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HC RC&D Area: Agriculture Production
(Crop Sales, Livestock Sales, Market Value of Production, Market Value of Production per Farm)
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Agriculture is the number one industry in the High Country RC&D Area. As number of farms, farm sizes and acreages are

decreasing market value of agricultural products sold in the area is actually increasing.

The economic growth of agriculture has been substantial for most counties. All counties except

Butte, have shown an increase in market value of production from 2002-2007. Bonneville county is

especially notable with a 59% increase in market value production from 2002-2007. See Market

Value of Production by County Graph, which shows the change in market value of agriculture

production, by county, over a 20 year period (1987-2007).

Market Value of Production:

Market Value of Production per Farm:

Market value of agriculture production per farm in the HC RC&D relatively follows the same trend as market production. However, Lemhi County, which reports a 7% decrease in market value production reports a 3% increase in market value production per farm over the last 5 years. Illustrating that although county wide production is down, individual farms are actually producing more.

Crop Sales:

Crop Sales has increased in the Area by 18% from 2002-2007. All counties saw an increase in the last five years except Clark county.

Livestock Sales:

Livestock production has increased in the Area by 32% from 2002-2007. County specific production of field crops and livestock shows a more erratic trend than the Area’s production. In the last 5 years Clark County has decreased crop production by 8%, but increased livestock sales by 55%. See Table 1 Below for more detailed results.

Table 1: HC RC&D Area Crop and Livestock Sales
County Name	Crop Sales 1992	Crop Sales 1997	Crop Sales 2002	Crop Sales 2007	% Change 2002-2007	% Change 1992-2007	Livestock Sales 1992	Livestock Sales 1997	Livestock sales 2002	Livestock Sales 2007	% Change 2002-2007	% Change 1992-2007
Bonneville	82666584	74474400	89478000	110833000	19%	25%	20666646	18618600	29662000	78444000	62%	74%
Butte	11979000	15720960	10553000	16135000	35%	26%	7401000	7063040	38024000	8841000	-330%	16%
Clark	30075000	26190540	24759000	22936000	-8%	-31%	6643000	6143460	3301000	7402000	55%	10%
Custer	1577000	3484950	3006000	4520000	33%	65%	12508000	13110050	9724000	13328000	27%	6%
Fremont	67017000	70251680	63936000	75739000	16%	12%	19109000	11436320	8093000	10437000	22%	-83%
Jefferson	51832000	85388880	99528000	124434000	20%	58%	39345000	52335120	59172000	108619000	46%	64%
Lemhi	1064000	1646280	1283000	1401000	8%	24%	17592000	16645720	15659000	19896000	21%	12%
Madison	64249000	73841040	86746000	101761000	15%	37%	8950000	7302960	5926000	6012000	1%	-49%
Teton	13698000	17000020	19998000	28699000	30%	52%	6495000	5972980	4127000	4260000	3%	-52%
Area Total	324157584	367998750	399287000	486458000	18%	33%	138709646	138628250	173688000	257239000	32%	46%

Source: 1997 Census of Agriculture and 2002 NASS County Profiles

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