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| | Pondera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | Pondera County consists of 1625 square miles in north central Montana as part of the Golden Triangle, which is renowned for small grain production. |
 | | The current population is 6433, the county seat of Conrad has about 2600 residents and the remaining population is in the agricultural communities of Brady, Dupuyer, Heart Butte, Ledger, and Valier. |
 | | Pondera is second in barley production (behind adjacent Teton County) with over 5 million bushels produced in 2000.Livestock production is also very important with 29,700 cattle, 6,400 sheep, and 16,000 hogs (#2 in MT). |
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