1997 Sunflower Grower Survey of Pest Problems and Pesticide Use 

Table 6. Major sunflower producing counties represented by 1997 survey.a



State

County		 Total Reported Nonirrigated Oilseed Nonirrigated Confection Irrigated Oilseed Irrigated Confection

-- acres in each class --

KS Sherman 10,199 7,479 0 2,584 136
Cheyenne 1,897 1,699 78 120 0
Wallace 1,376 1,176 0 200 0
MN Kittson 6,139 2,280 3,859 0 0
Polk 3,783 2,693 1,090 0 0
Marshall 3,167 2,237 930 0 0
Pennington 2,797 1,834 960 0 0
Roseau 2,790 2,090 700 0 0
Red Lake 1,748 1,460 288 0 0
Clay 1,304 1,164 140 0 0
ND Barnes 9,964 9,434 530 0 0
Stutsman 9,049 7,356 1,693 0 0
La Moure 7,127 5,277 1,850 0 0
Wells 5,763 3,004 2,759 0 0
Foster 5,644 2,540 2,760 0 344
Benson 5,104 2,986 2,119 0 0
SD Beadle 16,804 16,408 0 0 0
Edmunds 8,603 8,603 0 0 0
Sully 4,905 4,905 0 0 0
Brown 4,817 4,817 0 0 0
Hand 4,802 4,057 745 0 0
Faulk 4,477 4,477 0 0 0

aCounties with over 5% of reported acres for each state, or 1,231 in Kansas, 1,132 in Minnesota, 4,644 in North Dakota and 3,823 in South Dakota.