March 2006

     Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield and Production
                      North Dakota by County, 2005 1/

District                               Dry Edible Beans
and                         Area          Area
County                    Planted      Harvested   Yield       Production
                           Acres         Acres      Pounds          Cwt
Burke
Divide
Mountrail
Renville
Ward                        1,400        1,300      1,538         20,000
Williams                    2,800        2,700      1,926         52,000
   Combined Counties          800          700      1,429         10,000
        Northwest           5,000        4,700      1,745         82,000 

Benson                     39,600       37,000      1,595        590,000
Bottineau
McHenry                     3,300        3,200      1,906         61,000
Pierce                      2,800        2,400      1,250         30,000
Rolette
   Combined Counties        1,300        1,000      1,400         14,000
        North Central      47,000       43,600      1,594        695,000

Cavalier                   14,000       12,200      1,189        145,000
Grand Forks                74,000       68,300      1,428        975,000
Nelson                     14,000       13,300      1,654        220,000
Pembina                    75,000       59,700      1,365        815,000
Ramsey                     36,000       31,400      1,290        405,000
Towner                     23,000       22,000      1,318        290,000
Walsh                      98,000       91,100      1,515      1,380,000
   Combined Counties
        Northeast         334,000      298,000      1,419      4,230,000

Dunn
McKenzie
McLean                     25,000       24,600      1,321        325,000
Mercer
Oliver                      3,000        2,900      1,414         41,000
   Combined Counties        1,000          700      1,429         10,000
        West Central       29,000       28,200      1,333        376,000

Eddy                        7,700        7,400      1,743        129,000
Foster
Kidder
Sheridan                    2,400        2,300      1,565         36,000
Stutsman                   11,600       10,900      1,532        167,000
Wells                      60,000       57,800      1,721        995,000
   Combined Counties        2,300        2,000      1,650         33,000
        Central            84,000       80,400      1,692      1,360,000

Barnes                      5,500        5,300      1,868         99,000
Cass                        6,300        5,900      1,831        108,000
Griggs                      9,000        8,600      1,721        148,000
Steele                     24,500       23,300      1,652        385,000
Traill                     25,700       21,900      1,530        335,000
   Combined Counties
        East Central       71,000       65,000      1,654      1,075,000

Adams
Billings
Bowman
Golden Valley
Hettinger
Slope
Stark
   Combined Counties
        Southwest

Burleigh
Emmons
Grant
Morton
Sioux
   Combined Counties
        South Central

Dickey                      6,700        6,100      1,754        107,000
LaMoure                    10,400       10,000      1,850        185,000
Logan
McIntosh
Ransom                     13,500       12,400      1,637        203,000
Richland
Sargent                     9,400        8,100      1,704        138,000
   Combined Counties        4,000        3,400      1,588         54,000
        Southeast          44,000       40,000      1,718        687,000
Combined Districts          6,000        5,100      1,627         83,000
State Total               620,000      565,000      1,520      8,588,000
1/ Data published in combined counties or districts to avoid disclosure of
individual operations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
  David Knopf, Director
  USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Dakota Field Office
  NDSU, IACC Bldg., Room 448
  P.O. Box 3166
  Fargo, ND 58108-3166
  Telephone: (701) 239-5306
  E-Mail: nass-nd@nass.usda.gov
  Internet: http://www.nass.usda.gov/nd/