Welcome to McDonald County Farming …

• There are 231,648 acres of farm land in McDonald County and more than 1,000 farms.

• There are 1,000 head of dairy cattle, 28,2000 head of beef cows and a total of 49,500 head of cattle in McDonald County.

• McDonald Countians have an annual spendable income of more than $350 million, due in large part to a strong agricultural presence.

• Thanks primarily to the huge amounts of poultry that were processed, McDonald County’s cash receipts in farm products of more than $120,000,000 in 2002 dropped them in at No. 4 in the state. (Neighboring Barry County was No 1 and Newton County was No. 2.)

• McDonald County farms, in 2003, ranked at 21 in the state for cattle and calves, No. 22 for beef cows, No. 20 for milk cows and at No. 16 for hogs and pigs.

• McDonald County’s 2003 production of 60,000 - 99,000 tons of hay placed them at No. 27 of 114 counties in hay production in the state that year.

** Figures are latest available from state or federal sources