Economic Impact

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• Agriculture's effect on the economy
• The farmers share

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• More than 25% of North Dakota’s population is employed directly by agriculture or in an agriculture-related business.
  
• With annual cash receipts of more than $3 billion, agriculture production and manufacturing make up more than 37% of North Dakota’s economic base.
  
• North Dakota-based new generation cooperatives generate more than 1,320 jobs.
  
• Every dollar a farmer earns turns over 11 times in the local community.
  
• For every seven farmers that go out of business, one local business fails.