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96,800
Number of farms |
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294 acres
Average size of a Missouri farm |
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28,500,000 acres
Land in Missouri farms |
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2nd
Missouri’s US rank in number of farms |
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53%
Livestock production’s share in the state’s agricultural receipts |
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3,250,000 acres
Corn acres in 2017 -10.6% vs. 2016
163 bu/acre
Corn yield in 2016, +21.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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5,650,000 acres
Soybean acres in 2017, +0.89% vs. 2016
49.0 bu/acre
Soybean yield in 2016, +8.5 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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620,000 acres
Wheat acres in 2017, -10.14% vs. 2016
70 bu/acre
Wheat yield in 2016, +17.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |