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Agriculture Statistics - South Dakota
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 6, 2006, 16:14 PST

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TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES
Commodity	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
1. Cattle and calves	1,566,898	38.1	3.9
2. Corn	663,879	16.2	3.9
3. Soybeans	631,688	15.4	4.9
4. Hogs	320,303	7.8	2.6
5. Wheat	257,685	6.3	4.5

All commodities	4,107,879		2.0

For more details about South Dakota's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001

Commodity Rank among
states Value
million $

1.     Soybeans and products 8 378.2

2.     Feed grains and products 10 251.0

3.     Wheat and products 6 184.9

4.     Live animals and meat 14 109.8

5.     Feeds and fodders 12 68.1

Overall 18 1,106.0

For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997

Counties Percent of state's
total receipts Million $

1.     Brown 4.1 146.0

2.     Spink 3.3 116.6

3.     Charles Mix 3.1 111.3

4.     Minnehaha 2.9 103.9

5.     Hutchinson 2.9 103.0

State total 3,570.0

For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about South Dakota Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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