Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Morton 
Mountrail 
Nelson 
Oliver 
Pembina 
Pierce 
Ramsey 
Ransom 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
34 
178 
11 
9 
14 
17 
11 
13 
acres 
1 1 ,872 
118,940 
2,701 
6,135 
3,053 
5,501 
2,657 
2,933 
bushels 
365,757 
3,885,252 
124,449 
255,900 
165,676 
219,958 
121,488 
131,934 
Oats for grain 
farms 
124 
26 
13 
21 
11 
16 
3 
5 
acres 
9,625 
2,568 
532 
1,691 
363 
646 
118 
305 
bushels 
533,618 
228,501 
18,736 
107,132 
18,357 
35,563 
(D) 
19,325 
Barley for grain 
farms 
108 
67 
57 
28 
39 
102 
149 
6 
acres 
19,253 
19,562 
15,312 
5,180 
9,704 
28,253 
65,604 
803 
bushels 
1,096,509 
1,071,806 
1,007,453 
330,224 
778,575 
1 ,482,704 
4,012,597 
38,530 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
26 
7 
162 
17 
232 
198 
217 
171 
acres 
6,504 
1,975 
117,119 
4,078 
136,376 
94,161 
122,001 
105,923 
bushels 
196,711 
65,789 
3,665,018 
136,119 
5,053,343 
2,655,267 
3,947,272 
3,908,178 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1 
9 
45 
11 
181 
29 
81 
25 
acres 
(D) 
1,511 
20,099 
4,405 
84,009 
10,005 
44,792 
8,675 
cwt 
(D) 
32,769 
349,682 
95,803 
1,518,297 
158,984 
747,998 
151,436 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage. 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
477 
264 
89 
192 
79 
171 
60 
165 
acres 
109,566 
58,193 
13,410 
36,392 
7,785 
45,013 
9,607 
19,908 
tons, dry 
168,311 
85,720 
22,868 
61,490 
14,534 
60,985 
16,703 
43,941 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
103 
15 
8 
34 
19 
37 
15 
2 
acres 
51,053 
6,356 
2,348 
1 1 ,358 
3,920 
6,126 
3,740 
(D) 
pounds 
87,463,650 
10,865,392 
4,732,295 
19,906,784 
6,395,991 
9,003,335 
6,947,015 
(D) 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
134 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,497 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,596,501 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
1 
30 
- 
1 
2 
acres 
41 
- 
- 
(D) 
19,551 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Potatoes 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
1 
27 
- 
1 
1 
acres 
7 
- 
- 
(D) 
19,542 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
4 
acres 
15 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
12 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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