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



TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
Commodity Value of receipts
thousand $		 Percent of state total
farm receipts		 Percent of US value
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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