Crop County Estimates 



Montana Flaxseed & Safflower Acreage, Yield, and Production by County - 2001 and 2002 



Flaxseed 



Rank 



MONTANA 



4,000 



12,000 



15 



180,000 



17,000 



15,000 



13 



Counties individual operators having 60 percent or more of acres planted are combined into "other" counties to avoid disclosure of individual 

 information. Ranking is based on total production per county. 



Safflower 



COUNTY 



& 

 DISTRICT 



Chouteau 



Phillips 



Other 



NORTH CENTRAL 



Daw^son 



McCone 



Richland 



Roosevelt 



Sheridan 



Other 



NORTHEAST 



Carter 



Fallon 



Other 



SOUTHEAST 



OTHER DISTRICTS 



MONTANA 



Plarrted 



Acres 

 3,600 



Harvested 

 Acres 

 2,400 



2001 



Yield 

 Pounds 

 410 



2002 



31,000 



28,000 



850 23,800,000 



39,500 



38,000 



800 30,400,000 



Rank » 



3 

 1 

 2 



Rank! 



Counties with individual operators having 60 percent or more of acres planted are combined into "other" counties to avoid disclosure of individual 

 information. Ranking is based on total production per county. 



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