March 19, 2019 • Page 9 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Salute to Agriculture Thank A Farmer Today! South Dakota Ag Facts Happy National Ag Day! Merkel Electric, Inc dba Johnson Electric Rick Merkel • Ben Merkel • Chris Merkel • Rural • Residential • Commercial • Electrical & Telephone Wiring •We Trench H20 Lines, Footing & Electric Lines •Our Bucket Truck Reaches 80’ PLUS •We Set Poles Fast Courteous Service 500 W. 12th, Yankton 665-5686 nearly 6,900 jobs in our state. General •Agriculture is the state’s second leading industry. It has a $19 billion impact on the state’s economy. •The state encompasses 77,123 square miles. It is 380 miles from east to west and 245 miles from north to south. South Dakota is 16th in size among the 50 states. •South Dakota ranks in the top 10 in the production of 25 agricultural commodities. South Dakota Cattle Inventory & U.S. Rank South Dakota Cattle Inventory: 3,650,000 (8th) South Dakota Beef Cow Inventory: 1,635,000 (5th) South Dakota Cattle Inventory Down 5% All cattle and calves in South Dakota as of January 1, 2014 totaled 3.65 million head, down 5 percent from January 1, 2013, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. • All cows and heifers that had calved totaled 1.73 million head, down 3 percent from last year. • Beef cows totaled 1.64 million head, down 3 percent from last year. • Milk cows totaled 95,000 head, up 3 percent from January 1, 2013. • All heifers 500 pounds and over totaled 860,000 head, down 6 percent from last year. • Steers weighing 500 pounds and over totaled 670,000 head, down 7 percent from last year. • Bulls weighing 500 pounds and over totaled 95,000 head, up 6 percent from last year. • Calves under 500 pounds totaled 295,000 head, down 14 percent from January 1, 2013. • All cattle on feed fed for slaughter in South Dakota feedlots totaled 310,000 head, down 3 percent from the previous year. • The 2017 calf crop totaled 1.69 million head, down 1 percent from 2012. The Most Produced Food (Ag Commodities) In South Dakota • Corn is the most produced ag commodity (by value) in South Dakota followed by cattle and soybeans. • South Dakota generates more than $10 billion in agricultural cash receipts. • Beef is the 2nd most produced food (by value) in South Dakota. AgInTheClassroom.org Member FDIC Ag lending for right-now needs and future goals. Agribusiness Banking South Dakota produces 3 different million acres are planted to beans, types of wheat: hard red winter, hard producing 100 million bushels annured spring and durum. In an average ally. South Dakota State University is year, more than 3 million acres are a leader in the development of varieplanted to wheat. ties that are suitable to our growing Climate & Soil conditions. •South Dakota receives from 14•Sunflowers: Two types of sun25” of rain and from 25-100” in snow flowers are grown in South Dakoacross the state. ta—oilseed and confectionery. The •Temperatures range from 10F to confectionery variety is used for hu96F throughout the state. man consumption and birdseed. The •The state experiences all four state ranks 2nd in sunflower seed seasons. The summer often has and oil production in the United hot days and cool nights while the States. winter allows for excellent winter •Other crops: South Dakota is sporting activities. also a leading producer of a variety •Topsoil in our state ranges from of small grains including oats, barley, 10-12” thick in the east to 5-7” thick rye, flaxseed, sorghum and alfalfa. in the western part of the state. The •Beef: In South Dakota there are range is due to climactic differences. approximately 17,000 ranchers and Soil scientists have identified over cattlemen that produce 3.7 million 650 different soil types in South head of cattle--we have more cattle Dakota. than people! In South Dakota, the •The South Dakota Legislature cattle industry is a family business made Houdek (pronounced hoowith nearly all of the cattle businessdeck) the official state soil in 1990. es having been in the same families Houdek soil is not found in any other for more than 25 years. state. It was chosen because it, and •Pork: South Dakota’s pork farmclosely related soils occur on more ers raise over 2.3 million hogs per than two million acres across South year. John Morrell & Co. alone hanDakota. dles over 17,000 hogs a day. South Crops & Livestock Dakota’s pork industry provides •Wheat: South Dakota produces 3 difTHANK YOU FARMERS! ferent types of wheat: hard red winter, hard red spring and durum. In an average year, more than 3 million acres are planted to wheat. 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