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Agriculture is
North Dakota's number one industry • More than
39.4 million acres - nearly 90 percent of North Dakota's land area -
are in farms and ranches. • More than
25 percent of North Dakota's population is employed directly by agriculture
or in agriculture-related business. • Agricultural
production and manufacturing make up more than 37 percent of North Dakota's
economic base with cash receipts of more than $3 billion. • North Dakota
farms provide food and habitat for 75 percent of the state's wildlife • North Dakota
has 30,500 family farms and ranches. • The average
size of a North Dakota farm is 1,300 acres. • North Dakota-based
new generation cooperatives have about 8,600 members. These cooperatives
generate more than 1,320 jobs. • North Dakota leads the nation in the production of all wheat, durum, spring wheat, barley, dry edible beans, pinto beans, oats, sunflower or flaxseed; ranks second in all honey and navy beans, and is one of four leading states in the production of sugar beets and rye.
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