIMARY NUTRIENTS 1972 Nitrogen 43,913 Available P^O* 50,154 K^P 2,504 TOTAL NUTRIENTS^ 96,571 FERTILIZER MATERIALS 1973 1974 1975 118,169 Tons 1976 110,972 86,158 122.6% 1977 52,840 45,%1 39,029 53,982 64,024 62,346 60,786 43,973 62,989 74,294 2,983 4,225 3,155 5,725 8,609 146,927 NITROGEN MATERIALS: Anhydrous Ammonia 2,069 Aqua Ammonia 153 Ammonium Nitrate 60,936 Ammonium Sulphate 3,090 Nitrogen Solution 3,213 Urea 239 Other 6 PHOSPHATE MATERIALS: Phosphate Rock 0 Superphosphate — over 22% 11,414 Ammonium Phosphate 33,748 Other 2,212 POTASH MATERIALS: Chloride 50-62% 3,878 Other 0 NATURAL ORGANIC 166 SECONDARY AND MICRONUTRIENTS: Gypsum 215 Other 20 MIXTURES 81,654 TOTAL MATERIALS 203,013 2,137 2,049 5,818 3,683 6,055 247 441 260 30 148 73,656 57,295 47,750 68,588 69,115 6,146 10,768 5,645 1,450 5,174 2,781 2,539 1,720 4,707 5,143 46 649 3,305 4,455 9,261 79 955 1,208 3,875 1,036 0 0 0 0 SO 11,230 9,799 7,268 8,305 10,581 39,797 35,532 32,822 33,890 27,144 3,737 1,049 1,125 1,306 991 4,865 5,534 4,004 8,725 13,318 0 0 0 0 0 150 237 109 153 127 463 23 2,058 4 3,813 151 5,823 217 9,587 406 100,572 100,965 63,975 111,176 143,946 245,929 229,874 178,973 256,383 302,083 ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1968-1977 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Number 1968 1,535,789 1%9 1,586,689 1970 1,492,439 1971 1,458,155 1972 1,564,355 1973 1,733,455 1974 1,6%,290 1975 1 ,736,490 1976 1,692,400 1977 1,640,400 1972-76 Avg 1,684,600 Acres Harvested %of Total 19 19 18 17 19 19 19 19 19 18 19 Value of Crop Production Dollars 93,848,600 98,947,100 91,106,900 105,725,900 139,386,700 264,698,400 247,490,700 224,270,400 212,882,700 227,784,700 217,745,800 %of Total 32 33 31 32 31 31 28 24 28 33 28 Acres Harvested Number 6,742,100 6,682,500 6,809,900 7,280,300 6,773,300 7,226,900 7,273,300 7,360,300 7,431,800 7,505,200 Value of Crop Production Dollars 201,663,400 203,881,900 203,731,100 223,941,100 313,103,300 595,484,600 650,425,300 704,827,600 549,749,300 456,706,300 7,213,100 562,718,000 22 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1976 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Cofden 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 1 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Acres Value of Crop Acres Value of Crop Harvested Production Harvested 400 Production 13,510 1,374,700 22,700 35,361 5,533,000 49,300 4,980,300 31,500 2,595,900 2,100 139.700 58,839 11,003,700 34,800 2,578.000 6,305 574,800 3,400 189,100 1,200 125,300 1,750 117,100 20,405 2,084,300 13,100 754,100 58,290 4,805,400 10,600 521,300 44,580 5,960,300 6,200 408,500 16,600 2,000,500 20,250 1,362,700 286,590 36,057,900 141,900 11,073,500 48,560 5,325,200 241,800 17,788,300 17,520 1,888,500 666,000 53,337,800 24,610 2,575,800 204,000 18,748,300 9,410 1,064,100 592,500 42,927,900 4,120 449,600 250,400 20,538,400 44,820 4,324.700 180,600 12,401,600 46,210 5,574,700 281.900 26,045,700 103,740 11,780,900 204,500 16,669,600 5,310 553,900 355,800 30,618.400 304,300 33,537,400 2,977,500 239,076,000 2,900 275,100 281,100 21,%5,700 17,890 3,495,000 190,400 12,850,200 5,300 585,000 116,700 6,826,600 4,610 493,500 254,900 16,480,900 36,520 9.386,400 207.750 15,071,000 13,150 1,542,500 385,700 28,2%,900 4,310 458,100 335,450 24,671,800 31,260 4,142,300 384,150 27,461,200 115,940 20,377,900 2,156,150 153,624,300 45,870 6,465,200 19,900 1,563.400 33,800 3,641,000 231.350 17,581,600 16,010 1,693,600 358,750 25,259,500 9,270 974,800 35,600 2,149,400 11,910 1,355,500 169,800 11,870,600 39,320 4,665,600 25,600 1,756,800 36,000 3,054,000 17,200 1,081.200 9,510 971.800 38,000 2,291,500 13,800 1.403.800 15,900 855,400 33,410 2,999,400 42,400 2,624.600 248,900 27,224,700 954,500 67,034,000 152,810 12,086,800 10,200 607,300 82,660 12,070,800 77,300 6,334,400 18,660 1,568,200 17,400 1.058,400 81,820 8,774,300 24,800 1,891,500 8,010 692,500 1.600 81,600 343,960 35,19X600 131,300 9,973,200 51,250 7,719,200 112.800 8,419,500 56,040 9,249,500 39,600 2,567,000 43,310 4,342,300 • 41,700 2,547,600 22,930 2,790,500 131,100 8.574,600 37,810 3,780.500 20,150 1,084,300 16,700 4,093,500 15,700 1.312,600 61.700 12,955,100 115,450 7,542,400 289,740 44,930,600 476,500 32,048,000 10,210 810.500 86.800 5,235.900 20,780 4,454.800 55,000 2,997,000 4,005 475.400 132.200 7,987,400 11.305 996.900 105.200 7,004,100 12,950 2,533,300 67.550 4,426,200 41,365 5,995,100 61.200 3,886,200 2,355 295,600 86.000 5,383,500 102,970 15,561,600 593,950 36,920,300 1,692,400 212,882,700 7,431,800 549,749,300 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 23 ALL CROPS, IRRIGATED AND NOT IRRIGATED — 1977 Acres Harvested and Value of Crop Production COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders hJ. WEST Blaine Chouteau . . . . Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley Judith Basin. . . Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow . . . . S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Grass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Acres Value of Crop Aaes Value of Crop Harvested Production Harvested Production 13,475 1,803,400 800 71,600 33,981 5,822,300 54,000 4,404,600 29,900 3,266,500 2,200 149,700 55,784 11,822,300 26,600 2,247,600 5,105 564,000 3,900 265,300 1,300 163,700 1,600 116,200 17,905 2,351,400 9,750 699,300 41,390 4,292,100 26,000 1,529,000 48,405 6,881,500 8,050 707,200 15,000 1,832,300 18,900 1,331,200 262,245 38,799,500 151,800 11,521,700 43,260 6,001,100 219,700 14,341,000 19,925 2,610,700 649,100 47,312,300 21,400 1,860,900 215,000 10,721,000 6,210 784,700 574,800 36,055,100 2,020 282,800 288,600 15,695,500 47,740 6,070,300 187,600 12,791,400 46,310 4,998,400 249,800 16,680,900 85,530 11,834,700 231,300 15,558,500 2,710 311,100 327,600 16,766,900 275,105 34,754,700 2,943,500 185,922.600 1,710 226,100 288,300 16,487,300 15,820 3,894,900 206,050 10,300,700 7,750 1,172.700 112,400 5,289,000 6,700 902,600 255,000 11,306,100 42,330 10,586,900 210,400 11,019,500 8,520 1,212,400 376,200 19,225,600 1,800 199,800 350,050 21,025,700 32,710 4,803,400 387,400 20,690,400 117,340 22,998,800 2,185,800 115,344,300 57,175 8,220,200 25,500 1,887,000 34,150 4,407,100 252,650 18,602,800 17,210 2,342,300 362,900 26,515,000 8,610 1,110,600 33,500 1,617,900 10,605 1,276,700 170,650 12,090,900 35,210 4,370,300 23,700 1,547,300 35,600 3,984,700 21,400 1,467,200 8,510 1,129,800 39,400 2,063,600 13,600 1,845,700 19,900 956,400 33,510 3,687,400 48,500 2,680,000 254,180 32,374,800 998,100 69,428,100 160,795 14,106,000 13,800 920,200 86,185 12,861,100 82,900 7,081,700 22,520 2,010,600 16,900 1,130,200 83,500 9,514,400 8,300 517,100 8,800 895,000 500 29,000 361,800 39,387,100 122,400 9,678,200 44,190 6,884,100 137,500 9,598,200 54,420 10,610,900 47,500 3,092,000 47,200 5,004,700 40,500 2,574,700 21,240 3,465,200 119,500 7,210,400 32,010 3,328,700 31,700 1,926,400 14,240 4,175,200 15,000 1,063,700 61,670 15,662,800 130,300 8,139,400 274,970 49,131,600 522,100 33,604,800 11,105 1,322,400 95,900 5,357,400 23,500 4,714,800 70.600 3,731,600 4,305 701,700 126,400 6,399,100 9,705 1,084,900 95,400 5,933,300 8,970 2,407,600 58,200 2,998,100 36,125 6,370,100 56,100 3,044,200 1,050 187,700 78,900 3,742,900 94,760 16,789,200 581,500 31,206,600 1,640,400 234,235,700 7,505,200 456,706,300 24 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Z O u UJ < Z Z < $ MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 25 CLIMATOLOCICAL DATA PREPARED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA Precipitation and Number of Days Between Freezing Temperatures — 1976 and 1977 COUNTY & DISTRICT STATIONS Deer Lodge E. Anaconda Flathead Kalispell Granite Phillipsburg Lake St. Ignatius Lincoln Fortine Mineral Superior Missoula Missoula Powell Ovando Ravalli Hamilton Sanders Thompson Falls. N. WEST Averages' Blaine Chinook Chouteau Ft. Benton Glacier Cut Bank Hill 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 Lewistown Golden Valley. . . Barber Judith Basin Stanford Lewis & Clark Helena Meagher White Sul Spgs . Musselshell Roundup Petroleum Flatwillow Wheatland Harlowtown . . . CENTRAL Averages' Beaverhead Dillon Gallatin Bozeman Jefferson Whitehall Madison Virginia City . . . Silver Bow Butte S. WEST Averages' . . . . Big Horn Crow Agency . Carbon Red Lodge . . . Park Livingston . . . . Stillwater Columbus . . . . Sweet Grass Big Timber . . . Treasure Hysham Yellowstone .... Billings S. CENTRAL .... Averages' . . . . Carter Ekalaka Custer Miles City Fallon Plevna Powder River . . . Broadus Prairie Mildred Rosebud Forsyth Wibaux Wibaux S. EAST Averages' Precipitation, Inches Numbe Dates of r of Days Temperat t in Sprin{ Between ure of 32° Growing Season Las and Annual April thru September First in Fa P 1976 1977 Normal^ 1976 1977 Normal^ 1976 1977 Avg. 12.01 14.10 14.32 9.65 11.91 9.21 143 115 116 14.54 14.80 16.24 11.27 8.14 8.83 111 116 135 13.65 15.47 14.93 11.62 10.31 9.93 61 34 55 13.51 12.80 16.36 10.04 6.69 10.29 99 118 119 13.40 14.69 18.02 9.84 8.50 9.92 94 72 39 12.93 15.54 17.93 7.86 7.38 8.57 99 118 85 9.05 12.98 13.34 5.91 6.54 7.71 74 120 112 — 10.90 16.43 — 3.90 8.49 7 39 11.69 14.63 12.99 9.11 7.47 7.14 102 111 122 19.54 2Z83 22.52 9.07 8.98 9.10 110 140 115 16.91 19.39 2aoi 9.90 8.66 9.48 SO 85 8.23 12.58 11.95 6.37 8.65 8.97 114 127 119 11.12 14.18 14.78 9.46 7.82 10.28 111 119 127 10.32 12.76 11.58 8.68 9.40 9.36 % 116 108 8.22 12.59 11.55 6.05 6.96 8.59 124 139 138 8.14 9.61 10.72 7.31 7.20 8.67 112 115 10.91 12.93 11.58 9.06 8.61 8.91 116 151 131 9.63 11.99 13.03 8.91 9.37 10.70 148 131 114 10.55 12.84 12.51 9.65 10.33 9.85 115 128 7.74 8.89 10.90 7.02 6.22 8.31 110 104 ia77 12.54 12.87 9.14 8.52 9.86 117 117 15.89 13.57 13.62 13.70 8.16 10.40 119 116 13.84 12.72 13.82 11.75 8.88 11.13 143 164 139 11.07 14.99 11.42 9.31 7.87 9.09 116 144 108 17.28 12.52 16.34 14.71 9.82 12.28 143 149 14.57 10.80 14.06 1Z99 8.06 11.69 139 163 131 18.03 10.64 14.18 16.77 8.87 11.36 125 114 14.66 11.34 14.18 1123 9.17 11.44 126 150 107 13.53 9.29 10.87 12.08 7.14 8.53 143 151 124 13.72 1X63 13.29 11.98 9.50 10.68 134 143 12.70 12.68 11.44 11.04 9.99 8.49 114 103 15.10 14.93 14.99 11.90 8.94 10.19 153 131 135 12.63 19.77 17.47 9.34 12.55 13.12 107 120 107 12.32 11.81 12.65 10.82 8.97 9.75 115 102 108 9.70 18.51 14.965 12.02 12.36 11.195 111 115 104 10.07 11.33 11.38 8.64 7.31 7.98 116 116 134 13.53 14.58 17.51 11.73 11.60 10.90 110 102 97 10.60 10.25 11.54 8.86 7.56 9.23 130 160 129 9.58 12.15 13.45 10.04 8.28 10.57 117 122 12.92 15.32 12.75 10.75 11.56 9.84 115 115 96 13.10 15.68 15.09 ia48 10.70 10.78 99 94 10.15 8.49 9.55 9.40 5.54 8.45 74 93 99 19.36 20.74 18.66 15.02 15.31 12.10 86 123 107 12.97 12.32 9.63* 12.04 9.43 7.52* 61 38 16.28 18.06 15.93 12.88 13.05 11.05 61 40 94 11.80 13.80 12.17 10.39 10.39 8.86 73 38 81 16.46 16.93 15.08 13.03 11.77 9.88 63 54 14.15 17.85 14.87 9.24 8.51 10.18 __ 152 125 25.22 22.56 23.20 16.70 11.37 15.06 62 111 104 12.30 15.13 14.89 10.43 11.38 10.68 115 116 116 14.12 12.94 13.64 11.75 7.47 10.14 129 150 12.82 15.13 15.13 10.56 9.88 11.02 116 110 123 10.23 17.85 11.955 8.66 13.14 8.725 125 152 121 14.51 12.25 14.15 9.% 5.12 9.51 155 167 132 15.22 15.50 15.64 11.14 9.03 10.81 110 126 15.29 16.84 15.22 12.94 10.00 12.02 115 138 122 10.77 15.79 13.93 8.79 10.15 10.58 143 167 150 13.11 16.12 13.36 11.73 11.52 10.65 153 118 16.41 16.82 14.05 11.75 9.34 10.39 116 135 128 14.59 — 13.28 13.05 — 10.63 74 134 119 9.68 12.73 12.13 7.10 7.71 9.51 129 142 130 14.78 14.45 14.19 13.54 11.26 11.68 119 149 13.99 14.97 13.82 11.59 9.52 ia58 123 142 Mn this Comparison the "first in fall" is the first freezing temperature after June 30. 2 Normal for period 1941-1970. > Average of all stations including some which are not listed on this table. •Average for Whitehall Airport 1938-1959. 5 Normal for period 1931-1%0. — Data not available. 26 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested for Grain Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Dollars Value Per Acre Bushels 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 2,877,000 2,556,000 1,638,000 1,913,000 2,143,000 2,751,000 2,416,000 1,548,000 1,827,000 1,790,000 31.5 86,656,000 26.0 62,816,000 27.0 41,7%,000 30.0 54,810,000 27.0 48,330,000 1.09 1.16 1.22 1.17 1.87 94,455,000 72,867,000 50,991,000 64,128,000 90,377,000 34.33 30.16 3Z94 35.10 50.49 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 2,200,000 2,750,000 3,100,000 3,200,000 3,050,000 2,080,000 2,650,000 3,000,000 3,060,000 2,800,000 26.5 55,120,000 29.5 78,175,000 35.0 105,000,000 32.0 98,560,000 29.0 81,200,000 4.18 3.98 3.34 132 2.30 230,402,000 311,137,000 350,700,000 228,659,000 182,760,000 110.77 117.41 116.90 74.24 65.27 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year Harvested for Grain Acres Yield Per Acre Bi Har\ Production for nested Grain Yield Per Acre Bushc Production jshels Acres ;ls 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 31,000 29,000 20,000 23,100 26,000 48.5 45.0 49.8 54.0 52.0 1,504,000 2,720,000 1,305,000 2,387,000 995,00(3 1,528,000 1,247,400 1,803,900 1,353,000 1,764,000 31.3 25.8 26.7 29.7 26.6 85,152,000 61,511,000 40,801,000 53,562,600 46,977,000 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 21,000 21,900 22,200 22,000 19,000 48.8 50.6 54.9 51.8 53.0 1,025,000 2,059,000 1,107,100 2,628,100 1,218,900 2,977,800 1,140,000 3,058,000 1,007,000 2,781,000 26.3 29.3 34.9 31.9 28.8 54,095,000 77,067,900 103,781,100 97,420,000 80,193,000 ACRES HARVESTED All Spring and Winter Wheat, 1930-1977 XMO I MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 27 DURUM WHEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested for Grain 1%8 379,000 365,000 1%9 235,000 230,000 1970 129,000 124,000 1971 168,000 160,000 1972 137.000 134,000 1973 185,000 182,000 1974 270,000 267,000 1975 380,000 375,000 1976 300,000 295,000 1977 230,000 220,000 Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 7,665,000 7,130,000 3,162,000 3,680,000 4,221,000 21.0 31.0 25.5 23.0 31.5 22.0 19.0 27.0 29.0 22.0 4,004,000 5,073,000 10,125,000 8,555,000 4,840,000 Price Per Bu. 1.41 1.25 1.30 1.26 1.86 5.90 5.84 4.48 2.46 Z60 Value of Production Dollars 10,808,000 8,913,000 4,111,000 4,637,000 7,851,000 23,624,000 29,626,000 45,360,000 21,045,000 12,584,000 Value Per Acre 29.61 38.75 33.15 28.98 58.59 129.80 110.% 120.% 71.34 57.20 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year 1%8 1%9 1970 1971 , 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977, Harvested for Grain Acres 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 800 700 4,000 3,300 3,600 Yield Per Acre Production 36.5 42.0 40.1 41.3 38.0 39.5 38.6 45.3 40.7 37.8 Bushels 73,000 84,000 80,200 41,300 38,000 31,600 27,000 181,200 134,400 135,900 Harvested for Grain Acres 363,000 228,000 122,000 159,000 133,000 181,200 266,300 371,000 291,700 216,400 Yield Per Acre Production Bushels 20.9 30.9 25.3 22.9 31.5 21.9 18.9 26.8 28.9 21.7 7,592,000 7,046,000 3,081,800 3,638,700 4,183,000 3,972,400 5,046,000 9,943,800 8,420,600 4,704,100 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested for Grain 1%8 1,466,000 1,434,000 1%9 1,129,000 1,104,000 1970 1,739,000 1,711,000 1971 2,435,000 2,327,000 1972 1,850,000 1,780,000 1973 1,850,000 1,790,000 1974 2,000,000 1,940,000 1975 1,650,000 1,600,000 1976 2,080,000 2,040,000 1977 2,120,000 2,040,000 Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 31,548,000 29,808,000 40,209,000 53,521,000 46,280,000 22.0 27.0 23.5 23.0 26.0 21.0 19.0 25.5 29.5 22.0 37,590,000 36,860,000 40,800,000 60,180,000 44,880,000 Price Per Bu. 1.31 1.36 1.40 1.29 1.90 4.16 4.57 4.01 2.61 2.50 Value of Production Dollars 41,328,000 40,539,000 56,293,000 69,042,000 87,932,000 156,374,000 168,450,000 163,608,000 157,070,000 112,200,000 Value Per Acre 28.82 36.72 32.90 29.67 49.40 87.36 86.83 102.26 77.00 55.00 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year 1%8 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 , 1976 1977 Harvested for Grain Acres 39,000 32,000 36,000 42,000 36,000 34,300 44,100 56,100 89,000 77,000 Yield Per Acre Production Bushels 41.0 1,599,000 38.2 1,223,000 37.7 1,358,000 40.2 1,690,300 41.5 1,494,000 41.3 1,418,300 41.7 1,839,400 44.1 2,471,400 44.3 3,944,000 45.4 3,492,000 Harvested for Grain Acres 1,395,000 1,072,000 1,675,000 2,285,000 1,744,000 1,755,700 1,895,900 1,543,900 1,951,000 1,%3,000 Yield Per Acre Production Bushels 21.5 26.7 23.2 22.7 25.7 20.6 18.5 24.8 28.8 21.1 29,949,000 28,585,000 38,851,000 51,830,700 44,786,000 36,171,700 35,020,600 38,328,600 56,236,000 41,388,000 28 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested for Grain 1968 4,722,000 4,550,000 1%9 3,920,000 3,750,000 1970 3,506,000 3,383,000 1971 4,516,000 4,314,000 1972 4,130,000 3,704,000 1973 4,235,000 4,052,000 1974 5,020,000 4,857,000 1975 5,1 30,000 4,975,000 1976 5,580,000 5,415,000 1977 5,400,000 5,060,000 Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 125,869,000 99,754,000 85,167,000 112,011,000 98,831,000 27.7 26.6 25.2 26.0 26.7 23.9 24.7 31.3 30.9 25.9 %,714,000 120,108,000 155,925,000 167,295,000 130,920,000 Price Per Bu. 1.16 1.23 1.31 1.23 1.88 4.24 4.24 3.59 2.43 2.38 Value of Production Dollars 146,591,000 122,319,000 111,395,000 137,807,000 186,160,000 410,400,000 509,213,000 559,668,000 406,774,000 311,544,000 Value Per Acre 32.22 32.62 32.93 31.94 50.26 101.28 104.84 112.50 75.12 61.57 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year 1968 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Harvested for Grain Acres 72,000 63,000 58,000 66,100 63,000 56,100 66,700 82,300 114,300 99,600 Yield Per Acre Production 44.1 41.5 42.0 45.1 45.8 44.1 44.6 47.0 45.7 46.5 Bushels 3,176,000 2,612,000 2,433,200 2,979,000 2,885,000 2,474,900 2,973,500 3,871,500 5,218,400 4,634,900 Harvested for Grain Acres 4,478,000 3,687,000 3,325,000 4,247,900 3,641,000 3,995,900 4,790,300 4,892,700 5,300,700 4,960,400 Yield Per Acre Production Bushels 27.4 26.3 24.9 25.7 26.4 23.6 24.5 31.1 30.6 25.5 122,693,000 97,142,000 82,733,800 109,032,000 95,946,000 94,239,100 117,134,500 152,053,500 162,076,600 126,285,100 YIELD PER ACRE All Wheat, Barley and Oats, 1930-1977 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 29 OATS Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested for Grain 1968 332,000 206,000 1%9 562,000 356,000 1970 781,000 545,000 1971 420,000 236,000 1972 490,000 246,000 1973 400,000 225,000 1974 300,000 175,000 1975 260,000 170,000 1976 260,000 157,000 1977 312,000 140,000 Yield Per Acre Total 40.0 49.5 42.0 40.0 48.0 39.0 38.0 44.0 48.0 40.0 Bushels 8,240,000 17,622,000 22,890,000 9,440,000 11,808,000 8,775,000 6,650,000 7,480,000 7,536,000 5,600,000 Price Per Bu. .61 .53 .53 .58 .71 1.17 1.61 1.45 1.44 1.30 Value of Production Dollars 5,026,000 9,340,000 12,132,000 5,475,000 8,384,000 10,267,000 10,707,000 10,846,000 10,852,000 7,280,000 Value Per Acre 24.40 26.24 22.26 23.20 34.06 45.63 61.18 63.80 69.12 52.00 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year 1968 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976, 1977 Harvested for Grain Acres 44,000 50,000 43,200 31,600 32,300 30,000 26,000 32,000 31,400 27,700 Yield Per Acre Production 60.0 59.0 55.9 57.9 64.8 58.5 55.8 60.0 60.8 61.6 Bushels 2,640,000 2,950,000 2,415,000 1,831,000 2,092,000 1,755,000 1,450,000 1,920,000 1,909,000 1,705,000 Harvested for Grain Acres 162,000 306,000 501,800 204,400 213,700 195,000 149,000 138,000 125,600 112,300 Yield Per Acre Production Bushels 34.6 47.9 40.8 37.2 45.5 36.0 34.9 40.3 44.8 34.7 5,600,000 14,672,000 20,475,000 7,609,000 9,716,000 7,020,000 5,200,000 5,560,000 5,627,000 3,895,000 BARLEY Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES PRODUCTION VALUE Year Planted Harvested for Grain 1%8 1,200,000 1,155,000 1969 1,680,000 1,617,000 1970 1,800,000 1,714,000 1971 1,740,000 1,680,000 1972 1,820,000 1,707,000 1973 2,100,000 2,000,000 1974 1,370,000 1,250,000 1975 1,360,000 1,300,000 1976 1,220,000 1,170,000 1977 1,650,000 1,520,000 Yield Per Acre Total Bushels 42,735,000 67,914,000 65,132,000 58,800,000 64,013,000 37.0 42.0 38.0 35.0 37.5 30.0 30.0 39.0 44.5 36.5 60,000,000 37,500,000 50,700,000 52,065,000 55,480,000 Price Per Bu. .78 .71 .78 .88 1.22 2.17 2.61 2.10 2.03 1.70 Value of Production Dollars 33,333,000 48,219,000 50,803,000 51,744,000 78,0%,000 130,200,000 97,875,000 106,470,000 105,692,000 94,316,000 Value Per Acre 28.86 29.82 29.64 30.80 45.75 65.10 78.30 81.90 90.34 6205 IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Year 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Harvested for Grain Acres 93,000 107,000 91,000 99,200 105,000 126,000 139,400 191,000 211,000 254,000 Yield Per Acre Production 54.5 54.4 56.0 55.0 60.6 54.4 49.5 56.3 59.5 59.0 Bushels 5,067,000 5,821,000 5,096,000 5,456,000 6,365,000 6,858,500 6,897,000 10,745,500 12,565,000 14,982,000 Harvested for Grain Acres 1,062,000 1,510,000 1,623,000 1,580,800 1,602,000 1,874,000 1,110,600 1,109,000 959,000 1,266,000 Yield Per Acre Production Bushels 35.5 41.1 37.0 33.7 36.0 28.4 27.6 36.0 41.2 32.0 37,668,000 62,093,000 60,036,000 53,344,000 57,648,000 53,141,500 30,603,000 39.954,500 39,500,000 40,498,000 30 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FLAXSEED Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally Not Irrigated Year ACRES Planted 1968 8,000 1969 14,000 1970 25,000 1971 13,000 1972 10,000 1973 8,000 1974 6,000 1975 6,000 1976 5,500 1977 5,500 Harvested for Grain PRODUCTION VALUE Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Bu. Value of Production Bushels Dollars Value Per Acre 7,000 11.0 77,000 2.53 195,000 27.66 13,000 13.0 169,000 2.44 412,000 31.69 23,000 11.0 253,000 2.15 544,000 23.65 8,000 8.0 64,000 2.06 132,000 16.50 8,000 13.0 104,000 2.79 290,000 36.25 7,000 8.0 56,000 7.59 425,000 60.71 5,000 8.0 40,000 8.60 344,000 68.80 5,000 7.5 38,000 5.68 216,000 43.20 5.000 10.0 50,000 6.75 338,000 67.60 5,000 7.0 35,000 4.00 140,000 28.00 CORN Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value, Value Per Acre, and Utilization TOTAL ACRES FOR GRAIN FOR SILAGE Acres Production Value Acres Production Yield Price Value of Yield CRAZING Har- Per Per Pro- Har- Per AND Year Planted Harvested vested Acre Bi Total jshels Bu. 1 duction Dollars vested Acre Total Tons FORAGE Acres 1968.. 