North
Dakota
Ranks . . . |
North
Dakota
Produces . . . |
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#1 | Spring Wheat | 40% | ||
Durum Wheat | 69% | |||
Sunflower | 57% | |||
Barley | 30% | |||
All Dry Edible Beans | 32% | |||
Navy Beans | 45% | |||
Pinto Beans | 47% | |||
Canola | 73% | |||
Flaxseed | 87% | |||
Oats | 16% | |||
Rye | 19% | |||
#2 | All Wheat | 12% | ||
Honey | 13% | |||
#3 | Total Cropland - 1997 Census | 6% | ||
Sugarbeets | 16% | |||
#4 | Area Harvested - Principal Crops | 6% | ||
Potatoes | 6% |
THE 10 LEADING STATES AND NORTH DAKOTA'S RANK | ||||||||||||
Item | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | North
Dakota's Rank |
Percent
of Nation |
CROP PRODUCTION - 1998 | ||||||||||||
Corn, Grain | IA | IL | NE | MN | IN | OH | SD | KS | WI | MO | 16 | 1 |
Silage | WI | CA | NY | PA | MN | IA | SD | NE | OH | MI | 22 | 1 |
Wheat, Durum | ND | CA | AZ | MT | SD | MN | 1 | 69 | ||||
Spring | ND | MT | MN | SD | ID | WA | OR | CO | UT | NV | 1 | 40 |
Winter | KS | OK | WA | TX | CO | NE | OH | ID | SD | IL | 36 | _ |
All | KS | ND | OK | MT | WA | TX | SD | CO | ID | NE | 2 | 12 |
Oats | ND | SD | MN | WI | IA | PA | TX | NY | OH | NE | 1 | 16 |
Barley | ND | ID | MT | WA | MN | CO | OR | CA | WY | UT | 1 | 30 |
Rye | ND | OK | SD | GA | MN | NY | PA | NC | MI | TX/SC | 1 | 19 |
Flaxseed | ND | MN | SD | 1 | 87 | |||||||
Potatoes | ID | WA | WI | ND | CO | OR | MN | ME | MI | CA | 4 | 6 |
Sugarbeets | MN | ID | ND | CA | MI | MT | CO | WA | WY | NE | 3 | 16 |
Soybeans | IA | IL | MN | IN | OH | MO | NE | SD | AR | KS | 13 | 2 |
Dry Edible Beans, Navy | ND | MI | MN | NE | NM | ID | OR | CO | 1 | 45 | ||
Pinto | ND | CO | NE | ID | MN | WY | WA | KS | MI | MT | 1 | 47 |
All | ND | MI | NE | CO | MN | ID | CA | WA | WY | NY | 1 | 32 |
Sunflower, Oil | ND | SD | KS | CO | MN | NE | TX | 1 | 55 | |||
Non-oil | ND | SD | CO | MN | NE | KS | TX | 1 | 69 | |||
All | ND | SD | KS | CO | MN | NE | TX | 1 | 57 | |||
Hay, Alfalfa | CA | SD | MN | WI | NE | ID | KS | IA | MT | CO | 13 | 3 |
All Other | TX | MO | KY | TN | KS | OK | NE | SD | VA | AR | 13 | 3 |
All | SD | CA | KS | MO | NE | MN | TX | WI | KY | ID | 14 | 3 |
Total Acreage | ||||||||||||
Principal Crops Planted | IA | TX | IL | KS | ND | MN | NE | SD | MO | IN | 5 | 6 |
Principal Crops Harvested | IA | IL | KS | ND | MN | NE | TX | SD | MO | IN | 4 | 6 |
Grain Storage, December 1 | ||||||||||||
On-Farm Capacity | IA | IL | MN | NE | ND | IN | SD | OH | MO | KS/WI | 5 | 7 |
Off-Farm Capacity | IL | IA | KS | NE | TX | MN | IN | OH | ND | OK | 9 | 3 |
LIVESTOCK ON HAND - JANUARY 1, 1999 | ||||||||||||
All Cattle & Calves | TX | NE | KS | OK | CA | MO | SD | IA | WI | CO | 15 | 2 |
Cattle & Calves on Feed | TX | NE | KS | CO | IA | OK | CA | SD | ID | MN | 21 | 1 |
Cows That Have Calved | TX | CA | MO | NE | OK | SD | KS | WI | MT | KY | 14 | 2 |
Milk | CA | WI | NY | PA | MN | TX | ID | MI | OH | WA | 34 | 1 |
Beef | TX | MO | NE | OK | SD | MT | KS | KY | TN | IA | 11 | 3 |
All Hogs - Dec. 1, 1998 | IA | NC | MN | IL | IN | NE | MO | OK | OH | KS | 26 | * |
All Sheep & Lambs | TX | CA | WY | CO | SD | UT | MT | NM | ID | IA | 14 | 2 |
All Chickens - Dec. 1, 1998 | OH | IA | GA | CA | IN | PA | TX | AR | NC | AL | 43 | * |
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION - 1998 | ||||||||||||
Calf Crop | TX | MO | CA | OK | NE | SD | MT | WI | KS | KY | 13 | 2 |
Lamb Crop | TX | WY | MT | UT | SD | CA | ID | CO | IA | NM | 14 | 2 |
Pig Crop | NC | IA | MN | IL | MO | IN | NE | OK | KS | OH | 25 | * |
