SPINK COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA	2007 AG CENSUS Number of Farms: 624 Land in Farms (acres): 907,643 Total Cropland (acres): 686,905 Avg Farm Size (acres): 1,455
County Seat located at Redfield SD Spink County Latitude and Longitude: 44 degrees - 50 minutes north latitude and 98 degrees - 25 minutes west longitude
LAND MASS: 1504 square miles (36 x 42), 962,551 acres.   Second largest east river county
FARM INFORMATION: Number of Farms - 624 Land in Farms - 907,643 acres Average Size of Farm - 1,455 acres		IRRIGATION:   1997 Census Information Number of Farms - 39 Irrigated Acres - 14,006

MACHINERY DEALERSHIPS: Redfield Equipment Company: Case IH   (605) 472-0810 Spink County Equipment: John Deere   (605) 472-2540 FEED PLANTS, MILLS and ELEVATORS: Dakota Best Inc.   (605) 472-2550 South Dakota Wheatgrowers - Redfield   (605) 472-2290 South Dakota Wheatgrowers - Tulare   (605) 596-4114 South Dakota Wheatgrowers - Mellette   (605) 887-3572 James Valley Farmers Elevator - Conde   (605) 382-5267 HOSPITALS Redfield Community Memorial Hospital - 25 bed hospital and clinic - 3 docotors and 2 PA's, Ambulance Service

ELECTRIC COSTS: Northern Electric 1-800-529-0310 NorthWestern Public Service 1-800-245-6977 NATURAL GAS COSTS: NorthWestern Public Service 1-800-245-6977 PROPANE: Johnson Oil - Redfield (605) 472-2618 WATER COSTS: Web Water Development 1-800-658-3957 Mid Dakota Rural Water System 1-800-439-3079

POPULATION: Spink County - 7,454 Ashton, SD - 152 Brentford, SD - 65 Conde, SD - 187 Doland, SD - 297 Frankfort, SD - 166 Mellette, SD - 248 Northville, SD - 124 Redfield, SD - 2,897 Tulare, SD - 221 Turton, SD - 61

SCHOOLS: Doland 56-2, www.doland.k12.sd.us Northwestern 56-3, www.northwestern.k12.sd.us Redfield 56-4, www.redfield.k12.sd.us Hitchcock-Tulare 56-5, www.hitchcock-tulare.k12.sd.us

COMMODITIES 2010: Corn, Grain: Soybeans: Oats: Sunflowers, Oil: Winter Wheat: Spring Wheat: Hay, Alfalfa: Hay, Other: Sorgum: 190,000 acres, 183,700 Harvest Acres, Yield 135 bu., Produced 24,805,000 bu. - #2 243,000 acres, 237,000 Harvested Acres, Yield 31 bu., Produced 7,343,000 bu. - #1   --   -- 13,500 acres, 12,200 Harvested Acres, Yield 54.4 bu., Produced 664,000 bu. - #26 53,600 acres, 50,500 Harvested Acres, Yield 44.2 bu., Produced 2,233,000 bu. - #10   --                 26,000 Harvested Acres, Yield 3.1 tons, Produced 80,000 tons - #25   --                 32,000 Harvested Acres, Yield 1.7 tons, Produced 54,000 tons - #10   -- Livestock - January 1, 2011 All Cattle: 85,5000 - #7

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