
Converse County Agriculture
Here are some 2001 statistics for Converse County
Agriculture:
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Number and Size of Operations (1)
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Number of Farms and Ranches
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358
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Total Farm Acres
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2,515,000
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Total Ranch Acres
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79.000
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Total Cropland Acres
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7,228
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Value of Land and Buildings (per average size farm or ranch)
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$836,000
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Value of Inventory & Production (2)
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Inventory Value of Livestock
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$73,003,000
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Value of Crop Production
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$6,256,000
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Total Value
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$79,263,000
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Cash Receipts (3)
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From Livestock Marketings
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$43,238,000
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From Crop Marketings
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$1,589,000
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Total Marketings
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$44,827,000
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1 - 1992 Census of Agriculture
2 - State average price times county inventory/production. Livestock includes
cattle, sheep, wool, hogs and milk. Crops include hay, wheat, barley, oats,
corn, dry beans, sugarbeets and potatoes.
3 - Sum of state cash receipts by commodity times proportion of commodity produced
in county.
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Rank Among Wyoming Counties - 2000
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(000)
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All Cattle (head)
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85
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8
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Breeding Sheep & Lambs (head)
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65
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1
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All Hay (tons)
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71
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14
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Winter Wheat (bu)
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30
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10
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Spring Wheat (bu)
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NP
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12
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Barley (bu)
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NP
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15
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Oats (bu)
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40
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15
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Corn for Grain (bu)
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-
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-
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Dry Beans (cwt)
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-
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-
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Sugarbeets (tons)
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-
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-
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Total Cash Receipts from Livestock & Crops
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$44,827
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10
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