Turkeys Raised | NC | MN | AR | VA | MO | CA | IN | SC | PA | OH | 14 | 1 |
Egg Production | OH | CA | PA | IA | IN | GA | TX | AR | MN | NE | 43 | * |
Wool Production | TX | WY | CA | MT | CO | UT | SD | NM | ID | IA | 13 | 2 |
Honey Production | CA | ND | FL | SD | MT | MN | WI | TX | MI | ID | 2 | 13 |
Milk Production | CA | WI | NY | PA | MN | ID | TX | MI | WA | OH | 33 | * |
FARM INCOME - 1998 | ||||||||||||
Cash Receipts, Crops | CA | IA | IL | FL | TX | MN | NE | WA | IN | KS | 13 | 2 |
Livestock | TX | CA | NE | IA | KS | WI | NC | MN | GA | AR | 39 | 1 |
Total | CA | TX | IA | NE | KS | IL | MN | NC | FL | WI | 28 | 2 |
Government Payments | IA | TX | IL | KS | NE | MN | ND | AR | IN | SD | 7 | 5 |
Value Added to Agricultural Sector 1/ | ||||||||||||
Net Value Added | CA | IA | TX | NC | IL | NE | KS | FL | GA | OH | 27 | 1 |
Net Farm Income | CA | IA | TX | NC | GA | IL | NE | OH | AR | FL | 42 | * |
* Less than one-half of one percent. 1/ 1997 data, value added format replaces gross farm income. |
RANK OF NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES | |||||||||||||
County | Crop Production - 1998 | Livestock on Hand | |||||||||||
All
Wheat |
Spring
Wheat |
Durum
Wheat |
Barley | Oats | Sun-
flower |
Dry
Edible Beans |
Corn
Grain |
Soy-
beans |
All
Cattle Jan. 1 1999 |
Milk
Cows Jan. 1 1999 |
All
Sheep Jan. 1 1999 |
All
Hogs Dec. 1 1998 |
|
Adams | 36 | 30 | 27 | 37 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 2 | ||||
Barnes | 10 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 14 |
Benson | 24 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 22 | |
Billings | 53 | 52 | 46 | 52 | 40 | 49 | 48 | 17 | |||||
Bottineau | 13 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 30 | 36 | 26 | 36 | |
Bowman | 37 | 41 | 20 | 40 | 33 | 47 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 3 | |||
Burke | 18 | 45 | 6 | 28 | 37 | 41 | 43 | 40 | |||||
Burleigh | 33 | 31 | 17 | 38 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |
Cass | 3 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
Cavalier | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 23 | 46 | 22 | 52 | 29 | ||
Dickey | 34 | 22 | 51 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 8 |
Divide | 11 | 51 | 4 | 50 | 39 | 51 | 39 | 40 | 13 | ||||
Dunn | 39 | 26 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 46 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 20 | ||
Eddy | 51 | 47 | 35 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 42 | 14 | ||
Emmons | 28 | 17 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 40 | |
Foster | 45 | 38 | 33 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 24 | |
Golden Valley | 48 | 49 | 21 | 51 | 16 | 48 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 19 | |||
Grand Forks | 7 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 51 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 36 | 2 | |
Grant | 32 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | ||
Griggs | 44 | 36 | 44 | 14 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 39 | 34 | ||
Hettinger | 9 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 30 | 39 | 34 | 40 | 32 | 19 | 21 | 9 | |
Kidder | 50 | 46 | 30 | 41 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 29 |
LaMoure | 21 | 11 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 5 |
Logan | 46 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 29 | |
McHenry | 29 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 36 | ||
McIntosh | 47 | 43 | 36 | 35 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 24 | |