70,000 68,000 4,000 75.0 300,000 1.26 378,000 45,000 15.0 675,000 19,000 1969.. 63,000 61,000 6,000 73.0 438,000 1.24 543,000 47,000 14.5 682,000 8,000 1970. . 62,000 61,000 4,000 72.0 288,000 1.40 403,000 48,000 15.5 744,000 9,000 1971.. 75,000 73,000 7,000 76.0 532,000 1.30 692,000 47,000 15.0 705,000 19,000 1972. . 60,000 79,000 6,000 78.0 468,000 1.48 693,000 68,000 16.5 1,122,000 5,000 1973. . 92,000 90,000 11,000 73.0 803,000 2.61 2,0%,000 73,000 17.0 1,241,000 6,000 1974. . 95,000 92,000 13,000 65.0 845,000 3.43 2,898,000 73,000 16.0 1,168,000 6,000 1975.. 86,000 84,000 10,000 73.0 730,000 2.78 2,029,000 68,000 17.0 1,156,000 6,000 1976. . 86,000 84,000 11,000 75.0 825,000 2.45 2,021,000 66,000 16.0 1,088,000 5,000 1977.. 90,000 86,000 11,000 68.0 748,000 2.30 1,720,000 70,000 17.0 1,190,000 5,000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 31 POTATOES Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally irrigated ACRES Year Planted 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 1976 8,500 1977 8,500 Harvested PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Cwt. Price Per Cwt. VALUE Value of Produaion Value Per Acre Cwt. Dollars 8,100 195 1,580,000 3.95 6,241,000 770.49 7,000 205 1,435,000 3.77 5,410,000 772.86 7,500 205 1,538,000 183 4,353,000 580.40 7,800 180 1,404,000 3.15 4,423,000 567.05 7,500 220 1,650,000 5.05 8,333,000 1,111.07 6,800 215 1,462,000 10.80 15,790,000 2,322.06 7,000 250 1,750,000 4.95 8,663,000 1,237.57 7,600 230 1,748,000 6.60 11,537,000 1,518.03 8,400 215 1,806,000 4.50 8,127,000 %7.50 8,400 240 2,016,000 4.50 9,072,000 1,080.00 DRY BEANS Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Principally Irrigated Year ACRES Planted 1968 9,000 1969 9,000 1970 11,000 1971 11,000 1972 11,000 1973 9,000 1974 11,000 1975 12,000 1976 9,000 1977 6,700 Harvested PRODUCTION Yield Per Acre Total Cwt. Price Per Cwt. VALUE Value of Produaion Value Per Acre 100-Lb. Bags (Cleaned) 9,000 18.00 162,000 6.00 972,000 108.00 9,000 15.00 135,000 7.70 1,040,000 115.56 11,000 17.00 187,000 7.20 1,346,000 122.36 11,000 16.00 176,000 8.70 1,531,000 139.18 11,000 17.00 187,000 8.40 1,571,000 142.82 9,000 18.00 162,000 20.00 3,240,000 360.00 11,000 14.00 126,000 25.80 3,251,000 295.55 11,000 16.00 176,000 13.30 2,341,000 228.82 9,000 17.00 153,000 11.70 1,790,000 198.89 6,500 16.00 104,000 23.00 2,392,000 398.00 SUGARBEETS Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre All Irrigated Year ACRES Planted 1968 67,500 1%9 68,900 1970 58,000 1971 50,300 1972 45,800 1973 45,900 1974 44,700 1975 48,700 1976 46,400 1977 46,400 Harvested PRODUCTION VALUE Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Ton' Value of Pro- duction' Value Per Acre' Tons Dollars Gov. Payments Per Ton 65,700 15.7 1,034,000 15.00 15,510,000 236.07 2.33 67,500 17.9 1,206,000 13.90 16,763,000 248.34 2.22 56,900 16.2 922,000 15.20 14,014,000 246.29 2.17 46,700 19.6 916,000 15.00 13,740,000 294.22 2.20 45,200 18.6 842,000 17.60 14,819,000 327.85 2.21 44,600 19.8 883,000 35.50 31,347,000 702.85 2.16 43,900 18.7 820,000 52.50 43,050.000 980.64 2.24 48,500 17.1 829,000 30.20 25,036,000 516.21 I 46,100 21.0 968,000 22.40 21,683,000 470.35 1 45,000 19.9 8%,000 25.20^ 22,579,000 501.76 i 'Excludes Government payments. 'Preliminary. 'No program. 32 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA SEED Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre Year ACRES Harvested 1968 31,000 1969 21,000 1970 50,000 1971 25,000 1972 12,000 1973 30,000 1974 ' 30,000 1975:::!:: 12,000 1976 24,000 1977 39,000 PRODUCTION VALUE Yield Per Acre Total Price Per Cwt. Value of Produaion Value Per Acre Pounds (Cleaned) Dollars 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 90 2,700,000 61.00 1,647,000 54.90 85 1,020,000 53.00 541,000 45.08 100 2,400,000 93.50 2,244,000 93.50 90 3,510,000 105.00 3,686,000 94.51 Year 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 197S. 1976. 1977. IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Acres Harvested Yield Per Acre Produaion Acres Harvested Yield Per Acre Production Pounds (Cleaned) Poun ds (Cleaned) 9,000 9,500 13,000 6,000 2,000 90 133 131 116 98 810,000 1,260,000 1,699,000 693,000 1%,400 22,000 11,500 37,000 19,000 10,000 55 55 103 89 76 1,205,000 630,000 3,801,000 1.682,000 763,600 11,000 8,000 3,000 6,500 9,900 117 109 124 114 114 1,288,000 872,000 372,000 740,000 1,127,000 19,000 22,000 9,000 17,500 29,100 98 83 72 95 82 1,862,000 1,828,000 648,000 1,660,000 2,383.000 SWEET CHERRIES Production, Price and Value PRODUCTION VALUE Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Production Production Having Value 1,430 610 1,400 2,840 1,200 2,510 1,650 2,400 2,650 2,600 Tons 1,430 610 1,270 2,840 1,200 2,510 1,650 2,400 2,650 2,550 Average Value Price of Per Ton Production Dollars Thousand Dollars 524.00 749 535.00 326 313.00 396 415.00 1,179 478.00 574 670.00 1,682 532.00 878 599.00 1,438 415.00 1,100 518.00 1.321 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 33 ALL HAY Acreage, Production, Price, Total Value and Value Per Acre ACRES Year 1968 2,204,000 1969 2,370,000 1970 2,447,000 1971 2,355,000 1972 2,420,000 1973 2,380,000 1974 2,320,000 1975 2,330,000 1976 2,210,000 1977 2,240,000 PRODUCTION Harvested Yield Per Acre Total VALUE Price Per Ton Baled Value of Produaion Value Per Acre Tons Dollars 1.63 3,603,000 2Z50 81,068,000 36.78 1.63 3,854,000 24.00 92,4%,000 39.03 1.67 4,081,000 22.50 91,823,000 37.52 1.64 3,872,000 27.50 106,480,000 42.21 1.75 4,227,000 32.00 135,264,000 55.89 1.69 4,012,000 57.00 228,684,000 %.09 1.74 4,047,000 45.50 184,139,000 79.37 1.82 4,248,000 42.00 178,416,000 76.57 1.80 3,978,000 47.50 188,955,000 85.50 1.74 3,907,000 56.00 218,792,000 97.68 Acres Harvested 1968 1,210,400 1969 1,239,000 1970 1,171,400 1971 1,145,000 1972 1,187,000 1973 1,329,000 1974 1,270,200 1975 1,240,800 1976 1,193,000 1977 1,114,200 IRRIGATED Yield Per Acre Production Tons NOT IRRIGATED Acres Harvested Yield Per Acre Produaion Tons 2.06 2,493,000 993,600 1.12 1,110,000 2.04 2,528,000 1,131,000 1.17 1,326,000 2.14 2,506,800 1,275,600 1.23 1,574,200 2.19 2,510,000 1,210,000 1.13 1,362,000 2.26 2,683.000 1,233,000 1.25 1,544,000 2.13 2,835,000 1,051,000 1.12 1,177,000 2.23 2,833,000 1,049,800 1.16 1,214,000 2.21 2,742,000 1,089,200 1.38 1,506,000 2.19 2,612,700 1,017,000 1.34 1,365,300 2.27 2,527,400 1,125,800 1.23 1,379,600 ALFALFA HAY Acreage and Production Acres Har- vested 1968 1,107,000 1%9 1,118,000 1970 1,162,000 1971 1,160,000 1972 1,200,000 1973 1,220,000 1974 1,220,000 1975 1,230,000 1976 1,170,000 1977 1,170,000 TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED Yield Per- Acre Pro- duction Acres Har- vested Yield Per Acre Tc Pro- duction ins Acres Har- vested Yield Per Acre Pro- duction Tons Tons 2.05 2.05 2.15 2.05 2.15 2,269,000 2,292,000 2,498,000 2,378,000 2,580,000 646,000 652,000 628,900 630,000 679,400 2.57 2.60 2.72 2.72 2.72 1,660,000 1,695,000 1,713,400 1,713,000 1,847,200 461,000 466,000 533,100 530,000 520,600 1.32 1.28 1.47 1.25 1.41 609,000 597,000 784,600 665,000 732,800 2.10 2.10 2.30 2.20 2.15 2,562,000 2,562,000 2,829,000 2,574,000 2,516,000 760,000 693,000 683,700 652,800 616,500 2.61 2.75 2.77 2.77 2.75 1,984,000 1,905,700 1,893,600 1,807,200 1,697,100 460,000 527,000 546,300 517,200 553,500 1.26 1.25 1.71 1.48 1.48 578,000 656,300 935,400 766,800 818,900 OTHER HAY Acreage and Production WILD HAY ALL OTHER HAY' Acres Har- vested 1968 480,000 1%9 520,000 1970 520,000 1971 634,000 1972 590,000 1973 540,000 1974 510,000 1975 510,000 1976 540,000 1977 500,000 Yield Per Acre 1.05 1.05 1.10 1.10 1.20 1.10 1.26 1.20 1.21 1.20 Pro- duction Tons 504,000 546,000 572,000 697,000 708,000 594,000 643,000 612,000 654,000 600,000 Acres Har- vested 617,000 732,000 765,000 561,000 630,000 620,000 590,000 590,000 500,000 570,000 Yield Per Acre 1.35 1.39 1.32 1.42 1.49 1.38 1.43 1.37 1.50 1.38 Pro- duction Tons 830,000 1,016,000 1,011,000 797,000 939,000 856,000 842,000 807,000 750,000 791,000 'Includes clover-timothy, grain and other hay. 34 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT Acreage Harvested, 1977 4,999 and less L 5,000- 14,999 ■'o'WyJ'; 15,000-24,999 >••••< 25,000 - 49,999 v^^I Numbers show ranking of top 10 50,000 - 99,999 I I i M I 100,000 - 199.999 200,000 and more WtjS, SPRING WHEAL EXCLUDING DURUM Acreage Harvested, 1977 4,999 and less 5,000- 14,999 ,'• '.\-'°-\ 15,000 - 24,999 • : : • ♦ 25,000 - 49,999 $ Numbers show ranking of lop 10 50,000 - 99.999 Jiyfl 100,000 - 199,999 Z^r~ZI 200,000 and more MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 35 DURUM WHEAT Acreage Harvested, 1977 Numbers show ranking of top 5 3,000 - 4,999 I ]J I I I ]] 1 -499 .>'::;;». 500 - 999 fr ♦ ♦ * ♦ : ; 1,000 - 2.999 s^ 5,000 - 9,999 10,000 or more BARLEY Acreage Harvested, 1977 4,999 or less 10,000 24,999 EHml 50,000-99,999 5,000 - 9,999 \i_'s s«;!*!3fisKj| y:.::^^;t;l 25,000-49,999^^3 mOOO and more ^^^^ 36 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OATS Acreage Harvested, 1977 999 or less ALFALFA HAY Acreage Harvested, 1977 Numbers show ranking of lop 10 Less (han S.OOO S,000 - 9,000 10.000 - 19.999 20.000 - 29.999 30,000 - 49.999 50.000 or more MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 37 PRICES RECEIVED BY MONTANA FARMERS Selected Commodities, by Months, 1974-1978 Crop And Annual Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May lun. Jul. Aug. iushel Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. Dollars Per 1 ALL WHEAT 1974. 5.17 5.45 4.88 3.92 3.46 3.% 4.36 4.26 4.20 4.75 4.84 4.60 4.49 1975. 4.18 3.98 3.66 3.63 3.38 3.23 3.60 3.87 3.93 3.87 3.41 3.32 3.67 1976. 3.37 3.51 3.42 3.40 3.33 3.35 3.35 2.83 2.67 2.41 2.31 2.26 3.02 1977. 2.42 2.40 2.43 2.45 2.32 2.13 2.07 2.05 2.15 2.24 2.34 2.41 2.28 1978. 2.41 2.48 2.53 2.68 2.70 2.72 2.65 WINTER WHEAT 1974. 5.10 5.40 4.84 3.79 3.30 3.76 4.02 3.95 3.90 4.53 4.59 4.38 4.30 1975. 3.97 3.79 3.41 3.34 3.05 2.93 3.29 3.56 3.65 3.62 3.15 3.10 3.41 1976. 3.15 3.29 3.19 3.17 3.08 3.14 3.09 2.64 2.60 2.34 2.23 Z23 2.85 1977. 2.31 2.35 2.37 2.39 2.27 2.04 2.01 1.99 2.04 2.17 2.27 2.33 2.21 1978. 2.33 2.39 2.47 2.61 2.67 2.66 2.60 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM 1974. 5.05 5.33 4.77 3.93 3.53 4.12 4.65 4.63 4.62 5.04 5.17 4.88 4.64 1975. 4.44 4.17 4.01 4.01 3.78 3.69 4.07 4.32 4.32 4.22 3.84 3.69 4.05 1976. 3.76 3.93 3.83 3.83 3.82 3.79 3.87 3.22 2.82 2.55 2.45 2.34 3.35 1977. 2.61 2.53 2.56 2.53 2.42 2.26 2.21 2.19 2.27 2.35 Z43 2.53 2.41 1978. 2.57 Z57 2.64 2.80 2.77 2.76 2.72 BARLEY 1974. 2.34 2.46 2.37 1.93 1.95 2.20 2.21 2.55 2.63 2.77 3.04 3.00 2.45 1975. 2.85 Z48 2.18 2.40 2.46 2.31 Z19 2.36 2.39 2.27 1.98 1.94 Z32 1976. 1.97 2.05 2.06 2.00 2.06 2.17 2.18 2.05 2.12 1.98 1.88 1.87 2.03 1977. 2.08 2.00 2.12 2.07 2.05 1.85 1.81 1.50 1.44 1.43 1.53 1.65 1.79 1978. 1.71 1.72 1.87 1.96 1.88 1.85 1.72 Dollars Per Ton ALL HAY 1974. 62.50 63.00 60.00 60.50 60.00 53.00 48.50 49.00 46.00 43.00 42.50 45.00 52.75 1975. 45.50 43.50 43.00 46.50 51.00 48.50 47.50 45.00 39.50 40.00 40.50 41.50 44.33 1976. 42.50 42.00 42.50 41.00 39.50 42.00 44.50 46.00 45.50 45.50 45.50 47.00 43.63 1977. 48.00 49.50 50.50 51.00 50.00 52.50 55.50 58.00 55.00 54.00 54.00 53.50 52.63 1978. 56.00 58.50 61.00 59.00 54.50 48.00 44.50 Dollars Per Hundredweight STEERS & HEIFERS 1974. 49.30 48.20 43.30 41.30 39.00 33.40 37.30 38.10 30.90 29.20 28.20 27.60 37.15 1975. 27.20 24.90 26.20 29.50 34.40 37.00 35.80 33.10 34.10 35.60 34.80 34.70 32.28 1976. 34.00 36.70 36.30 39.70 40.10 38.00 36.30 34.60 34.00 33.30 33.30 34.00 35.86 1977. 34.00 34.90 35.10 36.50 37.50 37.00 37.80 37.10 37.50 38.00 37.50 37.50 36.70 1978. 39.80 43.90 46.00 50.70 53.40 55.50 54.90 COWS 1974. 32.40 33.40 32.90 30.70 28.40 26.80 25.40 25.00 21.80 18.70 16.50 16.40 25.70 1975. 16.20 16.50 17.90 19.80 22.80 22.60 22.40 21.20 21.00 21.00 20.90 20.60 20.24 1976. 21.50 24.40 26.30 28.80 29.70 28.30 27.30 25.40 24.50 22.50 21.00 20.60 25.03 1977. 22.10 23.60 25.70 26.90 25.80 25.50 25.80 25.30 25.30 24.00 23.00 23.50 24.71 1978. 26.60 30.30 33.20 35.90 40.10 40.40 41.70 CALVES 1974. 56.50 54.70 49.80 47.20 41.60 36.40 37.00 34.40 28.80 27.50 27.20 26.50 38.97 1975. 24.60 24.00 24.50 28.70 32.80 32.40 35.50 28.00 27.90 29.00 32.70 36.90 29.75 1976. 36.50 39.10 38.80 43.00 42.30 42.40 39.00 36.30 35.70 35.00 36.40 37.50 38.50 1977. 37.00 38.00 38.90 40.60 40.50 40.00 40.50 41.00 43.00 43.00 41.00 41.00 40.38 1978. 44.40 49.70 54.00 57.30 63.60 63.70 62.00 LAMB S 1974. 38.00 38.90 35.00 34.00 35.00 42.90 36.00 35.90 29.90 31.40 35.00 35.00 35.58 1975. 36.00 35.30 37.80 39.80 40.00 43.20 39.50 35.50 37.90 41.40 43.60 46.20 39.68 1976. 45.90 47.80 48.60 50.60 53.20 51.00 46.80 42.00 42.40 43.20 42.10 44.50 46.51 1977. 47.90 50.70 49.40 49.20 50.30 48.10 50.50 59.00 51.00 53.00 53.60 57.50 50.85 1978. 61.00 64.20 67.50 65.30 66.30 65.10 63.20 HOGS 1974. 38.60 38.70 33.30 30.50 26.90 25.10 31.30 34.20 32.40 35.50 35.90 36.60 33.25 1975. 37.50 37.60 37.40 38.30 42.90 43.60 52.40 54.30 56.30 57.80 47.30 46.20 45.97 1976. 45.70 46.80 45.30 45.30 46.00 47.10 47.65 41.20 39.50 32.20 29.80 33.50 41.67 1977. 36.00 38.20 36.10 34.80 37.30 39.90 43.00 39.30 38.90 37.20 36.90 37.80 37.95 1978. 36.60 44.90 44.30 44.40 46.70 45.20 46.40 38 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL WHEAT — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties ACRES Yield Gross Re- Net Harvested per PRO- Seeded Seeded' Seeded for Grain Acre DUCTION Bushels VALUE Dollars 300 — 300 300 37.0 11,100 29,200 20,400 400 20,000 19,500 51.7 1,008,400 2,489,300 700 — 700 700 36.0 25,200 66,300 18,600 100 18,500 17,900 43.3 774,400 1,917,500 200 — 200 200 44.0 8,800 23,200 500 — 500 500 34.4 17,200 44,800 5,600 — 5,600 5,400 32.4 175,100 443,400 1,000 — 1,000 1,000 38.0 38,000 99,000 3,600 — 3,600 3,500 32.3 113,100 283,800 6,000 — 6,000 5,700 31.5 179,800 443,900 56,900 500 56,400 54,700 43.0 2,351,100 5,840,400 181,000 400 180,600 177,300 29.2 5,184,700 12,947,100 606,400 1,800 604,600 586,600 33.6 19,694,000 47,256,200 93,500 500 93,000 91,500 34.8 3,181,600 8,367,300 540,000 500 539,500 523,200 29.8 15,584,700 37,826,900 212,900 1,200 211,700 206,700 32.7 6,764,700 16,784,300 123,000 100 122,900 121.300 27.8 3,377,900 8,664,700 219,900 1,600 218,300 213,200 37.9 8,071,000 19,757,100 178,400 4,600 173,800 171,100 34.1 5,842,500 14,319,200 265,800 500 265,300 261,300 33.0 8,623,600 22,252,900 2,420,900 11,200 2.409,700 2.352,200 32.4 76,324,700 188,177,700 233,100 200 232,900 229,600 30.9 7,088,200 18,079,700 147,200 2,200 145,000 141,700 28.0 3,%2,800 9,291,900 91,600 2,100 89,500 86,100 24.6 2,117,600 5,133,400 215,200 700 214,500 208,300 27.3 5,680,400 13,527,400 132,100 700 131,400 128,900 28.4 3,664,900 8,885,000 332,100 300 331,800 326,200 28.9 9,413,900 23,709,200 288,400 200 288,200 285,000 29.8 8,487,800 20,892,300 324,700 600 324,100 318,100 28.0 8,902,400 22,513,100 1,764.400 7,000 1,757,400 1,723,900 28.6 49,318,000 122,032,000 26,000 — 26,000 25,600 39.8 1,018,800 2,456,700 169,600 2,300 167,300 162,700 32.8 5,334,100 12,382,300 203,000 2,900 200,100 195,800 32.0 6,269,800 14,414,100 26,400 400 26,000 25,200 26.9 677,800 1,547,700 80,600 700 79,900 78,000 31.0 2,416,900 5,608,600 16,800 100 16,700 16,200 32.9 532,700 1,281,300 6,400 — 6,400 6.200 30.1 186,500 428,900 24,500 — 24,500 23,700 27.9 660,800 1,509,400 4,100 — 4,100 3,800 23.9 90,700 208,900 17,900 100 17,800 17,100 27.4 467,700 1,079,300 575,300 6,500 568,800 554,300 31.9 17,655,800 40,917,200 11,600 11,600 11,000 30.5 335,000 840,100 51,400 800 50,600 49,700 43.5 2,161,900 5,265,500 9,700 — 9,700 9,200 26.2 241,100 578,300 18,600 — 18,600 17,700 37.3 660,800 1,592,200 400 — 400 300 25.3 7,600 18,900 91,700 800 90,900 87,900 38.8 3,406,400 8,295.000 83,300 400 82,900 80,100 32.3 2,584,600 5,748,000 22,800 — 22,800 22,000 31.5 693,000 1,557,100 28,500 600 27,900 27,500 28.0 770,300 1,715,900 89,300 — 89,300 87,000 27.9 2,428,200 5,360,700 7,600 500 7,100 6,900 26.0 179,400 399,200 8,800 — 8,800 8,300 35.5 294,300 667,100 93,700 200 93,500 90,700 29.5 2,671,300 5,932,600 334,000 1,700 332,300 322,500 29.8 9,621,100 21,380,600 24,800 500 24,300 24,100 24.7 594,100 1,373,700 22,000 400 21,600 20,600 26.0 536,500 1,226,600 82,000 600 81,400 78,300 25.2 1,974,600 4,674,200 49,800 400 49,400 47,500 29.7 1,409,900 3,180,400 49,500 500 49,000 47,100 28.0 1,319,000 2,971,500 46,800 300 46,500 44,100 28.7 1,266,800 2,923,400 61,900 100 61,800 57,800 26.2 1,517,000 3,780,400 336,800 2,800 334,000 319,500 27.0 8,617,900 20,130,200 5,580,000 30,500 5,549,500 5,415,000 30.9 167,295,000 406,773,100 COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley. Judith Basin . . . Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow .... S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Grass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL... Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE ■iWinter wheat reseeded to spring wheat. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 39 ALL WHEAT — 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties ACRES COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt , Sheridan , Valley N. EAST Broadwater .... Cascade Fergus Golden Valley. , Judith Basin Lewis & Clark. . . Meagher Musselshell .... Petroleum Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead .... Gallatin Jefferson Madison 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 ^Winter wheat reseeded to spring wheat. Yield Gross Re- Net Harvested per PRO- Seeded Seeded' Seeded for Grain Acre DUCTION VALUE Bushels Dollars 500 — 500 500 39.8 19,900 58,300 11,900 — 11,900 11,200 45.8 512,800 1,315,900 800 — 800 800 37.0 29,600 86,700 10,700 — 10,700 9,900 43.2 427,200 1,106,400 100 — 100 100 42.0 4,200 12,300 200 — 200 200 32.5 6,500 17,800 2,000 — 2,000 1,800 33.8 60,800 159,900 2,400 — 2,400 2,300 34.4 79,100 209,200 5,900 — 5,900 5,700 40.2 229,300 585,100 3,600 — 3,600 3,400 33.0 112,200 286,700 38,100 — 38,100 35,900 41.3 1,481,600 3,838,300 172,800 2,000 170,800 154,200 27.6 4,256,500 10,441,900 498,600 1,500 497,100 472,800 32.0 15,137,200 35,784,900 107,800 3,500 104,300 93,800 22.1 2,068,600 5,128,000 535,600 6,000 529,600 505,200 27.0 13,619,200 32,377,400 254,800 2,000 252,800 239,900 23.3 5,587,900 13,399,900 129,500 2,500 127,000 119,300 27.2 3,248,700 8,113,700 168,600 3,400 165,200 155,400 29.7 4,613,800 11,091,400 170,700 1,500 169,200 160,400 30.9 4,950,700 11,755,100 249,700 2,000 247,700 237,400 20.4 4,831,800 12,024,500 2,288,100 24,400 2,263,700 2,138,400 27.3 58,314,400 140,116,800 255,000 100 254,900 242,900 23.9 5,810,200 14,142,900 164,200 1,000 163,200 153,400 21.2 3,249,900 7,405,300 71,500 1,000 70,500 65,000 20.5 1,335,200 3,016,800 210,700 1,500 209,200 195,100 18.7 3,640,500 8,327,400 156,600 1,000 155,600 142,300 22.7 3,226,600 7,534,400 320,300 1,500 318,800 307,000 20.1 6,161,600 14,959,500 297,500 200 297,300 288,200 24.3 6,993,400 17,363,100 323,500 1,500 322,000 306,800 21.8 6,680,600 16,085,300 1,799,300 7,800 1,791,500 1,700,700 21.8 37,098,000 88,834,700 34,200 — 34,200 33,200 37.4 1,240,300 3,058,600 162,100 500 161,600 154,500 32.1 4,953,600 11,738,300 168,800 500 168,300 158,500 31.6 5,003,500 11,778,700 25,600 — 25,600 22,500 21.0 472,500 1,106,500 81,600 — 81,600 76,200 31.0 2,361,700 5,591,100 10,800 — 10,800 9,700 23.3 226,400 538,600 7,700 — 7,700 7,300 32.6 238,200 558,100 19,000 — 19,000 17,700 22.8 404,300 942,900 6,100 — 6,100 5,500 23.4 128,500 300,200 26,000 — 26,000 24,100 25.8 622,700 1,465,500 541,900 1,000 540,900 509,200 30.7 15,651,700 37,078,500 8,800 — 8,800 8,300 33.3 276,800 681,700 51,000 — 51,000 49,300 41.6 2,053,200 4,901,700 8,700 — 8,700 8,500 29.7 252,100 594,400 5,700 ~~ 5,700 5,500 38.4 211,100 535,500 74,200 — 74,200 71,600 39.0 2,793,200 6,713.300 80,200 — 80,200 76,000 30.1 2,290,600 5,176,400 22,000 — 22,000 20,800 32.2 670,300 1,523,500 16,600 — 16,600 16,100 31.9 514,000 1,168,700 68,200 — 68,200 K200 27.8 1,781,800 3,997,000 9,100 — 9,100 8,300 30.5 253,200 571,300 6,300 — 6,300 5,800 31.7 184,000 419,900 103,500 100 103,400 99,200 29.8 2,957,300 6,654,500 305,900 100 305,800 290,400 29.8 8,651,200 19,511,300 48,900 1,000 47,900 41,200 20.0 823,400 1,805,600 50,600 200 50,400 44,300 22.6 1,001,000 2,174,000 76,400 400 76,000 70,400 20.0 1,406,800 3,168,000 34,800 — 34,800 31,900 25.9 826,100 1,808,200 44,800 — 44,800 37,900 23.6 8%,30O 1,938,600 39,900 — 39,900 35,500 27.2 964,000 2,159,700 57,100 600 56,500 52,600 19.2 1,012,300 2,397,000 352,500 2.200 350,300 313,800 22.1 6,929,900 15,451,100 5,400,000 35,500 5,364,500 5,060,000 25.9 130,920.000 311,544,000 40 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duaion Value Dollars Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Bus ,hels Bu. Bu. Flathead Lake 16,000 14,600 100 3,500 200 2,600 5,000 15,300 14,100 100 3,400 200 2,500 4,700 5Z8 41.8 24.0 25.0 26.5 29.1 30.2 808,600 589,600 2,400 85,000 5,300 72,700 141,800 1,961,100 1,430,000 5,800 206,200 12,900 176.300 343,900 1.300 1,600 100 100 500 62.0 56.0 35.0 44.0 40.0 14,000 12,500 100 3,400 100 2,400 4,200 52.0 40.0 Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders 24.0 25.0 18.0 28.5 29.0 IM WEST 42.000 40,300 4Z3 1,705,400 4,136,200 3,600 55.0 36,700 41.1 Blaine 111,800 542,900 22,300 431,400 134,800 51,700 163,000 136,200 %,400 1,690,500 108,800 524,000 21,500 416,100 130,200 51,200 157,300 129,700 94.800 1,633,600 30.0 34.0 38.0 31.0 35.0 29.0 39.0 34.0 35.0 33.5 3,265,100 17,816,000 817,000 12,880,500 4,557,000 1.484.800 6.134,700 4,405,400 3,318,000 54,678,500 7,724,100 42,147,200 1,932,500 30,471.300 10,780,300 3,512,300 14,512,600 10,421,600 7,849,200 129,351,100 100 1,400 3,100 4,600 41.0 44.0 53.0 sao 108,700 524,000 21,500 416,100 130,200 51,200 155,900 126,600 94,800 1,629,000 30.0 Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera 34.0 38.0 31.0 35.0 29.0 39.0 33.5 Toole 35.0 N. CENTRAL.... 33.4 Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley 1,400 99,600 43,400 123,800 59,500 24,100 10,500 30,700 1.200 95,300 38,800 120.400 56.900 23,200 10,200 29,400 27.0 29.0 24.0 27.0 28.0 29.0 28.0 27.0 32,400 2,763,700 931,200 3,250,800 1,593,200 672,800 285,600 793,800 73,200 6,246,200 2,104,600 7,347.100 3.600.700 1.520,500 645,400 1,794,000 100 36.0 1,200 95,300 38,800 120,400 56,800 23,200 10,200 29,400 27.0 29.0 24.0 27.0 28.0 29.0 28.0 27.0 N. EAST 393,000 375,400 27.5 10,323,500 23,331,700 100 36.0 375,300 27.5 Broadwater Cascade 12,300 135,500 177,400 25,000 62,600 8,800 5,500 23,100 3,500 14,800 12,100 129,000 171,200 23,900 60,300 8,400 5,300 22,400 3,300 14,200 35.1 33.0 33.0 27.0 3Z0 28.1 31.1 28.0 24.0 28.0 424,500 4,257,000 5,649,600 645,300 1,929,600 235,900 164,900 627,200 79,200 397,600 964.400 9.671.900 12,835.900 1,466,100 4,384,000 536,000 374,700 1,425,000 180,000 903,300 200 200 100 100 100 40.0 40.0 34.0 35.0 37.0 11,900 128,800 171,200 23,800 60,300 8,300 5,200 22,400 3,300 14,200 35.0 33.0 33.0 Go Wen Valley... Judith Basin Lewis & Clark.... Meagher Musselshell Petroleum Wheatland 27.0 32.0 28.0 31.0 28.0 24.0 28.0 CENTRAL 468,500 450,100 3X0 14,410,800 32,741,300 700 38.0 449,400 32.0 Beaverhead Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow 7,400 39,400 9,000 15,900 300 7,000 37.800 8.500 15,100 200 25.0 44.9 25.8 38.1 23.0 175,000 1,697,600 219.400 575,000 4,600 415,300 4,028,400 520,700 1,364,500 10,900 5,000 100 100 64.0 51.0 49.0 7,000 32,800 8,400 15,000 200 25.0 42.0 25.5 38.0 23.0 S. WEST 72,000 68,600 38.9 2,671,600 6,339,800 5,200 63.5 63,400 36.9 Big Horn 77.400 19,200 25,400 87.700 7,000 7,000 89,300 74,400 18,500 24,600 85,400 6.300 6,600 86.400 31.9 30.8 28.3 28.0 26.0 33.0 28.8 2,373,900 570,000 695,200 2,391,200 163,800 217,800 2.489.70O 5,232,100 1,256,300 1,532,300 5,270,200 361,100 480,100 5.487.400 4,500 500 800 1,400 46.0 4Z0 36.0 48.0 69,900 18,000 23,800 85,400 6,300 6,600 85,000 31.0 30.5 Park 2&0 Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Yellowstone 2ao 26.0 33.0 28.5 S. CENTRAL .... 313,000 302,200 29.5 8,901,600 19,619,500 7,200 45.0 295,000 29.1 Carter 18,100 18.600 44,700 46,600 47,300 38,100 7,600 221,000 3,200,000 17.600 17,300 42,000 44.400 45.000 36.400 7,100 209,800 3,080,000 26.0 26.2 28.0 30.0 28.0 27.2 28.0 28.0 32.0 457.600 453,800 1,176,000 1,332,000 1,260,000 990,400 198,800 5,868,600 98,560,000 1.024.600 1.016.000 2.633,000 2,982,200 2,821,100 2,217,400 445,100 13,139,400 228,659,000 200 400 600 22,000 46.0 46.0 46.0 51.8 17,600 17,100 42,000 44,400 45,000 36,000 7,100 209.200 3,058,000 26.0 Custer 26.0 Fallon Powder River . . . Prairie 28.0 30.0 28.0 Rosebud Wibaux 27.0 28.0 S. EAST 27.9 STATE 31.9 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 41 WINTER WHEAT — 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated COUNTY & DISTRICT Flathead Lake 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 59,000 Big Horn 73,700 Carbon 19,400 Park 14,000 Stillwater 65,800 Sweet Grass 8,500 Treasure 5,200 Yellowstone 99,900 S. CENTRAL NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Har- per Pro- Har- per Har- per Planted vested Acre Bush duction els Value Dollars vested Acre vested Acre Bu. Bu. 9,300 8,800 46.8 412,000 1,020,600 700 62.0 8,100 45.5 7,900 7,300 43.9 320,700 794,400 1,100 52.0 6,200 42.5 100 100 27.0 2,700 6,700 — — 100 27.0 1,500 1,300 31.0 40,300 99,800 1,300 31.0 1,700 1,600 31.0 49,600 122,800 — — 1,600 31.0 5,000 4,800 39.7 190,500 471,900 100 48.0 4,700 39.5 3,000 2,900 32.0 92,800 229,900 100 46.0 2,800 31.5 28,500 26,800 41.4 1,108,600 2,746,100 2,000 55.0 24,800 4a3 100,000 85,000 29.0 2,465,000 5,754,100 85,000 29.0 433,500 409,000 33.0 13,505,100 31,525,000 300 60.0 408,700 33.0 47,000 36,100 27.3 984,900 2,299,000 600 44.0 35,500 27.0 423,000 393,600 29.2 11,483,500 26,805,900 — — 393,600 29.2 173,000 158,900 27.0 4,291,300 10,017,200 — — 158,900 27.0 52,500 45,300 29.0 1,313,700 3,066,600 — — 45,300 290 122,000 111,100 32.8 3,643,800 8,505,700 2,000 49.0 109,100 32.5 135,500 125,900 33.6 4,232,200 9,879,200 2,500 64.0 123,400 3.3.0 90,500 84,100 27.0 2,270,700 5,300,500 — — 84,100 27.0 1,577,000 1,449,000 3a5 44,190,200 103,153,200 5,400 56.0 1,443,600 3a4 1,700 1,500 20.1 30,100 65,800 __ 1,500 20.1 100,000 93,000 220 2,046,000 4,472,900 — — 93,000 22.0 52,300 47,100 20.0 942,000 2,059,400 — — 47,100 20.0 126,100 113,900 190 2,163,800 4,730,400 — — 113,900 19.0 67,600 59,500 22.0 1,310,800 2,865,600 100 40.0 59,400 22.0 23,700 20,400 24.0 489,600 1,070,300 20,400 24.0 8,700 8,000 24.0 192,000 419,700 — — 8,000 24.0 38,400 33,000 22.0 726,000 1,587,200 ~ — 33,000 210 418,500 376,400 21.0 7,900,300 17,271,300 100 40.0 376.300 21.0 18,500 17,700 35.2 622,300 1,445,400 400 42.0 17,300 35.0 127,000 120,000 34.6 4,152,400 9,644,600 800 50.0 119,200 34.5 145,700 136,000 33.0 4,488,100 10,424,300 — — 136,000 33.0 24,100 21,000 21.0 441,000 1,024,300 — — 21,000 21.0 64,500 59,600 33.5 1,996,600 4,637,400 — 59,600 33.5 8,800 7,700 23.7 182,400 423,700 100 38.0 7,600 23.5 6,900 6,500 34.1 221,400 514,200 100 38.0 6,400 .34.0 18,300 17,000 23.0 391,000 908,200 — — 17,000 23.0 5,800 5,200 23.5 122,200 283,800 — 5,200 23.5 22,400 20,600 27.0 556,200 1,291,900 — — 20,600 27.0 442,000 411,300 32.0 13,173,600 30,597,800 1,400 46.0 409,900 3X0 5,600 5,200 30.0 156,000 364,600 5,200 30.0 43,000 41,400 41.0 1,697,400 3,%7,700 4,600 69.0 36,800 37.5 8,200 8,000 29.3 234,100 547,200 100 50.0 7,900 29.0 2,200 2,100 30.9 64,900 151,700 200 54.0 1,900 28.5 286,500 Carter 41,500 Custer 47,500 Fallon 38,500 Powder River . . . 30,200 Prairie 42,200 Rosebud 30,000 Wibaux 8,600 S. EAST 238,500 STATE 3,050,000 56,700 3&0 2,152,400 5,031,200 4,900 6&0 51,800 35.1 70,000 29.3 2,049,600 4,589,200 2,800 36.0 67,200 29.0 18,400 30.2 555,200 1,243,100 400 38.0 18,000 30.0 13,600 31.2 424,000 949,400 400 37.0 13,200 31.0 61,900 27.5 1,703,300 3,813,800 200 33.0 61,700 27.5 7,700 30.0 231,000 517,200 — — 7,700 30.0 4,800 30.0 144,000 322,400 — — 4,800 30.0 95,900 29.1 2,790,700 6,248,600 800 41.0 95,100 29.0 272,300 29.0 7,897,800 17,683,700 4,600 37.0 267,700 28.9 34,400 20.0 688,000 1,480,000 34,400 20.0 41,300 22.1 913,400 1,%4,900 300 38.0 41,000 22.0 35,000 23.0 805,000 1,731,800 — — 35,000 23.0 27,500 27.0 742,500 1,597,300 — — 27,500 27.0 35,500 24.0 852,000 1,832,900 35,500 24.0 26,400 22.7 598,600 1,287,700 300 38.0 26,100 2Z5 7,400 24.0 177,600 382,100 — — 7,400 24.0 207,500 2X0 4,777,100 10,276,700 600 38.0 206,900 23L0 2,800,000 29.0 81,200,000 186,760,000 19,000 53.0 2,781,000 28.B 42 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DURUM WHEAT — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield oer Acre Pro- duction Value Acres Har- vested Yield oer Acre Acres Har- vested Yield oer Acre Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. Flathead Lake Ravalli 200 100 100 200 100 100 39.0 35.0 41.0 7,800 3,500 4,100 22,800 10,300 12,000 100 41.0 200 100 39.0 35.0 N. WEST 400 400 38.5 15,400 45,100 100 41.0 300 37.7 Blaine Chouteau Glacier 1,300 1,600 600 2,000 3,700 100 15,100 7,700 23,200 55,300 1,300 1,600 600 2,000 3,600 100 14,700 7,200 22,400 53,500 26.0 30.0 34.0 26.0 26.0 29.0 33.2 35.1 31.0 31.5 33,800 48,000 20,400 52,000 93,600 2,900 487,500 252,700 694,400 1,685,300 90,200 128,100 54,400 138,800 249,800 7,700 1,300,900 674,300 1,852,900 4,497,100 300 400 1,000 1,700 36.0 39.0 45.0 42.0 1,000 1,600 600 2,000 3,600 100 14,300 6,200 22,400 51,800 23.0 30.0 34.0 Hill Liberty 26.0 26.0 Phillips Pondera Teton 29.0 33.0 33.S Toole 31.0 N. CENTRAL. . . . 31.2 Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley 8,500 5,300 1,300 7,300 3,000 38,900 159,800 3,700 8,200 5,200 1,300 7,100 3,000 38,000 158,300 3,700 28.0 25.0 25.0 29.0 28.1 27.2 29.0 27.2 229,600 130,000 32,500 205,900 84,200 1,033,200 4,590,700 100,700 550,700 311,800 78,000 493,900 202,000 2,478,400 11,011,700 241,600 300 600 100 410 39.0 35.0 8,200 5,200 1,300 7,100 2,700 37,400 158,300 3,600 28.0 25.0 25.0 29.0 26.5 27.0 29.0 27.0 N. EAST 227,800 224,800 28.5 6,406,800 15,368,100 1,000 39.5 223,800 2&5 Cascade Fergus Judith Basin 1,200 5,300 200 1,200 5,200 200 30.9 26.0 29.0 37,100 135,200 5,800 96,900 360,400 15,500 300 38.0 900 5,200 200 28.6 26.0 29.0 CENTRAL 6,700 6,600 27.0 178.100 474,800 300 38.0 6.300 26.5 Gallatin 1,200 1,200 38.0 45,600 125,500 ~ — 1,200 38.0 S. WEST 1,200 1,200 3&0 45,600 125, 5«0 — ~ 1.200 38.0 Big Horn Yellowstone .... 100 200 100 200 42.0 31.5 4,200 6,300 11,000 16,600 100 100 42.0 38.0 100 25.0 S. CENTRAL .... 300 300 3S.0 10.500 27,600 200 4ao 100 2S.0 Custer Powder River . . . Prairie 200 200 100 100 7,700 8.300 300,000 200 200 100 100 7,600 8,200 295,000 24.0 27.0 28.0 27.0 26.0 26.0 29.0 4,800 5,400 2,800 2,700 197,600 213.300 8,555,000 11,400 12,800 6,700 6,400 469,500 506,800 21.045,000 3,300 4a7 200 200 100 100 7,600 8.200 291.700 24.0 27.0 28.0 Rosebud Wibaux 27.0 26.0 S. EAST 26.0 STATE 28.9 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 43 DURUM WHEAT — 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Ravalli N. WEST Blaine Chouleau ... Glacier Hill Liberty Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL. Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland . . . . Roosevelt. . . . Sheridan . . . . Valley N. EAST Cascade Fergus Judith Basin. . CENTRAL .... Stillwater .... S. CENTRAL . Carter Powder River Wibaux S. EAST STATE Acres Planted TOO 100 4,700 900 1,000 300 300 19,700 600 17,200 44,700 2,600 1,000 100 1,100 1,900 37,800 132,500 1,000 178,000 300 1,500 100 1,900 600 600 300 1,500 2,900 4,700 230,000 Acres Har- vested 100 100 4,500 900 900 300 300 18,500 600 17,000 43,000 2,500 900 100 1,100 1,800 35,600 127,000 1,000 170,000 300 1,400 100 1,800 600 600 300 1,400 2,800 4,500 220,000 Yield per Acre Pro- duction Bushels 42.0 42.0 23.2 22.0 18.0 20.0 18.0 21.0 21.0 18.0 20.0 19.0 14.0 20.0 15.0 22.1 18.0 24.0 17.8 22.5 24.0 21.0 21.0 21.5 29.3 29.3 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 4,200 4.200 104,300 19,800 16,200 6,000 5,400 388,000 12,600 306,000 858,300 47,500 12,600 2,000 16,500 39,800 642,500 3,048,000 17,800 3,826,700 7,200 29,400 2,100 38,700 17,600 17,600 6,300 29,400 58,800 94,500 4,840,000 Value Dollars 11,900 11,900 287,000 54,500 44,600 16,500 14,800 1,067,600 34,700 841,900 2,361,600 121,700 32,300 5,100 42,300 101,900 1,645,500 7,806,200 45,600 9,800,600 21,000 85,700 6,100 112,800 34,800 34,800 17,500 81,600 163,200 262,300 12,584,000 Acres Yield Har- per vested Acre 100 100 1,000 500 100 1,600 800 1,000 100 1,900 Bu. 42.0 42.0 43.0 38.0 36.0 41.0 31.0 37.0 43.0 34.8 NOT IRRIGATED Acres Yield Har- per vested Acre Bu. 3,600 37.8 3,500 900 900 300 300 18,000 500 17,000 41,400 2,500 900 100 1,100 1,000 34,600 127,000 900 168,100 300 1,400 100 1,800 600 600 300 1,400 2,800 4,500 216,400 17.5 22.0 1&0 20.0 18.0 20.5 18.0 18.0 19.1 19.0 14.0 20.0 15.0 15.0 17.5 24.0 15.0 2X4 24.0 21.0 21.0 21.S 29.3 29.3 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.7 44 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL.. Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley. Judith Basin. . . Lewis & Clark. . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin lefferson 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 NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Har- per Pro- Har- per Har- per Planted vested Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Acre Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. 300 300 37.0 11,100 29,200 200 38.0 100 35.0 4,200 4,000 48.0 192,000 505,400 3,000 54.0 1,000 30.0 700 700 36,0 25,200 66,300 — — 700 36.0 3,900 3,700 49.0 181,300 477,200 3,500 50.0 200 31.5 200 200 44.0 8,800 23,200 100 53.0 100 35.0 400 400 37.0 14,800 39,000 — 400 37.0 2,100 2,000 45.1 90,100 237.200 1,700 47.0 300 34.0 800 800 40.9 32,700 86,100 300 54.0 500 33.0 900 900 40.3 36,300 95,500 400 57.0 500 27.0 1,000 1,000 38.0 38,000 100,000 700 44.0 300 24.0 14,500 14,000 45.0 630,300 1,659,100 9,900 sas 4,100 31.9 67,900 67,200 28.1 1,885,800 5,132,800 2,800 41.0 64,400 27.5 61,900 61,000 30.0 1,830,000 4,980.900 100 44.0 60,900 30.0 70,600 69,400 33.8 2,344,200 6,380,400 3,500 39.0 65,900 33.5 106,600 105,100 25.2 2,652,200 7,218,800 2,200 35.0 102,900 25.0 74,400 72,900 29.0 2,114,100 5.754,200 — — 72,900 29.0 71,200 70,000 27.0 1,890,200 5.144,700 1,900 45.0 68,100 26.5 41,800 41,200 35.2 1,448,800. 3,943,600 8,000 40.0 33,200 34.0 34,500 34,200 34.6 1,184,400 3.223,300 6,000 47.0 28,200 32.0 146,200 144,100 32.0 4,611,200 12,550,800 600 36.0 143,500 32.0 675,100 665,100 30.0 19,960,900 54,329,500 25,100 41.5 640,000 29.6 223,200 220,200 31.0 6,826,200 17,455.700 — 220,200 31.0 42,300 41,200 25.9 1,069,100 2,733,900 900 46.0 40,300 25.5 46,900 46,000 25.1 1,153,900 2,950,800 1,100 49.0 44,900 24.5 84,100 80,800 27.5 2,223,700 5,686,400 200 36.0 80,600 27.5 69,600 69,000 28.8 1,987,500 5,082,300 4,000 50.0 65,000 27.5 269,100 265,000 29.1 7,707,900 19,710,300 2,000 40.0 263,000 29.0 118,100 116,500 31.0 3,611,500 9,235,200 — — 116,500 31.0 290,300 285,000 28.1 8,007,900 20,477,500 3.100 37.0 281,900 28.0 1,143,600 1,123,700 29.0 32,587,700 83,332.100 11,300 44.0 1,112,400 28.8 13,700 13,500 44.0 594,300 1,492,300 9,300 49.0 4,200 33.0 32,900 32,500 32.0 1,040,000 2,611,500 4,100 46.0 28,400 30.0 20,300 19,400 25.0 485,000 1,217,800 — — 19,400 25.0 1,400 1,300 25.0 32,500 81,600 — — 1,300 25.0 17,800 17,500 27.5 481,500 1,209,100 — — 17,500 27.5 8,000 7,800 38.1 2%,800 745,300 2,200 42.0 5,600 36.5 900 900 24.0 21,600 54,200 — — 900 24.0 1,400 1,300 25.8 33,600 84,400 100 30.0 1,200 25.5 600 500 23.0 11,500 28,900 — — 500 23.0 3,100 2,900 24.2 70,100 176,000 100 29.0 2,800 24.0 100,100 97,600 31.4 3,066,900 7,701,100 15,800 47.0 81,800 28.4 4,200 4,000 40.0 160,000 424,800 4,000 40.0 _. __ 10,800 10,700 39.1 418,700 1.111,600 5,100 53.0 5,600 26.5 700 700 31.0 21,700 57,600 — — 700 31.0 2,700 2,600 33.0 85,800 227,700 2,100 35.0 500 24.6 100 100 30.0 3,000 8,000 — — 100 30.0 18,500 18,100 38.1 689,200 1,829,700 11,200 45.0 6,900 26.9 5,800 5,600 36.9 206,500 504,900 2,100 40.0 3,500 35.0 3,600 3,500 35.1 123,000 300,800 1,300 43.0 2,200 30.5 3,100 2,900 25.9 75,100 183,600 600 37.0 2,300 23.0 1,600 1,600 23.1 37,000 90,500 200 38.0 1,400 21.0 600 600 26.0 15,600 38,100 — — 600 26.0 1,800 1,700 45.0 76,500 187,000 1,300 51.0 400 25.5 4,200 4,100 42.8 175,300 428.600 2,300 50.0 1,800 33.5 20,700 20,000 35.S 709,000 1,733,500 7,800 45.0 12.200 29.3 6,700 6,500 21.0 136,500 349.100 6,500 21.0 3,200 3,100 25.1 77,900 199.200 800 47.0 2,300 17.5 37,300 36,300 22.0 798,600 2,042,200 — — 36,300 22.0 3,000 2,900 25.0 72,500 185,400 — — 2.900 25.0 2,100 2,000 28.1 56,200 143,700 300 40.0 1.700 26.0 8,600 7,600 36.0 273,600 699,600 6,800 38.0 800 19.0 46,600 43,100 26.0 1.120.700 2,865,800 — — 43.100 26.0 107,500 101,500 2S.0 2,536,000 6,485,000 7,900 39.0 93,600 23.8 2,080,000 2,040,000 29.5 60,180,000 157,070,000 89,000 44.3 1,951,000 28.8 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 45 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM — 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated NOT COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge .... Flathead Craniie Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL. . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater .... Cascade Fergus Golden Valley. . ludith Basin. . . . Lewis & Clark. . . Meagher Musselshell .... Petroleum Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead .... Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow S. WEST 15,200 Big Horn 6,500 Carbon 2,600 Park 2,600 Stillwater 1,800 Sweet Grass 600 Treasure 1,100 Yellowstone 3,600 S. CENTRAL .... 18.800 Carter 7,100 Custer 3,100 Fallon 37,900 Powder River . . . 