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Changing Swine Production And Market Movement Patterns In South Dakota, Late 1950'S To 1980, Larry Janssen
Changing Swine Production And Market Movement Patterns In South Dakota, Late 1950'S To 1980, Larry Janssen
Economics Research Reports
Several major changes in production and marketing patterns of South Dakota swine producers from the late 1950's to 1980 are examined in this report.
Swine Marketing In South Dakota: Results Of A Producer Survey, Larry Janssen, Kevin K. Weischedel
Swine Marketing In South Dakota: Results Of A Producer Survey, Larry Janssen, Kevin K. Weischedel
Economics Research Reports
South Dakota is one of the top 10 hog production states with about 3 m111ion hogs and pigs marketed and 3.2 million hogs slaughtered in the state each year. This totals 3-4 percent of the nation's hog supply. With ample supplies of available land, labor, and feed grain there is considerable potential for further growth of the South Dakota pork industry if the expansion can be based on profitable production and marketing prospects for producers. In 1980, a pork marketing study was initiated by SDSU to obtain current infonnation on: 1) Organization of hog production and marketing in South Dakota, …
The 1970'S: A Decade Of Growth In South Dakota Irrigation, Donald Taylor
The 1970'S: A Decade Of Growth In South Dakota Irrigation, Donald Taylor
Economics Research Reports
South Dakota ranks twentieth in the nation in its irrigated acreage. Depending on how "irrigation" is defined, South Dakota has between 450,000 and 500,000 acres of irriqated land. About 375,000 acres has been developed under State-issued permits by private individuals and groups. An additional 66,450 acres comprise the Belle Fourche and Angostura Federal Irrigation Projects, although in any one year not all of this land is necessarily irrigated. About 52,300 acres of "dry draw, spreader" irrigation involves the intermittent backing up of water behind dams in small creeks for occasional irrigations by farmers and ranchers in the West River Region. …
The Changing Structure Of South Dakota Agriculture, Larry Janssen, Mark Edelman
The Changing Structure Of South Dakota Agriculture, Larry Janssen, Mark Edelman
Economics Research Reports
The purpose of this report is to present and analyze recent structural trends in South Dakota Agriculture and to outline major implications of these trends. In the report, major forces underlying the recent structural trends in South Dakota agriculture are briefly discussed. Recent South Dakota trends are then presented and analyzed in the following order: (1) Declining farm numbers (2) Increasing farm size in acres (3) Increasing sales volume and concentration (4) Land tenure and ownership trends (5) Farm corporations in perspective (6) Greater specialization and concentration of livestock enterprises (7) Greater reliance on debt capital and other changes in …