McKenzie | 27 | 37 | 11 | 33 | 13 | 53 | 27 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 22 | ||
McLean | 2 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 31 | 12 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 36 |
Mercer | 41 | 42 | 25 | 43 | 21 | 52 | 33 | 19 | 45 | 35 | |||
Morton | 23 | 12 | 48 | 29 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
Mountrail | 4 | 53 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 40 | 51 | 19 | 24 | ||||
Nelson | 30 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 35 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 46 | 29 | ||
Oliver | 49 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 16 | |
Pembina | 8 | 3 | 47 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 10 | ||
Pierce | 31 | 32 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 45 | |
Ramsey | 26 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 50 | |||
Ransom | 40 | 25 | 53 | 45 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 40 | 1 |
Renville | 15 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 50 | 48 | 31 | ||||
Richland | 17 | 9 | 49 | 44 | 47 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 6 |
Rolette | 43 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 42 | 35 | 20 | 29 | |||
Sargent | 42 | 29 | 52 | 49 | 52 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 45 | 4 |
Sheridan | 38 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 47 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 36 | 29 |
Sioux | 52 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 27 | 44 | 33 | 27 | 33 | ||||
Slope | 35 | 34 | 22 | 48 | 32 | 45 | 35 | 44 | 22 | 35 | 27 | ||
Stark | 20 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 42 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 12 | ||
Steele | 25 | 13 | 41 | 14 | 53 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 50 | 16 | ||
Stutsman | 14 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
Towner | 22 | 40 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 21 | 17 | 41 | 19 | 49 | |||
Traill | 16 | 10 | 38 | 24 | 48 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 36 | 34 | |
Walsh | 12 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 50 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 40 | 21 | |
Ward | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 45 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 18 |
Wells | 19 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 26 | |
Williams | 5 | 21 | 5 | 46 | 36 | 50 | 33 | 49 | 16 | 26 | 24 |
TOP TEN NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES, 1998 | |||||||||||
Rank | County | Production | Rank | County | Production | Rank | County | Production | Rank | County | Production |
ALL WHEAT | SPRING WHEAT | DURUM WHEAT | BARLEY | ||||||||
(Bu.) | (Bu.) | (Bu.) | (Bu.) | ||||||||
1 | Ward | 15,948,600 | 1 | Cass | 13,912,000 | 1 | Ward | 11,745,000 | 1 | Cavalier | 8,036,000 |
2 | McLean | 15,339,600 | 2 | Grand Forks | 10,143,000 | 2 | Mountrail | 11,598,000 | 2 | Barnes | 5,512,000 |
3 | Cass | 14,097,000 | 3 | Pembina | 9,569,000 | 3 | McLean | 10,463,000 | 3 | Ramsey | 5,244,000 |
4 | Mountrail | 12,018,300 | 4 | Barnes | 9,267,000 | 4 | Divide | 8,339,000 | 4 | Ward | 4,761,000 |
5 | Williams | 11,748,000 | 5 | Walsh | 8,445,000 | 5 | Williams | 8,014,000 | 5 | Bottineau | 4,525,000 |
6 | Cavalier | 10,741,000 | 6 | Cavalier | 7,801,000 | 6 | Burke | 4,638,000 | 6 | Stutsman | 4,358,000 |
7 | Grand Forks | 10,248,000 | 7 | Hettinger | 7,774,000 | 7 | Renville | 4,622,000 | 7 | Wells | 3,941,000 |
