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1997 Sunflower Grower Survey of Pest Problems and Pesticide Use |
Table 9. Worst production problems in 1997.
Production Problem |
Kansas | Minnesota | North Dakota | South Dakota | |||||||
| Worst Problem | One of Three Worst Problems | Worst Problem | One of Three Worst Problems | Worst Problem | One of Three Worst Problems | Worst Problem | One of Three Worst Problems | ||||
-- % of respondents' acres -- |
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| Bird damage | 10.0 | 15.5 | 2.2 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 50.8 | 8.9 | 35.7 | |||
| Diseases | 30.0 | 40.2 | 39.2 | 78.8 | 12.0 | 39.6 | 13.1 | 24.3 | |||
| Emergence/stand | 5.7 | 24.3 | 1.3 | 13.1 | 18.7 | 41.1 | 31.2 | 45.1 | |||
| Harvesting | 12.8 | 46.2 | 3.5 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 30.4 | |||
| Herbicide drift | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | |||
| Insects | 11.5 | 66.9 | 32.3 | 64.4 | 20.0 | 50.6 | 15.8 | 53.5 | |||
| Weeds | 20.0 | 50.3 | 5.9 | 54.5 | 16.8 | 67.6 | 20.1 | 63.0 | |||
| Weather | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 | |||
| None | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |||