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Updated October 2004


Ranking
North Dakota Agriculture


North Dakota's Top Agricultural Commodities

Commodity
Percentage of
Total
Cash Receipts1/
Wheat 25 .1
Cattle and Calves 18 .3
Soybeans 13 .6
Barley 6 .3
Corn 6 .0
Sugarbeets 5 .2
Sunflower 5 .1
Canola 3 .8
Dry Edible Beans 3 .5
Potatoes 3 .1
Milk 1 .8
Hay 1 .7
Flaxseed
 1 .6
Honey 1 .1
Other Crops 1 .1
Hogs 0 .8
Other Livestock 0 .5
Dry Edible Peas 0 .4
Oats 0 .3
Lentils 0 .2
Turkeys 0 .3
Sheep and Lambs 0 .2
1/ 2003 data.

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North Dakota's
Rank in U.S. Agriculture
2003 Rank Among States

Rank Commodity Percent of nation's production
#1 Spring Wheat 48%
Durum Wheat 60%
Barley 43%
Oats 15%
Canola 90%
All Sunflower 57%
Oil Sunflower 59%
Non-oil Sunflower 48%
Flaxseed 95%
All Dry Edible Beans 35%
Navy Beans 46%
Pinto Beans 56%
Dry Edible Peas 53%
#2 All Wheat 14%
Lentils 26%
Honey 16%
#3 Sugarbeets 17%
Rye
 9%
#4 Potatoes 6%
#10
Soybeans
4%

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Ten 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 1/
Crop Production - 2003
Corn, Grain IA IL NE MN IN OH SD WI MO KS 14 1
Silage WI NY CA PA MN IA SD NE ID OH 21 1
Wheat, Durum ND MT AZ/CA SD MN 1 60
Spring ND MN MT SD ID WA OR CO UT NV 1 48
Winter KS OK WA TX NE CO OH MT SD ID 28 *
All KS ND OK MT WA SD MN TX ID NE 2 14
Oats ND MN SD WI IA NE PA TX MI KS 1 15
Barley ND ID MT WA MN CO WY PA OR CA 1 43
Rye OK GA ND SD 3 9
Flaxseed ND MT MN SD 1 95
Potatoes ID WA WI ND CO MN OR CA ME MI 4 6
Sugarbeets MN ID ND MI CA MT NE WY CO OR 3 17
Soybeans IL IA MN IN NE OH MO SD AR ND 10 4
Dry Edible Beans, Navy ND MN MI ID SD NE WY OR 1 46
Pinto ND NE CO ID WY MN KS MT NM WA 1 56
All ND NE MI MN ID CA CO WY WA TX 1 35
Dry Edible Peas ND WA ID MT OR 1 53
Lentils WA ND ID MT 2 26
Sunflower, Oil ND SD KS MN CO NE TX 1 59
Non-oil ND MN TX CO SD KS NE 1 48
All ND SD KS MN CO TX NE 1 57
Canola ND MN 1 90
Hay, Alfalfa CA NE SD IA ID MN WI KS MT MI 12 3
All Other TX MO KY TN OK KS VA AR PA NE 16 2
All TX CA MO NE SD KS KY IA MN OK 14 3
Total Acreage
Principal Crops Planted IA TX IL KS ND MN NE SD MO IN 5 7
Principal Crops Harvested IA IL KS ND MN TX NE SD MO IN 4 7
Grain Storage, December 1
On-Farm Capacity IA MN IL NE ND IN SD MO OH KS 5 6
Off-Farm Capacity IL IA KS NE TX MN IN OH OK ND 10 3
Livestock on Hand - January 1, 2004
All Cattle & Calves TX KS NE CA OK MO SD IA WI MT/MN/CO 17 2
Cattle & Calves on Feed TX KS NE CO IA CA SD OK MN ID 23 *
Cows That Have Calved TX CA MO OK NE SD KS WI/MT KY 15 2
Milk CA WI NY PA MN ID NM TX MI OH 34 *
Beef TX MO OK NE SD KS MT KY TN IA 13 3
All Hogs - December 1, 2003 IA NC MN IL IN MO NE OK KS OH 27 *
All Sheep & Lambs TX CA WY SD CO MT UT ID IA OR 17 2
            Livestock Production - 2003
Calf Crop TX MO CA OK NE SD KS MT WI IA 13 3
Lamb Crop TX WY SD MT CA UT/ID IA CO OR 16 2
Pig Crop NC IA MN IL OK NE MO IN KS OH 25 *
Turkeys Raised MN NC AR MO VA CA SC IN PA IA 16 *
Wool Production TX WY CA SD MT CO UT ID IA NM 14 2
Honey Production CA ND FL SD MN MT TX WI NY MI 2 16
Milk Production CA WI NY PA ID MN NM MI TX WA 33 *
            Farm Income - 2003
Cash Receipts, Crops CA IA IL FL TX MN WA NE IN ND 10 3
Livestock TX CA NE KS IA NC WI MN CO OK 34 1
Total CA TX IA NE KS MN IL NC FL WI 23 2
Government Payments TX IA IL AR KS MN NE CA ND GA 9 4
Value Added to Agricultural Sector 2/
Net Value Added CA TX NE IA IL GA NC FL MN KS 18 2
Net Farm Income CA TX NE GA OK IA AR FL IL NC 19 2
* Less than one-half of one percent. 1/ North Dakota's percent of the Nation's total. 2/ Value added format replaces gross farm income.

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Rank of Counties in North Dakota1/

County Crop Production - 2003 Livestock Inventory
Spring
Wheat 		Durum
Wheat 		Barley Oats Oil
Sun-
flower 		Canola Soy-
beans 		Corn
Grain 		Dry
Edible
Beans 		All
Cattle
Jan 1,
2004 		Beef
Cows
Jan 1,
2004 		Milk
Cows
Jan 1,
2004 		All
Sheep
Jan 1,
2004 		All
Hogs
Dec 1,
2003
Adams 33 17 49 35 44 42 44 24 23 1 28
Barnes 6 15 33 13 28 3 8 18 31 35 22 13
Benson 15 21 4 19 12 10 19 13 6 27 25 40 28
Billings 52 29 50 32 50 47 20 14 33
Bottineau 13 9 1 9 4 3 30 37 41 40 26
Bowman 49 12 37 34 45 40 48 18 19 3 3
Burke 42 7 29 16 29 13 53 45 37
Burleigh 28 23 41 7 19 20 35 26 27 4 5 11
Cass 2 19 38 31 1 2 14 38 42 17 6
Cavalier 1 13 5 41 27 1 20 43 17 52 51 40 16
Dickey 37 47 29 32 11 3 19 12 19 16 16 11
Divide 53 2 39 26 47 18 51 37 35
Dunn 29 25 35 10 35 40 2 2 16 15 14
Eddy 43 37 22 25 17 31 21 30 20 36 37 20
Emmons 20 41 23 5 6 29 15 8 8 2
Foster 27 40 10 44 11 24 13 16 43 43 10 11
Golden Valley 50 15 51 18 46 46 28 34 27 5
Grand Forks 4 46 24 46 7 33 7 11 2 42 45 33 2
Grant 36 31 46 23 39 32 7 4 11 12 20
Griggs 31 39 16 45 16 26 14 17 15 38 41 37
Hettinger 16 5 40 50 37 16 39 38 34 16 24
Kidder 48 34 43 2 26 34 32 19 6 7 14 7
LaMoure 24 42 21 28 36 5 6 13 24 32 7 32 4
Logan 40 38 26 14 20 27 31 11 19 21 37
McHenry 21 26 11 4 2 12 28 23 26 3 5 6 7 28
McIntosh 38 32 34 8 21 36 22 21 38 12 18 4 26
McKenzie 44 8 27 17 21 42 32 4 3 5
McLean 7 4 12 1 8 4 33 25 10 12 15 8
Mercer 46 17 36 15 33 25 38 15 12
Morton 32 27 33 6 30 37 37 29 1 1 1 3 17
Mountrail 39 3 18 11 25 8 52 34 16 13 22
Nelson 22 36 17 37 14 15 15 22 12 46 46 9 19 21
Oliver 45 34 38 21 34 38 45 24 18 24 9 24 21
Pembina 3 45 32 51 35 29 12 18 3 47 48
Pierce 23 24 13 21 9 11 24 24 23 29 27 16
Ramsey 26 20 3 43 22 9 17 12 8 48 50 40
Ransom 25 48 36 40 9 7 11 24 27 33 1
Renville 19 10 2 12 10 7 34 34 49 47 40
Richland 11 44 42 42 2 1 22 23 26 16 2 9
Rolette 35 19 14 27 24 5 31 33 31 27
Sargent 30 52 49 51 10 5 21 35 37 26 6
Sheridan 34 28 20 24 15 17 26 32 30 29 27 26
Sioux 51 42