3,100 Prairie 2,600 Rosebud 9,900 Wibaux 45,600 S. EAST 109,300 STATE 2,120,000 TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Har- per Acre Pro- Har- per Acre Har- per Acre Planted vested duction Value vested vested Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. SOD 500 39.8 19,900 58,300 100 43.0 400 39.0 2,600 2,400 42.0 100,800 295,300 1,200 51.0 1,200 33.0 800 800 37.0 29,600 86,700 — — 800 37.0 2,800 2,600 41.0 106,500 312,000 1,100 45.0 1,500 38.0 100 100 42.0 4,200 12,300 100 42.0 100 100 38.0 3,800 11,100 — — 100 38.0 500 500 41.0 20,500 60,100 — — 500 41.0 700 700 42.1 29,500 86,400 400 49.0 300 33.0 800 800 43.3 34,600 101,300 500 50.0 300 32.0 600 500 38.8 19,400 56,800 100 42.0 400 38.0 9,500 9,000 41.0 368,800 1,080,300 3,500 48.0 5,500 36,5 68,100 64,700 26.1 1,687,200 4,400,800 4,000 50.0 60,700 24.5 64,200 62,900 25.6 1,612,300 4,205,400 2,500 53.0 60,400 24.5 59,800 56,800 18.8 1,067,500 2,784,400 900 37.0 55,900 18.5 112,300 111,300 19.1 2,129,700 5,555,000 1,000 34.0 110,300 19.0 81,500 80,700 16.0 1,291,200 3,367,900 — — 80,700 16.0 77,000 74,000 26.1 1,935,000 5,047,100 1,000 37.0 73,000 26.0 26,900 25,800 22.6 582,000 1,518,100 800 40.0 25,000 22.0 34,600 33,900 20.8 705,900 1,841,200 2,300 39.0 31,600 19.5 142,000 136,300 16.5 2,255,100 5,882,100 300 37.0 136,000 16.5 666,400 646,400 2a 5 13,265,900 34,602.000 12,800 44.5 633,600 20.0 250,700 238,900 24.0 5,732,600 13,955,400 238,900 24.0 63,200 59,500 20.0 1,191,300 2,900,100 1,900 51.0 57,600 19.0 19,100 17,800 22.0 391,200 952,300 1,100 52.0 16,700 20.0 83,500 80,100 18.2 1,460,200 3,554,700 800 41.0 79,300 18.0 87,100 81,000 23.2 1,876,000 4,566,900 7,000 46.0 74,000 21.0 258,800 251,000 20.0 5,029,500 12,243,700 500 39.0 250,500 20.0 156,300 153,200 24.5 3,753,400 9,137,200 — — 153,200 24.5 284,100 272,800 21.8 5,936,800 14,452,500 2,700 48.0 270,100 21.5 1,202,800 1,154,300 22.0 25,371,000 61,762.800 14,000 47.0 1,140,300 21.7 15,700 15,500 39.9 618,000 1,613,200 14,000 42.0 1,500 20.0 34,800 34,200 23.2 794,000 2,072,700 5,500 40.0 28,700 20.0 21,600 21,100 23.0 486,000 1,268,700 500 45.0 20,600 22.5 1,500 1,500 21.0 31,500 82,200 — 1,500 21.0 17,000 16,500 22.0 363,000 947,600 — — 16,500 220 2,000 2,000 22.0 44,000 114,900 200 40.0 1,800 20.0 800 800 21.0 16,800 43,900 — 800 21.0 700 700 19.0 13,300 34,700 — — 700 19.0 300 300 21.0 6,300 16,400 — — 300 21.0 3,600 3,500 19.0 66,500 173,600 — ~ 3,500 19.0 98,000 %,100 25.4 2,439,400 6,367,900 20,200 41.5 75,900 21.1 3,200 3,100 39.0 120,800 317,100 1,300 41.0 1,800 37.5 8,000 7,900 45.0 355,800 934,000 4,200 53.0 3,700 36.0 500 500 36.0 18,000 47,200 — 500 36.0 3,500 3,400 43.0 146,200 383,800 2,600 45.0 800 36.5 14,900 43.0 640,800 1,682,100 8,100 48.5 6,800 36.5 6,000 40.2 241,000 587,200 3,100 45.0 2,900 35.0 2,400 48.0 115,100 280,400 1,300 53.0 1,100 42.0 2,500 36.0 90,000 219,300 900 44.0 1,600 31.5 1,700 35.8 60,900 148,400 600 41.0 1,100 33.0 600 37.0 22,200 54,100 600 37.0 1,000 40.0 40,000 97,500 600 47.0 400 29.5 3,300 50.5 166,600 405,900 2,800 52.0 500 42.0 17,500 42.0 735,800 1,792,800 9,300 48.0 8,200 35.3 6,500 19.9 129,100 308,100 200 47.0 6,300 19.0 3,000 29.2 87,600 209,100 1,200 49.0 1,800 16.0 35,400 17.0 601,800 1,436,200 — — 35,400 17.0 3,000 18.1 54,200 129,300 400 38.0 2,600 15.0 2,400 18.5 44.300 105,700 100 40.0 2,300 17.5 9,100 40.2 365,400 872,000 7,200 46.0 1,900 18.0 42,400 18.3 775,900 1,851,700 — — 42,400 18.3 101,800 20.2 2,058.300 4,912,100 9,100 46.0 92,700 17.7 2,040,000 22.0 44,880,000 112,200,000 77,000 45.4 1,%3,000 21.1 46 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WINTER WHEAT Major Varieties as Percent of Total Acreage — 1%5-1978 SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM Major Varieties as Percent of Total Acreage — 1%5-1978 . plljgl^h?^r--^iiffli^ 1%S 1^** I'** q-} 1^74 ir-s irb '**" i^» DURUM WHEAT Major Varieties as Percent of Total Acreage — 1%5-1978 i«s i»* m- i«« "" '"• H71 nn H7J H7« iws iw* i«" w MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 47 WHEAT VARIETIES, 1974-1978 CLASS & VARIETY WINTER WHEAT Winalta Centurk Cheyenne Warrior Winoka Sundance , Trapper Nugaines Hi-Plains Lancer Froid Wanser Other & Unknown TOTAL SPRING WHEAT EXCLUDING DURUM Olaf Fortuna Prodax Tioga Thatcher Wared Red River Lew Norana Waldron Manitou Newana Borah Other & Unknown TOTAL DURUM WHEAT Ward Crosby Cando Wells Rolette Leeds Wascana Other & Unknown TOTAL 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 38.5 .6 32.9 6.2 6.9 .2 2.0 .2 1.8 2.3 1.2 7.2 100.0 .4 54.2 .1 10.0 2.7 .5 1.3 9.9 20.9 100.0 2.0 58.6 26.6 2.6 10.2 100.0 34.0 3.5 33.7 5.8 7.5 1.7 3.5 .5 .1 1.3 1.2 .6 6.6 100.0 8.0 48.4 .9 9.0 .2 4.3 2.5 4.3 4.7 17.7 100.0 14.1 .9 39.6 8.9 16.2 20.3 100.0 35.3 12.0 30.0 6.1 3.5 2.6 2.4 .7 .8 .6 .8 .4 4.8 100.0 26.0 35.2 1.1 6.1 8.1 1.0 2.4 8.2 3.0 1.6 7.3 100.0 16.0 2.9 38.4 14.1 2.6 26.0 100.0 31.1 25.7 23.0 3.9 3.3 2.5 2.0 .8 2.8 1.3 .3 .4 2.9 100.0 24.1 34.1 6.3 7.9 4.4 4.9 1.1 1.4 3.4 1.3 2.2 8.9 100.0 25.5 16.1 21.5 1.7 5.0 30.2 100.0 29.1 28.1 26.2 3.2 3.2 2.4 .7 .5 .4 .4 .4 .2 5.2 100.0 22.8 21.6 9.0 8.9 6.8 6.1 5.5 3.8 3.4 2.3 1.7 1.0 .9 6.2 100.0 30.8 19.2 7.2 5.7 3.4 3.3 1.7 28.7 100.0 DURUM WHEAT Seeded Acreages by Varieties, Selected Districts and Counties — 1978 DISTRICT & COUNTY N. CENTRAL Sheridan Other N. EAST AU OTHER COUNTIES. STATE Ward Crosby Cando Wells Rol- ette Leeds Was- cana Other and Unknown TOTAL Thousan d Acres 15.7 — ~ 2.5 ~ — — 24.8 43.0 67.3 57.5 21.7 12.3 2.4 10.2 9.5 0.4 5.0 53.7 178.5 61.5 67.3 57.5 21.7 14.7 10.2 9.9 5.0 53.7 240.0 9.5 ~ — — — — ~ 7.5 17.0 92.5 57.5 21.7 17.2 10.2 9.9 5.0 86.0 300.0 48 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ^ e 3 o U ■c V 1/1 < _ £ 1 jT! .2 t- Q Z if SI It > Z ■s "8 o 1- Other and nknown D " }1 -o o c 5; 1 C o. 1 0/ 3 C 00 5° ll ii U 4) c-if a; 3 vOfNCOt— t— ■^T—OOt— 0^ T O rs| t— v^ IN. r^ t-^ rs! o -^ o I •^ a^ ' o r^i V ' 9\ rn r^ e i i vo r^ (N i 1^ r-^l-si ^ ' ' 0 r^ rf ' in I I 9^ I 1^ I ::; I I :$ ! 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(^ I ^ r- m I in 0% ^O ' ^' r-^ rn ' r«i -^r aorvu-i-^O'^rN.'sD * O rn I CO T-; r^ r-' ^ ' r-^ ON 00 rn rn o •^ in rsi 5 ^ ^ o 01 r 0) ■'= o sou "- v = c S o c^^l? fo^ s — — — -:.= t5^ O OJ O O X _i a. 0. h- ►- Z J£ =2 - uJ oj S I' o ™ a'"o Z QQ02oi;oi;yi> ^ z S < 5 s z 03L2.O u — Q 2 <" 2 5 50 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE — 1970-77 By Class and Destination CROP YEAR' ALL WHEAT WINTER WHEAT SPRING WHEAT' East West Other' Total East West Other' Total East West Other! Total Thousan id Bushels Thousar id Bushels Thousar id Bushels 1970* 1971 1972 1973 11,929 7,405 7.685 2,549 67,529 58,224 98,149 84,430 1,623 771 563 184 81,081 66,400 106,397 87,163 3,030 4,567 499 30,447 52,100 50,025 321 67 97 33,798 56,734 50,621 4,375 3,118 2,050 27,777 46,049 34,405 450 496 87 32,602 49,663 36,542 1974 1975 1976 1977 6.426 13,440 12,490 6,333 73,374 90,196 74,510 74,428 1,158 2,041 1.808 1,612 80,958 105,677 88,808 82,373 4,797 10,637 9,151 5.040 43,662 61,863 48,153 51,607 1,000 1,260 495 661 49,459 73,760 57,799 57,308 1,629 2,803 3,339 1,293 29,712 28,333 26,357 22,821 158 781 1,313 951 31,499 31,917 31.009 25,065 'Crop year July through June the following year until 1976 when the crop year changed to )une through May the follow- ing year. 'Includes durum wheal. 'Other and unknown. 'Breakdown by classes not available. WHEAT SHIPPED OUT OF STATE 1976 & 1977 CROP YEARS By Class District, Mode, and Destination' DISTRICT OF ORIGIN, MODE & DESIGNATION N. WEST N. CENTRAL N. EAST CENTRAL S. WEST S. CENTRAL S. EAST STATE Truck East Truck West Truck Other' . .. Total by Truck Rail East Rail West Rail Other' Total by Rail Total Wheat Shipped )une Crop Year 1976 - May 1977 June Crop Year 1977 - May 1978 1 Winter Wheal Spring Wheat' All Wheat Winter Wheat Spring Wheat' All Wheal Thousand Bushels Th( ausand Bushels 282 824 1,106 125 675 800 30,344 11,148 41,492 33,827 12,021 45,348 7,598 13,628 21,226 5,154 8,751 13,905 9,309 2,802 12,111 7,918 1,300 9.218 2.004 494 2,498 2,053 472 2,525 4,900 1,269 6,249 5.912 1,097 7,009 3.282 844 4,126 2,319 749 3,068 2,663 10.815 455 13.933 6,488 37,338 40 43,866 57,799 764 6,332 1,279 8,375 2,575 20,025 34 22,634 31,009 3,427 17,147 1,734 22,308 9,063 57,363 74 66,500 88,808 3,030 13,070 628 16,728 2,010 38,537 33 40,580 57,308 332 5,750 938 7,020 %1 17,071 13 18,045 25,065 3,362 18,820 1,566 23,748 2,971 55,608 46 58,625 82,373 'Based on data reported by commercial elevators and licensed truckers. Reported data were expanded to represent 100 percent of elevator capacity. 'Includes durum. 'Other and unknown. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 51 ALL WHEAT PRODUCTION, STOCKS AND UTILIZATION 1974, 1975 & 1976 Marketing Years 1974 1975 1976 SUPPLY Beginning stocks— July 1' 18.3 Production 120.1 Total Supply 138.4 DISPOSITION Recorded movement out of State' 80.7 Milled for flour in Montana 7.2 Used for seed in Montana 5.2 Used for livestock feed' 1.1 Unaccounted disappearance (to balance)' 19.9 Total Disposition 114.1 Ending stocks July 1' 24.3 Million Bushels 24.3 155.9 180.2 97.8 7.1 4.9 1.6 18.7 130.1 50.15 50.15 167.3 217.4 88.8 8.1 4.8 5.4 22.5 129.6 87.85 'Farm and commercial. ^Reported by elevators and licensed truckers — adjusted for known incompleteness. , 'Utilization for feed — on farms wfiere grown, cattle feeders, feed mills, and purchased by other farmers for feed. 'Due to unknowns in components and probable unrecorded movement. 5June stocks beginning June 1, 1976. WHEAT MOVEMENT TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST, UTILIZATION AND EXPORTS^ By Marketing Years 1971-1976^ 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 ITEM Beginning stocks, July 1 Production Ending stocks, July 1 Available supply' Shipments of wheat into Pacific Northwest (adjusted for unaccounted disappearance)' Total wheat used for flour in Pacific Northwest (includes bulgar) Estimated Montana wheat milled for flour in Pacific Northwest (includes bulgar)^ Estimated Montana wheat exported from Pacific Northwest ports' Percent of available supply Inspected exports of Hard Red Spring, Hard Red Winter and Durum from Pacific Northwest ports Montana exports as percent of total HRS, HRW and Durum exports trom Pacific NW ports Million Bushels 57.0 112.0 -60.4 60.4 98.8 -31.5 31.5 %.7 -18.3 18.3 120.1 -24.3 24.3 155.9 -50.1' 50.1 167.3 -87.8' 108.6 127.7 109.9 114.1 130.1 129.6 54.8 %.9 83.6 85.6 92. 3» 84.5 29.8 31,8 30.6 25.9 21. 9» 24.4 17.9 21.5 21.6 17.1 16.9« 16.6 36.9 75.4 62.0 68.5 78. 6» 67.9 34% 59% 56% 56% 60% 52% 75.3 133.4 183.8 116.1 118.2» 108.0 49% 57% 34% 59% 66% 63% 'Pacrfic Northwest — Oregon and Washington. 'July 1-June 30, 1971-1974; July 1-May 31. 1975; June 1-May 31, 1976. 'Beginning stocks plus production minus ending stocks. 'Source: Montana Grain Movement project. 'Total Pacific Northwest wheat millings minus estimated wheat originating from Oregon, Washington or other States. 'Recorded Montana wheat shipped to Pacific Northwest minus estimated Montana wheat milled in Pacific Northwest. 'June 1 Stocks. 'July 1-May 31. 52 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS STOCKS OF MAJOR GRAINS — 1969-1978 JANUARY 1 APRIL 1 jULYI OCTOBER 1 CROP AND YEAR On Farm Total AU WHEAT 1969 98,178 1970 97,759 1971 80,057 1972 98,570 1973 70,170 1974 47,390 1975 55,250 1976 90,437 1977 112,088 1978 126,992 WINTER WHEAT 1972 48,781 1973 32,864 1974 19,741 1975 32,052 1976 59,955 1977 63,215 1978 74,704 ALL SPRING WHEAT 1972 49,789 1973 37,306 1974 27,649 1975 23,198 1976 30,482 1977 48,873 1978 52,288 OATS 1%9 8,652 1970 15,507 1971 22,661 1972 12,461 1973 12,989 1974 10,530 1975 7,315 1976 6,732 1977 7,310 1978 5,824 BARLEY 1%9 29,915 1970 50,256 1971 52,106 1972 39,984 1973 39,048 1974 42,000 1975 21,000 1976 29,913 1977 24,991 1978 39,946 Total All Positions' On Farm Total Total All Positions' On Farm Total Total All Positions' On Farm Total Thousand Bushels Total All Positions' 120,625 118,426 %.595 122,155 90,658 88,108 74,816 61.320 77,288 46,451 103.756 88,%2 73.997 93,827 61,696 71,745 58,855 44,287 49,285 21,743 84,477 72,524 56,980 60,378 31,503 124,693 99,645 115.371 89,936 66.733 148.994 122,777 145.276 113.091 85,732 61,121 71,615 113,065 138,790 148,850 26.113 31.228 48.337 85.320 102,118 35,797 40.106 64,637 105.538 118,517 14,507 19,217 38,98V 71,937 83,789 18,294 24,315 50,050^ 87,810 97,189 87,679 116.944 142.201 146.630 1 87,679 145,575 173,101 171,683 1 62,832 44,391 27,670 42,764 38,915 17,399 9,370 17,264 48,050 25,021 14,522 23,061 24,665 6.012 5,512 10,438 30,416 10,693 7,418 13,374 44.464 33.623 53.159 73.166 56.867 44,748 68,114 94,328 75,004 80,813 88,718 30,939 45,979 58,464 41,934 58,675 69,118 25,44*2 38,343 45,472 32,91 5^ 48,649 53,972 79.834 81,536 1 100.737 %,136 1 59,323 46,267 33,451 28,851 38,373 29.052 16.743 13,964 45,777 36,675 21,275 17,045 24,620 15,731 8.995 8,779 29,%2 20,810 10,876 10,941 45,472 33.110 34,520 43.778 56,224 40,984 42.159 51.247 38,061 57,977 60,132 17,398 39,341 43.654 22,703 46,863 49,399 13,533^ 33,594 38,317 17,135^ 39,161 43,217 62,367 63,017 3 72,364 71.917 3 9,549 16,685 25,517 16.570 16.842 5.686 12,512 19,685 8.590 8,856 6,243 13,582 22,%2 12,688 12,833 3,131 8,811 13,%3 6,136 6,731 3,732 10,3% 17,248 10,109 10,159 17,446 26,324 16.048 14.170 10.091 18,806 29,432 20,229 18.300 13.073 13,405 8.184 7,086 7,701 6.143 6,669 4,389 5.805 4,2% 4,032 9.380 5.224 4.450 4,692 4,282 4,914 2,860 4,51 5^ 3,391 2,800 5,782 3.301 3,440^ 3,610 3.050 7,914 11,073 11.567 11,362 3 8,884 11,546 12.039 11.712 35,413 56,968 60,060 44,833 46,190 16,667 34,636 29,309 22.344 16,643 20,778 40,397 36,553 27,490 23,830 8,974 18,337 9,770 10,564 7,682 12,259 22,344 12,278 13,831 10,311 57,727 64.481 49.980 49,930 46,200 66,658 73,%1 54,831 56,248 55,125 50,173 26,880 34,229 28,602 44,207 24,000 9,750 14,703 12,496 23.302 29,989 12,178 18,268 15,099 25,902 14,400 4,875 8,112^ 7,810 14,425 17,793 6.202 10.023^ 9,510 16,725 32.250 41,067 38,007 47.713 3 38,139 45,010 42,336 51.928 1 'Includes farm stocks plus stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, processors, and stocks owned by Commodity Credit Corporation. 'Starting in 1976 data pertains to June 1. 'Some data not available in time lor publication. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 53 MONTANA BARLEY PURCHASED FOR MALT PRODUCTION^ by VARIETY & CROP YEAR^ 1975 1976 1977 Piroline Shabet Firbeck III Karl Klages Other Total Percent of total crop (feed & malting types) purchased for malt . . . (000 bushels) 2,492 2,886 700 1,672 1,981 415 878 1,094 835 209 375 485 141 1,265 2,385 1,335 792 795 6,726 8,393 5,615 13.3 pet. 16.1 pet. 10.1 pet. 'As reported by domestic maltsters and brewers. ^Crop year is July 1 year shown through June 30 succeeding year. MONTANA NEW CROPLAND^ by CROP YEAR2 New land broken up. New land seeded . . . . 1974 1975 1976 (000 acres) 1977 total 240 325 260 180 1,005 160 225 165 110 660 ^Estimated from acreage surveys of producers. ^July 1 year shown through June 30 succeeding year. 54 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BARLEY — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Pro- Acre duction Bushels Value Dollars Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Acres Har- vested Yield Acre Bu. Bu. Deer Lodge Flathead Granite 1.000 27,200 1,400 12,000 100 500 3,800 5,600 6,400 6,500 1.000 26,900 1.200 11,800 100 400 3,600 5.000 6,400 6,000 43.5 57.8 47.8 50.7 30.0 46.8 42.3 48.3 55.9 34.9 43,500 1,556,100 57,300 598,000 3.000 18,700 152,200 241,300 357,800 209.600 90,300 3,230.500 119,000 1.241.500 6.200 38.800 316.000 500.900 742.800 435.100 900 11.000 1,100 8.400 100 100 1.900 4,700 5,000 2,800 46.0 63.0 48.0 53.0 30.0 50.0 48.0 49.0 60.0 45.0 100 15.900 100 3.400 300 1.700 300 1,400 3,200 21.0 54.3 45.0 Lake 44.9 Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders 45.7 35.9 36.7 41.3 26.1 N. WEST 64,500 62,400 51.9 3,237,500 6.721.100 36,000 55.2 26,400 47.3 Blaine 50,500 42,800 105,900 51,200 38,400 28,500 88,300 76,200 86,200 568,000 50.400 41,600 105.100 49,500 38,000 27,000 87,200 74,600 86,100 559,500 43.8 43.1 50.0 41.4 43.7 39.5 50.9 52.7 45.0 47.0 2,205,900 1,792,000 5,254,000 2.050.600 1.661.500 1.067.100 4.442,000 3,934.600 3,877.200 26,284,900 4.524.400 3,675,500 10,776.400 4,206,000 3,407,800 2.188,600 9.111.000 8.070.200 7.952,400 53.912,300 3.600 1,300 7.700 800 100 1.800 18.400 37.800 500 72,000 48.0 60.0 62.0 50.0 50.0 44.0 61.0 62.0 50.0 6a3 46.800 40,300 97.400 48,700 37,900 25.200 68.800 36,800 85,600 487,500 43.4 Chouteau Glacier 42.5 49.0 Hill 41.3 Liberty 43.7 Phillips 39.2 Pondera Teton Toole 48.3 43.2 45.0 N. CENTRAL. . . 4S.0 Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley 30,000 17,100 13,800 14,500 38,600 22,300 16,500 31,000 183,800 29,300 16,200 9,700 14,100 37,500 21,500 16,100 28.900 173,300 40.5 38.6 24.3 32.4 41.5 35.4 35.9 41.3 38.1 1,186.400 625.500 236,000 456.300 1.557,100 762.000 578.700 1.192,300 6,594,300 2,259.300 1.191,200 449.400 869.000 2.%5.300 1.451.100 1,102,000 2.270.600 12,557,900 100 2.900 500 400 400 4,300 50.0 59.0 50.0 50.0 44.0 55.5 29.300 16.100 9.700 14.100 34.600 21.000 15,700 28,500 169,000 40.5 38.5 24.3 32.4 40.1 35.1 35.6 41.2 N. EAST 37.6 Broadwater Cascade Fergus 12,600 35.100 63,400 3,200 39,300 9.100 5,500 2.300 4.100 12,800 12,400 33,500 60,300 3,100 37,800 8,400 5,200 2.200 3,500 11,300 55.3 42.7 32.7 29.4 37.1 50.3 47.2 28.2 25.4 26.2 685,900 1,431.200 1,970,700 91.000 1.401.300 422.700 245.500 62,000 89,000 2%.200 1.390.400 2,901.200 3,994.700 184,500 2,840.600 856.900 497,700 125,700 180.400 600.400 10.100 2.100 700 500 2.200 5.700 1,900 200 100 300 59.0 51.0 60.0 36.0 62.0 56.0 55.0 50.0 40.0 34.0 2,300 31,400 59,600 2.600 35.600 2,700 3,300 2,000 3.400 11,000 39.1 42.2 32.4 Golden Valley... Judith Basin Lewis & Clark. . . . Meagher Musselshell Petroleum Wheatland 28.1 35.5 38.3 42.7 26.0 25.0 26.0 CENTRAL 187,400 177,700 37.7 6,695,500 13,572,500 23,800 56.6 153,900 34.8 Beaverhead Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow 9,800 40,300 3.400 12.600 200 7,900 37.900 3.200 11,200 200 56.4 56.0 42.5 57.0 60.0 445.900 2.120.700 136.000 638,800 12.000 910,600 4.330.700 277.700 1.304,500 24.500 6.400 21.700 900 9.100 200 61.0 64.0 54.0 61.0 60.0 1,500 16,200 2.300 2.100 37.0 45.2 38.0 39.9 S. WEST 66,300 60,400 55.5 3,353,400 6,848,000 38,300 62.5 22.100 43.4 Big Horn Carbon Park 12,800 9,700 7,600 19.400 4,800 3,000 26.800 9.900 9.300 5.700 18,200 4,200 2,600 25.600 44.4 55.5 35.6 39.0 51.7 49.6 52.8 439,500 516.300 203.000 710.400 217,200 128,900 1.352.500 907.600 1,066.200 419.200 1.467,100 448.500 266.200 2,792.900 4,900 5.100 2,000 1,800 3.000 1.500 10,400 47.0 73.0 40.0 66.0 58.0 56.0 68.0 5.000 4.200 3.700 16.400 1.200 1.100 15,200 41.8 34.3 33.2 Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Yellowstone .... 36.1 36.0 40.8 42.5 S. CENTRAL .... 84,100 75,500 47.3 3,567,800 7,367,700 28,700 61.6 46,800 38.5 Carter Custer Fallon 9.900 8.800 15.500 3.400 8.000 9,300 11.000 9.700 8.300 14.600 3.300 7.900 7.700 9,700 36.4 44.1 35.1 40.9 35.8 45.0 34.6 353,100 366,000 512,800 135,000 282,900 346.500 335.300 713,700 739,700 1,036.400 272,900 571,800 700,300 677,700 10O 2,600 300 1,300 3.600 45.0 67.0 50.0 45.0 65.0 9,600 5.700 14.600 3.000 6.600 4,100 9,700 36.3 33.6 35.1 Powder River . . . Prairie 40.0 34.0 Rosebud Wibaux 27.4 34.6 S. EAST 65,900 61,200 38.1 2,331,600 4,712,500 7,900 61.5 53,300 34.6 STATE 1,220,000 1,170,000 44.5 52.065.000 105,692.000 211,000 59.5 959,000 41.2 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 55 BARLEY — 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated NOT COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau . . . . Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL.. Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley. Judith Basin. . . Lewis & Clark. . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow . . . . S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Crass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL .. Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE TO FAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Har- per Pro- Har- per Acre Bu. Har- per Planted vested Acre duction Value Dollars vested vested Acre B jshels Bu. 1,800 1,300 56.9 74,000 149.400 1.200 60.0 100 20.0 37,800 37,000 48.0 1.777,000 3,588,800 12,900 69.0 24.100 36.8 1,300 1,100 59.1 65,000 131,300 1,000 63.0 100 20.0 16,000 13,900 46.5 646,000 1.304.700 11,000 50.0 2,900 33.1 300 200 40.0 8,000 16.200 100 40.0 100 40.0 200 100 50.0 5.000 10.100 100 50.0 5,600 3,400 38.8 132.000 266.600 1,500 60.0 1,900 22.1 4,600 4,200 54.3 228,000 460,500 4,100 55.1 100 20.0 5,300 4,700 60.6 285.000 575.600 4,100 64.9 600 31.7 2,100 1,400 34.3 48,000 96,900 500 48.0 900 26.7 75,000 67,300 48.6 3,268,000 6,600,100 36,500 60.0 30,800 35.0 45,000 42,800 35.2 1.?06,000 2.578.200 4,400 52.0 38,400 33.3 142,500 139,400 37.8 5,268,000 9,018,700 2,900 50.0 136,500 37.5 123,500 116,000 26.6 3,088,000 5,286,600 11,800 34.0 104,200 25.8 40,000 38,400 29.5 1,132,000 1.938,000 400 47.5 38.000 29.3 43,300 41,600 26.8 1,115,000 1.908,900 — — 41,600 26.8 41,300 34,300 38.7 1,328.000 2,273.500 1,700 45.3 32.600 38.4 120,000 115,200 39.4 4.534.000 7.762,100 25.600 55.0 89,600 34.9 104,400 98,000 45.9 4.501.000 7,705,600 40.000 70.0 58.000 29.3 90,000 80,100 30.3 2,425,000 4,151,500 500 56.0 79.600 30.1 750,000 705,800 3S.3 24,897,000 42.623,100 87,300 58.5 618,500 3^0 23,900 20,100 26.0 522.000 816,900 20,100 26.0 22,300 18,400 22.1 407,000 636,900 200 50.0 18.200 21.8 27,500 24,900 23.4 582,000 910.700 — — 24,900 23.4 34,500 29,100 17.9 520,000 813.700 100 50.0 29,000 17.8 37,400 30,500 29.5 899.000 1.406.800 3.100 57.1 27,400 26.4 29,900 25,200 25.5 643.000 1,006,200 — — 25,200 25.5 27,400 25,700 30.9 793.000 1.240.900 200 50.0 25,500 30.7 46,100 45,600 30.4 1.387,000 2.170,500 2.000 46.0 43,600 29.7 249,000 219,500 26.2 5,753,000 9,002,600 5,600 52.5 213,900 25.5 22,000 21,200 58.9 1.248.000 2.046,700 17,000 65.0 4,200 34.0 64,700 64,100 40.2 2.579,000 4.229,400 9,300 47.5 54,800 39.0 101,700 97,400 37.2 3,620.000 5,936,600 500 44.0 96,900 37.1 7,400 5,900 21.9 129.000 211,600 600 38.3 5,300 20.0 51,700 48,300 39.4 1,902.000 3,119,200 1.400 47.9 46.900 39.1 14,100 11,400 47.7 544,000 892,100 8.800 53.0 2.600 30.0 11,700 11,200 41.0 459,000 752.700 4.100 45.1 7.100 38.6 8,400 7,600 22.0 167,000 273,900 — — 7.600 22.0 7,800 6,600 20.3 134,000 219,800 500 38.0 6,100 18.9 18,500 13,700 27.7 380,000 623,200 600 41.7 13.100 27.1 308,000 287,400 38.8 11,162,000 18.305.200 42,800 55.0 244,600 36.0 13,700 12,400 51.6 640,000 1.087,100 10.300 57.0 2.100 25.2 52,200 47,100 60.2 2.835.000 4.815,500 23,300 67.5 23,800 53.0 2,400 2,300 39.6 91.000 154.600 600 50.0 1.700 35.9 8,500 8,200 49.8 408.000 693.000 7.200 52.5 1,000 30.0 200 100 50.0 5,000 8.500 100 50.0 — 77,000 70.100 56.8 3,979,000 6,758.700 41.500 62.0 28.600 49.2 26,000 25,400 42.6 1.081.000 1.889.600 7.000 49.3 18,400 40.0 20,000 18,400 55.2 1.015,000 1,774.200 9.000 71.9 9,400 39.1 12,700 12,300 38.4 472,000 825.000 3.700 44.6 8.600 35.7 21,800 20,200 26.5 535.000 935,200 1,500 70.0 18,700 23.0 6,500 6,400 42.3 271.000 473.700 1.500 54.7 4,900 38.6 3,900 3,400 47.1 160.000 279.700 1.300 59.2 2,100 39.5 27,100 26,400 45.0 1,188.000 2.076.600 10,800 65.0 15.600 31.2 118,000 112,500 42.0 4,722,000 8.254,000 34,800 61.0 77,700 33.4 8,800 7,200 30.3 218,000 355,700 100 50.0 7.100 30.0 10,200 6,800 30.9 210.000 342,700 2,100 63.8 4,700 16.2 16,200 14,500 27.0 392,000 639,600 — — 14,500 27.0 8,900 7,600 34.7 264.000 430,800 100 50.0 7.500 34.5 8,800 8,000 23.9 191,000 311,600 500 48.0 7.500 22.3 12,100 8,200 36.8 302,000 492,800 2.700 64.1 5,500 23.5 8,000 5,100 23.9 122.000 199.100 — — 5,100 23.9 73,000 57,400 29.6 1,699,000 2,772.300 5.500 62.0 51.900 26.2 1,650.000 1,520,000 36.5 55,480,000 94,316,000 254,000 59.0 1,266,000 32.0 56 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BARLEY VARIETIES, 1972-1978 Variety 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Piroline .... Hector Kiages Unitan Compana . . . Steptoe Shabet Hypana Betzes Larker Ingrid Horsford . . . Summit Karl Vanguard . . . Paiiiser Firlbeck III.. Moravian III Freja Vireo Other' TOTAL 32.0 17.8 11.8 4.9 3.8 11.5 2.1 2.1 .5 .3 3.1 10.1 100.0 Percent o( Total Seeded Acreage 34.1 35.8 25.2 24.8 37.8 .2 9.1 11.2 14.3 .2 .6 2.5 6.1 19.0 16.5 10.0 8.9 7.9 9.5 8.0 13.3 5.5 3.0 .6 6.8 11.0 9.0 4.7 8.6 8.4 8.4 17.0 5.0 3.6 2.9 1.5 1.5 2.6 7.7 6.0 4.5 5.1 2.8 1.7 .8 1.3 .9 3.7 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.5 .4 .9 .9 1.0 .5 _ __ __ .6 .9 1.2 2.7 2.1 .9 .5 3.7 2.4 2.0 1.6 .7 .4 .2 1.0 1.5 1.3 .4 7.2 6.1 6.6 5.6 5.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 31.3 15.6 12.4 6.2 6.0 5.0 4.4 3.1 2.8 2.5 1.9 1.4 1.0 1.0 .9 .5 .4 .3 .2 .2 2.9 100.0 'Includes minor and unknown varieties. BARLEY VARIETIES, 1978 Seeded Acreage by Districts Variety N. WEST N. CENT. N. EAST CENT. S. WEST S. CENT. S. EAST STATE Piroline .... Heaor Klages Unitan Compana . . . Steptoe Shabet Hypana Betzes Larker Ingrid Horsford . . . Summit Karl Vanguard . . . Paiiiser Firlbeck III.. Moravian III Freja Vireo Other' TOTAL 1.2 4.4 7.8 3.7 1.0 6.1 23.0 1.3 2.2 3.2 2.5 3.4 5.2 65.0 347.9 26.4 106.4 6.7 23.1 5.5 65.6 7.4 27.5 5.1 8.7 4.4 5.8 7.8 5.5 2.5 5.7 662.0 Thousands 33.5 63.5 15.6 79.8 91.7 — 5.2 50.8 19.3 21.3 9.4 6.0 9.5 36.8 3.1 29.3 12.4 9.5 — 2.8 — 13.6 18.3 8.6 6.6 — .1 28.2 — — — — 2.0 1.2 5.5 4.0 5.2 1.1 2.7 .7 5.6 5.6 — .8 6.8 .7 — 9.2 255.0 6.3 300.0 22.5 32.6 6.8 21.2 16.3 8.3 4.0 .6 1.1 — 1.5 2.7 9.5 80.0 125.0 1.0 485.2 10.8 241.3 192.9 23.1 95.5 — 92.5 11.4 77.4 68.4 — 47.9 8.5 43.1 39.4 — 29.0 — 21.3 — 15.6 — 15.3 — 14.4 — 7.5 — 6.6 — 4.0 1.2 3.7 — 3.4 7.0 45.6 63.0 1,550.0 'Includes minor and unknown varieties. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 57 ce u < ea c » w i« S 1 > 58 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CORN — 1976 Acreage, Utilization, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated ACRES HARVESTED FOR SILAGE COUNTY & DISTRICT Flathead Lake Missoula Ravalli Sanders N. WfST 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 Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE Har- Har- vested for Har- Irrigated Not Ir rigated vested Forage and vested Acres Yield Acres Yield for for Har- per Har- per Planted Grain Grazed Silage vested Acre Tons vested Acre Tons 200 — — 200 200 17.0 1,400 — — 1,400 1,400 18.0 — — 400 — — 400 400 17.0 — 800 — — 800 800 19.0 100 — — 100 100 16.0 ~ ~ 2,900 — ~ 2,900 2,900 18.0 — — 3,100 100 3,000 2,800 16.0 200 5.0 200 — — 200 200 17.0 — 400 100 300 300 17.0 100 — — 100 100 15.0 — — 1,500 — — 1,500 1,300 16.0 200 7.0 100 — — 100 100 16.0 — — 400 — — 400 300 15.0 100 6.0 100 — — 100 100 15.0 ~ — 5,900 100 100 5,700 5,200 16.0 500 6.0 300 200 100 4,000 500 100 3,200 2,200 17.0 1,000 7.0 900 — 100 800 700 18.0 100 4.0 500 200 100 200 100 16.0 100 3.0 8,800 1,200 900 6,400 4,300 17.0 2,100 6.0 1,600 300 600 600 500 16.0 100 5.0 100 — — 100 100 16.0 — — 4,600 200 1,900 2,400 2,200 17.0 200 4.0 20,800 2,600 3,800 13,700 10,100 17.0 3,600 6.0 400 400 400 18.0 1,600 200 200 1,100 800 16.0 300 8.0 600 — — 500 200 16.0 300 8.0 300 — 100 200 200 16.0 — — 200 — 100 — — — — — 100 — 100 100 18.0 — — 1,100 — 100 1,000 1,000 15.0 ~ — 4,300 200 500 3,300 2,700 16.0 600 8.0 300 — — 300 300 17.0 — — 300 — — 300 300 17.0 — — 5,800 1,100 — 4,700 4,700 16.0 — — 2,900 300 — 2,600 2,600 19.0 — — 2,700 400 — 2,300 2,000 15.0 300 8.0 4,000 200 — 3,800 3,800 18.0 — — 13,800 900 100 12,800 12,800 19.0 — — 29.200 2,900 100 26,200 25,900 18.0 300 8.0 500 200 300 300 5.0 6,600 800 200 5,400 5,000 17.0 400 7.0 1,300 600 100 400 200 15.0 200 6.0 400 200 100 100 100 16.0 — — 4,900 600 — 4,100 3,800 16.0 300 7.0 8,000 2,600 — 5,200 4,600 15.0 600 6.0 900 200 100 400 200 15.0 200 6.0 22,600 5,200 500 15,900 13,900 16.0 2,000 &1 86,000 11,000 5,000 68,000 61,000 17.1 7.000 6.3 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 59 CORN — 1977 Acreage, Utilization, Silage Yield by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated ACRES HARVESTED FOR SILAGE COUNTY & DISTRICT Flathead Lake Missoula Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau . . . . Hill Liberty Phillips N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley Judith Basin . . . Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . CENTRAL Gallatin S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Stillwater Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE Har- Har- vested for Har- Irrigated Not 1 rrigated vested Forage and vested Acres Yield Acres Yield for for Har- per Har- per Planted Grain Grazed Silage vested Acre Tons vested Acre Tons 100 — — 100 100 18.0 1,500 — — 1,500 1,500 19.0 200 — — 200 200 18.0 500 — — 500 500 20.0 100 — — 100 100 17.0 — — 2,400 — ~ 2,400 2.400 19.0 — — 1,400 100 1,200 1,200 17.0 _ 400 — — 300 300 18.0 500 100 — 300 300 16.0 100 — — 100 100 17.0 700 — — 700 700 17.0 ~ — 3,100 100 100 2,600 2,600 17.0 — — 300 100 100 „ _ 4,400 800 300 3,000 2,300 17.0 700 8.4 1,900 100 600 800 700 15.0 100 7.0 800 200 — 400 300 16.0 100 8.0 10,700 2,600 1,800 6,200 4,200 20.0 2 000 10.7 1,400 — 500 800 700 14.0 100 6.0 300 — 100 100 100 15.0 3,200 — — 3,200 2,600 13.8 600 4.0 23,000 3,800 3,400 14,500 10,900 17.0 3,600 8.8 100 100 100 16.0 __ 500 100 — 300 300 16.0 300 — — 300 300 16.0 400 — — 300 300 18.0 200 — — 200 200 14.0 1,100 100 — 900 700 13.0 200 4.0 100 — — 100 100 15.0 — 2,700 200 — 2,200 2,000 15.0 200 4.0 300 — — 300 300 17.0 — — 300 — — 300 300 17.0 — — 4,200 300 — 3,800 3,800 16.0 .. 4,900 200 — 4,600 4,600 19.0 — 3,400 — — 3,400 2,100 21.0 1,300 9.2 4,300 1,000 — 3,200 3,000 21.0 200 5.0 18,200 1.000 300 16,700 16,700 20.0 35,000 2,500 300 31,700 30,200 19.5 1,500 8.7 500 — 100 400 200 18.0 200 8.0 7,300 800 400 5,800 5,600 15.3 200 6.0 2,000 400 — 1,300 1,100 18.0 200 5.0 3,900 200 — 3,400 3,400 15.0 8,700 3,000 400 4,900 4,400 16.0 500 6.2 1,100 — 300 500 300 20.0 200 5.0 23,500 4,400 1,200 16,300 15,000 15.8 1,300 6.1 90,000 11,000 5,000 70,000 63,400 17.9 6,600 8.1 60 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CORN FOR GRAIN — 1976 and 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Irrigated 1976 1977 COUNTY & DISTRICT Hill N. CENTRAL Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Valley N. EAST Cascade Musselshell CENTRAL Big Horn 1.100 Carbon Stillwater Treasure Yellowstone S. CENTRAL Carter Custer Fallon Powd>;r River Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE Actcs Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duaion Value Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Value Bi jshels Dollars Bi jshels Dollars 100 75.0 7.500 18,400 100 50.0 5.000 11,500 100 75.0 7,500 18,400 100 50.0 5,000 11,500 200 500 200 1,200 300 200 55.0 65.0 60.0 70.0 55.0 65.0 11.000 32.500 12.000 84.000 16.500 13,000 26,950 79,600 29,400 205,800 40,400 31,800 100 800 100 200 2,600 50.0 65.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 5,000 52,000 5,000 10,000 156,000 11,500 119,600 11,500 23,000 358.700 2.600 65.0 169,000 413,950 3,800 60.0 228,000 524,300 200 75.0 15,000 36,750 100 100 50.0 50.0 5,000 5,000 11.500 11.500 200 75.0 15,000 36,750 200 50.0 mooo 23,000 1,100 300 400 200 . 900 80.0 75.0 70.0 . 80.0 70.0 88,000 22.500 28.000 16.000 63,000 215.600 55,100 68,600 39,200 154,300 300 200 1,000 1.000 70.0 70.0 65.0 75.0 21.000 14.000 65,000 75,000 48.300 32.200 149.400 172,400 2,900 75.0 217,500 532,800 2,500 7ao 175,000 402.300 200 800 600 200 600 2,600 200 65.0 80.0 70.0 70.0 80.0 85.0 70.0 13.000 64.000 42.000 14,000 48.000 221,000 14,000 31,800 156,800 102.900 34,300 117,600 541,400 34,300 800 400 200 3,000 80.0 65.0 75.0 75.0 64,000 26,000 15,000 225,000 147,200 59.800 34,500 517,400 5,200 80.0 416,000 1,019,100 4,400 75.0 330,000 758,900 11,000 75.0 825,000 2,021,000 11,000 68.0 748,000 1,720.000 FLAXSEED — 1976 and 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Not Irrigated 1976 1977 COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duCTion Value Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Value Bushels Dollars Bushels Dollars Blaine 200 200 100 10.0 10.0 2,000 1,000 13,500 6,800 300 300 9.0 2,700 10,800 Toole 100 N. CENTRAL . . . . 300 300 mo 3,000 20,300 300 300 9.0 2,700 10,800 600 500 300 600 700 600 600 500 9.0 11.0 9.0 11.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 4,500 3,300 5,400 7,700 6,600 6,000 4,500 30,400 22.300 36.500 52.000 44.600 40.500 30.400 700 100 100 200 1.000 300 900 300 600 100 100 200 900 300 800 300 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 4,200 600 600 1.000 7.200 2,100 5,600 1,800 16.800 Dawson 300 2.400 Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan 700 800 700 600 2,400 4,000 28,800 8.400 22,400 Valley 500 7.200 N. EAST 4,200 3,800 10.0 38,000 256,700 3,600 3,300 7.0 23,100 92,400 — — 100 800 100 700 7.0 70 700 4,900 2.800 Yellowstone — 19,600 S. CENTRAL . . . . ~ — — — ~ 900 800 7.0 5,600 22,400 Carter 200 200 100 100 100 100 300 900 9.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 11.0 9.0 1,800 1,000 1,000 1,000 900 3,300 9,000 12.200 6,800 6,800 6,800 6,100 22.300 61,000 100 400 200 700 100 300 200 600 4.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 400 1,800 1,400 3,600 1.600 100 Fallon 100 100 7.200 5,600 Rosebjd Wibaux 100 400 — S. EAST 1,000 14,400 STATE 5,500 S.000 lao 50,000 338,000 5,500 5,000 7.0 35,000 140,000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 61 SUGARBEETS — 1976 and 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — All Irrigated 1976 1977 COUNTY & DISTRICT Ravalli N. WEST Blaine N. CENTRAL .... Dawson Richland 12,010 N. EAST Broadwater CENTRAL Big Horn Carbon Stillwater Treasure Yellowstone .... S. CENTRAL .... Custer Prairie Rosebud S. EAST STATE Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Tons Value Dollars Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Tons Value Dollars 400 400 20.0 8,000 179,200 380 370 19.5 7,200 181,400 40O 400 20.0 8,000 179,200 380 370 19.5 7,200 181,400 340 340 17.9 6,100 136,600 350 340 19.7 6,700 168,800 340 340 17.9 6,100 136,600 350 340 19.7 6,700 168,800 3,300 12,010 3,290 11,920 20.9 21.5 68,900 256,800 1,543,400 5,752,200 2,650 11,500 2,620 10,880 21.0 19.3 55,100 209,600 1,388,500 5,281,900 15,310 15,210 21.4 325,700 7,295,600 14,150 13,500 19.6 264,700 6,670,400 1,660 1,650 16.8 27,700 620,500 1,650 1,620 14.8 23,900 602,300 1,660 1,650 16.8 27,700 620,500 1,650 1,620 14.8 23,900 602,300 2,640 6,080 870 3,990 9,250 2,640 6,040 870 3,900 9,210 19.7 19.4 19.8 22.2 20.9 51,900 117,100 17,200 86,700 192,300 1,162,600 2,623,000 385,300 1,942,100 4,307,400 3,200 7,180 1,070 3,800 10,230 3,190 6,970 1,040 3,640 10,050 19.8 18.8 20.9 21.6 20.1 63,200 131,300 21,700 78,700 201,600 1,592,600 3,308,800 546,800 1,983,200 5,080,300 22,830 22,660 2a5 465,200 10,420,400 25,480 24,890 19.9 496,500 12,511,700 2,630 2,060 1,170 2,630 2,050 1,160 25.6 20.9 21.6 67,400 42,900 25,000 1,509,700 961,000 560,000 1,270 1,900 1,220 1,190 1,870 1,220 22.0 2Z8 23.1 26,200 42,600 28,200 660,200 1,073,500 710,700 5,860 5,840 23.2 135,300 3,030,700 4,390 4,280 22.7 97,000 2,444,400 46,400 46,100 21.0 %8,000 21,683,000 46,400 45,000 19.9 896,000 22,579,000 DRY BEANS — 1976 and 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — All Irrigated 1976 1977 COUNTY & DISTRICT Dawson . . . . McCone. . . . Richland . . . N. EAST .... Big Horn . . . Carbon Stillwater . .. Treasure . . . . Yellowstone S. CENTRAL Custer Prairie Rosebud . . . Wibaux S. EAST STATE Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Value Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Value 100 lb. bags (cleaned) Dollars 100 lb. bags (cleaned) Dollars 2,000 2,000 16.0 32,000 374,400 1,500 1,450 16.0 23,200 589,300 2,850 2,850 18.0 51,300 600,200 2,200 2,150 16.0 34,400 873,800 4,850 4,850 17.2 83,300 974,600 3,700 3,600 16.0 57,600 1,463,100 500 1,050 150 700 650 500 1,050 150 700 650 17.0 17.0 16.0 17.0 17.0 8,500 17,900 2,400 11,900 11,100 99,400 209,400 28,100 139,200 129,900 300 650 100 500 650 300 600 100 500 600 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 15.5 4,800 9,600 1,600 8,000 9,300 121,900 243,900 40,700 203,200 236,300 3,050 3,050 17.0 51,800 606,000 2,200 2,100 15.9 33,300 846,000 100 550 400 50 100 550 400 50 15.0 16.0 17.0 16.0 1,500 8,800 6,800 800 17,500 103,000 79,500 9,400 50 300 400 50 50 300 400 50 15.0 16.0 17.0 15.0 750 4,800 6,800 750 19,100 121,900 172,800 19,100 1,100 1,100 16.3 17,900 209,400 800 800 16.4 13,100 332,900 9,000 9,000 17.0 153,000 1,790,000 6,700 6,500 16.0 104,000 2,642.000 62 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OATS — 1973^ Acreage, Yield and Production by Counties 1973 COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge 200 Flathead 7.000 Granite 400 Lake 4,900 Lincoln 700 Mineral 100 Missoula 1,700 Powell 1.S00 Ravalli 1.400 Sanders 2,100 N. WEST 20,000 Blaine 10.000 Chouteau 16,000 Glacier 4,500 Hill 9.500 Liberty 5,500 Phillips 20,000 Pondera 6.500 Teton 7,000 Toole 5,000 N. aNTRAL 84,000 Daniels 11 .000 Dawson 21 ,800 Garfield 9.400 .McCone 1 5,800 Richland 27,000 Roosevelt 24.000 Sheridan 18.200 Valley 24,000 N. EAST 151,200 Broadwater 1.500 Cascade 5,500 Fergus 7,500 Golden Valley 2,500 Judith Basin 7.000 Lewis & Clark 8.500 Meagher 6.000 Musselshell 3,000 Petroleum 1 .500 V\ heatland 3,000 CENTRAL 46.000 Beaverhead 3,300 Gallatin 4.800 Jefferson 5,900 Madison 3.000 Silver Bow 600 S. WEST 17,600 Big Horn 4,500 Carbon 4,200 Park 3.000 Stillwater 4.300 Sweet Grass 4,300 Treasure 1 .300 Yellowstone 3,600 S. CENTRAL 25,200 Carter 8,400 Custer 6.300 Fallon 14,600 Powder River 5,400 Prairie 6,100 Rosebud 4,200 Wibaux 11.000 S. EAST 56,000 STATE 400.000 Acres Harv. Yield Acres for per Pro- Planted Grain Acre duction Bushels 100 3,700 200 3,000 300 1.000 1,000 800 1.200 11,300 6,000 7,500 2,200 4.500 2.500 10.000 3.000 4,000 3,000 42,700 7,000 14,000 8,500 8,500 15.000 12.000 8.000 12,000 85,000 200 2,500 5.000 2.000 5.500 1.000 S.SOO 1.500 1.000 1,700 23,900 1.400 3,000 3,000 1.400 200 9,000 3,500 2.400 2.400 3,600 1,100 1,000 1,800 15,800 6,400 4,200 8,000 4,000 3,000 2,200 7.500 35.300 225,000 58.0 38.9 60.0 41.7 58.7 41.8 36.2 60.8 33.3 41.7 31.6 30.2 27.8 23.0 27.6 26.3 29.7 26.7 27.5 27.9 27.2 48.7 42.2 4Z2 53.7 43.1 32.3 33.2 42.0 46.0 28.9 28.5 31.0 35.5 39.5 20.9 31.2 47.0 22.1 29.6 5Z0 58.0 32.6 43.6 52.0 46.2 52.5 48.3 42.5 26.7 47.1 47.9 43.3 4Z7 38.4 51.3 44.0 46.0 46.8 57.9 56.2 47.8 39.0 5,800 143,800 12,000 125,000 17,600 41,800 36,200 48.600 40,000 470,800 189.600 226.800 61,200 103,300 69,000 262,600 89,100 106,600 82,500 1,190,700 190,600 682,300 358,300 358,600 805,200 516,600 258,600 398.400 9.200 72.200 142.600 62.000 195,000 39,500 114,700 46,800 47,000 37.600 766,600 72.800 174.000 97,900 61,000 10,400 416.1M 183.900 115,900 102.000 96.000 51.800 47,900 77,900 675,400 245.900 215.600 352.000 184,000 140,500 127,300 421,500 1,686,800 8,773,000 'Revised MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 63 OATS — 1974 & 1975' Acreage, Yield and Production by Counties COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge 500 Flathead 6,900 Granite 400 Lake 2,500 Lincoln 500 Mineral 300 Missoula 1,200 Powell 1,800 Ravalli 1,400 Sanders 2,500 N.WEST 18,000 Blaine 6,500 Chouteau 11,400 Glacier 4,600 Hill 6,200 Liberty 4,000 Phillips 16,000 Pondera 7,000 Teton 5,000 Toole 5,300 N. CENTRAL 66,000 Daniels 6,000 Dawson 16,800 Garfield 8,000 McCone 10,800 Richland 20,000 Roosevelt 18,000 Sheridan 1 2,000 Valley 20,000 N. EAST 111,600 Broadwater 1,500 Cascade 5,400 Fergus 7,000 Golden Valley 1,500 Judith Basin 3,000 Lewis & Clark 8,200 Meagher 3,200 Musselshell 2,500 Petroleum 300 Wheatland 2,600 CENTRAL 35,200 Beaverhead 2,800 Gallatin 4,100 lefferson 5,000 Madison 2,600 Silver Bow 500 S. WEST 15,000 Big Horn 3,200 Carbon , 3,000 Park 2,100 Stillwater 3,000 Sweet Grass 3,000 Treasure 900 Yellowstone 2,500 S. CENTRAL 17,700 Carter 5,500 Custer 4,100 Fallon 9,500 Powder River 3,500 Prairie 4,000 Rosebud 3,900 Wibaux 6,000 S. EAST 36,500 STATE 300,000 1974 Acres Planted Acres Harv. Yield for per Grain Acre Pro- duction 1975 Acres Planted Acres Harv. Yield for per Grain Acre Pro- duction Bushels Bushels 300 60.3 18,100 __ 2,800 46.1 129,000 1,100 700 36.4 25,500 200 50.0 10,000 1,700 58.4 99,200 2,200 1,300 48.3 62,800 300 48.0 14,400 600 300 39.3 11,800 100 60.0 6,000 200 100 59.0 5,900 600 57.3 34,400 1,800 1,100 59.5 65,400 1.100 49.1 54,000 2,500 1,500 52.5 78,800 700 54.1 37,900 1,400 800 50.3 40,200 1,200 46.7 56,000 1,200 700 40.9 28,600 9,000 51.0 459,000 11,000 6,500 49.1 319,000 4,600 48.9 224,800 7,400 4,600 44.4 204,400 3,100 33.0 102,200 5,700 3,500 46.0 161,000 1,800 25.9 46,600 3,200 2,000 42.5 85,000 3,000 28.8 86,500 6,500 4,000 40.7 162,900 2,000 22.2 44,400 3,600 2,200 46.0 101,200 11,000 43.7 480,200 16,700 10,300 45.0 463,300 2,500 25.6 64,100 4,400 2,700 50.5 136,300 3,000 38.3 115,000 4,000 2,500 47.2 117,900 2,000 28.6 57,200 4,000 2,500 36.0 90,000 33,000 37.0 1,221,000 55,500 34,300 44.4 1,522,000 3,600 32.0 115,200 5,400 3,200 34.0 108,800 9,900 42.6 421,500 14,900 8,800 46.4 408,200 5,000 31.7 158,400 7,700 4,500 36.9 166,200 5,800 36.3 210,500 8,500 5,000 56.9 284,500 14,700 40.3 592,900 24,000 14,100 55.1 776,300 10,000 34.7 347,000 15,000 8,800 32.7 288,000 9,000 33.4 300,500 14,600 8,600 39.6 340,800 7,500 36.9 277,000 11,900 7,000 33.9 237,200 65,500 37.0 2,423,000 102,000 60,000 43.5 2,610,000 1,500 36.2 54,300 1,900 1,400 57.1 80,000 2,800 30.0 84,000 4,000 3,000 44.7 134,000 4,500 34.1 153,300 6,400 4,800 41.0 1%,800 1,100 35.6 39,200 2,200 1,600 35.3 56,400 2,100 25.0 52,500 4,000 3,000 44.0 132,000 1,200 36.0 43,200 2,100 1.600 58.0 92,800 2,800 19.0 53,200 3,300 2,500 45.8 114.600 2,000 33.0 66,000 3,400 2,500 42.0 104,900 300 40.3 12,100 400 300 27.0 8,100 2,200 26.0 57,200 3,500 2,600 35.9 93,400 20,500 30.0 615,000 31,200 23,300 43.5 1,013,000 1,000 53.2 53,200 1,200 700 58.6 41,000 2,500 44.6 111,500 3,300 1,900 65.0 123,500 1,800 25.0 45,000 2,600 1,500 54.1 81,100 1,300 44.8 58,200 1.500 900 60.0 54,000 400 47.8 19,100 300 200 62.0 12.400 7,000 41.0 287,000 8,900 5,200 60.0 312,000 2,600 55.0 143,000 3,100 2,300 53.4 122,800 2,000 51.0 102,000 2,300 1,700 56.1 95,300 1,500 45.0 67,500 1,700 1,200 48.3 57,900 1,900 30.9 58,700 2,200 1,600 44.1 70,600 2,300 48.5 111,500 2,600 1,900 57.0 108,300 700 49.0 34,300 700 500 62.8 31,400 1,500 55.3 83,000 2,000 1,500 59.8 89,700 12,500 48.0 600,000 14,600 10,700 53.8 576,000 5,000 30.5 152,400 7,400 6,000 31.9 191,500 3,100 45.0 139,500 4,300 3,500 37.1 129,700 6,000 38.2 229,000 8,600 7,000 30.2 211,400 3,000 35.5 106,500 3.300 2,700 32.3 87,200 3,000 46.2 138,600 4,300 3,500 50.6 177,100 1,800 39.9 71,800 2,800 2,300 49.4 113,700 5,600 37.0 207,200 6.100 5,000 43.5 217,400 27,500 38.0 1,045,000 36,800 30,000 37.6 1,128,000 175,000 38.0 6,650,000 260,000 170,000 44.0 7,480,000 'Revised 64 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OATS — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Value Dollars Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Bushels Bu. Bu. Flathead Granite 2,900 400 2,100 700 400 2,000 2,000 1,400 1,600 2,200 100 1,700 500 100 1,000 1,500 900 1,000 58.3 61.0 66.8 54.0 61.0 54.3 60.4 66.7 61.4 128,200 6,100 113,500 27,000 6,100 54,300 90,600 60,000 61,400 206,500 9,800 182,800 43,500 9,800 87,400 145,900 %,600 98,900 800 100 900 300 100 700 900 600 400 64.0 61.0 71.0 58.0 61.0 57.0 64.0 71.0 66.0 1,400 800 200 300 600 300 600 55.0 Lake 62.0 48.0 Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders 48.0 55.0 58.0 57.0 N. WEST 13,500 9,000 60.8 547,200 881,200 4,800 65.0 4,200 56.0 Blaine 8,200 7,700 3,700 11,400 2,200 8,900 4,600 2,200 4,500 53,400 3,600 3,500 2,100 4,800 900 4,300 2,800 1,200 1,800 25,000 52.9 52.8 55.2 48.2 55.0 55.6 55.9 54.3 54.0 53.2 190,400 184,700 116,000 231,500 49,500 239,100 156,400 65,200 97,200 1,330,000 262,800 255,000 160,100 319,500 68,300 330,000 215,900 90,000 134,200 1,835,800 800 300 100 100 700 300 200 2,500 63.0 61.0 60.0 59.0 69.0 63.0 61.0 64.0 2,800 3,200 2,000 4,700 900 3,600 2,500 1,000 1,800 22.500 50.0 Chouteau 52.0 55.0 Hill 48.0 55.0 Phillips 53.0 Pondera Teton 55.0 53.0 Toole 54.0 N. CENTRAL. ... 