These results were part of a comprehensive report containing acreage and percentages at the state and
Agricultural Statistics district levels. Free copies of the publication are available from the North Dakota
Wheat Commission, 4023 State Street, Bismarck, ND 58503; telephone 701-328-5111.
Russ
was the most popular spring wheat variety for the second year in a row. It accounted for 17.7
percent of the spring wheat acres, compared to 19.4 percent last year.
Maintaining it's second place position was
Gunner
. Gunner accounted for 16.1 percent of the spring
wheat acres, compared to 14.4 percent in 2000.
Dropping from third in 2000 to fourth in 2001 was
2375
. 2375 accounted for 6.8 percent of the
spring wheat planted acres this year, down from 13.7 percent in 2000.
Durum Wheat
Ben
was the most popular North Dakota durum variety for the third year in a row. It accounted for 28.3
percent of the total durum acres, down from 30.1 percent in 2000.
Renville
maintained it's second place position this year with 20.6 percent, up slightly from 20.5 percent
in 2000.
Munich
remained in third place in 2001. It represented 7.9 percent of the durum acres planted,
compared to 11.0 last year.
Mountrail
jumped from eleventh place in 2000 to fourth in 2001. It comprised 7.7 percent of the 2.3
million acres of durum planted this year, up from the 0.8 percent of last year's acreage.
Winter Wheat
Arapahoe
took over the top position of winter wheat varieties with 27.3 percent of the total planted
acres, up from 14.0 percent in 2000.
After 22 consecutive years as the number one variety,
Roughrider
dropped into second place. It
accounted for 21.7 percent of the 160,000 winter wheat acres planted in North Dakota.
Elkhorn
fell to third place with 17.0 percent, down from 23.5 percent last year.
Nekota
jumped from seventh place in 2000 to fourth this year with 8.6 percent of the planted acres
.
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Russ was the most popular spring wheat variety for the second year in a row. The leading durum
wheat was Ben and the leading winter wheat was Arapahoe. This was based on a June survey
conducted by the USDA's North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Just under 1,400 operators
reported spring wheat, and nearly 450 reported durum wheat. The North Dakota Wheat Commission
and the North Dakota State University Agricultural Experiment Station provided supporting funds for this
survey.
Spring Wheat
Oxen
was the third most popular spring wheat variety in 2001 . It represented 8.1 percent of the total
planted acres, down from 9.3 percent in 2000.
North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service
NDSU, IACC Bldg., Room 448
P.O. Box 3166
Fargo, ND 58108-3166
Telephone: (701) 239-5306
E-Mail: nass-nd@nass.usda.gov
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