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28,900
Number of farms |
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1,312 acres
Average size of a North Dakota farm |
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39,100,000 acres
Land in North Dakota farms |
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90%
North Dakota’s land area occupied by farms; the motto, “Strength from the Soil,” appears on the state’s coat of arms and governor’s flag |
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1st
North Dakota farmers are experts in no-tillage and reduced tillage practices that help save the soil |
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Every time
Every time we eat spaghetti, chances are there’s North Dakota durum in it |
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1,200,000
Turkeys produced annually in North Dakota |
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3,300,000 acres
Corn acres in 2017, -4.35% vs. 2016
158 bu/acre
Corn yield in 2016, +30.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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6,900,000 acres
Soybean acres in 2017, +14.05% vs. 2016
41.5 bu/acre
Soybean yield in 2016, +9.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |
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6,620,000 acres
Wheat acres in 2017, -12.85% vs. 2016
45 bu/acre
Wheat yield in 2016, -3.0 bu/acre vs. 2015 |