5Z0 Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley 5,800 8,300 5,200 9,700 24,100 13,400 12,800 22,700 2,000 5,500 3,800 5,000 11,400 7,700 7,500 8,400 45.0 48.0 37.3 41.0 49.5 38.9 42.0 41.0 90,000 264,000 141,900 205,000 564,800 299,900 315,000 344,000 118,200 346,800 186,400 269,300 741,800 393,900 413,700 451,800 500 100 2,100 1,000 500 800 58.0 50.0 60.0 52.0 56.0 50.0 2,000 5,000 3,700 5,000 9,300 6,700 7,000 7,600 45.0 47.0 37.0 41.0 47.2 37.0 41.0 40.0 N. EAST 102,000 51,300 43.4 2,224,600 2,921,900 5,000 56.0 46,300 42.0 Broadwater Cascade Fergus GoWen Valley... Judith Basin Lewis & Clark Meagher Musselshell Petroleum Wheatland 1,700 2,500 7,800 2,500 6,300 1,400 2,300 2,200 300 4,300 1,700 2,100 4,600 2,100 6,300 2,200 1,300 1,600 300 2,500 47.0 45.7 47.3 40.7 44.3 47.0 47.3 44.4 39.7 45.6 79,900 96,000 217,600 85,500 278,800 103,500 61,500 71,100 11,900 114,000 124,300 149,400 338,500 133,000 433,700 161,000 95,700 110,600 18,500 177,300 1,200 600 400 600 100 1,600 500 700 100 1,100 52.0 60.0 61.0 50.0 60.0 51.0 59.0 54.0 51.0 54.0 500 1,500 4,200 1,500 6,200 600 800 900 200 1,400 35.0 40.0 46.0 37.0 44.0 36.5 40.0 37.0 34.0 39.0 CENTRAL 31,300 24,700 45.3 1,119,800 1,742,000 6,900 53.9 17,800 42.0 Beaverhead Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow 1,500 3,200 2,500 2,400 1,000 800 2,900 2,200 1,300 300 63.5 66.8 59.0 62.1 61.0 50,800 193,600 129,800 80,700 18,300 75,700 288,400 193,400 120,200 27,300 700 1,600 1,100 1,100 300 66.0 69.0 66.0 63.0 61.0 100 1,300 1,100 200 46.0 64.0 52.0 57.0 S. WEST 10,600 7,500 63.1 473,200 705,000 4,800 66.0 2,700 57.9 Big Horn Carbon Park 2,100 1,900 1,400 2,500 1,500 600 3,200 1,800 1,700 1,200 2,300 1,200 400 1,900 58.1 58.6 55.5 52.9 51.5 58.5 60.4 104,600 99,600 66,600 121,600 61,800 23,400 114,800 158,800 151,200 101,100 184,600 93,800 35.500 174,300 800 1,200 500 500 600 200 1,000 67.0 63.0 59.0 56.0 56.0 67.0 68.0 1,000 500 70O 1,800 600 200 900 51.0 48.0 53.0 Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Yellowstone .... 52.0 47.0 50.0 52.0 S. CENTRAL .... 13,200 10,500 56.4 592,400 899,300 4,800 62.9 5,700 51.0 Carter Custer 7,000 3,700 9,000 3,000 4,700 5,500 3,100 36,000 5,700 3,100 6,800 2,600 3,600 4,500 2,700 29,000 43.4 45.4 42.3 40.8 43.8 42.8 43.3 43.1 247,100 140,800 287,600 106,100 157,600 192,600 117,000 1.248,800 369,400 210,500 429,900 158,600 235,600 287,900 174,900 1,866,800 100 600 100 100 400 1,300 2,600 63.0 68.0 62.0 61.0 66.0 62.0 64.0 5,600 2,500 6.700 2.500 3,200 3,200 2,700 26,400 43.0 40.0 Fallon 42.0 Powder River . . . Prairie 4O.0 41.0 Rosebud Wibaux 35.0 43.3 S. EAST 41.0 STATE 260,000 157,000 48.0 7,536,000 10,852,000 31,400 60.8 125,600 44.8 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 65 OATS — 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WIST Blaine Chouteau . . . . Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley Judith Basin. . . Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . , . Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow . . . . S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Grass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Harv. Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres for per Pro- Har- per Har- per Acre Planted Grain Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Bushels Dollars Bu. Bu. 200 100 70,0 7,000 10,000 100 70.0 .. 2,200 1,600 36.9 59,000 84,600 500 66.0 1,100 23.6 500 200 40.0 8,000 11,500 100 50.0 100 30.0 2,500 1,600 51.9 83,000 119,000 700 60.0 900 45.6 400 200 40.0 8,000 11,500 100 40.0 100 40.0 200 100 80.0 8,000 11,500 100 80.0 900 600 53.3 32,000 45,900 400 60.0 200 40.0 1,600 1,200 42.5 51,000 73,100 700 44.3 500 40.0 2,800 2,000 62.0 124,000 177,700 1,300 65.4 700 55 7 700 400 40.0 16,000 22,900 200 45.0 200 35.0 12,000 8,000 49.S 3%.000 567,700 4,200 S9.0 3,800 39.0 11,000 4.500 44.4 200,000 265,000 1,000 60.0 3,500 40.0 12,000 4,200 41.4 174,000 230,600 400 55.0 3,800 40.0 1,000 500 42.0 21,000 27,700 100 60.0 400 37.5 15,000 8,000 45.6 365,000 483,500 200 70.0 7,800 45 0 2,000 800 31.3 25,000 33,100 — 800 31.3 20,000 7,000 53.9 377,000 499,400 1,000 65.0 6,000 52.0 2,500 1,600 53.1 85,000 112,500 200 60.0 1,400 52.1 3,000 1,800 38.3 69,000 91,300 300 53.3 1,500 35.3 2,500 1,800 53.3 96,000 127,200 100 60.0 1.:'00 52.9 69,000 30,200 46.8 1,412,000 1,870,300 3,300 60.9 26,900 45.0 8,500 2,500 34.8 87,000 101,200 _ 2,500 34.8 13,500 4,500 26.0 117,000 136,000 400 35.0 4,100 25.1 9,500 5,000 22.4 112,000 130,300 100 40.0 4,900 22.0 13,000 4,000 24.3 97,000 112,800 500 40.0 3,500 22.0 20,500 9,000 36.6 329,000 382,600 1,700 51.8 7,300 33.0 14,000 5,000 26.8 134,000 155,800 600 40.0 4,400 25.0 16,000 6,000 30.7 184,000 214,000 400 40.0 5,600 30.0 20,000 8,000 35.5 284,000 330,300 800 40.0 7,200 35.0 115,000 44,000 30.5 1,344,000 1,563.000 4,500 44.0 39,500 29.0 1,800 1,400 50.0 70,000 98,300 1,000 58.0 400 30.0 5,000 3,200 43.8 140,000 196,700 800 70.0 2,400 35.0 8,000 3,700 37.8 140,000 196,700 300 70.0 3,400 35.0 4,000 1,700 41.2 70,000 98,300 500 76.0 1,200 26.7 8,000 5,500 43.5 239,000 335,700 100 70.0 5,400 43.0 3,000 1,800 55.6 100,000 140,500 1,300 65.4 500 30.0 2,000 1,000 57.0 57,000 80,100 400 75.0 600 45.0 3,500 1,200 41.7 50,000 70,300 500 60.0 700 28.6 1,200 300 33.3 10,000 14,100 100 60.0 200 20.0 3.500 2,200 43.6 96,000 134,900 1,000 60.0 1,200 30.0 40,000 22,000 44.2 972,000 1.365.600 6,000 65.2 16,000 36.3 1,100 500 72.0 36,000 50,400 400 75.0 100 60.0 3,400 2,200 65.9 145,000 203,100 1,200 68.3 1,000 63.0 2,600 1,100 70.0 77,000 107,900 700 75.7 400 60.0 1,600 1,000 66.0 66,000 92,500 800 67.5 200 60.0 300 200 80.0 16,000 22,400 200 80.0 9,000 5,000 68.0 340.000 476,300 3,300 71.2 1,700 61.8 3,500 1,500 44.7 67,000 88,700 700 55.7 800 35.0 2,000 800 60.0 48,000 63,500 600 70.0 200 30.0 2,000 1,800 36.7 66,000 87,400 800 57.5 1,000 20.0 2,700 2,000 27.0 54,000 71,500 400 55.0 1,600 20.0 . 3,300 3,000 38.0 114,000 150,900 1,500 56.0 1,500 20.0 500 400 47.5 19,000 25,100 200 75.0 200 20.0 3,000 1,500 51.3 77,000 101,900 800 77.5 700 21.4 17,000 11,000 40.5 445,000 589,000 5,000 62.0 6,000 2Z5 8,000 3,000 30.0 90,000 110,500 100 90.0 2,900 27.9 7,000 1,500 44.0 66,000 81,000 400 87.5 1,100 28.2 10,000 7,000 38.7 271,000 332,600 100 90.0 6,900 38.0 6,000 1,300 40.8 53,000 65,100 200 85.0 1,100 32.7 6,000 1,500 32.0 48,000 58,900 200 85.0 1,300 23.9 3,000 1,500 42.0 63,000 77,300 400 87.5 1,100 25.5 10,000 4.000 25.0 100,000 122,700 — — 4,000 25.0 50,000 19,800 34.9 691,000 848,100 1,400 87.1 18,400 30.9 312,000 140,000 40.0 5,600,000 7,280,000 27,700 61.6 112.300 34.7 66 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALL HAY — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders NL WEST Blaine Chouteau Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fereui Golden Valley Judith Basin... Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin leHerson Madison Silver Bow . . . . S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Grass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Praine Rosebud . Wibaux S. EAST STATE NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Har- per Pro- Har- per Har- per vested Aae duaion Value Dollars vested Acre vested Acre Tons Tons Tons 12,200 1.70 20,700 945,800 12,000 1.71 200 1.00 34,900 2.32 81,000 3,701,000 18,100 3.03 16,800 1.56 31,600 1.76 55,600 2,540.500 30,300 1.79 1,300 1.08 57,400 2.20 126,300 5,770,800 39,600 2.67 17,800 1.16 6,900 1.70 15,100 689,900 5,800 1.98 3,100 1.16 1,900 1.68 3,200 146,200 1,000 2.30 900 1.00 22,900 1.81 41,400 1,891,600 15,600 2.14 7,300 1.10 61,200 1.58 %,700 4,418,400 52,100 1.69 9,100 .96 38,100 2.48 94,400 4,313,300 36,500 2.55 1,600 .81 23,900 2.16 51,600 2,357,700 12,000 2.81 11,900 1.50 293,000 2.00 586,000 26,775,200 223,000 2.23 70.000 1.27 55,500 1.81 100,500 4,667,800 37,800 2.20 17,700 .98 51,300 1.66 85,200 3,957,200 15,400 2.26 35,900 1.40 29,900 1.45 43,400 2,015,800 13,300 1.% 16,600 1.04 24,000 1.39 33,400 1,551,300 5,900 2.47 18,100 1.04 8,800 1.70 15,000 697,000 3,900 2.26 4,900 1.27 70,100 1.58 110,800 5,146.200 38,700 1.98 31,400 1.09 24,800 2.18 54,100 2,512,700 17,600 2.65 7,200 1.04 60,900 2.08 126,700 5,884,700 55,300 2.18 5,600 1.09 11,700 1.48 17,300 803,500 4,100 Z24 7,600 1.07 337,000 1.74 586,400 27,236.200 192.000 119 145,000 1.14 22,400 1.49 33,400 1,726,300 2,700 1.78 19,700 1.45 35,500 1.60 56,800 2,935.800 8,300 2.02 27,200 1.47 20,900 1.32 27,500 1,421,400 3,200 1.63 17,700 1.26 31,100 1.38 42,900 2,217,300 4,100 2.00 27,000 1.29 43,300 1.88 81,400 4,207,200 6,800 2.54 36,500 1.76 41,700 1.89 78,800 4,072,900 8,200 2.40 33,500 1.76 30,400 1.69 51,400 2,656,700 3,300 2.12 27,100 1.64 56.700 1.99 112,800 5,830.200 24,400 2.59 32.300 1.54 282.000 1.72 485,000 25,067,800 61,000 2.33 221,000 1.55 23,400 2.62 61,300 2,806,200 22,400 2.68 1,000 1.30 65,400 1.85 121,000 5,539.200 25,400 2.26 40,000 1.59 113.200 1.56 177,000 8,102,800 14,700 2.27 98,500 1.46 14,100 1.86 26,200 1,199,400 7,800 2.33 6,300 1.27 59,500 1.59 94,600 4,330,700 9.600 2.43 49,900 1.43 38,000 2.35 89,300 4,088,100 29,600 2.67 8,400 1.23 40,500 1.68 68,000 3,112,900 33,500 1.82 7,000 1.01 18,500 1.52 28,100 1,286,300 7,400 2.04 11,100 1.17 20,500 1.80 36,900 1,689,200 12,700 2.22 7.800 1.12 44,900 1.83 82,200 3,762,900 31,900 1.97 13,000 1.49 438,000 1.79 784,600 35,917,700 195,000 2.25 243,000 1.43 142,900 1.63 232,900 10,434,100 141,300 1.64 1,600 1.00 67,600 2.25 152,000 6,809,700 47,400 2.77 20,200 1.02 21,400 1.59 34,000 1,523,200 16,500 V75 4,900 1.04 76,300 2.20 167,900 7,522,000 69,300 2.32 7,000 1.01 8,800 1.76 15,500 694,400 7,500 1.88 1,300 1.08 317,000 1.90 602,300 26,983,400 282,000 2.01 35,000 1.03 60,300 2.21 133,300 6,657,500 28,900 2.77 31,400 1.69 52,600 2.10 110,500 5,518,800 37,900 2.46 14,700 1.17 50,600 1.84 93,100 4,649,700 39,400 2.04 11,200 1.13 42,600 1.63 69,300 3,461,100 17,000 1.93 25,600 1.43 45,600 1.72 78,400 3,915,600 34,200 1.97 11,400 .96 11,200 2.45 27.400 1,368,400 4,800 3.19 6,400 1.89 35,100 2.31 81.100 4,050.400 22,800 3.00 12,300 1.03 298,000 1.99 593,100 29,621,500 185,000 2.37 113.000 1.38 55,400 1.20 66,700 3,398,300 9,500 1.49 45,900 1.14 32,900 1.38 45.400 2,313,100 7,500 2.% 25,400 .91 35,000 1.19 41,700 2,124,600 3,100 2.06 31,900 1.11 56,400 1.31 73,900 3,765,100 9,500 1.61 46,900 1.25 14,300 1.67 23,900 1,217,700 3,900 2.15 10,400 1.49 34.000 2.09 71,100 3,622,400 19,700 2.70 14,300 1.25 17,000 1.05 17,900 912,000 1,800 2.22 15.200 .91 245,000 1.39 340,600 17,353,200 55,000 2.25 190.000 1.14 2,210,000 1.S0 3,978,000 188,955,000 1.193.000 2.20 1,017,000 1.33 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 67 ALL HAY — 1977 Acreage, Yield, and Production by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau . . . . Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley Judith Basin. . . Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin 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 NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Har- per Pro- Har- per Har- per Acre vested Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Tons Dollars Tons Tons 12,000 2.03 24,300 1,328,200 11,700 2.04 300 1.33 37,000 2.02 74,800 4,088,500 17,500 2.66 19,500 1.45 30,000 1.94 58,300 3,186,700 28,800 1.99 1,200 .83 52,000 2.30 119,800 6.548,200 36,900 2.66 15,100 1.42 8,500 1.69 14,400 787,100 4,800 2.04 3,700 1.24 2,500 1.76 4,400 240,500 1,100 2.36 1,400 1.29 21,500 2.13 45,800 2,503,400 15,700 2.41 5,800 1.38 59,500 1.50 89,000 4,864,600 36,000 1.79 23,500 1.05 42,500 2.28 96,700 5,285,500 40,800 2.32 1,700 1.29 28,500 1.75 49,800 2,722,000 14,000 2.25 14,500 1.26 294,000 1.% 577,300 31,554,700 207,300 Z25 86,700 1.28 59,500 1.81 107,400 6,546,900 31,300 2.31 28,200 1.25 52,000 1.50 78,000 4,754,700 13,300 2.25 38,700 1.24 26,100 1.34 35,100 2,139,600 8,000 2.09 18,100 1.02 29,000 1.10 32,000 1,950,700 4,200 2.17 24,800 .92 8,200 1.20 9,800 597,400 1,900 Z11 6,300 .92 71,700 1.72 123,100 7,503,900 42,500 2.10 29,200 1.15 23,900 1.86 44,400 2,706,500 17,200 2.10 6,700 1.24 56,600 2.27 128,300 7,820,900 40,300 2.60 16,300 1.45 11,000 1.15 12,600 768,100 1,800 2.00 9.200 .98 338,000 1.69 570,700 34,788,700 160,500 2.28 177,500 1.15 23,700 1.09 25,900 1,611,000 1,600 2.13 22,100 1.02 37,400 1.38 51,600 3,209,500 6,000 2.45 31,400 1.18 24,000 1.47 35,300 2,195,700 5,500 2.44 18,500 1.18 32,500 1.40 45,400 2,823,900 4,800 2.33 27,700 1.23 48,100 1.38 66,400 4,130,100 9,700 2.57 38,400 1.08 46,300 1.44 66,500 4,136,300 5,700 2.51 40,600 1.29 31,000 1.22 37,900 2,357,400 1,100 2.09 29,900 1.19 56,000 1.81 101,300 6,300,800 24,300 2.47 31,700 1.30 299,000 1.44 430,300 26,764,700 58,700 2.46 240,300 1.19 24,500 2.67 65,400 3,658,300 22,400 2.80 2,100 1.29 64,500 1.87 120,400 6,734,800 17,300 2.92 47,200 1.48 120,000 1.62 194,000 10,851,800 15,600 2.46 104,400 1.49 11,500 1.88 21,600 1,208,200 7,100 2.32 4,400 1.16 51,000 1.50 76,400 4,273,600 8,900 2.24 42,100 1.34 36,000 2.15 77,500 4,335,100 24,800 2.48 11,200 1.42 37,500 1.94 72,600 4,061,000 31,000 2.09 6,500 1.18 20,000 1.53 30,500 1,706,100 7,100 2.32 12,900 1.09 20,000 1.93 38,500 2,153,600 12,400 2.49 7,600 1.00 42,000 1.76 74,000 4,139,300 31,900 1.99 10,100 1.03 427,000 1.81 770,900 43,121,800 178,500 2.38 248,500 1.39 153,000 1.73 264,000 12,744,900 148.400 1.74 4,600 1.26 68,500 2.40 164,400 7,936,600 50,900 2.71 17,600 1.50 27,500 1.71 46,900 2,264,100 21,100 1.82 6,400 1.33 77,000 2.31 178,100 8,598,000 72,600 2.38 4,400 1.16 9,000 2.06 18,500 893,100 8,500 2.11 500 1.20 335,000 2.01 671,900 32,436,700 301,500 2.07 33,500 1.39 65,500 1.68 110,100 5,981,800 21,800 2.39 43.700 1.33 49,500 2.00 99,200 5,389,600 30,700 2.56 18,800 1.10 57,500 1.76 101,200 5,498,300 41,400 2.01 16,100 1.11 49,500 1.57 77,600 4,216,100 15,300 2.32 34,200 1.23 45,500 1.63 74,300 4,036,800 28,700 1.97 16,800 1.06 10,000 1.93 19,300 1,048,600 4,000 2.90 6,000 1.28 35,500 2.29 81,200 4,411,700 18,100 3.48 17,400 1.05 313,000 1.80 562,900 .30,582,900 160,000 2.38 153,000 1.19 52,000 1.29 67,000 4,053,700 9,600 1.94 42,400 1.14 30,800 1.85 57,000 3,448,700 11,300 3.05 19,500 1.15 36,200 1.15 41,800 2,529,000 2,600 2.04 33,600 1.09 51,500 1.19 61,400 3,714,900 7,200 1.90 44,300 1.08 13,500 1.31 17,700 1,070,900 2,300 2.39 11.200 1.09 32,500 1.86 60,400 3,654,400 14,000 2.90 18,500 1.07 17,500 1.01 17,700 1,070.900 700 1.86 16,800 .98 234,000 1.38 323,000 19,542.500 47,700 2.51 186,300 1.09 2,240,000 1.74 3,907,000 218,792,000 1,114,200 2.27 1,125,800 1.22 68 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA HAY — 1976 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated TOTAL IRRIGATED NOT IRRIGATED COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WtST 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 )udith 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 Acres Har- vested 6.100 18,200 11,400 39,500 5,000 1,200 12,500 23,100 16,100 13,900 147,000 30,500 21,700 18,000 6,000 2,300 30,600 14,600 40,700 3,600 168,000 7.500 10,500 9.300 8.000 14.000 14,500 8,000 28,200 100,000 16,000 53.500 83.300 9.300 39.000 23.500 11,000 11,000 14.100 15.300 276,000 39.000 45.300 9,100 44,600 4,000 142,000 40,100 32,000 28,700 28,000 26,100 8,600 20,500 184,000 33,200 20.500 24,000 38.500 6,000 25.600 5,200 153,000 1,170,000 Yield per Acre Pro- duction Tons 2.38 2.87 2.11 2.67 2.02 1.50 2.10 1.90 3.25 2.63 2. SO 2.25 2.24 1.69 2.17 2.39 2.15 2.73 2.65 2.36 2.31 1.80 2.07 1.35 1.71 2.53 2.44 2.11 2.33 2.1S 3.36 2.05 1.60 2.15 1.69 2.64 1.95 1.75 2.10 2.00 1.98 3.04 2.85 2.30 2.99 2.45 2.90 2.37 2.13 1.90 1.61 2.00 2.76 3.05 2.18 1.39 1.69 1.25 1.45 1.90 2.30 1.56 1.60 2.20 14,500 52,300 24,000 105,400 10.100 1,800 26.300 43,800 52,300 36.500 367,000 68,500 48,500 30,500 13.000 5,500 65,800 39,800 108,000 8,500 388,100 13,500 21.700 12.600 13,700 35,400 35.400 16.900 65.800 215,000 53,700 109,900 133.500 20,000 66,000 62,100 21,500 19,300 29,600 30,600 546,200 118,600 129,100 20,900 133,400 9,800 411,800 95,000 68.200 54,500 45,000 52,200 23,700 62,500 401,100 46,000 34,600 29,900 55,800 11.400 59,000 8.100 244,800 2.574,000 Value Dollars 681,100 2,456,800 1,127,400 4.951.100 474.500 84.600 1.235,400 2,057.500 2.456,800 1,714,600 Acres Yield Har- per vested Acre 3,322,700 2,352,600 1,479,400 630,600 266,800 3,191,700 1,930,500 5,238,700 412,200 719,600 1,156,800 671.700 730.400 1.887.200 1,887.200 900,900 3,507.700 2.553.200 5.225.200 6.347.200 950.900 3.138.000 2,952,500 1,022,200 917.600 1.407,300 1,454.900 5,412,900 5,892.200 953.900 6.088,400 447,300 4.802,800 3,448,000 2,755,300 2,275,000 2,639,000 1.198.200 3,159,800 6,000 11,300 10,500 27,000 4,000 400 7.000 17.700 14.900 8.500 17,239,800 107,300 2,436,400 1,832,500 1,583,700 2.955.400 603,800 3,124,800 429,000 12,965,600 125.533.900 19,800 7,800 8,100 3,600 900 18,400 10,500 36,200 2,200 18,825,200 107,500 1,300 5,400 2,000 3.600 5.900 3,600 1,300 14,900 11,461,500 38,000 15,700 24,300 12,500 6.000 5.500 20.000 9.400 5,500 11.300 13.000 25.%9,000 123,200 38,700 37,300 8,000 44,200 3,900 18,794.700 132,100 18,400 18,900 20,100 8,400 16,500 3,900 15,000 20,278,100 101,200 5,300 6,600 3,100 7.700 2,500 17.000 1,300 43,500 652,800 Tons 2.40 3.50 2.16 3.33 2.15 2.50 2.76 2.12 3.43 3.14 2.90 2.89 2.79 2.20 2.86 3.00 2.74 3.28 2.84 2.86 2.83 2.08 2.26 1.65 2.08 2.68 3.14 2.92 3.00 2.67 3.38 2.28 2.38 2.57 2.95 2.88 2.09 2.22 2.32 2.04 2.53 3.05 3.13 2.38 3.00 2.46 3.00 Z88 2.82 2.25 1.73 2.59 3.59 3.61 2.74 1.85 3.11 2.06 1.69 2.40 2.79 2.62 2.45 2.77 Acres Har- vested 100 6,900 900 12.500 1.000 800 5,500 5.400 1.200 5,400 39,700 10,700 13,900 9,900 2,400 1,400 12.200 4,100 4.500 1.4O0 60.500 6,200 5.100 7.300 4.400 8,100 10,900 6,700 13,300 62,000 300 29,200 70.800 3.300 33.500 3.500 1.600 5.500 2,800 2,300 152.800 300 8,000 1.100 400 100 9.900 21,700 13,100 8,600 19,600 9,600 4,700 5,500 82.800 27.900 13,900 20,900 30,800 3,500 8,600 3,900 109,500 517.200 Yield per Acre Tons 1.00 1.86 1.44 1.23 1.50 1.00 1.27 1.15 1.00 1.81 1.41 1.06 1.92 1.28 1.13 2.00 1.25 1.32 1.16 1.57 1.39 1.74 1.86 1.27 1.41 2.42 2.21 1.96 1.59 1.83 2.00 1.87 1.47 1.39 1.49 1.31 1.19 1.29 1.21 1.78 1.53 1.67 1.55 1.73 2.00 2.00 1.60 1.94 1.14 1.07 1,56 .99 2.06 1.51 1.50 1.30 1.01 1.12 1.39 1.54 1.35 1.21 1.26 1.48 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 69 ALFALFA HAY — 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Irrigated and Not Irrigated COUNTY & DISTRICT Deer Lodge . . . Flathead Granite Lake Lincoln Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau . . . . Glacier Hill Liberty Phillips Pondera Teton Toole N. CENTRAL . . Daniels Dawson Garfield McCone Richland Roosevelt Sheridan Valley N. EAST Broadwater . . . Cascade Fergus Golden Valley Judith Basin. . . Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselshell . . . Petroleum . