1998 Dry Bean Grower Survey of Pest Problems and Pesticide Use in Minnesota and North Dakota 

 ER 58
1998

Responses

    Useable responses totaled 176 (Table 1), 15% fewer than in 1997. The survey responses in 1998 represented 96,719 acres, or slightly over 10% of the Northarvest total of 940,000 acres planted in 1998.

Table 1: Number of Northarvest dry bean growers responding, total acres and acres planted by Minnesota and North Dakota respondents in 1998

Acres Planted
  Growers Responding Total Acresa Respondents’ Acres Survey Areas
(% of Total)
Minnesota 57 190,000 24,903 13.1

North Dakota

 119 750,000 71,816 9.6
Northarvest Total 176 940,000 96,719 10.3

aTotal of dry bean acres planted in each state (Reference 10)