8 | Pembina | 9,663,000 | 8 | Stutsman | 7,290,000 | 8 | Bottineau | 4,214,000 | 8 | Benson | 3,894,000 |
9 | Hettinger | 9,606,300 | 9 | Richland | 6,476,000 | 9 | Towner | 3,451,000 | 9 | Renville | 3,834,000 |
10 | Barnes | 9,482,700 | 10 | Traill | 6,454,000 | 10 | Cavalier | 2,940,000 | 10 | Nelson | 3,612,000 |
OATS | ALL SUNFLOWER | DRY EDIBLE BEANS | CORN GRAIN | ||||||||
(Bu.) | (Lbs.) | (Cwt.) | (Bu.) | ||||||||
1 | Grant | 1,591,000 | 1 | Stutsman | 257,040,000 | 1 | Grand Forks | 1,760,000 | 1 | Richland | 20,540,300 |
2 | Emmons | 1,513,000 | 2 | Barnes | 191,270,000 | 2 | Walsh | 1,121,000 | 2 | Cass | 11,103,300 |
3 | Morton | 1,400,000 | 3 | LaMoure | 176,930,000 | 3 | Pembina | 1,087,000 | 3 | Dickey | 7,084,300 |
4 | McIntosh | 1,231,000 | 4 | Wells | 149,590,000 | 4 | Steele | 914,000 | 4 | Traill | 6,728,200 |
5 | Kidder | 1,205,000 | 5 | Dickey | 129,210,000 | 5 | Traill | 839,000 | 5 | Ransom | 5,946,700 |
6 | Oliver | 1,000,000 | 6 | Nelson | 120,420,000 | 6 | Wells | 528,000 | 6 | Sargent | 5,914,400 |
7 | Mclean | 990,000 | 7 | Ramsey | 117,320,000 | 7 | Cass | 335,000 | 7 | Grand Forks | 4,387,200 |
8 | Ward | 931,000 | 8 | Benson | 112,870,000 | 8 | Ramsey | 328,000 | 8 | LaMoure | 4,114,600 |
9 | Stark | 776,000 | 9 | Cavalier | 111,970,000 | 9 | LaMoure | 322,000 | 9 | Barnes | 2,895,700 |
10 | Bottineau | 766,000 | 10 | Foster | 107,700,000 | 10 | Dickey | 275,700 | 10 | Steele | 2,446,800 |
SOYBEANS | FALL POTATOES | SUGARBEETS | ALL HAY | ||||||||
(Bu.) | (Cwt.) | (Tons) | (Tons) | ||||||||
1 | Cass | 12,618,600 | 1 | Walsh | 7,600,000 | 1 | Pembina | 1,420,000 | 1 | Morton | 257,500 |
2 | Richland | 9,437,200 | 2 | Pembina | 5,829,000 | 2 | Walsh | 960,800 | 2 | Kidder | 189,500 |
3 | Traill | 4,838,500 | 3 | Grand Forks | 5,038,000 | 3 | Grand Forks | 769,600 | 3 | McHenry | 183,200 |
4 | Sargent | 3,537,300 | 4 | Kidder | 2,290,000 | 4 | Traill | 767,000 | 4 | Dunn | 177,600 |
5 | Grand Forks | 2,949,900 | 5 | McHenry | 1,023,000 | 5 | Richland | 567,000 | 5 | Stark | 166,200 |
6 | Barnes | 2,811,400 | 6 | Ransom | 993,000 | 6 | Cass | 488,000 | 6 | Burleigh | 165,200 |
7 | Steele | 2,136,300 | 7 | Dickey | 738,000 | 7 | McKenzie | 260,000 | 7 | Emmons | 162,500 |
8 | Pembina | 1,668,200 | 8 | Emmons | 648,000 | 8 | Williams | 120,000 | 8 | Grant | 162,000 |
9 | Ransom | 1,506,700 | 9 | Sargent | 536,000 | 9 | Steele | 33,600 | 9 | Logan | 144,600 |
10 | LaMoure | 1,378,100 | 10 | Stutsman | 525,000 | 10 | Stutsman | 120,400 | |||
NUMBER OF FARMS 1/ | LAND IN FARMS 1/ | TOTAL CROPLAND 1/ | PASTURELAND 1/ | ||||||||
(Number) | (Acres) | (Acres) | (Acres) | ||||||||
1 | Ward | 1,172 | 1 | Dunn | 1,335,601 | 1 | Cass | 1,012,975 | 1 | Dunn | 947,034 |
2 | Stutsman | 979 | 2 | Stutsman | 1,264,518 | 2 | Stutsman | 984,714 | 2 | Morton | 695,992 |
3 | McLean | 969 | 3 | Morton | 1,228,774 | 3 | Ward | 949,278 | 3 | Billings | 677,583 |
4 | Cass | 919 | 4 | Ward | 1,207,702 | 4 | McLean | 866,193 | 4 | McKenzie | 670,762 |
5 | Morton | 907 | 5 | Williams | 1,205,246 | 5 | Williams | 829,313 | 5 | Sioux | 568,538 |
6 | McHenry | 905 | 6 | McKenzie | 1,169,652 | 6 | Cavalier | 811,726 | 6 | Grant | 539,156 |
7 | Richland | 874 | 7 | McLean | 1,142,518 | 7 | Bottineau | 810,878 | 7 | Slope | 488,347 |
8 | Burleigh | 867 | 8 | Cass | 1,067,667 | 8 | Barnes | 767,114 | 8 | Burleigh | 420,966 |
9 | Williams | 850 | 9 | McHenry | 1,067,049 | 9 | Richland | 747,510 | 9 | McHenry | 383,529 |
10 | Bottineau | 808 | 10 | Mountrail | 997,139 | 10 | Grand Forks | 719,073 | 10 | Bowman | 381,084 |
1/ 1997 Census data. |