Table A7. Characteristics of Panel Farms in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, and
          Missouri Producing Beef Cattle.
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                            MTB400        WYB300       COB250      STB400        MOSB150
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County                      Custer       Washakie      Routt       Gonzales       Dade

Total Cropland                   0          200          300          400          440
 Acres Owned                     0          200          300          400          320
 Acres Leased                    0            0            0            0          120

Pastureland
 Acres Owned                 14000         1000         1800         2000          320
 Acres Leased                    0            0            0         1200           80
 Non-Fed AUM"S                 450          160          380            0            0
 Federal AUM"S                1350         1500          250            0            0

Assets ($1000)
 Total                        1617          591         1513         2504          668
 Real Estate                  1291          352         1232         2297          411
 Machinery                      98           76          119           44          160
 Other & Livestock             229          163          162          164           97

Debt/Asset Ratios*
 Total                        0.05         0.07         0.07         0.06         0.11
 Intermediate                 0.05         0.10         0.15         0.22         0.21
 Long Run                     0.05         0.05         0.05         0.05         0.05

1996 Livestock
Beef Cows                      400          300          250          400          150
Sows                             0            0            0            0            0

1996 Gross Receipts
Total                        115.6         88.5         87.6        127.5        104.9

 Cattle                      115.6         88.5         82.8        126.0         47.9
                             100.0%       100.0%        94.5%        98.8%        45.7%

 Hogs                          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%

 Hay                           0.0          0.0          1.8          1.5          6.1
                               0.0%         0.0%         2.1%         1.2%         5.8%

 Sorghum                       0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0         14.1
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%        13.4%

 Corn                          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%

 Wheat                         0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0         13.8
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%        13.2%

 Soybeans                      0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0         23.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%        21.9%

 Other Income                  0.0          0.0          3.0          0.0          0.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         3.4%         0.0%         0.0%

1996 Planted Acres
Total                        300.0        200.0        300.0        480.0        520.0

 Hay                         300.0        200.0        300.0        400.0        200.0
                             100.0%       100.0%       100.0%        83.3%        38.5%

 Sorghum                       0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0         80.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%        15.4%

 Corn                          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%

 Wheat                         0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0         80.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%        15.4%

 Soybeans                      0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0        160.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%         0.0%        30.8%

 Oats                          0.0          0.0          0.0         80.0          0.0
                               0.0%         0.0%         0.0%        16.7%         0.0%
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 *Receipts for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise
  to the farm. Percents indicate the percentage of the total receipts accounted for by
  the livestock categories and the crops.
**Acreages for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise
  to the farm; these values reflect acreage reduction percentages that year. Total planted
  acreage may exceed total cropland available due to double cropping. Percents indicate
  the percentage of total planted acreage accounted for by the crop.