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin Jefferson Madison Silver Bow . . . . S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Crass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE NOT TOTAL IRRIGATED IRRIGATED Acres Yield Acres Yield Acres Yield Har- per Pro- Har- per Har- per vested Acre duction Value vested Acre vested Acre Tons Dollars Tons Tons 6,500 2.55 16,600 933,000 6,300 2,59 200 1,50 21.000 2.51 52,800 2,966,000 11,500 3.07 9,500 1.84 11,800 2.36 27,800 1,562,000 11,600 2,37 200 1.50 38,500 2.60 100,100 5,624,000 28,400 2.95 10,100 1.61 4,700 2.15 10,100 567,000 3,000 2.47 1,700 1.59 1,500 2.07 3,100 174,000 700 2.71 800 1.50 11,200 2.53 28,300 1,590,000 7,600 2.95 3,600 1.64 21,300 2.05 43,600 2,450,000 14,000 2.29 7,300 1.58 18,500 2.72 50,400 2,831,000 17,600 2.78 900 1.67 16,000 2.21 35,400 1,989,000 8,800 2.73 7,200 1.58 151,000 Z44 368,200 20,684,000 109.500 2.74 41,500 1.65 29,600 2,29 67.700 4,236,000 17,000 2.90 12,600 1.46 23,400 1.83 42,900 2,685,000 7,000 2.91 16,400 1.37 17,100 1.47 25,200 1,577,000 5,500 2.13 11,600 1.16 6,500 1.52 9,900 620,000 1,200 2.67 5,300 1.26 2,800 1.39 3,900 244,000 800 2.00 2,000 1.15 31,800 2.06 65,600 4,104,000 18,800 2.55 13,000 1.36 14,800 2.05 30,400 1,902,000 13,500 2.13 1,300 1.31 40,600 2.59 105,000 6,569,000 30,500 2.89 10,100 1.67 2,900 1.59 4,600 288,000 600 2.00 2,300 1.48 169,500 2.10 355,200 22,225,000 94,900 2.66 74,600 1.38 7,200 1.56 11,200 709,000 900 2.56 6,300 1.41 9,200 2.09 19,200 1,216,000 3,500 3.00 5,700 1.53 10,500 1.98 20,800 1,318,000 3,200 2.97 7,300 1.55 7,400 1.% 14,500 919,000 2,800 2.79 4,600 1.46 15,100 2.00 30,200 1,913,000 5,400 2.% 9,700 1.46 14,700 1.88 27,700 1,755,000 3,200 3.00 11,500 1.57 8,500 1.55 13,200 836,000 400 2.75 8,100 1.49 26,900 2.28 61,300 3,884,000 13,800 3.03 13,100 1.49 99,500 1.99 198,100 12,550,000 33,200 2.99 66,300 1.50 17,100 3,09 52,900 3,023,000 16,000 3.20 1,100 1.55 53,000 2,04 108,000 6,171,000 15,000 3.12 38,000 1.61 85,100 1,88 160,300 9,159,000 12,800 2.64 72,300 1.75 7,800 2,12 16,500 943.000 5,000 2.58 2,800 1.29 29,000 1,74 50,500 2,886,000 5,800 2.55 23,200 1.54 22,000 2,52 55,500 3,171,000 15,800 2.82 6,200 1.76 11,500 2,43 28,000 1,599,000 10,000 2.55 1,500 1.67 11,200 1,95 21,800 1,246,000 4,400 2.61 6,800 1.51 14,300 2,38 34,000 1,943,000 11,600 2.53 2,700 1.74 14,500 2,21 32,100 1,834,000 12,400 2.36 2,100 1.33 265,500 2.11 559,600 31,975,000 108,800 2.75 156,700 1.66 40,700 2,34 95,300 4,671,000 39,500 2,36 1,200 1.75 42,200 3,01 127,000 6,225,000 33,400 3,32 8,800 1.82 9,900 2,31 22,900 1,123,000 8,900 2,39 1,000 1.60 45,200 2,86 129,400 6,343,000 44,300 2.89 900 1.56 4,000 2,65 10,600 520,000 3,900 2.69 100 1.00 142,000 2.71 385,200 18,882,000 130,000 2.80 12,000 1.77 43,000 1,96 84,300 4,664,000 15,300 2.72 27,700 1.54 29,700 2.24 66,500 3,680,000 17,800 2.88 11,900 1.28 32,700 2.07 67,600 3,740,000 26,200 2.23 6,500 1.42 35,100 1.63 57,300 3,170,000 7,400 2.86 27,700 1.30 25,000 1.90 47,600 2,634,000 16,300 2.24 8,700 1.28 6,800 2.32 15,800 874,000 2,900 3,41 3,900 1.51 21,200 3.15 66,800 3,697,000 16,100 3,67 5,100 1.51 193,500 2.10 405,900 22,459,000 102,000 2.73 91,500 1.40 33,700 1,42 47,900 2,987,000 6,400 2.23 27,300 1.23 20,800 2,27 47,200 2,944,000 10,700 3.11 10,100 1.38 25,400 1,28 32,400 2,021,000 2,500 2.04 22,900 1.19 34,100 1.38 47,200 2,944,000 6,100 1.95 28,000 1.26 5,500 1,84 10,100 630,000 1,100 3.27 4,400 1.48 25,000 2.10 52,400 3,269,000 11,000 3.29 14,000 1.16 4,500 1.47 6,600 411,000 300 2.33 4,200 1.40 149,000 1.64 243,800 15,206,000 38,100 2.76 110,900 1.25 1,170,000 2.15 2,516,000 143,981,000 616,500 2.75 553,500 1.48 70 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ALFALFA SEED — 1976-1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value of Production 1976 TOTAL 1977 TOTAL COUNTY & DISTRICT Flathead 50 Lake Mineral 50 Missoula 200 Ravalli 50 Sanders 150 N. WEST 500 Blaine Chouteau 300 Phillips 1.200 N. CENTRAL 1,500 Daniels Dawson Garfield 700 McCone Richland 50 Roosevelt 200 Sheridan 50 Valley 200 N. EAST 1,200 Cascade 100 Fergus 350 Cofden Valley 150 Judith Basin 100 Musselshell 500 Petroleum 1 .600 CENTRAL 2,800 Big Horn 3,000 Stillwater 200 Sweet Grass 50 Treasure 1,300 Yellowstone 250 S. CENTRAL 4,800 Carter 1.400 Custer 1.800 Fallon 400 Powder River 6,400 Prairie 200 Rosebud 2,800 Wibaux 200 S.EAST 13,200 STATE 24,000 Yield Yield Acres )er Farv. Acres per Harv. Har- Pro- Har- Pro- vested Acre duaion Value vested Acre duction Value Pounds (Cleaned) Dollars Pounds (Cleaned) Dollars 80 4,000 3,700 50 100 5,000 5,200 — — — 50 100 5,000 5,200 60 3,000 2,800 — — — — 80 16,000 15,000 150 110 16,500 17,400 80 4,000 3,700 50 90 4.500 4,700 60 9,000 8,400 100 90 9.000 9,500 72 36,000 33,600 400 100 40.000 42,000 100 105 10,500 11,000 100 30,000 28,100 300 115 34,500 36,200 105 126,000 117,800 2,300 110 253,000 265,700 104 156,000 145.900 2,700 110 298,000 312,900 — 100 95 9,500 10,000 — — — 150 110 16,500 17,300 99 69,500 65,000 250 100 25,000 26,300 — — — 200 95 19,000 19,900 80 4,000 3,700 50 110 5,500 5,800 75 15,000 14.000 100 95 9,500 10,000 70 3,500 3,300 50 100 5,000 5,200 80 16,000 15,000 200 100 20,000 21,000 90 108,000 101,000 1,100 100 110,000 115,500 95 9,500 8,900 50 90 4,500 4,700 100 35,000 32,700 200 85 17,000 17,900 100 15,000 14,000 200 90 18,000 18,900 100 10,000 9,400 50 80 4,000 4,200 102 51,000 47,700 400 85 34,000 35,700 108 173,500 162,200 1,000 88 87,500 91,900 105 294,000 274,900 1,900 87 165,000 173,300 100 300,000 280,500 5,800 no 639,000 671,000 90 18,000 16,800 300 85 25,500 26,800 80 4,000 3,700 200 85 17,000 17,900 105 136,500 127,600 1.500 106 159,000 167,000 90 22,500 21,100 300 95 28,500 29,900 100 481,000 449,700 8,100 107 869,000 912,600 95 133,500 124,800 3,100 84 259,500 272,500 109 1%,500 183,700 2,800 82 230,000 241,500 95 38,000 35,500 600 81 48,500 51,000 95 609,000 569,400 12,800 74 950,000 997,600 105 21,000 19,700 300 80 24,000 25,200 110 308,000 288,000 5,000 100 500,000 525,100 95 19,000 17,800 200 80 16.000 16,800 100 1,325,000 1,238,900 24.800 82 2,028,000 2,129,700 100 2,400,000 2.244,000 39,000 90 3,510,000 3,686,000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 71 POTATOES — 1976 and 1977 Acreage, Yield, Production and Value by Counties — Principally Irrigated 1976 1977 COUNTY Acres & Acres Har- DISTRICT Planted vested Deer Lodge & Powell 610 600 Flathead 890 860 Lake 2,800 2,770 Ravalli 640 630 Other Counties ... 10 10 N. WEST 4,950 4.890 N. CENTRAL 160 160 M EAST 230 230 Broadwater 630 620 Other Counties .. . 130 130 CENTRAL 760 750 Beaverhead 420 410 Gallatin 1,580 1,560 Madison 120 120 Other Counties ... 70 70 S. WEST 2,190 2,160 S. CENTRAL 130 130 S. EAST 80 80 STATE 8,500 8,400 Yield oer Acre Pro- duction Cwt. Value Dollars Acres Planted Acres Har- vested Yield per Acre Pro- duction Value Cwt. Dollars 183 200 250 200 100 109,900 176,000 692,500 126,000 1,000 494,600 792,000 3,116,200 567,000 4,500 570 1,015 2,800 645 10 565 1,000 2,765 635 10 214 235 265 220 128 120,625 235,000 732,725 139,700 1,275 542,800 1,057,500 3,297,300 628,700 5,700 226 1,105,400 4.974,300 5,040 4,975 247 1,229,325 5,532,000 133 21,300 95,800 165 165 150 24,750 111,400 59 13,600 61.200 140 140 79 11,100 49,900 195 98 120,900 12,700 544,100 57,100 665 105 655 105 210 111 137,550 11,600 619,000 52,200 178 133,600 601.200 770 760 196 149.150 671,200 235 235 235 200 96,350 366,600 28,200 14,000 433,600 1,649,700 126,900 63,000 400 1,705 100 20 395 1,685 100 20 260 265 250 220 102,700 446,525 25,000 4,400 462,100 2,009,400 112,500 19,800 234 505,150 2,273,200 2,225 2,200 263 578,625 2.603.800 132 17,200 77.400 80 80 194 15,500 69.700 122 9.750 43,900 80 80 94 7.550 34.000 215 1,806,000 8,127,000 8,500 8,400 240 2.016,000 9.072,000 11 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS CATTLE AND CALVES Number, Value Per Head and Total Value, January 1 Year 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. 1978. ALL CATTLE farm Value Number Per Head Total 1,000 Head Dels. 1,000 Dols. 2,984 2,984 3,014 3,165 3,165 154.00 168.00 195.00 200.00 230.00 459,536 501,312 587,730 633,000 727,950 3.197 3,380 3,340 3,150 2,980 2,570 285.00 340.00 160.00 205.00 220.00 240.00 911,145 1,149,200 534,400 645,750 655,600 616,800 Numbers by Classes, January 1 COWS& HEIFERS THAT HAVE CALVED HEIFERS 500 LBS, & OVER OTHER Year Beef Cows 1,648 1,685 Milk Cows Beef Cow Replace- ments Milk Cow Replace ments Other Steers 500« & over Bulls 500« & over Strs., Hfrs., Bulls under 500» TOTAL ALL CATTLE & CALVES 1972 1973 35 32 29 28 26 27 27 304 298 355 300 274 238 206 11 10 10 10 10 9 8 1,000 Head 82 90 108 140 101 105 95 144 163 216 182 165 187 141 84 89 105 97 95 90 62 857 830 811 891 865 775 673 3,165 3,197 1974 1,746 3,380 1975 1,692 3,340 1976 1977 1978 1,614 1,549 1,338 3,150 2,980 2,570 Calf Crops and Disposition Year 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. CALVES INSHIP- FARM BORN MENTS MARKETINGS' Cattle Calves SLAUGHTERS Cattle & Calves DEATHS Cattle Calves 1,000 Head 1,466 92 937 508 12 31 70 1,508 82 894 540 11 35 80 1,535 106 874 477 13 39 87 1,582 104 909 654 9 41 73 1,640 126 880 721 10 39 84 1,730 144 763 757 9 42 120 1,725 90 1,007 688 25 35 100 1,680 80 1,069 645 16 40 180 1,570 135 1,091 648 16 35 85 1,500 115 1,154 721 16 34 100 'Excludes Interfarm sales. ^Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 73 Production and Income from Cattle and Calves Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Price Per 100 Lbs. Production' Marketing^ jnds Cattle Doll Calves ars Cash Receipts' Value Of Home Consumption Cross Income 1,000 Po 1,000 Dollars 1,062,940 1,066,560 1,089,075 1,122,103 1,103,350 1,099,262 1,072,590 1,045,986 1,128,876 1,125,763 22.80 25.70 27.00 29.20 34.80 29.20 32.70 35.50 38.10 48.00 264,906 292,253 299,169 353,134 431,156 3,765 4,333 5,673 5,125 6,556 268,671 2%,586 304,842 358,259 437,712 1,053,950 1,035,930 963,050 967,940 840,080 %9,346 1,133,651 1,140,660 1,153,200 1,225,850 45.80 30.80 29.50 31.20 33.70 58.30 30.40 30.80 36.30 41.40 482,156 348,072 339,916 373,307 432,481 9,047 12,358 7,613 6,861 7,464 491,203 360,430 347,529 380,168 439,945 'Adjustments made for Inshipments and changes in inventory. 'Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. 'includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat. MILK COWS, MILK PRODUCTION AND MILKFAT Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. TOTAL Production Per Cow PRODUCTION' Milk Cows on Farms' Milk Milkfat Milkfat Milk Milkfat 1,000 Head Pou ids Percent MIL Lbs 46 7,783 282 3.62 358 13 42 8,000 290 3.62 336 12 39 8,359 303 3.62 326 12 36 9,278 337 3.63 334 12 33 10,121 370 3.66 334 12 30 10,400 376 3.62 312 11 28 10,500 381 3.63 294 11 27 10,2% 375 3.64 278 10 26 10,577 380 3.59 275 10 27 10,926 394 3.61 295 11 'Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 'Excludes milk sucked by calves. DAIRY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED Cheese Year 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Creamery Butter 3,043 2,655 2,782 2,879 3,185 2,647 2,249 2,100 1,919 2,019 American Cheddar 1,000 Pounds 2,991 2,684 3,173 3,9% 3,885 3,480 3,489 1,933 1,844 2,467 Cottage Cheese Creamed 4,204 4,350 4,465 4,658 5,091 4,498 3,246 3,214 3,505 3,651 Ice Cream 2,012 1,854 1,875 1,759 2,027 1,966 2,262 2,221 1,684 1,575 ice Milk' Sherbert 1,000 Gallons 1,024 125 867 889 1,039 1,058 1,046 1,064 1,200 1,156 1,331 127 123 118 106 111 126 125 103 83 'Mellorine Type" Frozen Desserts 503 491 490 509 591 499 491 316 161 90 'Includes low fat ice cream. 74 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Mil. Hd. CATTLE AND CALVES January 1 Inventory, 193Q-1978 3.0 1.0 1930 Thou«. Hd. 1940 1950 1%0 CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED Number on Feed, January 1, 1930-1978 1970 150 100 50 1980 1930 1950 1%0 1980 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 75 MILK AND CREAM MARKETED Quantity, Price and Cash Receipts Milk Sold to Plants and Dealers Cream Sold to Plants and Dealers Milk Sold Directly to Consumers Year Quantity Mil. Lbs. 1968 256 1969 249 1970 254 1971 267 1972 278 1973 257 1974 252 1975 239 1976 242 1977 264 Price Per 100 Lbs. Dels. 5.24 5.51 5.65 5.71 5.93 6.95 8.55 8.90 9.45 9.95 Cash Receipts 1,000 Dols. 13.414 13,720 14,351 15,246 16,485 17,862 21,546 21,271 22,869 26,268 Quantity Milkfat 1,000 Lbs. 2,220 1,810 1,314 1,214 967 959 554 481 365 367 Price Per Lb. Fat Cents .68 .68 .68 .66 .64 .64 .68 .71 .81 .88 Cash Receipts 1,000 Dols. 1,510 1,231 894 801 619 614 377 342 2% 323 Quantity 1,000 Qts. 3,000 2,326 2,791 2,326 2,326 2,326 1,860 1,860 1,395 930 Price Per Quart Cents 27.4 24.0 25.0 25.0 31.0 28.0 34.0 34.0 35.0 36.0 Cash Receipts 1,000 Dols. 822 558 698 582 721 651 632 632 488 335 Income and Value of Dairy Products Marketed Year 1968. 1%9. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Combined Marketir gs of Milk and Cream Used for Milk, Cream anr^ Rnttf^r Farm Value of Average Returns' Cash Receipts on Where Farms Produced Farm Income Per 100 Per from from Milk Milk Pounds Pound Market- Milk Dairy Products' 1,000 D( Pro- Utilized Milk Milkfat Dollars ings Utilized Mil. Lbs. Valued 1,000 Dols. duced* Mil. Lbs. 1,000 Dols. 3ls. 321 4.90 1.35 15,746 28 1,372 17,118 17,542 303 5.12 1.41 15,509 25 1,280 16,789 17,203 296 5.39 1.49 15,943 22 1,186 17,129 17,571 305 5.45 1.50 16,629 22 1,199 17,828 18,203 309 5.77 1.58 17,825 19 1,0% 18,921 19,272 288 6.64 1.83 19,127 16 1,062 20,189 20,717 271 8.32 2.29 22,555 15 1,248 23,803 24,461 256 8.69 2.39 22,245 14 1,217 23,462 24,158 255 9.28 2.58 23,653 13 1,206 24,859 25,520 276 9.76 2.70 26,926 12 1,171 28,097 28,792 'Cash leceipts divided by milk or milkfat represented in combined marketings. 'Valued at average returns per 100 pounds of milk in combined marketings of milk and cream. 'Cash receipts from marketings of milk and cream plus value of milk used for home consumption and farm-churned butter. 'Includes value of milk fed to calves. HONEY AND BEESWAX Production, Price and Value Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Honey Yield Colonies Value of of Per Colony Prod jction Price Honey Per Pound Beeswax Prod uction Bees Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax Number Pounds 1,000 Pounds Cents 1,000 Dollars 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 3,571 143 80,000 94 7,520 135 47.3 112.0 3,557 151 85,000 112 9,520 162 46.9 108.0 4,465 175 %,000 57 5,472 104 53.9 172.0 2,949 179 76 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Thous. Hd. HOGS AND PIGS January 1* Inventory, 1930-1977 400 300 200 100 * 1930 1940 Mil Hd. 1950 1%0 1970 1980 •Data for 1968 and subsequently relate to December 1, SHEEP AND LAMBS January 1 Inventory, 1930-1978 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 1930 1950 1960 1980 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS n SHEEP, LAMBS AND WOOL Number, Value per Head, and Classes, January 1 ALL SHEEP & LAMBS STOCK SHEEP ONE YEAR AND OVER LAMBS Number - Farm Va ue Sheep on Feed Stock Sheep Ewes Wethers & Rams Ewes Wethers Year Per Head Total & Rams 1,000 Head Dols. 1,000 Dols. 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1,250 1,178 1,113 1,067 1,000 22.20 25.20 28.80 26.50 24.00 27,732 29.680 32,087 28,276 24,000 110 95 95 100 100 1,140 1,083 1,018 %7 900 652 826 774 747 697 34 28 28 28 23 230 208 202 177 166 24 21 14 15 14 1973 1974 1975 880 750 675 28.50 34.00 29.50 40.50 45.50 57.00 25.080 25,500 19,913 24,098 25,935 30,210 120 84 90 75 80 60 760 666 585 520 490 470 598 524 462 416 371 356 19 17 20 15 12 13 132 107 82 72 94 88 11 18 21 1976 595 17 1977 1978 570 530 13 13 Wool Production and Value Sheep Shorn Per Fleece Total Price Per Lb Value 1,000 Head 1,063 Lbs. 10.1 9.7 9.7 9.6 10.0 9.9 10.1 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.9 >op and Disposition MARKETINGS' 1,000 Lbs. 10,725 9,891 9,086 8,657 8.501 6,983 6,309 5,280 4,749 4,462 4,226 FARM SLAUGHTER' Sheep & Lambs Cts. 45 45 38 21 35 106 68 51 73 75 DE 1,000 Dols. 4,826 1,017 4,305 933 3,453 902 1,818 853 2,975 706 7,402 623 4,290 551 2,693 493 3,467 460 3,347 429 LAMBS UmbC IN- SHIPMENTS ^THS SAVED Sheep & Lambs Sheep Lambs Sheep Lambs 809 760 743 740 711 604 550 471 420 375 64 63 46 48 30 28 29 30 40 18 205 123 164 174 186 140 111 98 72 59 1,000 Head 535 470 461 471 458 406 339 264 239 210 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 91 165 90 90 % 85 80 75 70 65 no 125 117 115 117 127 118 140 100 % Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1876. 1977. 19782 Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Production and Income from Sheep and Lambs Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Production^ Marketings' 1,000 Pounds 61,671 46,583 53,958 54,888 45,031 38,153 35,019 25,425 24,428 22,163 72,659 58,184 61,975 63,460 66,266 35.553 45.895 37,338 31,447 27,464 Price per 100 Lbs. Sheep Lambs Dollars 6.30 7.30 6.80 5.50 6.10 11.80 11.80 8.70 9.90 11.50 23.80 27.50 26.10 24.00 27.90 34.00 34.40 40.10 43.80 50.70 Cash Receipts' 12,808 12,870 12,219 11,142 13.217 14.568 12,301 10,695 10,381 10,718 Value of Home Consumption 1,000 Dollars 94 162 78 139 118 156 158 178 208 147 Gross Income 12,902 13,032 12,297 11,281 13,335 14,724 12,459 10,873 10,589 10,865 'Other data not available at time of publication. •Excludes interfarm sales. Includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. 'Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. 'Adjustments made for inshipments and changes in inventory. 'Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. 'Includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat. 78 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS HOGS AND PIGS Number, Value Per Head, Total Value, December 1 NUMBER, VALUE PER HEAD AND TOTAL VALUE NUMBER BY CLASSES Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. farm Value Breedir Number Per Head Dols. Total ig Marketing 1,000 1,000 1,000 Head Head Dols. 185 28.30 5,236 31 154 217 36.60 7.942 37 180 200 24.50 4,900 32 166 285 25.00 7,125 34 251 245 38.50 9,433 36 209 262 53.50 14,017 32 230 204 45.00 9,180 28 176 165 70.50 11,633 27 138 186 45.00 8,370 28 158 211 57.00 12,027 30 181 Pig Crops and Disposition Year 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 PIG CROPS IN- FARM Spring Fall SHIPMENTS MARKETINGS' SLAUGHTERS DEATHS 1,000 Head 156 150 22 284 n 18 163 156 25 286 10 16 152 146 25 306 12 22 225 205 25 340 10 20 168 180 15 373 10 20 165 192 20 331 10 19 143 158 64 391 13 19 111 122 37 286 n 12 126 117 71 270 8 15 143 144 42 285 8 11 Production and Income from Hogs and Pigs Year Produaion' 1.000 Po 68.974 Marketings* unds 64,660 65.635 70,078 77,409 85,335 77,972 87,539 63,759 60,160 64,198 Price Per 100 Pounds Dollars 18.40 21.40 22.40 17.10 23.40 36.70 32.80 44.50 42.80 37.50 Cash Receipts^ Value of Home Consumption Gross Income 1968 1,000 Dollars 11,897 14,046 15,697 13,237 19,968 28,616 28,713 28,373 25,748 24,074 1,000 Del 638 805 1,075 796 1,376 2,158 2,089 2,099 1,678 1,250 lars 12,535 1%9 72,285 14,851 1970 1971 1972 1973 71,573 90,209 86,884 82,918 16,772 14.033 21,344 30,774 1974 1975 1976 1977 84,665 61,735 63,354 67,741 30,802 30,472 27,426 25,324 'Includes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. ^Excludes animals custom slaughtered in commercial establishments for farmers. 'Adjustments made for inshipments and changes in inventory. 'Excludes interfarm sales and custom slaughter in commercial establishments for use on farms where produced. includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 79 CHICKENS Number, Value per Bird, and Total Value, December 1 Year 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Farm Value Numbers Per Bird Total 1,000 Birds Dollars 1,000 Dols. 1,095 1,173 1,154 1,180 1.30 1.25 1.40 1.35 1,424 1,466 1,616 1,593 1.190 1,025 1,020 1,005 965 1.80 1.70 1.70 1.90 1.95 2,142 1,743 1,734 1,910 1,921 Production and Income from Chickens Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Price Per Cash Gross Produced Sold Pound Receipts Income 1,000 Pounds Cents 1,000 Doll irs 3,621 2,554 10.5 268 376 3,385 2,670 10.5 280 380 3,428 2,460 8.0 197 264 3,892 3,160 5.0 158 197 3,863 3,216 6.0 193 236 4,072 3,200 10.5 336 412 3,710 3,620 7.0 253 303 4,036 3,320 5.5 183 222 3,399 2.920 8.0 234 288 3,174 2,580 8.0 206 259 Farm Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs Year Layers^ 1,000 1968 907 1969 923 1970' 964 1971 994 1972 942 1973 933 1974 884 1975 844 1976 794 1977 756 Consumed Per Egg in Per Cash Gross Layer Production Ho usehold Sold Dozen Receipts Income Number Millions Cents 1.000 Dollars 214 194 18 176 36.1 5,295 5,836 218 201 15 186 44.2 6,851 7,403 217 209 13 1% 45.8 7,481 7,977 222 221 10 211 36.3 6,383 6,686 230 217 10 207 36.8 6,348 6,655 230 215 9 206 57.8 9,922 10,356 230 203 8 195 58.5 9,506 9,8% 236 199 8 191 55.4 8,818 9,187 233 185 8 177 59.0 8,703 9,0% 231 175 8 167 57.0 7,933 8,313 '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. 