OATS, SOUTH DAKOTA 1996 1/
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                    :  Planted  : Harvested : Yield : Production
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                    :  ------ Acres ------    ----- Bushels ----
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Butte...............:    4,500       1,100    29.0        31,900
Corson..............:   17,000      12,300    41.0       504,300
Dewey...............:    8,000       5,500    48.0       264,000
Harding.............:    9,000       2,900    42.0       121,800
Perkins.............:   16,000       9,600    48.0       460,800
Ziebach.............:    8,500       6,600    43.0       283,800
Northwest...........:   63,000      38,000    43.9     1,666,600
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Brown...............:    6,500       5,800    54.0       313,200
Campbell............:   12,000      10,200    57.0       581,400
Edmunds.............:   14,000      12,300    59.0       725,700
Faulk...............:   10,000       8,500    60.0       510,000
McPherson...........:   17,000      16,000    48.0       768,000
Potter..............:   15,000      14,400    69.0       993,600
Spink...............:    7,500       6,000    59.0       354,000
Walworth............:   10,000       7,800    58.0       452,400
North Central.......:   92,000      81,000    58.0     4,698,300
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Clark...............:    6,000       4,900    56.0       274,400
Codington...........:    7,000       6,100    61.0       372,100
Day.................:    7,500       6,300    57.0       359,100
Deuel...............:    6,500       5,700    62.0       353,400
Grant...............:    4,000       3,200    62.0       198,400
Hamlin..............:    6,500       6,100    81.0       494,100
Marshall............:    3,500       2,800    44.0       123,200
Roberts.............:    4,000       3,900    68.0       265,200
Northeast...........:   45,000      39,000    62.6     2,439,900
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Haakon..............:    6,500       6,100    44.0       268,400
Jackson.............:    3,500       3,000    41.0       123,000
Lawrence............:    1,000         700    62.0        43,400
Meade...............:    8,000       3,700    31.0       114,700
Pennington..........:    4,500       2,800    39.0       109,200
Stanley.............:    2,500       1,700    41.0        69,700
West Central........:   26,000      18,000    40.5       728,400
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Aurora..............:   10,500       9,000    71.0       639,000
Beadle..............:    6,500       5,900    60.0       354,000
Brule...............:   13,500      10,500    62.0       651,000
Buffalo.............:
Hand................:    7,000       4,400    52.0       228,800
Hughes..............:
Hyde................:    6,500       5,200    48.0       249,600
Jerauld.............:    5,000       3,700    69.0       255,300
Sully...............:    4,500       2,600    48.0       124,800
Combined counties...:    6,500       3,700    37.9       140,200
Central.............:   60,000      45,000    58.7     2,642,700
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Brookings...........:    6,500       5,500    56.0       308,000
Davison.............:    8,000       7,700    82.0       631,400
Hanson..............:    9,500       8,600    79.0       679,400
Kingsbury...........:    4,000       3,000    73.0       219,000
Lake................:    3,000       1,800    54.0        97,200
McCook..............:    6,500       5,500    77.0       423,500
Miner...............:    5,500       4,500    66.0       297,000
Minnehaha...........:    4,500       2,700    73.0       197,100
Moody...............:    2,000       1,800    64.0       115,200
Sanborn.............:    9,500       8,900    66.0       587,400
East Central........:   59,000      50,000    71.1     3,555,200
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Bennett.............:    3,000       2,500    48.0       120,000
Custer..............:
Fall River..........:    2,500       1,100    31.0        34,100
Shannon.............:
Combined counties...:    1,500         400    39.0        15,600
Southwest...........:    7,000       4,000    42.4       169,700
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Gregory.............:   12,500      11,300    66.0       745,800
Jones...............:    2,500       2,300    42.0        96,600
Lyman...............:    4,500       4,100    48.0       196,800
Mellette............:    2,000       1,600    42.0        67,200
Todd................:    3,000       2,600    44.0       114,400
Tripp...............:   15,500      14,100    53.0       747,300
South Central.......:   40,000      36,000    54.7     1,968,100
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Bon Homme...........:   10,000       8,600    75.0       645,000
Charles Mix.........:   15,000      13,800    78.0     1,076,400
Clay................:    1,000         700    75.0        52,500
Douglas.............:    8,000       6,800    79.0       537,200
Hutchinson..........:    7,000       6,000    73.0       438,000
Lincoln.............:    2,000       1,400    81.0       113,400
Turner..............:    5,500       4,000    67.0       268,000
Union...............:    4,000       3,600    78.0       280,800
Yankton.............:    5,500       4,100    78.0       319,800
Southeast...........:   58,000      49,000    76.1     3,731,100
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South Dakota........:  450,000     360,000    60.0    21,600,000
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1/  Counties and Districts with less than 500 acres planted for
    all purposes are combined with the next smallest county or
    district and shown under "Combined counties" or "Combined
    districts" and included in the District and/or State Totals.