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<br />Value of Agricultural Products Sold
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<br />Within the region, the sale of livestock and livestock
<br />products was greater than crop sales in all subregions,
<br />except the Upper Missouri Subregion (table 23).
<br />Table 24 shows the distribution of farm numbers by
<br />value of farm products sold. Approximately 39 percent
<br />of the farm units sell more than $10,000 worth of farm
<br />products, while at least 21 percent sell less than $5,000
<br />worth of farm products.
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<br />Total value of farm products sold in the Missouri
<br />Region was approximately $4.6 billion in 1959 and $5.1
<br />billion in 1964. The average value per farm was $10,775
<br />for ] 959 and $13,444 for ] 964, which is significantly
<br />higher than national averages. In 1964, livestock and
<br />livestock product sales accounted for 70.6 percent of
<br />total sales, as compared to 53.6 percent for the Nation.
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<br />Table 23 - VALUE OF CROPS AND LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS SOLD,
<br />BY SUBREGION, 1959 and 1964
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<br /> 1959 1964
<br /> Livestock Livestock
<br /> and Percent and Percent
<br /> Crop Livestoc k Total of Crop Livestock Total of
<br />Subregion Sales Products Sales Total Sales Products Sales Total
<br /> ($ Thousand) ($ Thousand)
<br />Upper Missouri 121,684 113,177 234,861 5.10 124,228 112,954 237,182 4.64
<br />Yellowstone 43,5 12 121,011 164,523 3.57 . 50,753 118,072 168,825 3.30
<br />Western Dakota 46,149 176,170 222,320 4.83 75,337 162,876 238,213 4.66
<br />Eastern Dakota 114,346 388,972 503,018 10.92 202,497 449,380 651,877 12.76
<br />Platte-Niobrara 262,792 587,374 850,166 18.46 248,595 688,671 937,266 18.34
<br />Middle Missouri 275,967 985,912 1,261,879 27.40 330,596 1,095,807 1,426,403 27.92
<br />Kansas 355,134 374,050 729,184 15.83 309,615 470,477 780,092 15.27
<br />Lower Missouri 162,644 477,003 639,648 13.89 197,425 472,205 669,630 13.11
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<br />Missouri Region 1,382,228 3,223,669 4,605,599 100.00 1,539,046 3,570,441 5,109,487 100.00
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<br />Table 24 - NUMBER OF FARMS.8Y ECONOMIC CLASS, BY SUBREGION, 1964
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<br /> Subregion Missouri Region
<br />Class of Farm 1 Upper Yellow- Western Eastern PIa tte- Middle Lower Total Percen t 0 f
<br />Missouri stone Dakota Dakota Niobrara Missouri Kansas Missouri All Farms
<br />Commercial Farms (13,007) (8,960) (18,378) (49,801) (50,854) (59,694) (50,227) (63,581) (314,502) (82.7)
<br />Class J 1,008 755 719 1,577 5,058 4,968 2,716 1,732 18,533 4.9
<br />Class II 2,530 1,501 2,164 5,148 8,658 11,086 6,440 4,789 42,316 11.1
<br />Class III 4,007 2,476 5,275 15,199 14,08Q 18,886 13,876 12,493 86,292 22.7
<br />Class IV 3,104 2,161 5,835 16,964 12,899 14,731 14,832 17,333 87,859 23.1
<br />Class V 1,725 1,442 3,215 8,407 7,566 7,833 9,513 17,061 56,762 14.9
<br />Class VI 633 625 1,170 2,506 2,593 2,190 2,850 10,173 22,740 6.0
<br />Other Farms (1,477) (1 ,6 15) (1,721) (4,381) (6,800) (7,693) (8,397) (33,480) (65,564) (17.3)
<br />Part Time 908 1,043 968 1,952 3,662 3,910 4,421 19,523 36,387 9.6
<br />Part Retirement 508 547 721 2,394 3,110 3,770 3,965 13,936 28,951 7.6
<br />Abnormal 61 25 32 35 28 13 11 21 226 0.1
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<br />Total, All Farms (14,484 ) (10,575) (20,099) (54,582) (57,654) (67,387) (58,624) (97,061 ) (380,066) (l00.0)
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<br />Source: U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Agriculture Census, 1964.
<br />I The 1964 Census of Agriculture grouped farms into two major categories-commercial and other farms. The basis for this
<br />classification and the determination of economic class is as follows:
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<br />Class of Farm
<br />
<br />Value of Farm Products Sold
<br />
<br />I $40,000 and over
<br />II $20,000 to $39,999
<br />III $10,000 to $19,999
<br />IV $ 5,000 to $ 9,999
<br />V $ 2,500 to $ 4,999
<br />VI" $ 50 to $ 2,499
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<br />'Provided the operator was under 65 years of age, and (1) did not work off the farm 100 or more days, and (2) nonfarm
<br />income of operator and his family was less than value of farm products sold.
<br />"Other farms" were divided in to three economic classes as follows:
<br />a. Part-time-Economic class VI farms failing to meet criteria (I) or (2) above.
<br />b. Part-retirement-Value of products sold of $50 to $2,499 with operator 65 years old or over.
<br />c. Abnormal-Farms that do not fit other census definitions.
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