80 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERS Number of Head by Classes, by years, 1968-1977^ Year 1968. 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. Cattle and Calves Hogs and Pigs Sheep 1,0 and Lambs 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 00 Head 191.8 359.5 2.9 198.4 327.9 1.9 208.6 346.6 2.1 206.2 412.0 2.2 210.2 354.7 14 188.6 350.6 2.7 185.5 572.0 Z3 153.1 308.0 2.6 155.8 457.2 2.4 172.0 478.3 2.1 Total Red Meat Production^ by Months, 1968-1977 Year Jan. 14 Feb. 13 12 13 12 15 11 14 12 9 13 Mar. 13 12 14 16 17 14 15 9 11 16 Apr. May 13 12 14 15 14 13 17 10 10 13 )un. Jul. Aug. of Pour 13 14 14 14 16 16 17 11 13 14 Sep. ds 13 15 16 17 14 12 15 8 15 14 Oct. 14 16 16 17 16 15 16 B 16 15 Nov. 13 14 15 18 16 17 15 12 16 14 Dec. Total 1968 Mil 12 14 15 16 16 12 17 12 12 14 ions 12 14 15 16 14 15 19 12 13 13 154 1969 14 165 1970 1971 16 12 175 184 1972 15 180 1973 1974 15 18 168 193 1975 1976 14 13 134 155 1977 16 169 Number of Head Slaughtered by Months and Classes Cattle and Calves Month 1975 January 17.1 February 12.5 March 10.2 April 11.6 May 10.8 June 14.7 July 16.0 August 13.9 September 7.7 October 7.4 November 14.5 December 16.7 Total 153.1 1976 1977 Hogs and Pigs 1975 1976 1977 155.8 172.02 308.0 457.2 478.3 Sheep and Lambs 1975 2.6 1976 1977 ,000 Head 1,000 Head 1,000 Head 15.0 15.7 30.5 30.0 47.2 10.3 13.6 23.0 24.7 47.6 10.6 13.5 21.9 38.0 49.5 9.5 12.3 27.5 37.5 44.1 9.6 14.7 26.0 32.0 33.7 13.1 15.7 25.5 34.5 35.9 13.9 14.1 24.2 31.5 29.9 12.9 14.2 24.5 38.0 37.6 13.8 13.2 28.5 45.0 38.1 15.4 14.5 26.5 49.0 42.1 15.4 15.6 22.4 51.5 37.4 16.3 15.0 27.5 45.5 35.2 2.4 2.1^ 'Includes slaughter in Federally inspected and other slaughter plants but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. 'May not add because of rounding. MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 81 CATTLE AND CALVES ON FEED — 1969-78 Number, Weight Groups and Classes Year and Month January 1 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 April 1 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 My 1 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 October 1 1%9 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Nu mber on Feed by Nu mber on Feed Weight Croups By Classes Total Cattle Under 500- 700- 900- 1100 Steers Heifers Cows & Calves 500 699 899 1099 Lbs. & Steer & Heifer & on Feed Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. & Over Calves Calves Other Thousar dHead 120 20 28 41 29 2 65 50 5 115 21 27 39 23 5 75 36 4 130 25 31 39 27 8 81 41 8 165 29 36 33 57 10 115 46 4 160 21 68 38 27 6 109 49 2 122 10 28 34 42 8 82 34 6 79 10 17 25 22 5 39 36 4 80 5 22 23 28 2 40 39 1 83 — 25 26 26 6 51 31 1 81 6 34 20 17 4 40 38 3 81 4 29 22 24 2 43 37 1 87 3 38 27 14 5 51 34 2 120 3 50 36 27 4 75 44 1 150 5 58 44 17 26 111 38 1 140 7 49 52 26 6 94 45 1 114 30 42 25 17 79 33 2 62 — 18 27 13 4 32 29 1 63 — 22 29 10 2 30 32 1 75 — 23 31 18 3 35 36 2 60 1 26 23 8 2 24 35 1 74 15 32 23 4 39 34 1 73 — 12 39 21 1 44 28 1 100 — 12 46 38 4 57 42 1 130 — 18 57 42 13 79 48 3 122 2 14 46 44 16 80 40 2 102 11 39 46 6 62 39 1 60 — 6 28 23 3 26 33 1 52 — 10 22 19 1 22 29 1 62 — 5 28 26 3 28 33 1 52 5 29 17 1 22 29 1 74 2 16 33 21 2 43 30 1 74 1 9 36 21 7 49 24 1 95 3 15 37 35 5 55 39 1 105 7 20 30 34 14 77 27 1 83 6 16 20 28 13 61 21 1 65 2 2 18 29 14 43 21 1 44 — 6 17 19 2 20 23 1 42 — 7 14 18 2 22 19 1 40 1 9 18 10 2 16 23 1 Number Marketed and Placements by Quarters Marketed for Slaughter' Placed on Feed Year 1969. 1970. 1971. 1972. 1973. 1974. 1975. 1976. 1977. 1978. Jan. 1- March 31 65 67 65 55 54 34 40 24 35 43 April- June 30 July 1- Sept. 30 Oct. Dec. Total Jan. 1- March 31 April 1- June 30 July 1- Sepl. 30 Oa. Dec. 37 35 58 60 55 54 33 26 38 20 40 40 62 72 69 50 35 33 45 34 42 50 60 37 49 24 21 16 Thousand Head 176 26 184 39 235 55 247 40 215 34 187 132 104 134 35 28 31 28 36 30 21 38 40 37 50 35 18 27 15 41 41 57 47 30 19 20 23 25 75 98 120 115 76 66 61 63 59 Total 172 199 270 242 177 170 144 135 139 'Includes cattle placed on feed and marketed during the same quarter. 82 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FEEDLOTS AND CATTLE ON FEED BY COUNTIES January 1, 1977 and 1978 1977 1978 COUNTY' & DISTRICT Flathead Lake & Ravalli Missoula & Sanders N. WEST Blaine Chouteau, Hill & Toole Glacier, Liberty & Telon Phillips & Pondera N. CENTRAL Richland Dawson, Roosevelt & Sheridan . N. EAST Golden Valley, Lewis & Clark & Musselshell Cascade, Fergus & Petroleum . . Judith Basin CENTRAL Beaverhead & Gallatin Big Horn & Treasure Carbon Stillwater Yellowstone S. WEST & S. CENTRAL Custer, Powder River, Prairie & Rosebud S. EAST STATE Feedlots Cattle on Feed Feedlots Cattle on Feed Number 4 6 4 14 4 8 4 3 19 13 6 19 4 12 4 20 7 5 4 5 19 7 7 119 1,600 200 300 2,100 200 1,000 100 300 1,600 9,200 700 9,900 3,400 17,800 2,200 23,400 5,200 1,100 6,400 5,500 26,800 45.000 1,000 1,000 83,000 Number 3 1,400 5 300 4 300 12 5 5 3 13 11 4 IS 6 7 3 16 6 5 6 4 18 39 6 6 101 2.000 1,500 4,800 1,700 8,000 8,000 800 8,800 2,700 10,900 2,900 16.500 2,200 1,500 8,600 7,000 21,900 41,200 4,500 4,500 81,000 'Some counties combined to avoid disclosing individual operators. NUMBER OF CATTLE FEEDLOTS By Size o< Feedlot Capacity, 1968-1977' J I Feedlots by Capacity Number of Feed- Under 1,000 1,000- 2,000- Year lots Head 1,999 3,999 Number 1968 500 459 21 12 i%9 470 415 31 14 1970 501 424 39 21 1971 473 387 46 22 1972:; ;:;;:;■.;:; 389 317 36 17 1973 305 236 31 20 1974'" 276 211 26 21 1975 152 102 13 19 1976 119 70 15 16 1977'.;;;; 101 6i 8 13 '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. 4,000- 7,999 8,000 & over 6 8 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 83 CATTLE AND CALVES Number of Head, January 1, 1977 4,000 or less 5,000 - 9,999 10.000 - 19,999 STOCK SHEEP AND LAMBS Number of Head, January 1, 1977 Numbers show ranking of top 10 4,999 or less 10,000 - 19,999 !*♦♦♦♦» + + 5,000 - 9,999 |°'^/'V°%°, 20,000 - 29,999 U|" 30,000 - 49,999 50,000 or more 84 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS LIVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, January 1, 1976-77 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 ]udith [lasin. . . Lewis & Clark . Meagher Musselbhell . . . Petrolejm . . . . Wheatland CENTRAL Beaverhead . . . Gallatin JeHerson Madison Silver Eiow . . . . S. WEST Big Horn Carbon Park Stillwater Sweet Crass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE Cattle and C alves 1976 1977 Number of Head 12,500 13,500 27,900 23,600 31,900 32,400 73,000 64,600 7,300 7,100 1,900 1,600 19,500 16,700 50,600 51,200 55,100 47,200 23,300 22,100 303.000 280,000 89,200 82,700 65,400 59,100 42,700 42,400 34,900 30,300 17,700 14,900 99,000 90,100 32,900 34,000 62,500 54,600 20,700 18,900 465,000 427,000 25,500 23,000 55,400 52,500 78,100 69,100 52,600 48,100 75,800 67,200 45,200 39,500 31,600 29,400 86,800 80.200 451,000 409,000 23,900 26,200 96,100 99,300 124,000 124,100 24,800 27,300 65,200 62,900 51,200 50,300 46,900 48,600 42,400 48,200 34,200 32,000 38,300 36,100 547,000 555,000 202,200 182,400 70,600 74,400 25,500 24,000 99,000 93,300 8,700 7,900 406,000 382,000 128,600 111,400 63,600 65,000 60,000 54,100 56,000 49,700 46,400 43,800 26,400 24,900 133.000 138,100 514,000 487,000 74,200 68,700 94,700 90,500 44,000 43,200 82,500 84,000 46,700 40,800 91,800 82,400 30,100 30,400 464,000 440,000 3,150,000 2,980,000 Milk Cows and Heifers that have Calved 1976 1977 Number of Head 1,700 1,700 100 100 3,400 3,100 100 • 100 400 500 100 100 2,900 3,300 100 200 8,800 9,100 500 400 100 200 • • 300 400 100 100 200 100 400 500 1.000 1,100 200 200 2.800 400 100 300 200 100 100 100 1,300 100 1,300 500 « 200 600 100 100 • 200 3,100 100 4,200 300 100 100 4,800 100 500 400 300 300 • 2,300 3,900 100 500 100 100 200 200 100 1,900 26,000 3,000 300 200 200 200 100 100 200 1,300 100 1,100 600 • 200 800 100 100 • 200 3,200 100 4,500 300 100 5.000 100 500 400 500 300 • 2,300 4,100 100 400 100 100 200 200 200 1,300 27,000 'Less than 50 head MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 85 LIVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, January 1, 1976-77 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 Crass. . . Treasure Yellowstone . . S. CENTRAL . . Carter Custer Fallon Powder River . Prairie Rosebud Wibaux S. EAST STATE Beef Cows and Heifers that have Calved Stock Sheep and Lambs 1976 6,200 13,700 16,000 39,200 4,200 800 8,600 25,600 27,900 13.000 155,200 48,900 33,400 25,200 19,500 8,900 55,200 18,400 33,000 12,200 254,700 15,000 29,900 44,200 29,200 35,000 23,000 18,300 50,100 244,700 12,700 45,100 70,000 13,900 34,900 25,900 23,600 20,500 16,800 18,900 282,300 82,700 33,000 13,800 54,700 4,500 188,700 64,700 33,100 32,500 30,900 28,900 15,700 39,600 245,400 37,800 42,200 26,300 45,600 24,500 51,300 15,300 243,000 1,614,000 Number of Head 1977 6,700 11,800 17,400 36,000 4,400 800 8,300 27,000 24,900 12,800 150,100 46,900 32,700 24,600 18,000 8,600 48,700 17,500 31,700 11,000 239,700 14,000 28,900 40,100 27,900 30,900 22,200 17,800 47,000 228,800 15,300 46,400 68,000 15,400 32,400 23,800 23,500 23,900 16,000 18,100 282,800 76,100 31,800 13,800 55,800 3,500 181,000 61,200 32,700 30,500 28,200 26,100 13,400 39,400 231,500 38,700 41,200 25,700 44,300 23,400 46,400 15,400 235,100 1,549,000 1976 500 1,400 1,100 3,500 300 300 900 3,000 7,900 1,100 20,000 7,200 1,400 3,700 700 1,000 11,400 5,600 11,800 4,200 47,000 3,700 4,900 57,800 16,000 7,800 2,200 1,500 7,100 101,000 5,400 10,500 9,700 7,200 5,600 13,100 9,600 11,400 6,000 16,500 95,000 30,800 7,000 900 12,200 100 51,000 2,200 17,800 4,300 11,900 21,000 700 5,100 63,000 92,400 7,300 3,400 20,600 4,400 12,900 2,000 143,000 520,000 Number of Head 1977 300 1,300 1,000 2,600 300 200 600 2,700 7,100 900 17,000 5,800 1,200 2,900 800 500 10,600 5,100 11,400 3,700 42,000 3,300 5,100 57,300 14,700 6,200 2,400 1,400 6,600 97,000 4,700 9,500 9,800 6,400 6,100 12,400 10,900 11,100 6,000 17,100 94,000 24,500 6,100 900 12,400 100 44,000 2,100 18,600 3,500 11,900 20,500 500 4,600 61,700 90,000 6,700 3,500 17,700 3,000 11,500 1,900 134,300 490,000 86 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS LIVESTOCK Inventory by Counties, December 1, 1975-76 COUNTY & DISTRICT Hogs and Pigs Chickens 1975 Number of 1,200 1976 Head 1,200 8,800 400 3,400 800 400 500 1,600 2,700 200 20,000 7,000 5,000 5,200 3,900 3,200 3,500 5,900 7,400 4,900 46,000 5,600 2,500 1,600 3,300 8,700 7,300 2,700 7,300 39,000 2,100 2,800 12,200 700 3,000 2,000 700 1,200 600 2,700 28,000 1,900 6,300 800 2,800 200 12,000 2,700 3,700 3,000 5,200 1,900 700 4,800 22,000 2,500 3,000 5,700 900 3,000 1,600 2,300 19,000 186,000 1975 Number of H 1,000 7,000 300 28,700 1,000 200 1,900 500 126,900 2,500 170,000 3,200 4,200 35,800 11,800 17,100 4,800 40,300 54,100 36,700 208,000 2,000 3,300 1,800 4,200 7,300 4,200 4,600 7,600 35,000 104,300 35,800 9,400 600 5,600 29,600 11,400 2,000 600 27,700 227,000 1,400 162,000 1,900 2,200 500 168,000 4,600 12,400 2,500 18,100 8,200 400 109,800 156,000 2,400 41,900 4,500 2,200 1,200 1,500 2,300 56,000 1,020,000 1976 ead 800 FIjthpAd 9,500 5,000 400 300 Lake 3,400 29,300 800 900 100 200 400 1,600 Powell 1,500 500 I^avalli 2,500 144,100 200 2,300 N WEST 20,000 185,000 5,700 3,300 4,400 4,200 Glacier 5,400 24,800 Hill 3,100 11,000 2,800 15,400 3,600 4,600 5,900 31,000 7,300 51,900 4,800 38,800 N CENTRAL 43,000 185,000 4,400 1,800 2,500 3,000 r.jrfiplrl 1,500 1,700 2,700 4,000 Rirhland 6,800 7,000 6,700 4,000 2,100 4,200 7,300 7,300 34,000 33,000 1,200 118,900 2,600 34,000 9,300 9,000 Golden Valley liiHith RA(;in 500 2,500 600 5,500 1,800 23,500 600 15,400 800 2,000 400 600 2,300 21,500 CENTRAL 22,000 231,000 1,500 1,300 5,400 153,000 700 1,900 2,200 2,200 200 600 S WEST 10,000 159,000 2,200 4,500 3,000 9,800 Park 2,800 2,100 4,000 12,600 1,500 7,600 600 400 3,900 133,000 S CENTRAL 18,000 170,000 2,400 2,300 2,700 29,200 Pallon 6,000 3,900 Pn\A/dpr Riv^r 800 2,100 2,600 1,100 1,400 1,400 Wjbaux 2,100 2,000 S EAST 18,000 42.000 STATE 165,000 1,005,000 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 87 STATISTICAL METHODS GENERAL The Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service has two primary objeaives: 1. To develop accurate, reliable agricultural statistics 1 To move those statistics to users as rapidly as possible Data colleaion 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 reporting district estimates. STATE ESTIMATES The U.S. Department of Agriculture is required by law to provide National crop and livestock statistics and statistics for each major producing State. For many years and to a considerable extent today, mailed non-probability surveys served as the backbone of data gathering. However, probability sampling, a more sophisticated sampling procedure, is being incorporated as funds and applied technology allow. Some types of probability sampling used in Montana are Area Frame Sampling, List Frame Sampling, and Multiple Frame Sampling. Sampling farm operators in a specifically outlined geographic area is known as Area Frame Sampling, while sampling a list of all known producers of a specific commodity is known as List Frame Sampling. A technique called Multiple Frame Sampling takes advantage of the attributes of both the Area and List samples. Area Frame Sampling is used in Montana for a number of acreage and livestock items and Multiple Frame Sampling is used for estimating the cattle inventory and calf crop. The concept of probability sampling is maintained in all three types of sampling. Data collection therefore involves personal enumeration and telephone or personal followup for all non-respondents to mail question- naires. These probability surveys are expensive on a per sampling unit basis but yield State results that have greater precision and allow measurement of the sampling error. The Number 1 grain crop in Montana, wheat, is measured by objective yield procedures. Forecasts before harvest incorporate plant counts, kernel and head counts,and weight. Sample fields are entered with permission of growers, by enumerators in May, June, July, August, and September to take counts and measurements. After harvest, gleaning provides estimated harvesting loss. COUNTY ESTIMATES Federal funding and regulations support State estimates for specific agricultural items that are important in National totals. When additional items or geographic descriptions within States are needed, local funding is required. To provide estimates by county for example, requires a much larger sample because each county must have enough reports to provide a statistically sound basis for estimates. Without going into details of statistical requirements and concepts, it is sufficient to point out that if reporting units display the same variation within county as they do within the entire State, then a sample will be required in each county nearly as large as the State sample. Large mailings are needed to place enough questionnaires in the hands of producers in each county. If response is low in some counties, telephone followup is needed to secure additional reports. Also, information for minor crop acres is secured from informed people in each county — such as county agents, ASCS personnel, etc. County assessments and their change from year to year are a reliable indicator for livestock estimates by counties. The Montana Department of Agriculture and Wheat Research and Marketing Committee provide funds for local agricultural data. CHECK DATA In addition to producer surveys, check data are colleaed 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. 88 MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS REPORTS ISSUED Report Frequency General Reports: Farm Report (Crop Forecasts) Monthly Weather, Crops, & Livestock Weekly Monthly Reports on Crops: Winter Wheat Seedings Annual Prospective Plantings Annual June Acreage Annual Summary of Small Grains Annual Annual Crop Summary and Value of Production Annual Cherry Forecast Monthly Potato Stocks Monthly Range and Pasture Condition Monthly Stocks of Grains Quarterly Wheat Movement Summary Semi-Annually Alfalfa Seed Annual Wheat Varieties Annual Barley Varieties Annual Reports on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry and Livestock Products: Poultry (Egg Production, Chick and Poult Hatchings) Quarterly Livestock Slaughter Monthly Cattle Inventory and Calf Crop Semi-Annually Sheep on Feed, January 1 Annual Jan. 1 Sheep Inventory and Lamb Crop Annual Lamb Crop Annual Wool Crop Semi-Annually Dec. 1 Hog Inventory & Pig Crop Annual Cattle and Calves on Feed Quarterly Honey and Bees Semi-Annually Mink Annual Meat Animals, Marketings and Cash Receipts Annual Milk Cows and Milk Production Quarterly Price Reports: Agricultural Prices Monthly Farm Income Semi-Annually Miscellaneous Reports: Farms and Farm Land Annual Farm Labor Quarterly County Estimates: Wheat Estimates by County Annual Barley Estimates by County Annual Corn Estimates by County Annual Cattle on Farms by County Biennial Cattle on Feed by County Annual Approximate Date of Publication' 12th of month Mondays, April-October 7th of month, Nov. -Mar. December 22 Jan. 23 and Apr. 16 July 2 December 12 January 17 12th of month, June & July 14th of month, Dec. -April 12th of month, Apr. -Dec. 25th of month, Jan., Apr., June, Oct. January and July October 22 August July 15 21st Mar., June, Sept., Dec. 22nd of following month February 1 and July 27 January 17 February 1 July 22 July 24 and April 1 December 23 22nd of Jan., Apr., July and October January 19 and Sept. 25 May 11 April 15 12th Jan., Apr., July, and Oct. 30th of month March and September January 3 26th of Feb., May, Aug., and November Late winter-early spring Late winter-early spring Late winter-early spring 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 S9601 (Office — Room 398, 301 So. Park Avenue — Phone 449-5303). WHY HAVE CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTS A man's judgment is no better than his facts and crop and livestock reports are the basic facts of Agriculture. They aid farmers in planning their production and marketing which helps to provide an orderly market. They give producers the same foresight to future price trends that organized dealers possess. They are the best basis for adjusting supply to demand which is highly essential if maximum price is to prevail. They eliminate the ill effects of misleading reports that might be circulated for private gain, if there were no official reports. They reduce the amount of speculation in farm products. Speculation thrives on uncertainty. Unbiased official crop reports reduce uncertainty which limits speculation. They are a check on fluctuation in price. Uncertainty of supply promotes undue fluctuation in price. They are the basis for analysis of agriculture and other business conditions. They give information on surplus and deficit areas of production making possible a more economical distribution of products. They enable transportation companies to make a better distribution of cars, trucks, barges, etc. for moving farm products. They aid farm organizations, schools and others in planning constructive programs. They are a guide to farm resources and for developing new resources such as irrigation, electric power, location of food processing and other factories. They indicate potential buying power thereby enabling the manufacturer to meet the probable demand. With economical production and distribution, the manufacturer can sell at a lower price than he could with uncertain demand. They reduce the risk of ownership of buyers of farm products which enables them to do business on a smaller margin. Under the stimulus of competition, they pay producers higher prices than could be paid if uncertainty of production existed. They are indispensable in times of war because food is as essential as ammunition and weapons of war. They are essential in enacting wise legislation affecting Agriculture. They provide an accurate, unbiased picture of Montana agriculture. The facts on present and prospective supplies furnish a sound basis for judgment and action by farmers, other individuals, business men, railroads, crop and live- stock interests and governmental agencies.