Traverse County


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Traverse County The 375,040 acres of Traverse County are home to 3,401 people.  The 5 largest agricultural inventory items for Traverse County are soybeans, corn for grain, wheat for grain (all), spring wheat for grain, and sugarbeets for sugar.  The 5 largest livestock inventories are hogs and pigs, cattle and calves, colonies of bees, layers, and broilers and other meattype chickens. Source: USDA 2012 Census

Traverse County has…  375,040 total acres  348,429 acres in farms  458 farms  33 irrigated acres Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2012

93% of Traverse County is farms. Farm Land Use 96.1% in Cropland - 3.9% in Other

A watershed is an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas. Watersheds (% of the County) 1. Mustinka (60%) 2. Bois de Sioux (33% 3. Upper Minnesota (6%) Source: NRCS, USDA, and MPCA, 2007

Practices that farmers in Traverse County implement to protect natural resources include:  Field buffers, windbreaks, grass waterways, contour planting, and reduced tillage to protect against soil erosion.  Nutrient management best management practice techniques, including soil sampling, precision application, and split applications for fertilizers.