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Agriculture Industry is number one in ND

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Industry statistic

red arrow pointing right  Flour

red arrow pointing right Pasta

red arrow pointing right Cereal

red arrow pointing right  Canola Oil

red arrow pointing right Ethanol

red arrow pointing right  Corn Sweetener

red arrow pointing right French Fries

red arrow pointing right  Straw Board

red arrow pointing rightGourmet Foods

red arrow pointing right  Potato Chips

red arrow pointing rightBread and Baked Goods

red arrow pointing right  Decorative Items

red arrow pointing right Snack Foods & Condiments

red arrow pointing right  Cheese & Ice Cream


ND first ranking commodities

1998 Percent of U.S.
Durum Wheat 69%
Spring Wheat 40%
Barley 30%
Sunflowers 57%
Pinto Beans 47%
All Dry Edible Beans 32%
Flaxseed 87%
Oats 16%
Navy Beans 45%
Canola 73%
Rye 19%

ND Top Five Agricultural Exports

Wheat & Products $459 million
Feed Grains & Products $152 million
Sunflowers & Oils $128 million
Vegetables & Preparations $102 million
Soybeans & Products $95 million
Overall $1.08 billion

Did you Know?

North Dakota farmers and ranchers annually produce:

Sandwich Enough wheat for 108 billion sandwiches

Barley for 42 billion cans of beer
Beer Can

French Fries Potatoes for 2 billion servings of french fries

Durum for 93 servings of pasta for every American
Farm

Hamburger Beef for 2 billion hamburgers

Wool for 640,000 sweaters Sheep

Milk carton Enough milk for 1.6 billion glasses

Pork for 65 million porkchops
Porkchops

Sunflower Sunflowers to fill over 400 million bags of sunflower seeds


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