Acres Harvested
Respondents harvested 97% of their acres, up from 92% in 1995 and 81% in 1994. Acres harvested ranged from 96% in MN1 to 100% in MN5, and from 96% in ND1 to 99% in ND5 (Table 4).
Micronutrient Usage
Zinc, a common micronutrient for dry beans, was applied to 57% of respondents' acres (Table 5), which is the same percentage as 1995. A higher percentage (66%) of acres was treated by Minnesota respondents than by North Dakota respondents (55%). Most respondents made only one application of zinc, but a few made two or even three applications (Table 6). The number of applications was similar in both states.
Respondents applied micronutrients other than zinc to 7% of their acres (Table 5), with a higher percentage of acres treated by Minnesota respondents (10%) than by North Dakota respondents (6%). Most respondents made a single application, but a few made two applications (13% in Minnesota and 3% in North Dakota) and a few North Dakota respondents (3%) made five applications of other micronutrients (Table 6).
in each Northarvest district in Minnesota and
North Dakota.
Northarvest |
Acres Harvested |
% of Respondents’ Acresa |
Minnesota |
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| MN1 | 24,486 |
96.0 |
| MN2 | 6,193 |
99.5 |
| MN3 | 5,371 |
99.6 |
| MN4 | 6,057 |
98.8 |
| MN5 | 11,117 |
100.0 |
| MN Total | 53,224 |
97.9 |
| North Dakota | ||
| ND1 | 36,240 | 96.4 |
| ND2 | 35,124 | 96.6 |
| ND3 | 42,581 | 97.7 |
| ND4 | 22,722 | 95.6 |
| ND5 | 29,157 | 99.0 |
| ND Total | 165,824 | 97.1 |
| Northarvest Total | 219,048 |
97.3 |
aSee Table 2 for acres planted.
Table 5. Use of zinc and other micronutrients
in 1996
by respondents in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Acres Treateda |
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Number |
% |
|
| Minnesota | ||
| Zinc | 35,728 |
65.7 |
| Other micronutrient | 5,537 |
10.2 |
| North Dakota | ||
| Zinc | 93,455 |
54.7 |
| Other micronutrient | 10,583 |
6.2 |
| Northarvest Total | ||
| Zinc | 129,183 |
57.4 |
| Other micronutrient | 16,120 |
7.2 |
aRespondents’ acres only.
Table 6. Number of applications of zinc and other micronutrients in 1996 by respondents in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Number of Applications |
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Zinc |
Other Micronutrients |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Percent of Respondentsa | |||||||||
| Minnesota | 92.5 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 86.7 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Dakota | 93.7 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 94.1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | |
| Northwest Total | 93.3 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 91.8 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | |
aPercent of those responding to question
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