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Paxton Agriculture Agriculture is big business in Ford county and has some of the world's richest soils. Think about it. In 1997 Ford County produced:   18,904,000 bushels of corn worth about $45,000,000 6,375,000 bushels of soybeans worth about $36,656,000 167,500 bushels of wheat worth about $519,000 Hay worth approximately $800,000 Approximately 60,000 hogs valued at $5,630,000 and nearly 4,800 cattle valued at $3,400,000 plus dairy products worth about $550,000 Also, Ford County producers earned approximately $5,100,000 from USDA under production adjustment, price support, and conservation related programs. The total value of agricultural enterprise in Ford County exceeded $96,855,000 in 1997. Ford County has 1685 farms which encompass more than 288,000 acres of cropland of which more than 140,000 acres are planted to corn and 138,000 acres are planted to soybeans. The average farming operation in Ford County is over 520 acres.

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