SPINK COUNTY
SOUTH DAKOTA
County Seat located at Redfield SD
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1997 AG CENSUS
Number of Farms: 647
Land in Farms (acres): 849,345
Avg Farm Size (acres): 1,313
Avg Age of Farmers: 50.6
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Spink County Latitude and Longitude:
44 degrees - 50 minutes north latitude and 98 degrees - 25 minutes west longitude
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Land Mass: 1504 squre miles (36 x 42), 944,725 acres. Second largest east river county
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FARM INFORMATION:
Number of Farms - 647
Land in Farms - 849,345 acres
Average Size of Farm - 1,313 acres
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IRRIGATION: 1997 Census Information
Number of Farms - 39
Irrigated Acres - 14,006
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MILES TO LAKE NORDEN:
37 miles to the SE corner of Spink County
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MACHINERY DEALERSHIPS:
Redfield Equipment Company: Case IH (605) 472-0810
Spink County Equipment: John Deere (605) 472-2540
SALES BARNS:
Redfield Livestock Auction Inc. (605) 472-2360
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,
Sunset Court Assisted Living Center and Ambulance Service
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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
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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
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SCHOOLS:
Conde 56-1,
Doland 56-2,
Northwestern 56-3,
Redfield 56-4,
Tulare 56-5,
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71 Students (52 grade - 19 high school)
194 students (130 grade - 64 high school)
278 students (190 grade - 88 high school)
719 students (463 grade - 256 high school)
192 students (135 grade - 57 high school)
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COMMODITIES 2001:
All Corn Planted:
Corn for Grain:
Corn for Sileage:
Soybeans:
Oats:
All Sunflowers:
Winter Wheat:
Spring Wheat:
Alfalfa Hay:
Corn Basis:
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156,000 acres
148,000 acres, Yield - 118.7 bu., Produced - 17,568,000 bu. #2 in state
7,100 acres, Yield - 8.7 tons, Produced - 61,600 tons
287,700 acres, Yield - 31.7 bu., Produced - 9,112,000 bu. #2 in state
1,100 acres, Yield - 51.8 bu., Produced - 57,000 bu.
1,800 acres, Yield - 1,450 lbs., Produced - 2,610,000 lbs.
3,000 acres, Yield - 47.7 bu., Produced - 143,000 bu.
42,900 acres, Yield - 52.1 bu., Produced - 2,235,000 bu.
47,000 acres, Yield - 3.22 tons, Produced - 151,300 tons
-$.35 to $-.50 corn basis of Chicago Board of Trade
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Grow Spink, Inc.
701 Main Street
Redfield SD 57469
Email: craig.johnson@growspink.com
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