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31,000
Number of farms |
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1,397 acres
Average size of a South Dakota farm |
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43,300,000 acres
Land in South Dakota farms |
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98%
Share of farms and ranches family owned and operated; more than 2,500 farms and ranches have been in the same family for more than 100 years |
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2nd
South Dakota’s US rank in sunflower seed and oil production |
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3,700,000
Heads of cattle produced by approximately 17,000 ranchers and cattlemen; South Dakota has more cattle than people! |
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5,400,000 acres
Corn acres in 2017, -3.57% vs. 2016
161 bu/acre
Corn yield in 2016, +2.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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5,400,000 acres
Soybean acres in 2017, +3.85% vs. 2016
49.5 bu/acre
Soybean yield in 2016, +3.5 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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900,000 acres
Wheat acres in 2017, -23.73% vs. 2016
58 bu/acre
Wheat yield in 2016, +14.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |